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— 28th July 2016
Repent or face fire – Army

From Paul Osuyi, Asaba, Em­manuel Ogoigbe, Warri, Tony John, Port Harcourt, Sola Ojo, Kaduna, Charles Adegbite

MILITANTS group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has vowed to bomb more oil pipelines beginning from first week of August. The group warned oil workers and foreigners still in the region to vacate or risk their lives.

The group which has claimed respon­sibility for recent spate of bombings of oil facilities in the region said it has had enough of the dishonesty and tricks of the Federal Government, as it claimed the peace talk or dialogue purportedly initiated by the Federal Government was a delay tactics to enable the gov­ernment take delivery of arms includ­ing drones expected to arrive by end of August from the United States.

“This whole thing makes us to won­der what kind of country is this? We can all see that President Buhari-led govern­ment is a fraud. They are not serious about any dialogue. But they make it look as if the Niger Delta Avengers are the ones not ready for dialogue.

“Mr. President, you can purchase all the drones in Europe and the United States of America, it won’t stop the Niger Delta Avengers from bringing the country’s economy to zero.

“The worst you can do is to kill poor innocent people which the military is good at, but you should know that the Nigerian economy will suffer, as you will not be able to export one litre of crude in the Niger Delta. Just intensify the oil exploration in the North East. As for the ones in the Niger Delta, forget about it because the Nigerian govern­ment won’t export a drop from our land,” the militants bragged.

But the military has read the riot act to the militants to desist from attacking oil installations or face the consequences of their criminal actions.

Commander of Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie who gave the warning in Asaba during a courtesy call on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State vowed that the multi-service task force was prepared to tackle any criminal action within the Nigerian maritime area.

He said the military has the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari to secure the waters in the Niger Delta region covering part of Ondo, Edo and the entire Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers as well as part of Akwa Ibom states against security and economic threats.

Meanwhile, the Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) has claimed responsi­bility for the attack on the Nigerian Na­tional Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline, which occurred on Monday, at Obotim Ikot Ekong village in Akwa Ibom State.

Also, the CML said the Liberian ship, which its “rugged sea warriors” seized on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, on Bakassi Peninsula Nigerian waterways, would not be released, adding that the vessel would be named after Biafra.

Spokesperson of the group, General Ben, stated this yesterday, while react­ing to the statement by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai that the militants would be attacked, if government’s efforts to dialogue with militants proved futile.

General Ben claimed no active militant group has engaged the Federal Government in any discussion, warning that any individual who works against the collective agenda of the militants would regret his or her action.

However, former Managing Direc­tor of the defunct Nigerian Airways, Captain Mohammed Joji said Buhari should not romance the militants by going into dialogue with them. He said government should engage them “fire for fire.”

Joji said by blowing up oil pipelines and destroying other key facilities that affect the economy of the Nigeria, the militants have declared war against the Nigerian state, and therefore should not be pitied.

Captain Joji said the militant group has not only inflicted incalculable pains on Nigerians, but also about to cripple the nation’s economy.

While lamenting that the activities of the Avengers was responsible for the scarcity of aviation fuel, the aviation expert said if the the ‘madness’ was al­lowed to continue, it would ground the aviation industry, which would in turn ground the economy.

“Fuel scarcity in the aviation sector is a sabotage by the so-called Niger Delta Avengers, so pipeline vandalism must be brought to a halt if the crisis must end.

“I am not an advocate of negotiations with a terrorist group. The Federal Gov­ernment should forget about democracy and go fire for fire with the Avengers,” he said.

In a related development, former minister of mines and steel, Chief Sarafa Tunji Ishola enjoined President Buhari to quickly summon an emergen­cy Council of State meeting to address the prevailing insecurity.

Ishola said the president should not wait until the insecurity in Niger Delta, the agitation for Biafra Republic in the South East and the continuous killings of innocent Nigerians by herdsmen, spi­ral out of hand before convening such a meeting.

“Allowing insecurity to persist beyond the current level may spell doom for Buhari’s administration, because the level of poverty in Nigeria today is just too high that people are only tolerating his administration temporarily.

“If he should allow Nigerians to run out of patience and revolt against his administration, that may spell doom,” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said.

The ex-minister explained that the president should not think the rising insecurity in the country was something he and his All Progressives Congress (APC) could solve alone.

“Buhari needs wisdom from former Heads of State and other elder states­men who have ruled this nation before him. So, he needs to call the Council of State meeting as a matter of urgency, with security matter as the sole agen­dum.”

