Limaoscar:

Welldone GEJ, Welldone NPF and welldone SSS. God bless Nigeria.
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Sam_Ikenna:

I want to believe OBJ and some northern Emirs and ex-presidents know Nigeria and its inner workings, but for the rest of us I'm not sure we really know whats going on. Even GEJ may not completely know whats happening and the reason they're happening. Seems like the ones that know are playing some kind of mind game with us - today this person is arrested, tomorrow hes gone. The next thing they tell us the culprit went to the mosque to pray and fled from there or they tell us he went to pee and from there he evaporated. We never hear the real story no matter how deep the media dig, it seems like at some point they tell the media to shut up or face something. After all the culprit magical vanishings they set up a panel and we never get to hear their findings and for some reason we wont ask our Govt for it. Before you say Jack the same happens again and we're back to square one.

The above is why I doubt Al Mustapha would face the hangman's noose. They're going to dump him in Kirikiri and before we know it another Admin will come and release him through the backdoor and have him flown somewhere in Europe, US, or Arabia. You see sometimes we shout core north but some of our southern politicians are in a serious unholy cahoots with the power hungry ex-presidents and traditional rulers from up north if not why would it be this easy to blind all of us in broad day light. If not, why would it be only the people from core north that always disappear from maximum security detention and the rest of us are told to be calm. Think about it, if it were Yorubas or Igbos doing all the bombing do you think our villages would still have one tree left standing? How many times do you hear a southern police officer discharged his gun mistakenly or fired his gun and killed someone because pf checkpoint extortion?

I lived in Aba and I know this first hand. All the accidental police killings in Aba during my stay there came from officers from up north and one begins to wonder why its so. Our own officers from the south kill too but when you look at the stats it's crystal clear which section takes the chunk of the %. Each time these officers kill nothing happens, they're either tranfered or discharged with full benefits, I'm not even sure they're discharged. And today we're seeing the fruit of our nonchalant attitude in pursuing full justice - One arrest one disappearance. The culprits are usually from one section and the victims usually from other sections.

The culprits have come to believe the country is theirs therefore, how dare "others" prosecute them for what they did. If they're gracious enough they let us hold them for weeks in detention before the usual vanishing that has become the norm. I guess they feel like we should thank them for spending few weeks in detention before gracefully leaving. They dont take us seriously and I ask myself why should they? I mean if we were in there shoes, who knows, we would probably do the same after spending almost 2/3 of the life of this nation in leadership position.

Sam_Ikenna:

I want to believe OBJ and some northern Emirs and ex-presidents know Nigeria and its inner workings, but for the rest of us I'm not sure we really know whats going on. Even GEJ may not completely know whats happening and the reason they're happening. Seems like the ones that know are playing some kind of mind game with us - today this person is arrested, tomorrow hes gone. The next thing they tell us the culprit went to the mosque to pray and fled from there or they tell us he went to pee and from there he evaporated. We never hear the real story no matter how deep the media dig, it seems like at some point they tell the media to shut up or face something. After all the culprit magical vanishings they set up a panel and we never get to hear their findings and for some reason we wont ask our Govt for it. Before you say Jack the same happens again and we're back to square one.

The above is why I doubt Al Mustapha would face the hangman's noose. They're going to dump him in Kirikiri and before we know it another Admin will come and release him through the backdoor and have him flown somewhere in Europe, US, or Arabia. You see sometimes we shout core north but some of our southern politicians are in a serious unholy cahoots with the power hungry ex-presidents and traditional rulers from up north if not why would it be this easy to blind all of us in broad day light. If not, why would it be only the people from core north that always disappear from maximum security detention and the rest of us are told to be calm. Think about it, if it were Yorubas or Igbos doing all the bombing do you think our villages would still have one tree left standing? How many times do you hear a southern police officer discharged his gun mistakenly or fired his gun and killed someone because pf checkpoint extortion?

I lived in Aba and I know this first hand. All the accidental police killings in Aba during my stay there came from officers from up north and one begins to wonder why its so. Our own officers from the south kill too but when you look at the stats it's crystal clear which section takes the chunk of the %. Each time these officers kill nothing happens, they're either tranfered or discharged with full benefits, I'm not even sure they're discharged. And today we're seeing the fruit of our nonchalant attitude in pursuing full justice - One arrest one disappearance. The culprits are usually from one section and the victims usually from other sections.

The culprits have come to believe the country is theirs therefore, how dare "others" prosecute them for what they did. If they're gracious enough they let us hold them for weeks in detention before the usual vanishing that has become the norm. I guess they feel like we should thank them for spending few weeks in detention before gracefully leaving. They dont take us seriously and I ask myself why should they? I mean if we were in there shoes, who knows, we would probably do the same after spending almost 2/3 of the life of this nation in leadership position.

Beaf:

My own surprise is that Kabiru Sokoto is still alive, boko haram is known to summarily kill those it fears might have been compromised, so why wasn't he killed?
If you ask me, it points to people with emotional ties to each other running boko haram, either friends or family.

All Kabiru Sokoto's friends and family should be brought in and the secret to boko haram will be found.

Thank God they've decided to bring him out from where they hid him.

Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin, u guys wont kill person wit laugh for nairaland.

Una too mumu. u guys allow urselves to be dcivd by all dis seasonal movies the govt is acting for us to keep us busy. they hid Kabiru Sokoto just to make it look as if the govt is cracking down on Boko (whenever he is re-arrested).

Make una wake up ooooooooooooooh. The govt is acting movies for us to be watching in order to keep our minds away from the original issue: FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL

Gbawe:

Very astute post. Help me ask those expressing happiness and praising GEJ's Government what they predicate their thinking on. Ali Konduga (former Boko Haram spokesman) 3 years in jail. Ndume (alleged sponsor) currently on bail and free to do more 'sponsoring'. Terrorism is killing Nigeria (literally) and the best GEJ can come up with is 5 years in jail, or a monetary fine   ,  for terrorist and their sponsors. Shall we talk about Zakari Biu? What has happened to the Borno Governor in whose Asokoro lodge Kabiru Sokoto was first arrested? What about Ringim being 'retired' rather than sacked outrightly for the escape of Sokoto that was the apex of his many other failings?

They say they have Boko Haram's most recent Spokesman. Yet what action are we seeing? What difference has this made to the attacks and killings? In serious nations, the capture of the spokesman of a terrorist group would ordinarily become a valuable asset in fighting that group. Instead in Nigeria, because of the collusion you allude to, Abu Qaqa is 'worthless' and we are only getting ridiculous kumbaya information from him.

What will they do with Kabiru Sokoto or gain from him , based on what has happened to others linked to terrorism, for anyone to be jubilating? The absence of severe punishment for those involved with or abetting terrorism shows bright Nigerians what is going on. This compromised Government , because it knows precisely who it is fighting, is not interested in punishing anyone severely or pushing too hard since , more or less, it cannot really go after its fellow "owners of Nigeria" anyway.

While America is assasinating terrorist and instigators of terorism, without any judicial trial whatsoever, Nigeria is granting them bail (Ndume), avoiding them (Borno Governor and many others) or trying them in Court and handing them 3 years jail sentences (Konduga) . People should think about that to discern the difference in atitude and desire to fight a serious menace. Does it not shame those jubilating here and praising our decietful leaders that Umar Farouk Abdulmutalab (to be sentenced on 16 Feb) faces a mandatory life sentence in the USA for attempting to bomb an airline while we handle terrorist and their sponsors with kid gloves on in Nigeria? Is that how those genuinely seeking solutions behave? How will the problem ever be defeated with this lackadaisical approach?  Despite allegedly masterminding the killing of many, we will all probably see Sokoto reveal nothing useful and then be sentenced to 4 years in prison.

People should wake up to see that , for the GEJ Government, this is not really about genuinely battling and destroying 'enemies'. If it were, we would see Konduga, Ndume, Biu, Qaqa, Sheriff, the Borno Governor and others treated very differently as the gravitas of terrorism automatically and naturally demands.  Nigerians should just remain as safe as possible instead of allowing themselves to be cannon fodders in the fight between two decietful groups.

Baawaa:

u sound aggrieved, r u related 2 kabiru sokoto?

emmatok:


Funny indeed,

US arrested  Umar Farouk Abdulmutalab(attempted Suicide) -Life in jail.

Nigeria arrested terrorist(accomplished suicide bombing) - 3-years in jail.

PXtB:

First I want to congratulate the SSS, on this. But at the same time we woulnt be here if they hv been up and doing from the begining. Because their duty I blv is to Gather info, and nip in the the bud, groups such as BH, in their early stage. Kudos to them still. For the GEJ haters, I laff because, wen Sokoto escaped Gej is clueless, now arrested he did not go into the bush to carry out the arrest. I hv always told who ever wants to listen, that, I shall not consider my vote for GEJ a waste until the end of his tenure. We shld try and remember that this is the first time Nigerians are able to say, " I wasted my vote, or thank God I did not vote  him"
That in itself is a step. So let's all pray For Naija!

@ pedestal82, God bless you. People are just swayed by sentiments and voice out their hatred for President GEJ for no just reason. I was in Nigeria last December for Christmas and I met a couple of people who belong to the legion of GEJ haters and I challenge many of them to substantiate their reason for their hatred. The truth is that they could not give me any reason. Some said he has not solved electricity problem, he has not fixed the roads, he has not solved corruption problem,, the list is endless, all in 6 months or thereabouts. I also want the above problems and more to be fixed in record time but expecting President GEJ to use 6 months or even one year to fix a country that it took the former leaders more than 30 years (at least counting from the time of Shagari) to DAMAGE is rather unfair.

I remember vividly that as early as May last year, just a month after the general elections that international observers and every rational person acclaimed as the best in recent times, people had started branding President GEJ as clueless. The word clueless was not there before the elections. Proponents of the "clueless" took the campaign to NL and every online forum they could assess just to tarnish the image of the President prematurely. Now people are here arguing that President GEJ deserves no credit for the arrest Sokoto just because he did not go into the bush with SSS. Ridiculous! Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. It's only a failure that sees only failures in what other people do. Deep calleth unto deep.