₦airaland Forum

07.23.15
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To Nigerian President Buhari’s Mis-Directed Criticism Of The Leahy Law On Human Rights
“It is well documented by the State Department and by respected human rights organizations that Nigerian army personnel have, for many years, engaged in a pattern and practice of gross violations of human rights against the Nigerian people and others, including summary executions of prisoners, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, torture, forced disappearances and rape. Rarely have the perpetrators been prosecuted or punished.

“This abusive conduct not only violates the laws of war, it creates fear and loathing among the Nigerian people whose support is necessary to defeat a terrorist group like Boko Haram.

“President Buhari ignores the undisputed fact that most Nigerian army units have been approved, under the Leahy Law, for U.S. training and equipment. Only those particular units against which there is credible evidence of the most heinous crimes are ineligible for U.S. aid. And even those units can again become eligible if the Nigerian Government takes effective steps to bring the responsible individuals to justice.

“I strongly agree with President Buhari about the need to defeat Boko Haram, and I have supported tens of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Nigeria for that purpose. But rather than suggest that the United States is at fault for not funding murderers and rapists in the Nigerian military, he should face up to his own responsibility to effectively counter Boko Haram. He should direct his attention to the Nigerian military, and the Nigerian courts, and clean up the units implicated in such atrocities.”

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Press Contact
Press Contact
David Carle: 202-224-3693
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/reaction-of-senator-patrick-leahy-d-vt-to-nigerian-president-buharis-mis-directed-criticism-of-the-leahy-law-on-human-rights

vedaxcool:
frontpage please so people can see how inconsistent and blatantly dumb taniods can be.

So your dullard from Dauara and his sai chanting slaves will come defend their beat down in DC.

lalasticlala, your help is needed here. Front page please

StOla:
When next you open a propaganda thread, trust me to always derail your agenda with the truth.

Dumbass, Patrick leahy just made a mess of your dullard from Daura 4 days trip to DC.

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kITATITA:
Wireless are you suggesting that the Nigerian military engaged in wanton human rights abuses as claimed by America? Don't you think that by denying our troops the required equipment, america is unwittingly aiding Boko Haram? Why are we not focused on Boko Haram lack of respect for the Geneva Convention and respect for human rights?

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StOla:
And you are what?

You see where parochialism has gotten you?

You are a chief wailer, keep wailing while Nigeria progresses in spite of you.

You are a fraudster. Your dullard is the only one wailing, just pick up any paper, your slavemaster and his slaves are crying like the rats most of you are.

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StOla:
And when people like me support the operations of the Air Force in Calabar and Akwa-Ibom, you suddenly consider the military the enemy but in Borno the military is gallant, right?

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I hate fraudsters, you are one.

vedaxcool:
Begger ur fellow wailers are almost starving to death.

You mean starving to death in duara, today is friday, I dropped some money in your almajiris pans.

vedaxcool:
taniods are naturally allegic to reasoning.

Almajiri see where you sai chanters have landed the dullard from daura.

StOla:
So I guess a respectable US Senator like Patrick Leahy who is a Catholic and not a Muslim, is also supporting boko haram for stating the obvious about the Nigerian Army?

Patrick Leahy is only reporting what his NIGERIAN SOURCES FED HIM. People like you are the boko haram supporting crowd, you thought you were damaging GEJ.

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vedaxcool:
I thought accursed taniods claimed the north was framing JJonathan and no abuse occure? Lehy failed to note Buhari has directed all allegations be investigated, hence he isn't wrong to question why a law that is suppose protect civilians has prevented critical armaments from reaching the Nigerian army who are fighting against a bloody terror group. Lehy is the ultimate hypocrite to pretend not to even know how Egypt has gradually become a rogue state that violate the rights of its citizens habitualy and carries out wholescalr masssacre of the opposition in Egypt yet recieves sophisticated weapons and money from the US.

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StOla:
But PDP told us that the army under Jonathan did not commit atrocities against the civilian population.

The Nigerian army committed zero crime, boko harm supporters like you will never understand the damaged, you people brought to this country.

Only the Dullard from Daura and his sai chanters would be surprised by the reception they received in DC. After all the photo ops, Nigeria was giving a beat down, by the POWERS in DC, not the third world hustlers following buhari around.

07.23.15
Reaction Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) To Nigerian President Buhari’s Mis-Directed Criticism Of The Leahy Law On Human Rights


“It is well documented by the State Department and by respected human rights organizations that Nigerian army personnel have, for many years, engaged in a pattern and practice of gross violations of human rights against the Nigerian people and others, including summary executions of prisoners, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, torture, forced disappearances and rape. Rarely have the perpetrators been prosecuted or punished.

“This abusive conduct not only violates the laws of war, it creates fear and loathing among the Nigerian people whose support is necessary to defeat a terrorist group like Boko Haram.

“President Buhari ignores the undisputed fact that most Nigerian army units have been approved, under the Leahy Law, for U.S. training and equipment. Only those particular units against which there is credible evidence of the most heinous crimes are ineligible for U.S. aid. And even those units can again become eligible if the Nigerian Government takes effective steps to bring the responsible individuals to justice.

“I strongly agree with President Buhari about the need to defeat Boko Haram, and I have supported tens of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Nigeria for that purpose. But rather than suggest that the United States is at fault for not funding murderers and rapists in the Nigerian military, he should face up to his own responsibility to effectively counter Boko Haram. He should direct his attention to the Nigerian military, and the Nigerian courts, and clean up the units implicated in such atrocities.”