Ishola noted that it would be a great error on the part of Buhari to think that the method he used about 31 years ago as military Head of State is what he would use now as civilian president.

“This is a democratic dispensation, you have to carry along critical stake­holders and also have listening ears, if not the insecurity will get out of hand. And if you are talking about diversifica­tion of the economy, tell me, which foreign investors will go to a country to invest where they are throwing bombs, kidnapping people and demanding huge ransoms?” he queried.

http://sunnewsonline.com/militants-vow-to-bomb-more-oil-facilities/

Akjwyzepal:
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Afonja, you have not made any sense.

.....

omenka:
Bro you need speak no more. Na this talk wen we dey talk dey make some people do shakara.

When the bell rings, what would be would be.

Gbam!!!

Sherifatu should wring the bell quickly and end this once and for all.

Aaronzy:
[s]i hate this nonsence!....you always call us middle belts wen it comes to war and always say we will fight against dae hausas and fulanis...but wen buhari appoint any of us in his govt its only den dat u will start calling us north central dat Buhari has appointed anoda northerner.....

Pls and pls stop dragging us into ur clueless agenda...
WE will neva fight for u people cos u ar just visionless![/s]

Where did we beg you to fight for us

Greet the fulani herdsmen for me.

This Babangida nawaoo.

After dealing with awolowo very well he still gave aere onakankanfo tea to drink..

cheruv:
Bia nárà otu olilo mmanya

Dalu nwanem.

[size=24pt]How Awolowo committed suicide – By Abdulmumini Adeku[/size]

Twenty –three years after he suddenly was reported dead of natural cause and two years shy of his golden jubilee , facts are now emerging on the reasons that led to First and Second Republic political heavyweight ,Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo committing suicide

It was learned that he did it to stem the tide of a possible military court martial into an insurrection he was planning to lead alongside his political associates at the time when it became evident that then Military President ,General Ibrahim Babangida was intending staying in power forever.
In a no-hold barred interview with FS Online recently,a grass root politician ,Mr Adebayo Adeyinka who lives within the College Road at Ifako-Ijaiye axis in Ogba ,a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria was livid with rage when he learned that a key politician connected to the issue was denying the incident.

He revealed that Chief Awolowo wanted to lead some kind of guerilla warfare or militant campaign against the government of President Babangida so that he can be overthrown through a popular or people -led putsch.
According to him , the Elder Statesman summoned a meeting of his core loyalists over the issue and this was even filmed so as to strengthen the extent of commitment of each of the politician that attended the meeting..
He pointed out that however unknown to all of those who were privy to this meeting and clarion call , Chief Lateef Kayode Jakande ,Former Executive Governor of Lagos State had a different plan as he betrayed them to the military .He Said:’ But unknown to them , Chief Jakande was planning to betray them, he went to President Ibrahim Babangida and promptly showed him the tape

“Papa Awolowo was invited for a meeting with President Ibrahim Babangida who was then staying at Dodan Barracks which was the seat of power as at then and the truth of his clandestine meetings was revealed to him by the gap –toothed General

“He gave Papa some options and that was for him to be ready to face a court martial , be ready to go to a prison or better still go on exile
“At this stage Papa felt instead of allowing some ambitious khaki boy to mess him up he should just pack it in and call it a day ,so Chief Awolowo decide to commit suicide so as to save himself from the ignominy of going to prison for the second time in his lifetime .

“But before he did this he called his core loyalists for a meeting ,before then he had called up Late Chief Bola Ige [Cicero],since the latter had a very strong understanding of the Hausa Language having had his formative years as a young man in Kaduna but discovered that the late Esa-Oke strongman was innocent after he was interrogated by Papa

“He called others for enquiries while asking them to tender the video cassettes of the meeting they all attended to discuss the plans to topple President Babangida for examination ,at this juncture Chief Jakande developed a cold feet as he could not produce his own copy of the video which was freely distributed to all that was present at the meeting previously before the betrayal and that was how the cat was let out of the bag

