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stinggy:
Wouldn't it be nice to quote the source of this news?

I ve modified source is now thier

I pray WG cdr C S Hedima will be out soon cos from all indication he wasnt killed he is still alive

Tallesty1:
Where is your source? Or are you an i-witness?

I don put source/saurce u can use it eat yam.
I am not a Segun Arinze witness o

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of
God who was kidnapped 10 months ago escaped
from Boko Haram militants in Borno on Tuesday Pastor Rotimi Obajimi, who served as a pastor in
the rural area of Borno/Yobe province, was on
his to Maiduguri on January 6th this year when
Boko Haram militants abducted him.
According to a pastor in Redeem church in
Maiduguri told SaharaReporters that they were
surprised to see Mr. Obajimi emerge from
nowhere, he said, “we were so amazed to see
him because we have been praying earnestly for
long time trusting Jesus that he would surely
come back but lo and behold he was brought to
our headquarters in Maiduguri by the military.”
The pastor told his colleagues that was taken to
Sambisa Forest where he was tied down for
months, he was later moved to an unknown
destination and thereafter brought back to
Sambisa forest again. He reportedly told his
colleagues that his escape was made possible by
a heavy downpour that led to massive floods
which sacked everyone in the camps.
Due to the rains, armed men left him and
others so he was able to escape and for days he
wandered in the forest before he could arrive to
a village where the military picked him up after
narrating his experiences to them, they later
brought him to Maiduguri.
He was later driven to Maimallari Hospital by
military escorts,who had his face covered.
Another pastor revealed that the senior military
official at 7 Division has advised them to relocate
the pastor to Redemption Camp in Lagos for his
safety, in fact, adequate provision has been
made to fly him out of Maiduguri according to
the pastor.
A military source at 7 Division confirmed the
escape of Pastor Obajimi claiming that he has
been fully debriefed by the military.

source: saharareporters.com/2014/10/09/redeem-pastor-escapes-boko-haram-after-10-months-captivity

sauceny:
Be up right in your judgment.

No constitution is above the 1999 constitution so even if it is ogboni cult it is of no supremecy to 1999.Even soldiers deserve fundamental human right

sauceny:
Whatz this bloody civilian tryna do
He should leave the military to their ruling & go do what he knows how to do best "civilian ruling"

I believe if those given the death sentence where found guilty shouldn't be pardoned.
I mean,the army isn't jst a unified body where you make your own decisions,being an army comes with much work of full dedication & commitment in protecting your country...

I think they should face the sentence passed upon them to serve as a deterrent to others trying to follow same part,besides the motto has always been clear "Obey the last order".

Your birth certificate is an apology letter from Condom factory in other word you are born by mistake.If you ve knowledge of what happen you will bury you stupid head in shame

MzMariah:
You just reminded me of a culture in my village. If a man cheats on his wife it has no side effect but if a woman cheats (sleeps with another man) then she is as good as dead if she doesn't confess and have the necessary sacrifice done. She go just die like chicken.

We all are hoping and praying for the best sha, nobody wants a cheating partner.

ARE u from isua akoko dey ve same custom

MzMariah:
You just reminded me of a culture in my village. If a man cheats on his wife it has no side effect but if a woman cheats (sleeps with another man) then she is as good as dead if she doesn't confess and have the necessary sacrifice done. She go just die like chicken.

We all are hoping and praying for the best sha, nobody wants a cheating partner.

are you from isua akoko ondo state

wen it reach I go

The Bundesliga outfit have decided to part
company with the 43-year-old and turn to the
man who led Chelsea to Champions League
glory in 2012

