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why is it that people would lie? am living in kaduna precisely Near NDA barrack where there is rail track. but i dint see anything or heard about it. besides that is it train that jona promised to give nigerians? No his campaing priority is he will build refineries and transformation of power.

We Will Arrest And Prosecute Obasanjo with the
APC Gangsters - Minister of Police Affairs
Jelili Adesiyan, Nigeria's Minister of Police Affairs
has threatened to arrest and prosecute the former
President, Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo and those in the
APC for making "inciting" comments. Jelili was
speaking at the launch of book by Mr. Yinka
Odumakin in Lagos State titled "Watch the
Watcher".
WATCH HERE...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=FTbuaVdYotI

By Kikiowo Ileowo
Reputable online news platform Sahara Reporters,
has bombed the Nigerian Army, calling them a
petty organisation with generals who specialise in
deploying troops to attack the news organisation
on twitter.
In an exclusive chat with the publisher of the
news organisation Omoyele Sowore, the New York
based publisher told The Paradigm that he his
not surprised the army has resorted to name
calling.
The Nigerian Army had earlier accused Sahara
Reporters of working with the deadly Boko Haram
terrorist group.
Read: SaharaReporters Is Working For Boko
Haram Terrorists, Nigerian Army Alleges
Dismissing the allegation, Sowore said “the US
Government was similarly accused of working for
Boko Haram for refusing to sell helicopters to the
Nigerian Army.
“The Nigerian Army has been reduced to a petty
organization, the other day they deployed their
men chasing after newspaper delivery vans across
Nigeria because some were critical of their
handling of the anti-terrorism fight.
Mr. Sowore further said that “Since they can’t
find or arrest our copies, they’ve resorted to
cheap blackmail.
“The content of the petition clearly speaks to how
Boko Haram could be defeated, states why they
haven’t been defeated.
“The petition indicted senior military officers
including stating how a GOC was diverting money
and food, and also building a mansion in Kaduna.
But instead of investigating and acting on the
content of the petition, the military hierarchy is
engaging in subterfuge and deflecting public
attention from the real issues.
Read: Why We Run Away From Boko Haram
Terrorists – Army Commander Writes Pres.
Jonathan
“We join the long line of conscientious watchdogs
branded by the Nigerian authorities for saying and
reporting the truth,” Sowore told The Paradigm.
While speaking with this reporter, Sowore said
that “The Nigerian Army needs to return to being
a serious and respectable fighting force in Africa
not an organization of generals whose only skills
are limited to deploying troops to fight dirty on
Twitter”.
http://www.theparadigmng.com/?p=27098

on december 27, 2014 at 5:10 pm in news
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Mr Labaran Maku, a former Minister of
Information, has given the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) one week to correct anomalies in the
party’s governorship primary in the state.Maku
gave the warning on Saturday while addressing
youths in Wakama Villege of Nasarawa-Eggon
Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
He said that he had already written a petition to
the appeal panel set up by the national
headquarters of the party challenging the
outcome of the primaries.
He mentioned the irregularities that occurred
during the primary to include shortchanging of
delegates names in many LGAs, intimidation and
threatening of delegates, among others.
According to him, the fraud committed in the
recent PDP governorship primaries in the
Nasarawa state is worse than the one committed
at party’s primaries in the state in 2007.
He said that he would take a decision and seek
for peoples mandate directly if steps were not
taken to correct these anomalies in the next one
week.
“Since they think they can shortchange the names
of delegates and intimidate them, we will see how
they can shortchange and intimidate the members
of the public,” he said.
He vowed to move on with his ambition to
contest the governorship seat of the state in 2015
and advised all those who thought they could
deny the state of good leaders to have a rethink.
Maku promised that he would restore peace in
the state within six months and reposition the
state for total transformation if elected as
governor in 2015.
He, however, urged all his supporters to support
the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in
2015 for consolidation of development of the
country.
Maku said that Jonathan was one of the best
presidents the country had ever produced using
all parameters of developments.
He called on his supporters to remain calm and
law abiding, stressing that he would make
decisions known publicly in the next week.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/nasarawa-guber-primaries-maku-gives-jonathan-pdp-one-week-ultimatum/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

