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SpatialKing:
Previous Nigerian Presidents have visited emergency sites or scenes within minutes after the incidents occurred especially within and around Abuja. ..

The president gives directives to his security team not the other way round. Even in "London has Fallen" US �� President with all the advance intelligence and reconnaissance operations of the Secret Service, he gives them directives to make unexpected stops and unexpected visits to various locations. It is up to the security team to buckle up and make arrangements for the president as required. That's what they are paid and TRAINED for..
They can use a sort of Intelligence Operational Dashboard to know what's, when, how and where something is happening.

LONDON HAS FALLEN? An American propaganda movie I guess. Riddle me this, will the Intelligence Operational Dashboard prevent one of the guards from 'accidentally' discharging a bullet in the direction of the President during the gun salute? Has all the guards for the salute being vetted? Have the contents of their bullets been checked to make sure they are not carrying live rounds? Will it sweep adjoining buildings to make sure a sniper is not lurking around? Idris Deby was allegedly killed by a sniper by the way. Securing the President is not a movie. It's real business.

dederocs:
Read what I wrote, more slowly...

I have, and I ask again. Would you believe the person he eventually chooses is the best one, even if he is a Northerner? Or will you only be convinced he has selected the best when the eventual COAS is chosen from another region? Read slowly before you reply.

dederocs:
Will PMB surprise us, and appoint the best hands rather than just picking his northern brother.

Is it possible that the best hand can also be from the North? Or should we conclude that whenever it's from the East, it's merit but if from the North, it's quota system?

Curious345:
Here you got it wrong .. before I answer you, I must pause to evaluate your previous posts in this forum , to acertain your political views. To see if you are a blind man or just being naiive.

One moment please

Don't bother. You will be ignored when you come back. I wish Nairaland has the block botton.

lexy2014:
It clearly shows that u arent informed. Obama for one made a lot of unscheduled visits to restaurants and bars. He also took walks from his office to buy snacks for his staff at d white house.

George bush made at least one unscheduled visit to Iraq. A very very low key affair. Breezed in and breezed out

This one is easily fooled by PR. What makes it unscheduled? His security team did not know he will be stopping by right? it was unscheduled because the people he was visiting weren't expecting him which makes it safer for him. Gives less time for people with ulterior motive to plan. It is not rocket science.

Curious345:
He was busy with his inauguration , and remember he was not yet the commander in chief.

Dambazau, the then chief of army staff was the then defacto president of Nigeria .

Jonathan would not take his oath of office as president until yaradua was buried

Jonathan was already Acting President by then. By your logic, Jonathan did not trust Dambazau as chief of army staff and so couldn't attend Yar'adua's burial but you expect Buhari without a chief of army staff to venture out without due diligence. An environment where all and sundry were coming to pay their respects. An environment where they will be a lot of gun salutes. Was there enough time to vet all the bullets in the guns? This is not an emotional matter. Idris Deby trusted too much and look where it got him.

Someone7:
The president gives directives to his security team not the other way round. Even the US President with all the advance intelligence and reconnaissance operations of the Secret Service, he gives them directives to make unexpected stops and unexpected visits to various locations. It is up to the security team to buckle up and make arrangements for the president as required. That's what they are paid and TRAINED for.
When will Nigerians stop making excuse for mediocrity and failure?

Lies. It will be unwise of any president to go against security advice. Idris Deby constantly did and we saw how it ended.

AfonjaMuslim:
But Jonathan visited scenes of bomb blast within minutes of the incidents. Does the 48 hour so called security protocol not apply there?
Foolish Buharists

Yes he did. After the area had been cordoned off. Should the burial ground have been cordoned off as well? Let's not forget how Jonathan will lock down the whole of Lagos for a mere trip or how the whole airport road in Abuja will be shut down whenever Jonathan is on his way to the airport. Nigerians indeed, have short memories.

jamace:
Did the cabal accept that Yardua was dead? Jonathan was kept incommunicado by the ASO Rock cabal..

Abacha died on 8 June 1998 and Abdulsalam became head of state on 9 June 1998...Abdulsalam had barely taken over when Abacha was buried. So, he couldnt have been there.

