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The Chief Priest of the Ombatse cult group in Lakyo,
Nasarawa South Local Government Area of
Nasarawa State, Ala Agu, on Wednesday said that
security men that invaded the community were
ordered by the state governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-
Makura, to kill him.
The 76-year-old Agu, popularly called Baba Lakyo,
spoke with journalists on Wednesday at Lakyo
during a visit of Senator Solomon Ewuga (Nasarawa
North Senatorial District) to the community.
The chief priest, who spoke through an interpreter,
said the security operatives did not come to arrest
him, but to kill him "and cut off my head and take it
to the governor."
"It is the governor that asked the people (police
officers) to come here and arrest me, cut my head
and take my head to him.
"When they came, because they were themselves
drunk, my god did not allow them to come to me and
they died on the way.
"The question I asked is, 'has the governor ever
invited me and I refused to go?' If am invited, I will
go. But he sent people to come and kill me and to
destroy Lakyo as a whole. That is just what it is."
Al-Makura had rushed to the Presidential Villa,
Abuja on May 8, 2013 to brief Vice-President
Nnamadi Sambo on the security situation in the
state, saying that 20 policemen were killed in Lakyo
by cultists.
The governor had said that members of Ombatse
laid ambush and killed security agents sent to arrest
the members in their shrine.
On Wednesday, Baba Lakyo said that he had never
been invited by security agencies, contrary to
reports that the police invaded the village after he
shunned their invitation.
The chief priest said that he was willing to honour
any invitation either by the governor or the police.
Although Lakyo is peaceful, besides the sight of
burnt vehicles used by the security men, Agu said he
was unhappy with what happened and was
apprehensive of what might befall him afterwards.
Ewuga toured Lakyo community, and led reporters
to the home of Agu, which represents the "shrine" of
the Ombatse.
Agu however denied ever forcing people to join the
group through any initiation or drinking of
concoction.
"I am grateful for your coming, Senator. I am very,
very grateful for your coming. Even if the Senator
did not come here, I had intended to go and see him
in his house but since he is here, I am very grateful,"
he told the senator.
Agu also said that he was in a nearby village when
the incident took place only for him to come back to
be informed that the governor sent people to come
and kill him.
Asked whether the incident had anything to do with
the politics of the state, he said, "If you are talking
about politics, it does not bother me. I don't even
understand Hausa language. Politics is not for me
because I am not a politician. Politics is for
politicians but I hear that the time for politicking has
not even come.
"If I ever opened my mouth to force anybody to take
oath, God should punish me".
He said that Ombatse was an association of Lakyo
boys into which nobody was forced to belong.
He said he was ready to honour any police invitation
but insisted that nobody had invited him.
According to him, it is even more saddening that he
is being linked to the incident, especially when he
knew nothing about what happened to the
policemen.
But Al-Makura on Wednesday dismissed Agu's claim
that he was never invited for any meeting.
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Iliya Aliu, in a telephone interview,
said it was on record that the head of the cult group
did not honour several invitations extended to him.
He said, "It is not true that he was never invited. The
Emir of Lafia who is the Chairman of the Nasarawa
State Council of Chiefs invited him, he refused to
honour it.
"Are Eggon, who is the chief of his area invited him,
he refused; the Police, the SSS all invited him before
this incident but he refused to honour any of them.
"His followers attacked and killed people in Asakiyo
Alago; they went to Arga Migili, Kwadere and did the
same.
"No responsible government will sit by and watch
such things happen without taking action.
"It was after he refused to answer all of these
invitations that the state security council met and
decided that he should be arrested.
"Even their name, Ombatse, means it is our turn.
Their turn for what?
"In any case, no matter the grievance, no individual
or group has the right to kill innocent security
officials.
"He and all those responsible must face the
consequence of their action."
The President of the Egon Cultural Development
Association, Mr. Chris Mamman, said the only way
to get to the root of what happened at Alakyo was for
the Federal Government to set up a judicial
commission of inquiry.
Ewuga said he decided to tour the affected area as a
matter of national responsibility, saying he needed
to see things for himself since he is also an Eggon
man even though it was not within his senatorial
district.