“So he cursed him at this point and pointed out that he will never have any form of relevance politically as far as Nigeria was concerned and till today members of the Awolowo Dynasty avoids him like a plague.
“I was their when the letter he wrote to the family to beg them for forgiveness over the unfortunate incident was read in the presence of all present ,if he continues to deny I am ready to confront him publicly again on the same issue as I can even remember that elders asked him to go to the grave of the late sage to plead for forgiveness
“When he was questioned he lied that the National Security Organization now State Security Services had visited his house to check on him and in the process took the tape in question but” Awoists” knew that this was a very weak argument as he did not inform their political group of this development before their enquiry on the subject
“That was how Senator Abraham Adesanya assumed the leadership of the Awolowo camp of Yoruba politics after the demise of the man ,he was not even so close to Awolowo during his lifetime like Chief Jakande and that was why many called him Baba Kekere on account of this cosy relationship
“[size=16pt]Before he gave up the ghost , he said his prayers and then took the poison which killed him almost immediately but the public was not fully aware as they were given a different account of what happened.[/size]
“We were simply told that he died while he was brushing his teeth in his bathroom at his Park Lane,Apapa residence here in Lagos
“He was stupendously wealthy during his lifetime, infact there is know company at Oba Akran in Ikeja ,Lagos where he does not have at least a five percent equity, Dideolu Court in Ogba alone cannot be valued at less than N10 Billion ,that was the place that he had in mind to be his Seat of power if he was elected as Nigeria’s President.
‘He owned Shonibare Estate but the man he was using as a front and who later went to prison over some issues which Awolowo himself was privy to eventually laid claim to the estate

“He got all of this wealth due to a great measure of goodwill and tax waivers he gave to investors whenever they come to establish their business.
“Anytime you buy a bottle of Coca-Cola you are enriching the Awolowo Dynasty ,go to Ijebu Ikenne and you will discover that the price of a bag cement there is different from other parts of the nation due to the subsidy that the citizens enjoy on account of Awolowo who was their son and I hope you know that West African Portland Cement is in Ewekoro and not Ikenne.

“On account of this great betrayal Awolowo family members regard the “Awoist” as a group people should deal with using a long spoon till this day and this explains why when The Peoples Democratic Party Government gave some of them political appointment lately they accepted it without thinking twice.
“Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu was made an Ambassador by Former President Olusegun Obasanjo while , Mr Segun Awolowo Jnr was given a plum job at the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja as a Secretary.
“Recently when Afenifere was disintegrating Mama out of concern for her husband’s legacies decided to call a truce because as she puts it then, she did not know what she was going to tell her husband the day they meet in heaven
“He made Sijuwade rich , because he was his business associate and in fact some of us held very strong views that he was one of his fronts and later the same man became the Ooni of Ife”he added

Mr Adebayo Adeyinka recalled his several years of following grass root politics right from the days of Action Group to the Unity Party of Nigerian era in the second republic but now lamented that he had since lost all interest in partisan politics due to the massive corruption in our polity.

He listed such blue chips like Dunlop Nigeria Plc ,Guinness Nigeria Plc, Neimeth Pharmaceutical Nigeria Plc ,May and Baker Nigeria Plc ,Vitafoam Nigeria Plc ,Wahum Nigeria Limited ,CAP Nigeria Plc , International Paints of West Africa [IPWA], Berger Paints Nigeria Plc ,Berec Nigeria Limited ,Kabelmetal, Nigeria Bottling Company Plc ,Leventis Nigera Plc ,West African Portland Cement Company,[Lafarge ],Wema Bank Nigeria Plc, Scoa Nigeria Plc ,CFAO Nigeria Plc, Cadbury Nigeria Plc ,Wemaboard Estates, Odu’A Group, Livestock Feeds Nigeria Plc , Nigerian Breweries Plc as places the Awolowo family have commercial interest to mention just a few.

Apart from this stocks analysts believe that the most visible of his investment ,The Nigerian Tribune Newspapers cannot be valued at less than N100billion today in terms of brand evaluation as Thisday Newspapers was valued by the Owner ,.Mr Nduka Obaigbena at N200 Billion recently during a media chart while celebrating his fiftieth birthday sometimes last year.

Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was a leader who believed that the state should channel Nigeria’s resources into education and state –led infrastructural development.

At his own expense albeit controversially ,he introduced the free primary education for all of the Western Region ,he equally established the first television service in Africa in 1959 and expanded electrification projects in the region using the proceeds from the highly lucrative Cocoa export industry.