Schalke have confirmed the dismissal of Jens
Keller as coach and the appointment of Roberto
Di Matteo as his successor with immediate
effect.
Keller's position had come under intense
scrutiny after a poor start to the 2014-15 season
in which they fell at the first hurdle in the DFB-
Pokal, to Dynamo Dresden, but a Champions
League draw away to Chelsea lifted spirits in
Gelsenkirchen and back-to-back wins over
Werder Bremen and rivals Borussia Dortmund
eased the pressure on the 43-year-old.
However, after a disappointing draw at home to
Maribor last week and defeat at Hoffenheim on
Saturday, Keller met with sporting director Horst
Heldt on Monday and was relieved of his duties.
Schalke then announced the following morning
that Di Matteo, who led Chelsea to Champions
League glory in 2012, had been installed as the
club's new coach.
"Schalke have parted company with Jens Keller,"
read a brief statement on the club's official
Twitter feed. "Roberto Di Matteo takes over."
Keller initially joined Schalke as the club's
Under-17 coach but took charge of the senior
squad in December 2012, succeeding Huub
Stevens at the helm.
He was given a contract until the end of the
season but signed a two-year extension in the
summer of 2013.
However, Keller has now paid the price for a run
of just two wins from 10 games in all
competitions at the start of the current
campaign.
Consequently, Schalke have now turned to Di
Matteo, who has been without a full-time job
since being sacked by Chelsea in November
2012.
The Italian led the Blues to Champions League
glory in his then capacity as caretaker coach the
season before, with the Premier League outfit
overcoming Barcelona in the semi-finals before
beating Bayern Munich on penalties in the
decider at the Allianz Arena.
However, after being given the job on a
permanent basis before the start of the 2012-13
season, he was fired after Chelsea's defence of
their European crown was effectively ended by a
3-0 loss to Juventus in Turin.

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria
Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has
urged Rivers people to vote out the PDP-led
federal government in next year’s election to
secure their future. Amaechi spoke at the weekend in Degema, the
headquarters of Degema Local Government Area
of the state after commissioning an 8,000-sitting
capacity football stadium complex built by the
local government administration.
Amaechi said the PDP have nothing to offer
Kalabari people, and one way for the people to
regain their lost oil wells and benefit from
democratic governance was to vote out the PDP.
Amaechi explained that the President was taking
sides in the Soku oil wells matter, as he
narrated the president's reaction during a
meeting with Kalabari Chiefs.
“In that meeting, before Kalabari Chiefs, Mr.
President said to us, ‘you people call it Soku, we
from Bayelsa call it Oluasiri’. ‘Is Soku Oluasiri?',
he questioned and the people said ‘no’.
“As President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
he is not supposed to take sides. The moment
he said it is called Oluasiri, he is taking sides
and we have no faith in Mr. President returning
our oil wells. They have taken the (Soku) oil
wells, they are spending the money because
they have the Presidency. "The only way you can
get back your oil wells is to vote out Mr.
President. The only opportunity you have now is
your vote. Vote him out, he is not from Rivers,
he is from Bayelsa. He has not and will not
serve us and I have said here, let Mr. President
tell us what he has done for us," Amaechi said.
He noted with regret that his efforts to build
Trans-Kalabari road in the state and reconstruct
the Emohua-Abonnema federal road already in
deplorable condition was frustrated by President
Jonathan.
He therefore called on the people to fight for
their rights by using their voting strength to
correct all anomalies by voting out the ruling
PDP.
“When I was coming here (to Degema), I saw
the Emohua-Abonnema road, it’s going bad.
When I met the President with Kalabari Chiefs
and I told the President: ‘that road is going very
bad, if we don’t intervene now, that road will
soon be impassable. Mr. President, that road is
a federal road’, and he said, he knows. And I
then asked: ‘Mr. President, can the Rivers State
Government reconstruct that road? Because that
is the only road by which Kalabari people come
out to town’ but Mr. President said no."
"He told me ‘no' and said he (federal
government) would do it. One year plus, he has
not done it. So what you will do to make sure
you have a road next year is to vote out PDP. If
Mr President says he is our brother, because I
hear Kalabari people say he is our brother, let
him do our road, let him return our Soku oil
wells."
“I begged him (President Jonathan) that the
federal government is owing Rivers State N105
billion, he should take N50 billion from there
and help me construct Trans-Kalabari road, he
said, 'Amaechi, I will do it’. Three years after,
Mr. President has not done it, so he is not a
Kalabari man. Don’t follow your buccaneer
brothers, who want to be governor and all that
and because of their personal selfish interests,
they want to sell the Kalabari Kingdom. You are
the youths, defend your kingdom. Nobody
should take away what belongs to you. The
Kalabari people are known to fight for their
right. They are people who can stand up to any
challenge to protect themselves and their
people. One way to defend your kingdom is to
vote out those who don’t have your interest at
heart," he noted.
On the commissioned project, Governor Amaechi
commended Degema Council Chairman, Hon.
Ibigoni Daddy Pokima for constructing the state-
of-the-art Sports Complex named after late Rt.
Hon. Tonye Harry, immediate past Speaker of
the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Earlier, the Degema Council boss, Hon. Pokima
said history was made in the local government
area by the visit of the governor.
He said his administration has concentrated on
providing democratic dividends to the people of
the local government area and thanked
Governor Amaechi for his immense support.
“Your Excellency, I feel a sense of fulfillment to
say that Bakana, Oguruama, Amatamgbolo and
Fuche communities have been hooked up to the
national grid. Then we thought of coming back
to our first dream – engaging and channelling
the energy of our youths into meaningful
venture other than in restiveness and militancy,
hence the vision to build this sports complex."
“As a government, we are gratified that the
vision we conceived about three years ago has
come to solid fruition. I believe this complex will
provide a serene and conducive atmosphere for
our people especially our youths to develop and
exhibit their sporting prowess," he said.
After the commissioning, Governor Amaechi took
a shot at goal to kick-off the peace tournament
between Team Rivers and Team Degema.