What security clearance nonsense of 48 hours?

Buhari has failed woefully in leadership and there is no excuse for cover-up.

Jonathan was already acting President before Yar'adua died. Why was Buhari absent at his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari's burial? Why was he absent at his bosom friend, Isa Funtua's burial?

Hint: It wasn't because of Covid 19. Show me an islamic burial happening in less than 24 hours where Buhari has attended. Buhari attended Yar'adua's burial by the way. The difference is that he wasn't President as at then. You can pontificate all you want, but we all saw what happened to Idris Deby in Chad. Buhari's itinerary does not lie in his hands. It is protocol.

Just to be clear. Jonathan was absent at Yar'adua's burial. General Abdulsalam was absent at Abacha's burial. All these burials all have one thing in common, they happened in less than 24 hours. Too short a time for the DSS to plan their itinerary. Being a President is not child's play. Buhari has been a target for assassination even as far back as 2014 in Kaduna when his convoy was attacked. The risk is higher now than then.

cybersoldiers:
UGM is simply sending them a message to resign from Nigerian police/military and join UGM or get killed simple.

And feed their families with the arrears that will be paid once Biafra is achieved, as promised by Nnamdi Kanu. Wonderful!

Militant30:
The way these so-called leaders behave ehn, how can someone be this mean to those who elect him to manage the state affairs on their behalf?

I don't blame him Sha,they will collect N5000 and sing his praise to high heavens in the next election and later come back to lament.

Shaking my head.

Kaduna State has less than 100,000 people in its Civil Service. El'rufai was voted into power by over 1.2 million people in the last election. Do the math. Why should 98% of the State's allocation be used to cater for less than 10% of the population?

Biafranboys:
They could see we rejected it, el buhari is a dictator he did the same thing in 1983 where his notorious NSO Now DSS used decree 4 to hold people and do you know buhari was called El buhari in 1985 because of famine? Even soyinka wrote a book in 2007 titled the crimes of buhari, why people voted for the failure beats my imagination.buhari is a leopard that can never change

Read before commenting. They are simply telling you to your face that the news was false because you do not have the luxury of rejecting it. They already have your IMEI whether you like it or not! Go to court and remain there!

The strike was becoming increasingly unpopular among the real residents of Kaduna, don't let social media takes fool you. How do you shut down electricity, water supply, hospitals, banks, fueling stations and businesses in a state and claim to be fighting for citizens. The hardship was becoming unbearable and Kaduna dwellers were getting ready to confront the NLC.

otokx:
is this why the mass action was suspended?

No. NLC simply jumped at this window of opportunity to save face. The strike was becoming increasingly unpopular among the real residents of Kaduna, don't let social media takes fool you. How do you shut down electricity, water supply, hospitals, banks, fueling stations and businesses in a state and claim to be fighting for citizens. The hardship was becoming unbearable and Kaduna dwellers were getting ready to confront the NLC.

yanabasee1:
This is a hate speech..and should be treated as such....



El'rufai might just be holding his last political position in life....

Either ways, he will be fine. He was a successful Quantity Surveyor in Nigeria through his firm, El'Rufai and Partners before taking a paycut to become an "accidental public servant". The likes of El'Rufai are not appreciated until several years after their tenure when the fruits of their ambitious reforms are being reaped. Abuja is a case study. No successive FCT minister has been able to exceed or match what he did as minister but Abuja is still sane due to a solid foundation. People regarded him as the devil then but you need someone with balls of steel to do what he did.

Nigerians like to talk about what must be done to make things better but vilify anyone with the wherewithal to do so. 2023 will take care of itself but heads or tail, El'Rufai will be fine. His focus for now is to replicate what he did as FCT minister in Kaduna and he is very much on track. Posterity will be kind to him.

Massive indeed

SEasternVictory:
And ?

I stand by what I wrote - if an army is being sent to murder people en masse , should they not defend themselves ? That's very different from asking them to be suicide bombers or to randomly murder security forces with no provocation.

If Nnamdi Kanu was more strategic, if we had a strong partner, if we had heavy weapons - I will be 100% in support of driving out the invading Nigerian army.