What happened in 1993 between Alhaji Bashir
Tofa and the late Chief Moshood Abiola of the
blessed memory is about repeating itself in
Nigeria in Nigeria today. Before the June 12 1993
presidential elections, handlers of Alhaji Bashir
Tofa knew that comparing Bashir Tofa and Chief
Abiola is like Apples and Oranges comparison.
General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)
Photo Credit:
Sahara Reporters Media
They knew that it is like comparing a giant with a
dwarf. They knew that there is no basis for the
comparison, and if it is a 100m dash Chief Abiola
would have hit the tape while Tofa is at the
starting point. The handlers led by Dr Doyin
Okupe initiated a strategy to hit Chief Abiola from
all corners and try to panel beat him to Tofa’s
level. They failed miserably and woefully too. In
the process of doing that they helped in no
uncertain terms to catapult Chief Abiola to an
unprecedented height. The rest is now history.
In 2015, the reckless, useless and fraudulent
historians and hack writers are at work again.
This time it is a battle between President
Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari has contested presidential elections in
2003, 2007, 2011 and even though he did not
make it, he gave a good account of himself.
Though he was cheated out, he got millions of
votes. He remained consistent, committed and
courageous even in the face of all the troubles he
had to go through. President Jonathan became a
deputy Governor and through luck he became
Governor, Vice president and now President and
he would have ruled Nigeria for six years by next
year.
In 2015, Nigerians will take stock. Nigerians are
looking back, they are looking at the present and
as well as the future. In the past sixteen a lot of
water has passed under the bridge. Nigerians
have seen a lot. Devastated, pillaged and gang
raped in all fronts, Nigerians are now thinking
seriously. Shall we continue with this mess? Do
we have an alternative? Can we do things
differently? Is Nigeria a basket case? Are we
helpless and hopeless? Are our destinies in our
hands? Can we bring the change we all desire?
Can we raise the bar of leadership in 2015? Can
we recover our stolen country? Many hard
questions demanding hard answers. After the
2011 elections, General Buhari said he may not
seek the highest office again. But the crisis of
leadership in our country has pushed him to throw
his hat into the ring again. He has been
compelled by the forces of history to step forward
again and this time it is a different ball game.
General Buhari of yesteryears is no longer the
same Buhari of today. Things have changed. Time
has changed. The calculations, equations and
permutations have changed. Nigerians want
Buhari to come clean up the Augean Stable PDP
led federal government is leaving behind. GMB is
coming to change the way we think and the way
we work.
But the enemies are at the door again. The
thieves are at the door once again. They are with
guns, bombs, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
(IBM), Rocket Launchers (RL), Warships, Jet
fighters, Bows and Arrows, AK-47s, etc to shoot
him down. They tell us he is a Religious Bigot, an
Islamic fundamentalist, a semi-illiterate person,
too old and too weak to get things done. They
are still manufacturing every bad thing under the
sun and are heaping them at GMB’s doorsteps.
They are desperate, vicious, hopeless, helpless
and potentially dangerous. They are doing
everything humanly possible to stop and if
possible to kill General Buhari. This is the reason
why l want maximum security for General Buhari
now.
These meretricious mediocrity can pull the house
down to remain in power. They are ready to
slaughter thousands to remain. They are ready to
continue to divide the country to remain in power.
The corrupt people and criminals in the land will
do everything humanly possible to stop Buhari.
We have seen them at work. They know the
consequences of General Buhari’s presidency.
They know that he is a no nonsense man. They
know he will fight criminals head on. They know
he is going to remove feeding bottles from their
mouths. They know he will do things differently.
They know his puritanical disposition and they
know he will stop at nothing to stop the mess in
the land. General Buhari may be a religious bigot,
he may be a fundamentalist, he may be a
dictator, he may be an old man and semi
illiterate, he may be everything they claim he is
but these congenital liars from the pit of hell will
kiss the dust. They will swallow their words when
the chips are down. They will go down with their
pathological lies when it dawns on them that no
21st century idiot will stop an idea whose time
has come.
They can call General Buhari names, they can call
him anything but it will amount to nothing. Those
who claimed they are PHD holders have
disappointed us. Those who claimed they are not
dictators have bruised and oppressed us. Those
who claimed they are young brought shame and
mediocrity to us. Leadership is not measured by
height or age. Mr Webster wrote Webster
Dictionary at the age of 80. Buhari remains a
candidate to beat in the 2015 presidential election
and I pity these characters who will dare to stand
on his way. I pity those who did not know when
the train left the station. I sympathize with those
who did not know when to call a spade a spade.
I fear for those who did not know that an idea
whose time has come is here. I worry that history
is leaving some people behind in Nigeria. I fear
that some compound idiots who have ruined
Nigeria for years are yet to come to terms with
GMB’s towering personality.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/27/general-buhari-unstoppable-now-joe-igbokwe

The Opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC,
will commence the ‘walk the ward’ campaign
today, with the aim of reaching Nigerians at the
ward level.

This was disclosed by the Vice-presidential
candidate of the party, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo via
his twitter page.

He said, “Good morning, Nigeria. We will be doing
a “Walk The Ward” today, to meet and talk to
Nigerians, about our vision. The communal spirit
used to be so strong, but we all seem to be
losing it. It’s time to get it back. We will try to
visit your ward too…”.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/apc-begins-walk-ward-campaign/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

[b]OFFICIALS of the United States government have for the first time in months presented an explanation on the sudden termination of oil imports from Nigeria since July, an action which spurred concerns whether there were any possible political connotation especially because of the current strain in Nigeria-US diplomatic relations.

Answering a question on the issue from The Guardian, during the week, White House Director of the US National Economic Council, Mr. Jeff Zients, said the cessation of oil imports from Nigeria had to do with the significant rise in US oil production.

Zients, US Labor Secretary, Thomas Perez, and White House Policy Council Director, Cecelia Munoz, were addressing a few US journalists on Thursday afternoon on the state of the American economy when The Guardian raised the question wondering why the US brought oil imports from Nigeria to a complete zero, while still importing oil from Saudi Arabia and other major oil producing countries.

According to the White House Economic Council Director, “across the last several years, US oil production has ramped up significantly by more than 50 percent to now over eight and a half million barrels per day.”

He explained that such a high turn up in local US oil production “has now dramatically reduced our dependency on imports,” Zients noted, adding that “in fact, we now produce more here than we import.”[/b]

The White House official stated that the development is consistent with President Barack Obama’s energy strategy, which has changed “quite a bit over the last few years as we are much less dependent on oil imports.”

That strategy has not only left Nigeria in the lurch, but has generally also driven down the international market price of oil to a ridiculous $60 range by the close of trading on Friday. Oil price, which soared around $100 in September, is now $56.52 for the WTI Crude and $61.38 for the Brent Crude oil.

But Zients and the other US officials at the press briefing did not address the issue of the ongoing importation from other oil producing nations, including OPEC members like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and non-OPEC suppliers like Canada. In fact, as at last month, it was reported that, while US completely halted oil imports from Nigeria, it increased its importation from those three countries.

The reduction of US oil importation from Nigeria to zero is the very first time since 1973 that the US did not import oil from Nigeria. US Shale oil production is responsible for the infusion of “light, sweet crude,” said to be similar to Nigeria’s Bonny Light oil, and US refineries are said to have preferred buying the locally produced oil, which is cheaper than Nigeria’s light crude.

Before Zients explanation on Thursday, there have been muted concerns whether the decision to completely end oil importation from Nigeria has any political connotation. For instance, a German top bank, Deutsche Bank had commented last month that “as if the recent drop in oil prices was not enough bad news for Nigeria’s economy, recent data show the US completely stopped importing crude oil from Nigeria. This marks a dramatic reversal for Africa’s largest economy, which in 2010 was still among America’s top 5 oil suppliers and exported at its peak 1.3m barrels per day to the United States.”