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/gov-ordered-police-to-bring-my-head-ombatse-chief-priest/

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Source: http://m.naij.com/news/34878.html

THE woes of the Speaker of the
Rivers State House of
Assembly,Mr.Otelemaba Dan
Amachree and the Chief of Staff
to the Governor, Mr. Tony
Okocha, are mounting sequel to
their allegation of a plot to kill
Governor Rotimi Amaechi. They
have been invited by the Police
for interrogation on account of
the allegation. The Police have
already withdrawn his security
details and those of Okocha. The
duo are Amaechi’s key backers
in the struggle for the soul of the
Rivers PDP. They had said the
withdrawal of their security
details was the first step in the
alleged plot to destabilise the
state and that the withdrawal of
the governor’s security details
would follow soon. In inviting
them,the State Commissioner of
Police, Mbu Joseph Mbu,
described the plot allegation as a
very serious issue. He said
contrary to what Mr.Amachree
wanted the world to believe,only
nine of the 24 policemen were
withdrawn and for other areas in
need of security beef-up. “The
Speaker has raised very serious
issues about security threats and
about the attempt to assassinate
the governor (Rivers), His
Excellency and the chief security
officer of this state. That is a very
serious issue and the speaker of
the House of Assembly will be
invited and will be interrogated
to give more facts and throw
light into this information,” Mbu
told reporters in Port Harcourt.”
He added: “: “He (speaker) has to
tell us how the chief executive of
this state; he has the
paraphernalia of security and
why should the director of SSS
(State Security Service), the
commissioner of police; why
should anybody withdraw
security from the governor of the
state? “The chief of staff to the
governor has also made
pronouncement to the effect that
there are plans to start bombing
places, bombing houses. This
also has to be investigated. He is
invited to the command by the
state CID (Criminal Investigation
Department). So that he will
throw more light on this grave
pronouncement. As the
chairman of internal security in
the state, I will not allow people
to make inflammatory
statements. “I know we have
child abuse. There is police
abuse in certain quarters here in
Rivers state. Everybody in
Government House wants to see
himself as a governor. The
speaker of Rivers state House of
Assembly has 15 personnel from
the Special Protection Unit of the
Nigeria Police. “As if those men
are not enough, he (Speaker) still
acquired nine from the mobile
police. So, only one person has 24
personnel of the Nigeria police
attached to himself. What I did
was that the special protection
unit, as the name implies, is to
protect government officials.
“What we try to do is to make
sure that every appointee or
political office holder gets what
he is entitled to. So that we can
have enough men to go on patrol.
The mobile police force is meant
for quelling riots, for insurgency
and for highprofile patrol. I was
once a commissioner of police in
charge of that department. “So, if
you withdraw nine men and you
still leave 15 men with the
Speaker, what else does he want?
Does he want to have police
personnel like the president of
Nigeria?” Amaechee, Okocha and
other top Rivers government
officials have been critical of
Mbu, accusing him of taking
sides in the PDP crisis. They want
him removed immediately. The
stripping of pro- Amaechi
government officials of police
cover started with the Chairman
of Okrika LG council Tamuno
Williams shortly after he
appeared on Channels Television
and spoke on political
developments in the state.. Mbu
soon withdrew the policemen
attached to the Commissioner for
Information and
Communications, Mrs. Ibim
Semenitari, after criticism of the
police boss.. Okocha, in his
response to the withdrawal of
policemen attached to him, said
it was aimed at exposing him to
danger. However,support came
yesterday from the Conference of
Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP)
Rivers State chapter which
pledged its backing for him in
the current challenge facing his
administration. The opposition
party leaders, on a solidarity
visit to the Governor in Port
Harcourt,expressed worry at
“recent increase in security
threats as a result of internal
problems from one political
party.” The CNPP Chairman,Dr.
Minaebi Dagogo Jack ,who led
the delegation said: “We hear of
crisis in the State House of
Assembly, we saw women
protesting here and there. “We
saw youths carrying placards
here and there in the state; the
electronic and print media
carrying stories of threat of all
kinds and most recently ‘bomb
blast’ within the premises of
Obio Akpor Local Government
Area. “We are aware, Sir, that
you are the leader of the PDP in
Rivers State and more
importantly the governor of the
state and so as partners of
progress we deemed it most
appropriate to pay you a visit
and to state that Rivers State does
not belong to one political party
alone.’’ Responding, Governor
Amaechi thanked the opposition
party leaders in the state for
their visit and support. He
pledged not to disappoint the
people of the state. Amaechi
described the current political
crisis in the state PDP as an act of
rascality but said the situation “
can be handled by government
and the people.”