saharareporters.com/2014/10/05/jonathan-has-not-done-anything-you-vote-out-pdp-amaechi-tells-rivers-people

WilyWily5:
His name is Chimda Hedima, which state is he from, help.

adamawa christain

Chimex388:
seconded!
The laptop will go a long way in improvin her research wise n application software professionality..
D cost of maintainance n is relatively low, not to forget its portability...
It only becomes of a far lesser value if she already got a laptop.
The computer can fetch u a car relatively more dan a car can fetch u bigger things if u use wisely.
*intelligence is makin d most of wat u've*

You tink lik me but in reality which do u tink you will prefer btw a car nd a laptop remember you can sell the car and start smaller business with the money even after buying laptop with some of the money.So descrepancy in d choice of gift cant be underestimated
Even her common smart fone can research that for her.

Thorerah:
Your argument has no basis. The most beautiful girl didn't win by face alone. She was chosen over 14 others because of her intellectual prowess. Granted, the best debater should have gotten something better but that certainly doesn't give you all the right to come and practically label Damilare_stupid because she won a beauty contest.
P.S the best debater got the laptop AND 100k.

your last statement made sense alittle I didnt say beauty queen shldnt be rewarded all I said is dat d margin of d beauty queen to d debater is too far which mean emphasis is conc on beauty contest but not constructive arguement for better tommorrow.QED

Yomieluv:
Your title is the reason why they celebrate beauty,over brain. Imagine spelling "brain" as "brian".

U need a contact lens soak with annoiting oil did I spell brain as brian why not look before write odeeeeee

looool most beauty beautiful gal in unilag reward with a car while the best debater getz a brand new laptop.C Nigerians celebrating mediocrity even in Academic environment

which company do u believe produce best tablet not I pad o

op you need to be careful pls.parry is a student pilot in Naples Florida spoke to him yesterday he said he believ it was jst a technology jagon dat datz not d ist tym chinda will jet out.it is just dat chimda is d most popular on crew dat was t d news got viral.so olukolade ve not told them anytin lik dat chimda may be alive


Let wait for wat the military spoke man says pls

Zuria: For matters like this, there are protocols to be observed most especially as the Military have not "confirmed" it yet. The pilot has childhood friends, NDA course mates, attendees to his wedding, jaji classmate, school of aviation colleagues on this forum and they respect the "protocol."
=
It would be a rude shock for family members who don't visit this forum to get condolence calls or invite to read this topic because a name have been attached to the face....