The German bank analysis further questioned why Nigeria was singled out, an aspect of the question posed by The Guardian to which the US government officials did not address. According to Deutsche Bank, the decline in US imports from Nigeria, “proceeded much faster than for the US’ other major suppliers.’ It is the rather drastic and complete zero oil imports from Nigeria that suggested a possible political connotation, which was however left unexplained by Zients.

Observers say it is not unlikely that oil imports termination with Nigeria and the refusal of the US government to sell weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram might both be political signals from President Barack Obama to the Nigerian presidency as it can be seen as demonstration of a lack of commitment by the US government to a supposed strategic partner —Nigeria — in Africa.

The Obama administration’s outright refusal to approve the sale of specific military equipment to Nigeria, in a clear-cut public renunciation of the Nigerian military and security apparatus which requested the okay from the US Defense department is also a potential dampener to US claims of a thriving diplomatic relationship with Nigeria. First, it was the US Ambassador in Nigeria who confirmed that the country would not okay the weapons sales to Nigeria, and then the State Department in response to Nigeria’s Ambassador’s complaints on the issue.

This particular refusal is sending clear indications that there are strong oppositional voices against President Jonathan in the White House, the State Department and Pentagon, causing further strain between Nigeria and the American governments, according to knowledgeable US sources.

Last month, Nigeria’s US Ambassador had to openly criticise the US government for not approving the sales of Cobra fighter jets to Nigeria to help fight the Boko Haram insurgency at a meeting he had with the influential US Council for Foreign Relations in his office. Adefuye, US sources say was expending his far-reaching influence with top US government officials in an apparent last-ditch effort to change the tone of the Obama administration towards the Jonathan presidency.

In fact, authoritative US sources said the denouncement of the military sale and the abandonment of the highly valued Nigerian crude oil by US oil future traders recently are happening at a time when the offices of National Security Adviser and Finance Minister of Nigeria are spending millions of dollars to retain US lobbyists in Washington DC to help plead the case of the Jonathan presidency without much success.

Explaining the desperation from the Nigerian government over the need for such lobbyists, a source from the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja also said while the federal government through the office of the NSA and Finance Ministry were paying millions for lobbyists, the salaries of Nigerian diplomats were still backlogged, including in the US.


http://ngrguardiannews.com/lead-story/191117-why-we-stopped-buying-nigeria-s-oil-by-white-house

Dr Ugoji Ebujo
Widespread anomie prevalent in Nigeria,
occasioned by a virtual dilapidation of the societal
ethical and moral framework, has literally
squelched any social appetite for comparative
sociological analysis of any segment of the
Nigerian society and a corresponding segment of
any foreign country even if that country is
Somalia .

Any such study invariably ends as an exercise in
rendition of woes, lamentations and pity. Our
country once mighty have fallen and is falling.
The decay is systemic and deep-seated and
widespread .

Our political system is heavily infected by
corruption and the educational system is
strangulated by poor funding. But our education
suffers from much more. Teachers groan and
moan, deride politicians and claim moral
indignation but they are equally culpable for the
rot that has beset us.

The university of Ghana and the University of
Nigeria have so much in common besides being
named after their respective countries. They were
both conceived during the colonial era and they
have main campuses located on hills, Legon and
Nsukka . Both have very large student population
of between 35000 and 38000. They have regional
reputations and have produced high quality
graduates who have played great roles in their
societies.

A brief stay in each university last year afforded
me an opportunity to reflect on the two societies
through those institutions . In Legon, it was an
experience of efficiency, culture and aesthetics. All
buildings were painted and all were white and all
had red roofs and all windows black.
Flowers and hedges were manicured and trees
added beauty to the environment. Order was
evident and everything showed agelessness
because the new and the old abided by a laid
down code. The library was quaint but noiseless,
lacked modern books but had good ambience.
The hostels showed they have not lacked care
and the newer ones were quite modern. But
whether old or new , modern or ancient the colour
codes were maintained and all the roofs were red.

The Guest house was sparsely furnished but
functional and had good landscaping . Order and
serenity were evident. The internet wifi system
was good. Nsukka was a different experience. A
multitude of Uncompleted projects littered
everywhere, grasses had Turned to bushes and hedges were untrammeled, free and wild. Many buildings were pale, washed and battered. Hostels were in shambles .

The Enugu campus that houses faculties of Law and Medicine has no pipe borne water. The state of the toilet facilities in Enugu campus can only be imagined.

A chat with some female students of
that campus revealed that students have buckets
for defecating.

They defecate in the open, along the toilet
corridor, many at a time, facing themselves, into
buckets and hurl the contents afterward into the
toilet Bowls, leaving trails of feces for the
cleaners who come when they wish to effect as
much cleaning as they can. The buckets are
subsequently rinsed with scarce water ,which they have to buy , and kept in the rooms until when again needed. Those who cannot stand the
bucket idea defecate into polythene bags and fling them onto a heap behind the hostels.


That heap has survived generations . Its pathetic.
An Alumni exists but the atrocity has persisted.
The Vice chancellors residence is state of the art,
new. The vice chancellor has managed to
ensconce himself in five star comfort while
students are dehumanized . Dont ask me who is
being groomed there. Perhaps pit toilets , since
they cannot have water, may actually restore
some dignity.

Its that bad. Students learning early how to be
wild. The school’s internet network system
functions so abysmally slowly that I could not
use it . Lecturers and students can hardly do
meaningful online researches in that remote
location. A senior lecturer told me she sends
articles to foreign journals using her blackberry
phone. That is the story of Nigeria .

And ironically the school’s motto reads: To
restore the dignity of man. Ghanas 2015 budget
is 50 percent donor funded, Nigeria is rich and
lives on her own money. Legon is to a great
extent insulated from political and local
administrative changes because Legon has a
tradition.

A tradition that all must follow. That entrenched
tradition is the institution. So while projects in
Legon are completed before others are started,
and buildings are repainted yearly, Nsukka is a
picture of haphazardness and planlessness. An
environment of order and good tradition will
culture , nurture and instill order and virtue in
young minds but if you sow disorder , you will
reap disorder.

Often Nigerian academics sneer at the politicians
claiming they are superficial, flimsy, selfish,
shortsighted and wasteful. But Nsukka indicts Our
academics.