So why deny that you weren't cheering him on until now? Do not quit at this point, follow through with your convictions all the way. Nnamdi Kanu says he will achieve Biafra by any means necessary, including suicide bombing and terrorism. He has never hidden his intention on that. Some of us were just smart enough to know from the get-go that he was a terrorist and a foreign trained mole.

SEasternVictory:
Cheered what on ? Can you read ?

Yes, I can. The below posts were you a few days ago. What changed? The internet always keep receipts.

All this talks about North and South including the much touted Southern Unity will transform to Yoruba vs Igbo by next year when the real dynamics of 2023 begin to play out. Atiku is fast realizing he is the biggest loser of the sponsored divisive tendencies they sowed for political reasons. The North will not be voting for a Northerner in 2023 but will definitely align towards a Southern ticket that best protect their interests. This is why the North is the most politically smarter region in Nigeria.

By next year, we will see if the Southern unity continues or a particular bloc will swallow their vomit and shamelessly queue behind another Hausa/Fulani ticket. The biggest failure of the opposition is continuing to focus on Buhari with the elections few months away forgetting that Buhari will not be on the ballot in 2023.

engrchykae:
USA sacrificed about 12million to get freedom from UK.
Do you know how many Russians that died defending Russian honor and freedom from Germany?
Or are you less a man,you love life so much that even if it is a slavish life,you are ok with it.
If ten million will die and biafra is achieved,it's very ok,I don't mind being one of the ten million.
Patrick Henry said"give me liberty or give me death"

A potential suicide bomber.

SEasternVictory:
I agree with you, his speech today has put me off , it was dangerous .

It may have put you off because you still have an atom of grey matter in you but bear in mind that this
same speech has just radicalized hardcore IPOB youths who dote on his every word. Watch out for potential suicide bombers in the South East.

Boko haram brainwashes its fighters through radical preachings to strap bombs on themselves, Nnamdi Kanu is doing the same through Radio Biafra. Watch out for another Charles Taylor in the making. A CIA trained mass media propagandist and potential war criminal. You cheered this on until now, do not back away. Accept responsibility.

SEasternVictory:
Yet with all the huge trade deals Nigeria is still a cesspit.

If you live in Aba, Nigeria will definitely look like a cesspit to you. Hold your governors accountable. Other States are nothing like Abia.

Coronabirus:
Some youth need to learn governance either by standing up and enter politics or by reading. No wonder why they call us lazy. Ho can we re Nigeria with zero knowledge of governance, do we need to learn when we're given the power?
It's obvious that the OP is in deep ignorance of how the system works or was feed with grave doubts & usual ethno-religious propaganda in a beer parlour talk!

Please forgive them. It's the era of Twitter Revolution and tomfoolery.

Smityk:
80 looking 20 interesting

But Nnamdi Kanu would have us believe Buhari is Jibrin because his hands are too fresh for a 78 year old. I guess its safe to say that Obi of Ontsha has been cloned because he definitely looks younger than his age.

All the sensational news we were fed with is gradually becoming false. I thought the news was that the father was an accomplice? The offense is grievous no doubt, but objectivity must not be thrown out the window. Her death should not become a means to settle political scores as is now being the case. That will be a disservice to her memory.

It may seem trivial but I noticed all the pro-government comments on the first page have been conspicuously hidden by the mods. A lot of complaints have been made by members but now I can independently confirm it. Nairaland is compromised and is fast losing the sense of objectivity that once made it tick. Seun, wake up and save your website before it is too late!

P.S: I expect this comment of mine to get hidden as well. It is that bad.

Lazycapitalist2:
Do you have proof it took place in Ivory Coast?

Yes, we do have proof.

https://www.thecable.ng/fake-news-alert-viral-video-not-of-boko-haram-converting-residents-in-niger/amp

Satisfied?

Fake news! This happened in Ivory Coast and it was voluntary. Seun, Nairaland has gone to the dogs! The proliferation of fake news is too much and it appears a specific group has seized the platform to push their propaganda.

You caught 5 yoruba men involved in kidnapping and the headline just had to involve herdsmen, even though no herdsman was arrested alongside. Such double standards. Evans was not a herdsman, incase we forgot. Stop the profiling.