Source: thenationonlineng.net/new/news/alleged-plot-to-kill-amaechipolice-to-quiz-rivers-speaker/

Thirty-one persons, including two sisters, were killed
when a tree at the Ukwu Uko evening market at
Umuejinwaoke Umudagu village, Mbieri, Mbaitolu
Local Government Area of Imo State, fell on them.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 16 other
victims sustained varying degrees of injury during
the incident, which was caused by a rainstorm on
Thursday night.
A resident of the community, Mr. Nnaemeka
Emenyonu, told NAN in Owerri that the tree fell on
the affected persons about 8:00 pm.
He said the tree also destroyed the village hall.
"The big tree fell suddenly, killing 31 people on the
spot and injuring 16 others. Those injured were
taken to the hospital.
"The victims include two sisters, who were selling
tomatoes. Honestly, this is the saddest event in the
history of our community," he said.
The traditional ruler of the community, Eze Godwin
Duru, lamented that such a tragic incident had never
occurred in the community.
"I do not know what to say. God, what can we call
this? My people were destroyed within a twinkle of
an eye, what a pity," he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs.
Joy Elemoko, declined comment on the incident after
several efforts to get the command's reaction to the
issue.

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/falling-tree-kills-31-injures-16-in-imo/

There are conflicting reports emanating from
Daura, Katsina State, about the overnight
confrontation there between security forces and
Boko Haram sect members, with the latest saying
that, following an “exceptional display of courage
and gallantry,” repelled the armed militants,
killing five of them.
In an earlier report today, SaharaReporters
learned that the confrontation was between
soldiers and the militants, with the military
suffering three casualties as against 10 for the
militants. The soldiers recovered from the
militants weapons and money.
The latest police statement does not, however,
does not mention the involvement of any soldiers
in the Thursday night mayhem, nor the recovery
of vast sums of money, as if the accounts are of
two different cities or battles.
“After a long gun battle with the hoodlums, the
criminals were over-powered by the Police,” he
said. “The exceptional display of courage and
gallantry by the Policemen resulted in the death of
five (5) of the heavily armed gang and the
inflicting of severe injuries on dozens of others
who managed to escape with bullet wounds,
abandoning their weapons in the process.
Weapons and other items recovered by the Police
from the gang included: twelve (12) AK-47 rifles,
fifteen (15) AK 47 magazines, fifteen (15)
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as well as
two vehicles (a Golf and a Toyota saloon car) used
by the hoodlums as operational vehicles.”
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD
Abubakar, has commended the efforts of the
Katsina State Police Command for repelling and
foiling the criminal attacks, Mba added, and
enjoined his men not to relent in their efforts at
combating all forms of crime and criminality until
the battle against terrorism is won.
Full text of the statement:
PRESS RELEASE
NIGERIA POLICE REPEL HOODLUMS’ ATTACK IN
KATSINA
·   Kill five (5), recover 12 AK 47 rifles, 15
AK 47 magazines, 15 IEDs and vehicles used by the
hoodlums
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police
Force, in the early hours of today, 17th May, 2013,
in Katsina State, successfully repelled attacks from
a group of armed hoodlums who had besieged the
ancient town of Daura, carrying out coordinated
attacks on police facilities and banks.
After a long gun battle with the hoodlums, the
criminals were over-powered by the Police. The
exceptional display of courage and gallantry by
the Policemen resulted in the death of five (5) of
the heavily armed gang and the inflicting of
severe injuries on dozens of others who managed
to escape with bullet wounds, abandoning their
weapons in the process.
Weapons and other items recovered by the Police
from the gang included: twelve (12) AK-47 rifles,
fifteen (15) AK 47 magazines, fifteen (15)
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), as well as
two vehicles (a Golf and a Toyota saloon car) used
by the hoodlums as operational vehicles.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP
MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, has commended
the efforts of the Katsina State Police Command
for repelling and foiling the criminal attacks. He
enjoined the Nigeria Police officers not to relent in
their efforts at combating all forms of crime and
criminality, until the battle against terrorism is
won.
While assuring Nigerians of the readiness of the
Force to live up to its constitutional responsibility
of ensuring the safety of the citizenry, the IGP
urged the public to promptly report any
suspicious movement to the Police and other sister
security agencies.
Investigation into the incident has since
commenced.
CSP FRANK E. MBA
DEPUTY FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FOR: FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA


Source: mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/nigeria-police-repel-hoodlums-attack-daura-katsina-state

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Nigeria’s military on Friday attacked Boko Haram Islamist strongholds across the northeast, launching deadly air strikes on insurgent camps, the military said, while residents reported that forces had deployed in border areas to block the militants from fleeing.
Several thousand soldiers have spread across three northeastern states where President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a state of emergency after Boko Haram seized territory and declared war against the government.
“There have been air strikes since Wednesday,” defence spokesman Brigadier General Chris Olukolade told AFP, specifying that they were continuing Friday.
“Every one of their strongholds is under attack,” he said, adding that he believed “there are a lot of casualties,” without providing a figure.
The offensive is ongoing in all three states put under emergency decree, including Adamawa and Yobe, but Borno state is expected to see the most intense fighting.
Many have warned that there is a risk of high civilian deaths and Nigeria’s military has been accused of massive rights violations in the past, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
The operation is the largest against Boko Haram since 2009, when soldiers flooded Borno’s capital Maiduguri, killing more than 800 people and forcing the insurgents underground for a year.
In the town of Gamburu Ngala on the border with Cameroon in northern Borno, residents said that heavily armed troops and tanks arrived on Wednesday, sealing off previously unmanned border posts.
Northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency, has porous borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger, with criminal groups and militants flowing freely between the countries.
“Since January the border posts have been abandoned…but now these posts have been taken over by soldiers,” said resident Haruna Garba.
Olukolade confirmed that forces had been sent to the region, but would not say whether the borders had been sealed.
Reports of Boko Haram’s presence in Cameroon first emerged in February, following the kidnap there of a French family visiting a game park near the Nigerian border.
The abduction was claimed by Boko Haram and the family was released in April.
Soldiers have surrounded the town of Krenuwa in Marte district, also in northern Borno and one of the areas where Boko Haram has taken power, chased away all government officials and removed Nigerian flags, residents said.
Abur Kullima told AFP Friday that he fled his home in Krenuwa in fear of the coming assault.
He said that after the state of emergency was declared in a national broadcast late Tuesday, Islamist gunmen began moving through the district trying to mobilise people “in preparation to face Nigerian troops.”
“I was so scared for my life and my family’s, which led me to decide to leave,” he told AFP from Gamburu Ngala, where he is staying with a friend.
Anyone who tries to leave Krenuwa is screened by the soldiers who have encircled the town, he said.
Boko Haram has become notorious for blending in with the local population, both in towns and major cities where they have carried out suicide bombings as well as gun and bomb assaults.
The group says it is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim north, but its demands have repeatedly shifted.
Some believe it has sought closer ties to foreign extremist groups like Al-Qaeda’s North Africa affiliate, but most analysts believe its agenda is primarily domestic.
Nigeria is Africa’s top oil producer but the population remains extremely poor and many of Boko Haram’s fighters are believed to be youths radicalised out of frustration with government corruption.
The conflict is estimated to have cost 3,600 lives since 2009, including killings by the security forces