I admire how you correct ppl.Pls keep dat up it makes d msg get through.
Well d family already knw jst spk to his bro in US now.Bt we still hope the pic is jst cloned

phatjoe50: Tell us more

Am jst a family friend am nt in position to tell you I think olukolade should do dat ist Bt I pray itz not true

DONGOYARO1: But they just told us on this thread that he does not exist. They said he is fake. The Haramite just cloned his face

I pray such.I think so also

adonbilivit: initial gragra. money will shut them all up. if you dont want to sharevthe same party with him use the door. you can as well defect to labour party. it is his right

looool

Directing their anger at both the state and
national leaders of the party, the protestors said
they were aggrieved that their party immediately
welcomed Governor Mimiko without probing his
role in the deaths of some party leaders in the
state. “I can’t imagine that these leaders of our
party would allow Mimiko into our fold again. He
is just an Ebola Virus that would further destroy
us. If [former Governor Olusegun] Agagu were
alive, would [Mimiko} have decamped today?”
an angry member asked.
S ome members of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Ondo State today gathered at the
party’s secretariat, along Oyemekun Road in
Akure, the state capital, to protest the defection
of embattled Governor Olusegun Mimiko back to
the party.
The protesters, who came from 18 local
government areas of the state, chanted songs
and castigated the PDP’s state executive officials
for welcoming the governor back to the party.
An original member of the PDP, Mr. Mimiko in
2006 abandoned the party after accusing it of
lacking “internal democracy.” He then
announced that he was joining the then
relatively unknown Labor Party.
Two days ago, Mr. Mimiko capped off months of
speculation about his likely return to the PDP,
announcing his decision to return to the PDP at
a meeting in State House, Abuja.
But his much-publicized return has left some
members of the party in Ondo State disaffected.
Some of the aggrieved party protesters
described the governor’s return as an
“infection,” comparing it to the “Ebola virus
disease.” According to the protesters, Mr.
Mimiko’s defection to the PDP would further
deepen the crisis that was already besetting the
party in the state since the governor’s plan to
defect became public.
The PDP protesters said they would resist any
attempt to collapse the structure of the party
with the governor’s, adding that they would not
allow Mr. Mimiko to hijack the leadership of
their party.
Many protesters jeered at members of the
party’s state executive as they entered the
secretariat, accusing the officials of absolving a
traitorous Mimiko.
Some of the protesters said they were angered
that the leadership of the party in Abuja had not
consulted them before welcoming Mr. Mimiko.
Directing their anger at both the state and
national leaders of the party, the protestors said
they were aggrieved that their party immediately
welcomed Governor Mimiko without probing his
role in the deaths of some party leaders in the
state.
“I can’t imagine that these leaders of our party
would allow Mimiko into our fold again. He is
just an Ebola Virus that would further destroy
us. If [former Governor Olusegun] Agagu were
alive, would [Mimiko} have decamped today?”
an angry member asked.
Another protester said, “We don’t want him
because I don’t know why someone who called
himself a governor would go to Abuja and
declare his defection. It is uncommon and we
must resist it.”
In a move aimed at calming the protestors, the
state deputy chairman of the party, Fatai
Adams, said the party was not ready to collapse
the structures to accommodate Governor
Mimiko.
Mr. Adams said that, although the party officially
received the governor into its fold in Abuja, it
would not agree for him to hijack the structure.
“The [members of the] State Working Committee
have met in Abuja and resolved that there is
need for us to protect the structure of the party
at the state, local government and the ward
levels.
He added: “We have filed a motion of injunction
at the Federal Capital Territory High Court to
protect the structure of the party because we
are not ready to dismantle the structure of the
party at this very crucial moment.
“Our primaries are less than a month and a lot
of aspirants have shown intention to contest for
various positions under this umbrella. We are
fully prepared to protect the interests of all
members who have worked assiduously and
committed a lot of resources.”
The state deputy chairman continued: “We are
not ready to surrender the structure of our
great party to anybody. We were elected.


saharareporters.com/2014/10/03/ondo-pdp-members-protest-mimiko’s-defection

Dat is wg cdr chinmda Hedima I know him well.the son of AVM Hedima(RTD).Am sad

Dat is at cdr chinmda Hedima I know him well.the son of AVM Hedima(RTD).Am sad

authe911: METEOROLOGY after 5years of study one interviewer once asked me why I went for the course

guess u finished from futa grt futarian
pls ask the interviewer that he cant travel to US if you not at d air traffic also d pilot will not mount cockpit if he has not gotten whether report