And Its not just about funding. And
Nsukka is not alone ,other public universities are
perhaps worse. Nsukka is a reflection of our
society .University of Ghana indicts all of us. And
we shamelessly now troop there in droves in
search of better tertiary education for our
children.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/shocker-nigerian-university-students-defecate-open/#sthash.aYHRTXCq.dpuf

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK
DEC 24, 2014
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The South East All Progressives Congress (APC)
has congratulated Ndigbo for topping the list of
donors to the Buhari Support Organization
Campaign Fund, a peoples' contribution to
General Muhammadu Buhari’s (GMB) war chest
for the 2015 presidential election.
Muhammadu Buhari with son of former Nigerian
Nnamdi Azikiwe
“We are happy to announce that when the
managers of the First Bank of Nigeria warehoused
fund unveiled N54 million so far realized, Ndigbo
topped the list of the highest donors; a unique
account that has GMB as the only signatory,”
APC South East spokesman Osita Okechukwu
said in a statement.
“By topping the donor list, Ndigbo has graciously
demonstrated that the celestial bond between
GMB and the Nigerian Masses and the Middle
Class is Pan-Nigeria and not sectional as
insinuated,” he said.
He noted that the Buhari Campaign Support Fund
has General Buhari as the sole signatory for
purposes of transparency, and is aimed at
assisting the candidate, who refused to enrich
himself while in office, to prosecute his
presidential campaign.
“The South East APC salutes our people who
embrace the Buhari-Bandwagon-Vehicle for
Salvation; for it is our candid opinion that it is
less than wise for the hard working and
enterprising Ndigbo to election after election put
all our eggs in one basket,” Okechukwu said.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/24/apc-south-east-salutes-ndigbo-emerging-highest-donors-gmb-support-fund

Ijaw youths have threatened to attack supporters of the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in southern part of Nigeria.

The youths said on Sunday that they would visit Buhari’s supporters in the South with violence if the loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan should be attacked in the North.

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide said the decision to attack Buhari’s supporters was informed by reports that some persons in the North had resorted to sending open threat messages to pro-Jonathan governors and other supporters.

In a statement by the IYC spokesperson, Mr. Eric Omare, the youths said, “All Nigerians irrespective of his or her place of origin has a right to contest for the presidency of Nigeria and Nigerians have a right to support any candidate of their choice without molestation.

“It would be recalled that hundreds of Nigerians, especially NYSC members were killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed in the aftermath of the 2011 elections as a result of similar undemocratic disposition of some elements in the North.”

“We of southern Nigeria have not at any time threatened or attacked supporters of General Buhari; hence any threat or attack on supporters of President Jonathan in the north would be visited with proportionate action from us in the south.

“Governors Amaechi, (Rochas) Okorocha and (Adams) Oshiomole; Timipre Silva, John Oyegun, Bola Tinubu and other supporters of General Buhari in southern Nigeria are going about their campaigns without any molestation from southerners.

“Enough is enough for those who promised and are making northern Nigeria ungovernable for President Jonathan. If they want their own country, let them say so as we can no longer accept the ‘Extreme North Must Rule’ mentality of some northerners.”



http://www.punchng.com/news/ijaw-youths-threaten-attack-on-buharis-supporters/

DECEMBER 21, 2014 BY NAN
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More than 4,000 members of the Peoples
Democratic Party in Isa Local Government Area of
Sokoto State on Sunday defected to the All
Progressives Congress.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new
members were received into the APC fold in Isa
by State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko.
Wamakko, who was represented by the state’s
Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta,
commended them for their action.
“APC is the party to beat across Nigeria during
the 2015 general elections,’’ he said.
Wamakko then promised the party’s new entrants
of equal and fair treatment with the older
members of the party.
The governor said APC was out to salvage
Nigeria and expressed optimism that it would win
the 2015 general elections at all levels.
The party’s Acting State Chairman, Alhaji Usman
Danmadamin-Isa, commended Wamakko for
evenly transforming the state from 2007 to date.
“More people will soon join the APC and we will
collectively work to ensure the success of the
party at all levels during the forthcoming general
polls,’’ he said.
The Caretaker Chairman of the local government,
Alhaji Umar Wali, said the defectors were drawn
from the 10 electoral wards of the local
government area.
A spokesman for the defectors, Alhaji Umar
Suleiman, said their action was spurred by the
tremendous achievements of Wamakko from 2007
to date.
http://www.punchng.com/news/4000-pdp-members-defect-to-apc-in-sokoto/

In the presidential media declaration of Goodluck
Jonathan, Doyin Okupe told the audience that
Buhari and APC want's to take Nigeria back to the
80's and he asked, Do you want the Nigeria of the
80's?
And i want to answer that question. The answer is
YES!!!,
But like seriously
Doesn't Doyin Okupe know that in the 80s, we
slept with our doors open without fear? Doesn't
Doyin Okupe know that in the 80s, the naira
was almost equivalent to the dollar?
Doesn't Doyin Okupe know that in the 80s we had
functioning refineries??
Doesn't Doyin Okupe know that in the 80s the
price of fuel was almost free?? Doesn't Doyin
Okupe know that in 80s, Generators
were something we distantly heard about??
Doesn't Doyin Okupe know that in the 80s,
religious bigotry never existed??
....the questions are open ended, the goodies of
the
80s are endless. May God return the Nigeria of the
80s, precisely that
of 83-85. Amen!