The Cocoa House in Ibadan regarded by many as one of the major landmarks of Nigeria’s architectural history was built as a result of his economic blueprint which was targeted towards the emancipation of his people from poverty
He built the first stadium in West Africa , the Liberty Stadium ,Ibadan and he coined the name “Naira “for Nigeria’s official currency ,it was previously called Nigerian Pounds.
During the 1970’s ,he was very critical of Nigeria’s military expenditure insisting that more should be spent on development
He ran a free health care programme for children up till the age of eighteen years .

On his death on the 9th of May,1987 as a mark of respect for his legacies ,The University Of Ile-Ife which ironically he helped to build as Premier of the Old Western Nigeria was re-named in his honour as part of a post humous celebration of his life and times.
His portraits adorn public places in Nigeria especially in his native Yoruba land where he is seen as an icon.
His picture also adorn Nigeria’s one hundred naira note.
He has been described surprisingly by some of his greatest critics and even political opponents as probably the Best President Nigeria never had.
He struck a chord with the womenfolk during his lifetime when in a rare show of public affection for his wife of several years, Chief Mrs Hannah Dideolu Awolowo told the world that the woman was his jewel of inestimable value.
How right or prophetic he was because his wife has continued to strengthen the mileage of the husband’s name even in death.

During an exclusive interview with FS Online at his Ilupeju home in Lagos last year, Chief Lateef Jakande upon being probed with questions over his relationship with Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo on account of what feelers were suggesting had denied that they had a bad relationship shortly before his death.He insisted that those that said that they had any problems between them prior to Chief Awolowo’s death were not been honest as they were all telling lies.

http://247ureports.com/how-awolowo-committed-suicide-by-abdulmumini-adeku/

QuotaSystem:
You really think you can pick and choose the system of government that favours you when you want right? So it's during a northern Presidency that you want to reduce the power of the Presidency right? And you think you can do it with violence right?

Hardworking Jokers on steroids

I don't blame you, I blame Osinbajo the most powerful yoruba man who is now within the corridors of power and now knows that we don't need to restructure Nigeria.

I blame tinubu who all along had been clamouring for true federalism/restructuring only to suddenly turn deaf and dumb.

rhektor:
[s]What else do you need, ooh you want me to teach you how to think? Then come enroll in my school "midas touch" your life will never remain your old silly self[/s]

Oga go and sleep you are an empty vessel with nothing meaningful to contribute.


Why not counter my points with superior points or just shut up.

GoodofNaija:
Obviously no, you can take d next flight or trek to uganda.

What business do I have with Uganda?

Is it by force to be a Nigerian?

QuotaSystem:
[s][b]Who gave us the unitary system during that period thereby abolishing any federalism?

An Easterner named Ironsi? No?

Hardworking Jokers [/s]

For how long will you children of dan fodio keep repeating this stale line?

Ironsi must be a god for it to be taking forever to rectify what he did!

ba7man:
[s]All these online raving and ranting won't change the fact that gun battles and bombings are coming to a creek near you in Niger Delta.


I said it earlier that open support for these militants will only attract violence and destruction........ not development.


As I also said earlier, I don't want refugees trooping to my region if this issue escalates. >:[/s](

Refugees are already in your region.

rhektor:
[s]What a myopic analysis, is this analysis or your wish?
With this state of mind you can't even win an argument not to talk of winning a war. Wake up my friend from your slumber [/s]

If you have a superior argument, bring it and stop splashing smelly spit everywhere.

Please they should intensify their search and find enough oil in the north.

It would be easy to get Bia*** if they find their own oil.

That aside, fayose has spoken very well.

This is the greatest Yoruba man dead or alive.

QuotaSystem:
[s]They had better start quickly, the nonsense dialogue has served its purpose and the military is set to engage.

Nobody can blackmail this government, talk less of drunken creek rats and their cowardly Ugandan cousins. [/b][/s]

Is it by force to be part of a country?

Answer me!

DaBullIT:
[s]Now Buhari is stepping up the game , this is good news , Ive got to call on my uncle if i can get a live feed or recorded version


These people have frustrated every citizens and all the world observers and if it does lead to a full scale war, we'll see who loses more


No tribe should be allowed to hold Nigeria to ransom and the people better start evacuating because no Criminal court, Local or international will try Buhari after having more than a year's patience to reason with these people

omenka come see[/s]

Nigeria will not survive a second civil war, you can take this to the bank.

This is not 1967, this is 2016, wake up!

If any war breaks out then you will see how broken and divided Nigeria has become.

The SE will definitely help their SS brothers.