T he National Industrial Court sitting in Akure,
the Ondo State capital, has ordered the
immediate reinstatement of 15 of the 32
workers of the state-owned Rufus Giwa
Polytechnic Owo (RUGIPO), who were illegally
sacked in January 2013.
In addition, the court also directed the
institution to arrange for the immediate
payment of all their outstanding salaries and
allowances that it has withheld since the 2nd of
January last year when they were relieved of
their jobs.
On the 31st of December 2012, the institution,
through a circular pasted at its administrative
building, ordered the security guards on the
main entrance of the school not to allow the 32
workers into the premises of the institution.
They comprised 10 academic and 22 non-
academic staff.
The circular claimed that their services were no
longer needed because the management had
met with the key principal heads of the
institution and carried out reorganization.
A SaharaReporters correspondent who obtained
the letter on the 14th of January 2013
authoritatively reports that no offence was
stated in the circular.
Some of the workers during the struggle to
reclaimtheir jobs had alleged that the institution
had victimized them based on their rejection of
the appointment of the rector of the institution,
Prof. Igbekele Ajibebun.
On three consecutive cases, the presiding judge
had postponed the case, declaring that some
sections of the suit lacked merit, but the
affected employees did not relent, and justice
came their way on Tuesday.
In his ruling, Justice Ndidi Ubaka admitted that
the institution had wrongly sacked the
polytechnic workers, and that it failed to tender
substantive reasons for their sack.
Justice Ubaka said that the court could only
return 15of the workers to their positions
because they proved to the court with
documents that they were real senior staff
members of the institution.
Of the remaining 17, the judge said they were
not reinstated because they could not prove to
the court with their employment letters if they
were junior or senior staff of the school.
The workers' reinstated by the court today are:
Mr. Oluwabamiji Kumuyi, the institution's
former chairman of the Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnic (ASUP), Ogunbode Benson,
Abodunrin Moses, AdeoniOlusegun, Agbi Nelson,
Arijeniwa Adedotun, Ayodeji Akinsanmi and Mrs.
V.O Ayodele.
Others are: S.B Bolaji, Ekundayo Gbenga, A.M
Elegbede, T.L Olemija, Olugbamila Omotayo,
OmotolaAlaba Olumayowa and S.O Oniyelu.
The non-reinstated workers are as follows:
AkinyemiOluwafemi, Taiwo Alonge Titus,
Arealepo Michael Oluwasola, A.E Adebayo,
Aderigbe Olamide Olajope, Ajanaku James
Akinyemi, Akinrolabu Dare Raphael.
Others are: T.M Ogunleye, A.O Olayode, J.A
Oluyede, Omoge Edward Taiwo, Omole
Olayinka, Idowu, J.K Omole and Shoyege Ayodeji
Olayinka, Arolowo Clement Jimoh, A. Bello, O.M
Fagbayimu.


source: saharareporters.com/2014/09/30/judge-orders-reinstatement-sacked-ondo-poly-workers-after-three-year-court-case

a press statement released today, Deputy
Director of Public Relations for the Department
of State Services, Marilyn Ogar, reacted on
behalf of the department to the judgement of
the Federal High Court given yesterday, which
ruled in favor of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in a case
against the SSS. The case, which Rl-Rufai
brought against the SSS following his detainment
last November during the Anambra
gubernatiorial election.
Delivering judgment in Awka, Justice Ibrahim
Bature Gafai held that the SSS had no statutory
powers under the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria or under any Nigerian law to
have detained El Rufai without showing cause to
a court of competent jurisdiction. The court
therefore ordered the SSS to publish an apology
in two national dailies for the unlawful and
unconstitutional violation of his liberty.
The SSS was also ordered to pay El-Rufai N2
million in damages for unlawfully detaining him
last November during the Anambra
gubernatorial election.
In a statement today, Ogar asserted that some
facts were "overlooked", and stated that El-Rufai
was not detained for more than two hours, and
that the detainment was urgent and necessary.
"The Instrument setting up the Service and the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria as amended gives the Service statutory
powers to detain and investigate any suspect for
not more than 48 hours before recourse to a
Court of Law," Ogar said. "In this instance, the
complainant was not confined or 'detained' for
more than two hours. If we cannot intercept,
detain and investigate, then we would, with due
respect, be operating like any Ministry of the
Federal Government."
Read the full statement below.
PRESS STATEMENT
The Department of State Services has reacted
to the judgment of the Federal High Court
sitting in Awka asking the Service to apologize
and pay N2million to Mallam Nasir el-Rufai
saying that some facts may have been
inadvertently overlooked and will therefore
appeal the judgment.
"As a responsive Service, we hold the
Judiciary and its sanctity in high esteem, but
when you disagree with certain
pronouncements of Court, you have the right
to appeal and in this case, we will appeal",
Service spokesperson, Marilyn Ogar said
when asked to comment on the judgment.
"The Instrument setting up the Service and
the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria as amended gives the Service
statutory powers to detain and investigate
any suspect for not more than 48 hours
before recourse to a Court of Law. In this
instance, the complainant was not confined or
'detained' for more than two hours. If we
cannot intercept, detain and investigate, then
we would, with due respect, be operating like
any Ministry of the Federal Government.
"It is also pertinent to clarify that the Service
never imposed a general restriction on
movement during the elections as averred. It
is the duty of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), to take
measures necessary for the smooth conduct
of any election, and in this case they deemed
it proper to restrict movement during voting
hours", she added.
Signed:
Marilyn OGAR, msi
Deputy Director, Public Relations
Department of State Services
30th September, 2014