Christians in the North have asked President
Goodluck Jonathan to resign over his comment
on Boko Haram.
Jonathan was quoted to have said he could not
crush the Islamic sect because “they are our
siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out
your family”.
In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Sunday
Oibe, the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria
said the comments credited to Jonathan was an
indication that the country was in a helpless
situation as the President “does not seem to
understand the aim of the sect to destabilise his
administration.”
According to the CAN, it is shocking for the
President to say he will not deploy the military to
deal with terrorist who have been killing other
Nigerians and threatening the corporate existence
of the country.
The body argued that it was clear that the
President has been shielding the group at the
expense of the lives of innocent people, urging
Nigerians to have a rethink on the type of
president that is governing the country at
moment.
The statement read in part, “What he is telling us
now is that there is nothing he can do about it,
but we know that the Federal Government has the
capacity to stop the madness being unleashed on
Nigerians. However, it is now obvious that the
President will rather shield criminals.
“Every Nigerian can recall how former President
Olusegun Obasanjo reacted when the Niger Delta
militants attacked soldiers in Udi. Even though
the militants were asking for their legitimate right,
Obasanjo dealt with them squarely for resorting to
criminality in agitating for their right. No country
in the world will allow its soldiers, trained to
defend the territorial integrity of the nation to be
killed by a gang of criminals and get away with it.
“Nigerians can also recall that in Zaki – Biam,
Benue state, the same Obasanjo as President sent
troops to deal ruthlessly with the people there for
allegedly killing soldiers.
“Now on a daily basis soldiers, police and other
security personnel are being killed by Boko Haram
members and the President has the effrontery to
tell us that these murderers are members of the
family and he cannot mobilise the army to deal
with them.
“Jonathan has failed us Christians, he has failed
Nigerians and he should resign because by this
statement, it is very clear that he is not capable
of handling the danger pose by the Boko Haram
insurgency.”
Also, the Anglican Communion, Kaduna Diocese
said illiteracy, unemployment and poverty in the
North were not responsible for various crises in
the region.
In a 10-point – communiqué issued at the end of
the 1st session of the 19th Synod of the Diocese
and signed by the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev
Josiah Idowu –Fearon, insisted that illiteracy,
poverty and unemployment were never the cause
of the sundry crises in the region as many were
wont to believe. http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-should-resign-northern-can/

kd sai mallam el rufa'i

Proud to be MUSLIM. ISIS, ISIL,BOKO HARAM and other terrorists group are not muslims. they are kufr(un believers). say no to terrorism.

(Deuteronomy 21:10-14 NAB)
"When you go out to war against your enemies
and the LORD, your God, delivers them into your
hand, so that you take captives, if you see a
comely woman among the captives and become
so enamored of her that you wish to have her as
wife, you may take her home to your house. But
before she may live there, she must shave her
head and pare her nails and lay aside her
captive's garb. After she has mourned her father
and mother for a full month, you may have
relations with her, and you shall be her husband
and she shall be your wife. However, if later on
you lose your liking for her, you shall give her her
freedom, if she wishes it; but you shall not sell
her or enslave her, since she was married to you
under compulsion."

What will a christian brothers say about this:
(Judges 21:10-24 NLT)
So they sent twelve thousand warriors to Jabesh-
gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including
women and children. "This is what you are to do,"
they said. "Completely destroy all the males and
every woman who is not a virgin." Among the
residents of Jabesh-gilead they found four
hundred young virgins who had never slept with a
man, and they brought them to the camp at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to
the little remnant of Benjamin who were living at
the rock of Rimmon. Then the men of Benjamin
returned to their homes, and the four hundred
women of Jabesh-gilead who were spared were
given to them as wives. But there were not
enough women for all of them. The people felt
sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had left this
gap in the tribes of Israel. So the Israelite leaders
asked, "How can we find wives for the few who
remain, since all the women of the tribe of
Benjamin are dead? There must be heirs for the
survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel will not
be lost forever. But we cannot give them our own
daughters in marriage because we have sworn
with a solemn oath that anyone who does this
will fall under God's curse."
Then they thought of the annual festival of the
LORD held in Shiloh, between Lebonah and
Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes
from Bethel to Shechem. They told the men of
Benjamin who still needed wives, "Go and hide in
the vineyards. When the women of Shiloh come
out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards,
and each of you can take one of them home to be
your wife! And when their fathers and brothers
come to us in protest, we will tell them, 'Please
be understanding. Let them have your daughters,
for we didn't find enough wives for them when we
destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty
of breaking the vow since you did not give your
daughters in marriage to them.'" So the men of
Benjamin did as they were told. They kidnapped
the women who took part in the celebration and
carried them off to the land of their own
inheritance. Then they rebuilt their towns and
lived in them. So the assembly of Israel departed
by tribes and families, and they returned to their
own homes.
O