The MB will not help the hausa/fulani wage any war against the South, you only need to go there and speak to the people.(thanks to the fulani herdsmen)

Even the Yorubas will not want to be drawn into any armed conflict against the east side and would ask the hausa/fulani to go fight their war themselves.

The hausa/fulani will find themselves isolated and before you know it, the centre will cave in and Nigeria breaks.

Besides, once the war starts, boko haram will quickly pick up and annex parts of the north, this will greatly stretch the hausa/fulani lines and it won't take long before they throw away their guns and flee into Chad as refugees.

Nigeria will not survive a second civil war, you can take this to the bank.

This is not 1967, this is 2016, wake up!

If any war breaks out then you will see how broken and divided Nigeria has become.

The SE will definitely help their SS brothers.

The MB will not help the hausa/fulani wage any war against the South, you only need to go there and speak to the people.(thanks to the fulani herdsmen)

Even the Yorubas will not want to be drawn into any armed conflict against the east side and would ask the hausa/fulani to go fight their war themselves.

The hausa/fulani will find themselves isolated and before you know it, the centre will cave in and Nigeria breaks.

Besides, once the war starts, boko haram will quickly pick up and annex parts of the north, this will greatly stretch the hausa/fulani lines and it won't take long before they throw away their guns and flee into Chad as refugees.

This people are truly shameles.
How much longer will the yorubas continue to prostrate for these mallams abeg?

titiakins:
Are these militants afraid of going after the northerners?


What does any of these got to do with the Yorubas??


See Kano for there... cowards going after the [size=24pt]easiest prey[/size]


Na wa o!

So you have agreed that yorubas are the EASIEST prey?

Chai!

Yorubas are endangered ooooo

omenka

DropShot:
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[s]Nothing he does will please some of you.

The hatred is deep. The good thing is he doesn't really need SE/SS to win a 2nd term[/s].

Yes, we know the afonjas will always help him out but we don't care.

His government will continue to be turbulent and he might end up as the worst president in the history of this country if he does not change his ways.

This is just the beginning.

[size=16pt]“The militants have been coming every day for the past three weeks. When they come, they burgle houses, abduct landlords and rape women. They kill our goats and chickens as well. We have been under siege without any help from the police.[/size]

Where is OPC oooo, please come issue another ultimatum.


We need to deploy oba akiolu to Ogun state to save Yorubas oooo by sending them militants to the lagoon.


omenka come and save yorubas oooooo

PenSniper:
[s]Who let you loose from the leash ?
The blood of hundreds of Enugu people slaughtered for suya festival are still begging for revenge but instead it was the survivors that got arredted with no finger raised by anybody.
Slaves in their own land.
There is a log of wood in your own eyes and you want to remove the speck in someone else's ?[/s]

What of those slaughtered in ogun & ekiti by the same fulani?

What of those sent out of this world by kainkain drinking militants in ikorodu?

PenSniper:
[s]Because they are as animalistic as the questionaire and co.
Animals in human skin can never behave like humans, they can only try.[/s]

I am wondering what these militants will install in Lagos after akiolu has been chased into Cotonou for refuge.

Maybe they will call him oba kakarokokoro 1 of Eko


cc omenka

omenka:
[s]Vanguard, always creating storms in tea cups.

They should concentrate on reporting news from Uganda and stories about the Red Albino Bonobo Monkey in Kuje abeg.

They South Westerners can handle their issues themselves.

Meanwhile, the Bonobo Monkey is about to celebrate his one year anniversary of extreme leguminous feeding in Kuje- I hope Vanguard marks it. I'm ready to spare some dead presidents on a full coloured center spread advert in felicitation!! Another great Madiba is in the making!!

1year down, 27 left to go! [/s]

Would you have said the same if this attack had been in Igboland you shameless hypocrite?

Go and chase fulani cattle away from your parlour oo.

oboy3:
Islamic State of Oduduwastan (ISO) loading.........

When are the Hausa/Fulanis replacing all Oba in yorubaland with the Emir title?

oba akiolu is the next to be replaced.

His big mouth will not save him and he has become so dumb in the face of atrocities committed by the hausas in Lagos.

The fulanis have taken Ilorin now hausas want to take Lagos.

Igbos need to be careful ooo if we think we own Lagos because it's like these hausas also need Lagos.

With the way thing are going akiolu may soon abandon his throne and flee into cotonou for refuge.

Between Niger Delta militants and okada riding hausas who will be the first to take Lagos?

oooooo