Immediately after Lt. Felix Olanrewaju Odunlami
squeezed the trigger of his service pistol, firing
9mm bullet at his target, the attention of a huge
crowd of bystanders was drawn. The crowd
suddenly metamorphosed into a lynch mob. One morning in July 2005, Lt. Odunlami drove
through the Lagos' traffic snarl from the State
Secretariat, Alausa to Apapa. At Allen
Roundabout, Ikeja, an Okada rider bashed his
car. Furious about the dent on his car, the naval
officer unsheathed his gun from the holster. The
Okada rider, Mr Peter Edeh, abandoned his bike
and knelt down before Lt. Odunlami pleading
for mercy. Edeh's plea fell on deaf ears as Lt.
Odunlami shot him point blank in the mouth.
Mr Edeh died instantly.
The military officer's action therefore drew the
ire of the crowd who set aflame Odunlami's
overprotected car and attempted to lynch him.
The police, quite unlike them, arrived at the
scene immediately and rescued Odunlami from
the mob.
In its tradition, the military subjected Lt.
Odunlami to General Court Martial, and charged
him with "manslaughter, loss of service item (for
inability to account for four rounds of 9mm live
ammunition) and conduct prejudice of service
discipline". The offences are punishable under
sections 68(1)(a), 103(i) AFA 105 and 106 of the
Armed Forces Act Cap A 20 laws of Nigeria. At
the end of the military trial in July 2006,
THISDAY reported that "the Court Martial
convicted him on counts one and two. The court
sentenced him to life imprisonment for
manslaughter and dismissed him from service
on count two."
But despite the fact that the court martial didn't
sentence him to death, Odunlami headed to
Court of Appeal, praying that he be acquitted.
After the appellate court upheld the decision of
the Court Martial, the officer rushed to Supreme
Court, which, to his chagrin, also upheld the
decision of the Court of Appeal.
On May 14, 2014 when some Nigerian soldiers in
the newly-established 7th Division fired shots at
the car of their General Officer Commanding
(GOC), Major General Ahmadu Muhammad, for
allowing their colleagues to fall into Boko Haram
trap and suffer casualty, the soldiers were
charged with mutiny.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that "the aggrieved
soldiers blamed the death of their colleagues on
the military hierarchy in the division". Quoting
sources in the military, the online news medium
said "the dead soldiers and the survivors were
ambushed while on a special operation in
Kalabalge Local Government Area where locals
had on Tuesday morning killed about 150
insurgents and arrested 10 others. After the
operation, during which some military
equipment were recovered from the insurgents,
the soldiers who had arrived (at) the council
(area), were asked to return to Maiduguri."
Sensing the impeding danger, the soldiers
requested their superiors to allow them pass the
night in the area, and return to Maiduguri the
following morning. The superiors turned down
the request and insisted they return to the base.
Midway into the night journey, Boko Haram
ambushed and killed 12 soldiers among them.
After Boko Haram murdered 12 soldiers, it
appears the Nigerian Army too is following suit
by sentencing 12 soldiers to death for protesting
the killing of their colleagues by Boko Haram.
Now I am wondering, after finding the 12 guilty
of "three charges of conspiracy, mutiny and
attempted murder of Major General
Mohammed, I wondered why the same court
martial did not sentence Lt. Odunlami to death
for killing Okada rider in 2005. I also wondered
what punishment did the court meted out on
the GOC, whose wrong order led to the death of
12 gallant soldiers. He was sentenced to
'redeployment'. I was expecting to see General
Muhammad and other top commanders being
tried for giving the ruinous order that led to
Nigerian army suffering the casualty. Naught!
I'm bemused, seriously. I quizzed myself
severally. Does this mean by attempting to kill a