Former Governor of Borno state, Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff has denied having any links with the
Russian Cargo plane said be carrying attack
helicopters and other military hardwares that was
detained at the Malam Aminu Kano International
Airport even though he admitted that he flew to
the same airport on Saturday, the day the Russian
plane was detained.
Sheriff addressing audience at press conference
Photo Credit:
Sahara Reporters Media
The former Governor said his visit to Kano which
he claimed was in company of "some friends"
was to connect a flight to Abuja after arriving
from Katsina where he attended a wedding. He
said he flew to Kano from Katsina as according
to him, there was no direct flight from Katsina to
Abuja.
Sheriff's statement circulated to journalists in
Maiduguri yesterday, didn't say whether he flew
to Kano on a commercial or private plane, though
his claim that there was no direct plane from
Katsina to Kano seem to suggest he might have
joined a commercial aircraft. The former Governor
is however known to have private jets which he
uses to fly to most destinations as he rarely in
Nigeria.
The former Governor’s statement was in reaction
to an online news published by Premium Times
on Sunday, alleging that he was in Kano on
Saturday and held secret meetings aimed at
freeing the detained Russian Cargo plane, alluding
to a link between Sheriff and the Cargo plane.
Sheriff, though didn't specify how long his transit
in Kano airport was, said he left Kano before
night as against the claim of the media report
that he held meeting at about 10pm with some
officials in an attempt to free the detained
Russian Cargo plane.
"At the risk of exposing my private programme
and movement last week, I like to say, all the
same, that I left Abuja for Katsina last Thursday
for the wedding ceremony of Muhammed, son of
my friend Lamai Hassan who died 20 years ago.
After the wedding, I needed to return to Abuja on
Saturday with other friends through the Kano
International Airport, since there was no direct
flight from Katsina. The alibi I had was a meeting
that I attended at the Transcorp Hotel, Abuja at
9.00pm on Saturday; whereas the report quoted
an unreal source that I visited the Kano
International Airport at 10.00pm same day!. What
a report! What incongruity! What a blatant lie!
Indeed, I dare anyone who said he saw me at the
Airport having anything to do with the detained
Aircraft to produce evidence, much as I will be
instructing my legal team to take steps towards
defending my name on this issue. I found it most
interesting that the same Premium Times which
insinuated that I visited the Kano International
Airport to lobby for the release of the Aircraft,
within a short spate of time, reported that Russia
had claimed ownership, while the cargo was hired
by France for delivery of military equipment in the
Central African Republic. I wonder what business I
had with either Russia or France to be
negotiating the release of the detained Aircraft,
even at an odd time suggested by Premium
Times. Can someone just pay attention to the
contradictions in the two reports published by
Premium Times which sought to put me on the
spot, needlessly? It is against this background
that I like to advise our brothers and sisters in
the pen profession to refrain from giving
journalism a bad image in Nigeria. The manner
Journalism is practiced in civilized climes makes
the profession to earn respect with a high rating
as the Fourth Estate of the Realm. We need to
take a cue from this if we are to use the media to
help ensure the growth and development of
Nigeria. It amounts to making Journalism over-
reach itself as a profession when practitioners
willfully submit themselves to the agenda of Pull
Him Down, Character assassination, bearing of
false witness and peddling of falsehood in
general. To round up, I will not be tired of
dismissing every report linking me with terrorism
and insurgency in Nigeria. On this note, I reiterate
that as a Nigerian who had served two tenures in
the Senate and two terms as a governor of Borno
State, I have not, and I will never have anything
to do with a group or individuals who like to pull
down Nigeria or any part of it, while I say
categorically again that I have nothing to do with
terrorists and insurgents in any part of Nigeria, as
my conscience can bear me witness." The
statement said.
The former Governor described as completely
false the Premium Times online report captioned,
“Ex-Borno Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, In Secret
Visit To Arms-laden Chad-bound Plane Detained
In Nigeria”.
Sheriff said he read the story "with consternation"
much as he also said, "I felt scandalized to be
linked again to an issue I absolutely knew nothing
about. For me, the publication has a ring of a
conspiracy meant to dragging my name in the
mud by some cowardly, malicious and unschooled
political rivals who, in their little minds, love to
engage ill-trained media persons to peddle lies
against me.
"I hereby use this means to say to my adversaries
anywhere they may be that their evil motives to
soil may name and hard earned reputation will
not stand. Those who are drawn into the
conspiracy to hack me down under any guise will
always fail as much I am certain that they will
continue to get soaked in the whirlpool of self-
delusion and hopelessness.
"Let me declare with strong emphasis that the
report in the Premium Times which oozes strong
elements of libel is utterly untrue, illogical,
malicious and very distasteful. The authors, if
anything, only succeeded in exposing their
ignorance, lack of integrity and gross misconduct
rooted in their feeble grab of the basic tenets of
journalism which they were taught to uphold.
"I had nothing whatsoever to do with the
grounded foreign Aircraft in Kano, a reason the
Premium Times report fell flat in deceit and
misinformation.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/08/ex-governor-ali-modu-sheriff-admits-flying-kano-saturday-after-russian-cargo-plane-was

YES YES YES....GMB 2015

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Aminu Masari, was on Saturday declared the
gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives
Congress, APC, for the 2015 elections. The
Chairman, Katsina Primaries Elections Committee,
Adesina Aderibigbe, who announced the result in
Katsina, said Mr. Masari scored 2,470 votes to
defeat his rivals.
Former Speaker Bello Masari
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
5,266 delegates from the 34 local government
areas were screened for the gubernatorial primary
election in the state.
Mr. Aderibigbe said Kanti Bello, a former senator,
polled 1,327 votes; Sada Ilu scored 468 votes;
and Abdulaziz Yar’adua, a retired colonel, and late
President Umar Yar’adua younger brother, had
243 votes.
He said that the election was free, fair and
credible, adding that it was conducted in
accordance with the party’s rule and regulation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
the election was conducted under tight security.
(NAN)
http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/06/masari-defeats-yar’aduas-brother-emerges-apc-guber-candidate-katsina