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Press Contact
Press Contact
David Carle: 202-224-3693

https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/reaction-of-senator-patrick-leahy-d-vt-to-nigerian-president-buharis-mis-directed-criticism-of-the-leahy-law-on-human-rights

The almajiri sai chanters display of stupiditty with their washington visit is just too much comic relief. After 4 days in washington, the dullard from daura and his slaves have nothing to show but a handshake from their master and lectures about fixing your problems yourself.

WHO IS CLUELESS NOW.

StOla:
Everyone shall account for his station.

They did not anticipate that a weak president will depart, paving way for a disciplined president.

you will eat your words.

, so much noise for absolutely nothing.

lygn19:
Are u a beneficiary?
I know ppl who are,

I said a dumbass like you should try something new

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lygn19:
No more amnesty. NigeriaDecides#

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Dumbass try something new

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vedaxcool:
If your foolish brother had not looted every fund available Buhari won't have to face the tough decision of choosing between paying civil and ex militants.

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almajiri sai chanter

Reptyle:
Even you?

meaning what?

Another big joke

nobody can stop your shining star but yourself. Adding more crowns to your head, as the almajiris and their slaves cry because of jealousy.

nobody can stop your shining star but yourself. Adding more crowns to your head, as the almajiris and their slaves cry because of jealousy.

Even with a video the almajiris are still trying to lie

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Goodboiyy:
Been long av been on NL, don't wanna start my stay with kids like you.

Sorry 4 quoting you earlier.

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This is the Buhari we know, so no surprises. Only the facebook generation , will be worried by the statement. Unfortunately for him and his almajiri sai chanters this is not 1984.

Obiagelli:
They are not any close to the new theatre of war

So you think

Obiagelli:
how did the tompolo meeting go today? I hope you guys considered the ordinary habitants

Worry about your mommy, daddy and your village inhabitants, because they will partake fully in whatever you wish my people.

SenseiX:
In response to the earlier thread on a MEND Reunion this Saturday in Yenagoa, some seemed to assume that The Nigerian Army is all invincible and that they'll crush MEND in hours, they couldn't be more wrong.
MEND under the leadership of Tompolo single handedly brought the Nigerian oil industry to a halt between 2005-2009 with production levels dropping to as low as 700,000 barrels of oil per day, They did this facing the full firepower of an undistracted Nigerian Armed Forces and didn't bat an eyelid and they used crude weapons.
Fast forward to 2015, What has changed?
A quarter of the Nigerian Army is actively involved in desert warfare in the North-East, virtually all nigeria's largely obsolete air platforms are deployed in the NE and the biggest ship in the arsenal of the Nigerian Navy is a ''hand me down'' 30 year old frigate(NNS Thunder) donated by the US Coast Guard ...........................
Contrast with Tompolo who in the last four years has built a sizeable force replete with gunboats and helicopters thanks to his contract with NIMASA which until recently was headed by his cousin Ziakede Akpobolokemi........He still controls a huge following and is practically the godfather of politics in his native Delta state, his support ensured Okowa defeated Uduaghan's preferred guber candidate , for which he nominated another cousin of his as deputy governor, the same extends to the other ex-militants who are all better funded and armed than before, the only question now is their willingness to return to the creeks.
Boko Haram has thrived in the NE with a strategy of attacking soft targets to achieve notoriety, MEND has an easier job, the Niger Delta is a labyrinth of pipelines and flow stations which are all sitting ducks and easy targets guarded by poorly trained soldiers more interested in oil bunkering. An attack on just a small flowline could trigger wide ranging crude supply distractions.
With global oil prices very low and OPEC and US shale producers locked in an intense battle for market share , any little supply disruption in Nigeria can lead to a loss in market share for the country, a share that other countries are eager to replace. With the economy already strained , any loss in revenue due to reduction in production can lead the already fragile Nigerian economy to crash. This is not a doomsday scenario but is the reality if the govt decides to adopt the military approach to solving the Niger Delta issue.
The only viable solution is for Buhari to engage in dialogue, Unlike the YarAdua and Jonathan govts which had some credibility with Niger Deltans and had the backing of Key Niger Delta leaders who had the ears of the militants such as Edwin Clark,Oritsejafor, Ibori, Alameseigheya,Alaibe and even Jonathan himself, Buhari lacks such credibility with Niger Deltans still angry at GEJ'S loss.
The only major ally of his from the ND, Rotimi Amaechi is for all intents and purposes a pariah in the region.
Tompolo is notoriously reclusive , unlike Asari Dokubo who is rather bombastic and garrulous , Tompolo is actually feared and respected by his peers and even the military.
Hell despite Buhari's victory Tompolo still moves about with a full military guard befitting a president.
Buhari would be wise to seek dialogue and reach out to the Niger Delta rather than pursuing an overtly antagonistic policy.
Nigeria cannot afford to fight on two fronts. The already overstretched Nigerian Armed Forces can't handle both..
My two cents though...
cc lalasticlala

Whoa OP, nothing left to add. By the way, we want Buhari to use force, let's see the almajiri 419 major general lead a battalion into the creeks of Okerenkoko.

Obiagelli:
sadly the ordinary habitants will suffer the most.

Another dumbass statement, you and your almajiris sai chanters will have your share of the suffering. Just stay tuned.