soldier, you get a death sentence but by killing
Okada rider you only get a life sentence? So life
of an Okada rider is not a life. It's just like
killing a stray goat, huh?
Issues of court martial and Sharia law under the
Nigerian constitution always baffle me. I am not
a fan of Nigeria's politico-doctrinal contraption
called Sharia. But if the decision of Sharia court
regarding apostasy or adultery can be reversed
by the upper courts on the premise that the
constitution does not regard them as capital
offenses, the decision of the court martial
regarding the 12 soldiers should also be looked
into. Thank God the condemned soldiers have
appealed their case.
Similar instance occurred in 2009 when
Brigadier-General Ishaya Bauka-led court martial
sentenced 27 Nigerian soldiers who returned
from UN peacekeeping in Liberia to life
imprisonment for protesting the non-payment of
their peacekeeping allowances. What sentence
did the court martial pass on the senior officers
who stowed away in their pockets the
allowances of protesting soldiers? They were
only 'sentenced' to demotion!
But military brutality is not new to Nigerians. On
slight infraction, Nigerians are killed, maimed,
tortured, threatened, abused, raped or molested
by those responsible for protecting us from
being killed, maimed, tortured, threatened,
abused, raped or molested. Nearly 20 years ago,
a young man named Auwalu in Brigade area of
Kano was beaten to death by a DPO. The DPO,
bearing the monicker 'Kwanta Kwanta' because
of his brutality, was notorious for torturing
suspects. In order to seek justice, the father of
the murdered young man left the body in the
mortuary for years, writing all manner of
petitions and traversing all manner of courts,
including the Oputa Panel, in search of justice.
To the best of my knowledge, the highest
punishment Kwanta Kwanta received was
redeployment to South.
Nigerian law is always funny. It jails pickpockets
and sets free a person who steals billions.
Terrorism, to me, is greater than mutiny. You
may disagree. But before you charge me with
mutiny, let me ask you this question: who
between notorious Boko Haram kingpin Ali
Sanda Konduga and 12 mutinying soldiers
deserve death sentence? Konduga, onetime
spokesman of Boko Haram, was jailed for only
three years! Only two days ago, the Federal High
Court in Lagos sentenced three Boko Haram
members to 25 years imprisonment each. Not
life sentence, let alone death sentence! Again,
earlier through the trial, The Nation reported,
the Attorney General of the federation had
entered a nolle prosequi (do not prosecute) in
respect of two of Boko Haram members, and
were subsequently discharged. "Later (on),
another 11 were also discharged in the course of
the trial following another nolle prosequi by the
prosecution", said the newspaper. What kind of
country is Nigeria?!
I remember reading an editorial in the heat of
Lt. Odunlami's killing of the Okada man in one
of the Nigerian dailies, faulting the court
martial's decision of sentencing the young
officer to life imprisonment instead of handing
down a death sentence on him. If my memory
serves me right, the editorialists (perhaps
bearing in mind the nature of Nigeria) argued
that sentencing the officer to life imprisonment
was a tactical way of preparing him for pardon
and gaining freedom after serving a few years.
The manner with which criminals are pardoned
and thieves are honoured with National Merit
Award, I wonder if Lt. Odunlami hasn't been
surreptitiously pardoned and allowed to jet out
of the country.


source: saharareporters.com/2014/10/01/when-death-dozen-doesnt-matter-jaafar-jaafar

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You you are a responsible person jor u knw we ve fools on nl.
just want to compare it wit an offer joor.Thanks

op shagari was overthrown Dec 31 1983
so abacha cant make d address in 1984 Dec

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