By Oceherome Nnanna
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is haunting
his hand-picked former protégé, President
Goodluck Jonathan, like a malevolent ghost. You
may wonder why OBJ, after four years as a
military ruler and another eight years as an
elected president, is still butting like a stubborn,
demon-possessed ram at the doors of Aso Villa,
Abuja? What does he still want? What did he
forget in the seat of power after occupying it for
12 years? Why can’t he just go home and enjoy
his new-found affluence after his latest eight
years as president during which he doubled as
Minister of Petroleum Resource for six years?
If you put this question before Obasanjo he will
tell you it is because he “loves” Nigeria; he is a
great “nationalist”, and he cannot keep quiet
when things are going wrong. He will conveniently
hide the fact that he is the cause of many of our
problems.
Political interests
He will not accept responsibility. Instead, he will
divert attention and point accusing fingers at
others, making accusations that he is also guilty
of a million times over. In the process, Obasanjo
succeeds in hoodwinking a few gullible,
uninformed Nigerians and raises applause among
those whose political interests resonate with his
objective of bringing down a sitting president.
*Olugegun Obasanjo
But those of us who know him probably more
than he knows himself are not carried away. We
know his motives and methods all too well.
Obasanjo’s estranged daughter, Senator Iyabo
Obasanjo, in a letter in January this year in which
she disowned her father, told us Obasanjo
believes in his heart he “owns” Nigeria. President
Jonathan, in his own angry rejoinder to a windy,
scathing attack by Obasanjo, likened the Ota
poultry farmer to a goat seller who, after selling
his goat and pocketing the money, still holds on
to the goat’s tether rope. In other words,
Obasanjo, after handpicking and installing people
in power, seeks to control them. When they refuse
to be at his beck and call, he starts to fight dirty
in the public square because he has come to see
the Nigerian seat of power as his personal booty.
After all, he fought the civil war and collected the
instrument of surrender from Biafra. We have
since heard the truth about how Obasanjo fought
that war. One of the civil war commanders,
Brigadier Godwin Alabi-Isama, in his book: The
Tragedy of Victory , actually described OBJ as a
coward. In various interviews after the book was
published, he disclosed that Obasanjo has bullet
wounds on his buttocks. This means he was shot
while running away from enemy onslaught! But he
makes loud noises about his civil war “heroism”
and feels entitled to exclusive freebooting on our
national estate.
Obasanjo is confronting GEJ because the
president is a gentleman. He could not try it with
the late President Umaru Yar’ Adua, who was
much tougher and savvier in the game of power
than Jonathan.
As sick as Yar’Adua was, he was able to curtail
Obasanjo’s goat-seller mentality and keep him
tightly leashed. Those were the days when people
like Nasir el Rufai actually bolted to America and
only returned to become a troublemaker because
Jonathan is a gentleman.
This same Obasanjo troubled General Babangida
when the latter was in power because Babangida
respected him. But when he tried it with General
Abacha, we know what happened. Obasanjo came
out of jail in 1998 looking like an exhumed corpse.
Besides, Obasanjo is a master in the game of
hypocrisy. He likes to call other people thieves,
and he is the first to accuse another person of
being corrupt. The idea is to divert attention from
his own unquantifiable deeds that fabulously
enriched him, both as a military leader and
elected president.
Sound Sultan, one of Nigeria’s most creative
avant-garde musicians, has a song he entitled:
“One day bushmeat go catch de hunter “. In it he
sang: “Ole de shout ole”. When you catch a
pickpocket red-handed, to avoid being lynched he
begins to shout: “ole!, ole!!” (Thief!Thief!!).Was it
not under Obasanjo that bags of money meant to
induce lawmakers to impeach a political enemy of
the president were displayed in the House of
Representatives? Yet he calls MPs “looters”.
When Abacha raised the pump prices of
petroleum in 1994 he established the Petroleum
Trust Fund, PTF and used the proceeds to
intervene in infrastructural reconstruction. Where
did Obasanjo put proceeds of eight price hikes
that took fuel price from N22 to N65 per litre over
eight years? At least, Jonathan ploughs back his
own increase from N65 to N97 into a fuel subsidy
regime that guarantees steady fuel supply and
funds for the implementation of Subsidy Re-
investment Programmes, SURE-P, nationwide.
Fuel subsidy was bedevilled by corruption, but it
is working. We are enjoying it. But we can’t see
anything Obasanjo did with his own extra N43 per
litre. Billions were sunk into the refineries but
they never worked.
Billions were wasted on Independent Power
Plants, but turbines were imported and left for
years at the ports because they could not be
moved inland. Government companies were sold
for pennies to fronts and cronies. But in four
years, Jonathan has laid down a clear agenda to
overcome the challenges of the power sector. It is
very slow-going, but is moving forward, with zero
reports of corruption in the sector which is now
mainly in private hands.
Yes indeed, Jonathan has his problems as a
leader. He is too laid back about fighting
corruption. It doesn’t seem to bother him.
President Jonathan is too much in the
background as my leader. I like my leaders there
up front, inspiring me with words, deeds and
examples. I like them tough and decisive, but
always putting the interest of the nation first. I
don’t like walking up front and looking back for
my leader.
Thirdly, I don’t like the way Jonathan has handled
Boko Haram. If he had done the needful things
two years ago, we would not have the second
largest number of displaced persons in the world,
with parts of our territory under devilish Salafist
Islamists.
I also have reasons to believe that if the
Jonathan regime was given the support it needed,
it would have recorded more successes than any
other in our history. The quest by regional hawks
to snatch power by all means, tied to the Boko
Haram terror war and jackal-like opposition, have
taken a toll on all of us. No regime has been
sabotaged by the same people it strives to save
from their enemies the way some Northern leaders
have undermined the Jonathan regime. People
who destroyed Nigeria in their 40 years of total
brigandage are ganging up as the “opposition” to
return us to where they left us in 1999, and
Obasanjo has become their fire-eating
generalissimo.
If Jonathan is a problem, Obasanjo created it by
selecting him to pair with a terminally ill
Yar’Adua, so that he (OBJ) would call the shots
from Ota. Yar’ Adua and Jonathan were his “Plan
B” after he failed to grab third term. I agree with
former Speaker, House of Representatives, Umar
Ghali Na’Abba, that if Obasanjo looks into the
mirror he will see the trouble with Nigeria.
The goat seller wants his goat back after
pocketing his profit. Well, Nigeria is not
Obasanjo’s goat. The earlier he gets the message
the better for him – and us all. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/obj-prowling-goat-seller/#sthash.8yUovF6a.dpuf

By Jimitota Onoyume
About eleven persons were feared dead in Omoku,
headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni local
government area of Rivers State, following a
shooting spree by gunmen who stormed the area
Friday night and yesterday afternoon.
Community sources told Sunday Vanguard that
the gunmen, who wore masks, shot
indiscriminately for several hours on Friday night,
adding that they later fled when men of the Joint
Task Force, JTF, engaged them in a shootout.
The gun were said to have regrouped, yesterday
afternoon, to continue the shooting at the market.
Sources feared the shooting may not be
unconnected with plans by some politicians to
hijack the collection of Permanent Voter Cards
which commenced in the area on Friday.
File: Port Harcourt during a recent crisis.
Among those killed, sources said, was a chieftain
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was
simply identified as Godspower.
The Chairman of the local government area, Mr
Austin Ayamadu, who condemned the incident,
appealed to residents to remain calm, assuring
that security men had taken charge of the area.
Ayamadu said the gunmen went from one street
to the other shooting before security men swung
into action.
The Chairman, who could not confirm the death
toll, said some persons died in the incident.
“Unknown gunmen invaded Omoku and started by
killing an elder of the APC and some other people
were also killed. The figure I cannot immediately
say because of the security situation, but it is
more than five”, he said.
Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ahmad Muhammad, who confirmed the
development, said it was a clash between rival
cult groups, stressing that security men were on
top of the situation.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/11-feared-killed-rivers-gun-attack/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

Mark behind delay in Jonathan’s impeachment –
APC Senator
on november 29, 2014 at 10:39 am in news
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
An All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator
yesterday told Saturday Vanguard that the
leadership of the Senate was behind the delay in
the commencement of impeachment proceedings
against President Goodluck Jonathan, as the
Senate President, David Mark and his principle
officers had always pleaded for calm and
thwarted previous moves.
The Senator, who spoke on condition of
anonymity for now pending when those behind
the impeachment plot will officially make open
their identity, noted that the agitation to
commence the impeachment proceedings on the
President had been in the senate but was
triggered by the recent police invasion and the
poor state of the nation’s economy and the
insecurity in North East.
He alleged that, “Since President Goodluck
Jonathan wants to destroy the country because
of personal ambition, impeachment is the only
option left to show him the way out so that
efforts of our fore fathers would not go in vain.”
He claimed that the President had committed
grievous impeachable offences which if ignored
would lead to the destruction of the country,
pointing out that among the offences included
none implementation of the budget since 2011,
the crumbling of the economy, the increasing
security challenges and the use of security
operatives to harass and intimidate perceived
opponents of government.
The APC Senator said the move was not a party
affair rather a collective effort that cuts through
political lines to save Nigeria from imminent
collapse, adding that as at the time he was
appending his signature on the impeachment list,
seven Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, signed in his presence.
Reminded that the process was a rigorous one
that needed much time, he said that they were
aware of that and were doing everything possible
to ensure that it was followed and executed to
the end.
There were reports that about 63 Senators had
signed for the impeachment of the President, but
two die-hard PDP supporters in the Senate had
told Saturday Vanguard some of the PDP
Senators had decided to consider the interest of
the masses while considering any issue unlike
before where the interest of the party was first
considered.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/mark-behind-delay-jonathans-impeachment-apc-senator/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

just heard from a frend . it happen at kano emir place mosque at nasarawa area

: Blast Rocks Central Mosque
In Kano | Sahara Reporters details later. we just heard d sound here in bayero univ. kano as we ar observing our friday congragational prayer. may Allah help us. ameen


An improvised
explosive device (IED) has exploded at the
Kano Central Mosque in the ancient city. This
happened during Friday prayers at the mosque.
The Emir of Kano, Mohammed Sanusi...



http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/explosion-rocks-friday-mosque-in-kano

we just heard d sound as we ar observing our prayer at bayero univ. kano. and it happen at kano central mosque

Good morning friends!
This is a thank you note for the tremendous
support and goodwill our campaign is enjoying
since the beginning of our meet-the-delegate
nationwide tour.
Today, our country faces three existential threats:
insecurity, disunity and corrupt leadership. On all
fronts, Nigeria is being attacked with vicious
intensity. Its territorial integrity is being
desecrated by savaged terrorists, its unity is
being torn to shreds by a divisive leadership, and
its treasury and future prosperity are being
squandered by an I-don't-give-a-damn, stealing-
is-not-corruption ruling class.
I am in politics to confront all these evils: to
restore our territorial integrity, rebuild our unity,
and sanitise governance. I am for tolerance,
pluralism and cooperation. My presidency, if
elected, will work towards dismantling all barriers
to national unity. I will be firm and fair to all, and
will treat every Nigerian equally irrespective of his
party, tribe, religion or region.
I strongly believe that my candidacy will serve as
the foundation for a truly united Nigeria.
Join the movement for a truly united Nigeria!
# SupportBuhari # OneNigeria # APCChange!

PR Nigeria
At least 10 soldiers and 35 hunters were killed in
the ambush that happened around 6PM Nigerian
time according eyewitnesses and military sources.
A Nigerian army source said they could not
immediately comment on the level of casualty but
stated they were aware of the attack and still
investigating.
Mararaba is 18 kilometers from Mubi, a township
recently overrun by Boko Haram sect militants.
However, a push by hunters backed by Nigerian
troops forced Boko Haram to beat a retreat in the
area.
Our army source said some 100 Boko Haram
militants have been killed in the area between
Sunday and Wednesday night in renewed
operations to recover territory from the militants.
SOURCE:
SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK

http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/27/boko-haram-militants-kill-10-soldiers-35-hunters-roadside-bombing-near-mubi

O ver the weekend, a team of armed robbers is
reported to have charged the law firm of Wahab
Olatoye, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging
President Jonathan's eligibility in the 2015
general elections, Leadership newspaper reports.
President Goodluck Jonathan
Breaking in through the ceiling, the thieves
allegedly robbed and ransacked the office,
destroying computer systems and safes. Most
critically, the robbers stole files containing vital
court documents regarding the case.
Olatoye and a colleague had previously sought an
order from a Federal High Court in Abuja to
restrain the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) from allowing President
Jonathan and Vice President Sambo to re-
contest. The plaintiffs argued that by the virtue of
the Nigerian Constitution, the President and the
Vice President were taken to have been elected
for one single, four year term.
“It is really a great surprise to me, when I was
called on Saturday morning that my office had
been burgled by yet to be identified persons. It
was my office alone that was burgled out of all
the offices in the plaza. The thieves came in
through the ceiling and ransacked all the files in
my office.
“Although, they made away with some amount of
money I left in the office, they also took away
some documents, especially the ones I am using
in pursuing my case against the eligibility of
President Goodluck Jonathan.
“As a plaintiff in the matter and a legal
practitioner, there are some documents I need to
hand over to my lawyers which I kept in the
office. All my computer systems in the office were
also destroyed, the office safe was also
destroyed.
“The matter have been reported to the FCDA
police station in Garki, and the police have
promised to come around on Monday morning for
further investigation,” Olatoye stated.
Olatoye and his colleague launched their suit
against Jonathan on the provisions of sections
132(1), 135(2)(a) and (b), 137(1)(b), 142(1) and
(2) of the Constitution and the Supreme Court
decisions.
http://saharareporters.com/2014/11/24/armed-robbers-ransack-law-firm-steal-legal-documents-challenging-jonathan’s-2015