Source: http://news.naij.com/34360.html

EARLY reports of military operations in the three
North-East states under emergency rule, on
Thursday, indicated that Nigerian soldiers had
recaptured three of the local government areas
where insurgents had been in control in northern
Borno.
The names of the recaptured councils could not be
confirmed out of the lot in possession of the violent
Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The areas where the
insurgents were said to have been in total control
before the military operation launched on Thursday
were Marte, Magumeri, Mobbar, Gubio, Guzamala,
Abadamin, Kukawa, Kaga, Nganzai and Monguno.
Also, the troops reportedly invaded and took over a
training camp of the violent Islamic sect, Boko
Haram, known as Sambisa on the outskirts of
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, in the early hours
of Thursday.
Borno as well as Adamawa and Yobe states fell
under emergency rule by presidential proclamation
on Tuesday.
President Goodluck Jonathan said all efforts to bring
the violence in the area under control had failed
hence the need to use force to force insurgents out of
the states, especially Borno where the President said
insurgents had taken control of the northern part.
A soldier who spoke to one of our correspondents
from Maiduguri, on the condition of anonymity,
said, "We have succeeded in taking over Sambisa
Games Reserve, which the sect had been using as its
camp. Scores of people found in the camp were
arrested.
"We will interrogate them and those who are not
members of the sect will be set free. The operation is
being carried out in such a way that there is no
harassment. The innocent should not be afraid."
The source however declined to comment on the
number of casualties already recorded and the
number of persons arrested.
The PUNCH learnt that troops on Thursday shut
down almost half of the state as they attacked
suspected Boko Haram enclaves.
A man who spoke to one of our correspondents on
the telephone from Maiduguri narrated that the
military operation in the city had disrupted normal
life.
He said the number of roadblocks had increased and
that "farmers are no longer going to the farm, only a
few traders are venturing out to the market.
"Shop owners who sell provisions are finding it
difficult to replenish their stock."
The source further explained that even residents of
Maiduguri, considered safe were living in fear.
This, he explained, was because they feared that the
insurgents could sneak into town. The Boko Haram
insurgency began in Maiduguri in 2009 and Borno
State is seen as the operational base of the sect that
has killed at least 2,500 persons in attacks on military
and police facilities, drinking joints, worship houses
and markets.
Director of Defence Information, Brig.- Gen. Chris
Olukolade, said in a telephone interview with one of
our correspondents that more troops had been
deployed in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
He declined to comment on the number of troops
that were billed to participate in the major military
operations planned to flush out the insurgents from
the area.
Olukolade said that it was not strategic to disclose
the number of soldiers or security personnel that
would be used for the operation.
"All I can say is that more soldiers have been
deployed today; that I can confirm to you. On the
issue of the numbers that are being quoted, they are
not from the DHQ. We are not quoting any number.
"The operation is continuing satisfactorily. Details
will be made available to the public at the
appropriate time."
Another source in the besieged area said, "We now
have more soldiers and weapons than I have ever
seen in my life. Although some of them are moving
towards the north, some are remaining here in
Maiduguri.
"I have no idea what is going on in places like Bama,
Marte, Magumeri, and Monguno where the Boko
Haram people have taken control of some towns and
villages. But movement in-and-out of these areas has
been restricted."
The Nigerian Army on Thursday announced an
indefinite dusk-to-dawn curfew in Adamawa State.
Public Relations Officer of 23rd Brigade of the
Nigerian Army, Yola, Lt. Ja'afaru Nuhu, in a
statement on Thursday said the curfew would be
between 6 pm and 6 am until further notice.
He said, "Sequel to the Presidential declaration of
state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa
states by the President and Commander-in-Chief of
the armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
President Goodluck Jonathan, a 6pm to 6am curfew
has been imposed on Adamawa State.
"All law-abiding citizens are advised to abide by the
curfew," the statement said.
There are reports that business and other activities
are going on as usual in Yola in spite of the heavy
deployment of soldiers and policemen in strategic
places.
The BBC reports on Thursday indicated that mobile
phone networks were not functioning in many parts
of North-East states, though the reporter said it was
not clear if the situation was related to the current
military offensive.
The insurgents had previously attacked mobile
phone masts in the area in an effort to disrupt
communications.
The State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa
Bwala, and the Director of Press, Mallam Isa Gusau,
could not be reached as of the time of this report.


Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/borno-troops-capture-boko-harams-camp/

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The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, Lagos State
chapter, on Wednesday said it was not part of any
decision on the use of Hijab in Lagos State public
schools as claimed by the government.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs Olayinka
Oladunjoye, was reported in the media to have said
the decision not to allow the use of Hijab, except for
prayers, was a consensus reached at a meeting
chaired by the Commissioner for Home Affairs and
Culture Mr Oyinlomo Danmole and attended by
stakeholders, including MSSN.
However, in a statement by the group's Public
Relations Officer, Sulaimon Alamutu, the MSSN said
the claim by the government was tantamount to
obstructing the course of justice.
The group said, "How can MSSN be part of the so-
called stakeholders' meeting where the decision on
the use of Hijab was taken? This is ridiculous.
"How can we be demanding that the right of
Muslims to use Hijab in schools be given them and at
the same time consent to a 'consensus' that is
antithetical to our demand? We were never invited
for any meeting at any point in time!"
The society said it had dragged the government to
the court on the issue.
It said, "Justice Oyewole of the State High Court had
fixed May 27, 2013 for hearing of our suit. So, we
wonder why the commissioner, who we believe,
knows the position of the law, would come out to
make such irresponsible pronouncement. Her action
makes us to question her professional integrity as a
lawyer!
"We therefore advise governor Babatunde Fashola to caution this woman before she destroy the integrity left in the government."
"As we have stated in our previous positions, we will
employ all legal and peaceful means to ensure our
rights are not denied us. The constitution of Nigeria
recognises the right to use Hijab in schools and
nobody can take it away from us."

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/metro/muslim-students-fault-lagos-on-hijab/

The Action Congress of Nigeria has advised the
National Assembly to reject President Goodluck
Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
The opposition party, in a statement in Abuja on
Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the President's
decision as "lacking in original thinking."
It said the Boko Haram crisis would have ended a
long time ago if the use of force was capable of
ending it.
"We hereby reject the declaration of emergency rule
in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, and
we call on the National Assembly to also reject it and
not allow itself to be used to rubber-stamp a
declaration that is largely cosmetic," the ACN stated.
One of ACN's partners in the merger deal, the
Congress for Progressive Change, had on Tuesday
hailed the emergency rule declared in the three
states by Jonathan and asked for support for the
measure.
National Publicity of the CPC, Rotimi Fashakin,
shortly after the proclamation, said, "We need to
rally round the President in this trying period. We
pray that with this action, peace will eventually
return to the states.
"However, it is gratifying that the President did not
behave like a former President who removed the
political structures when he declared a state of
emergency in some states.
"The action of President Jonathan has shown that the
choice made by the people through the ballot would
not be denied them. May God help our country."
The ACN said while the President was right in
expressing outrage over the killings and wanton
destruction by the insurgents, he was wrong in
proposing the same measures that had failed to yield
results.
It asked, ''If the medicine given to a patient has not
cured his or her illness, is it not futile to prescribe
more of the same medicine for the patient?
"If the declaration of a state of emergency in 15 local
government areas in four states in 2011 has not
curbed the activities of the insurgents, why extend
such measure to other areas?
"If the use of force in the affected states has failed to
curtail the activities of the insurgents, why send in
more troops?"
The party said that there was nothing new in the
President's action, adding that it involved
deployment of more troops in the affected states and
the use of "tougher, scorched-earth tactics against the
insurgents."
It further said, "The President should go ahead and
disband the committee he recently inaugurated and
saddled with reaching out to the insurgents, because
by opting to flood the states with more troops under
an ill-advised emergency rule, he has succeeded in
pulling the carpet from under the committee's feet.
Who negotiates genuinely with a gun to his head?
The committee's job is over; the members can as well
pack up and go home."
The party said that it hoped that the President's
action was not linked to the politics of 2015.
It stated, "With the three states militarised, there can
neither be electioneering nor voting there. We had
warned earlier that as 2015 approaches, the
Jonathan administration will increasingly take
measures that will make it impossible to hold
election in many states.
"The over militarisation of some states in the north,
the plan to destabilise the South-West, using slush
funds from the so-called oil pipeline protection
contract and the infantile threats from some Niger
Delta militants seem to be part of this plan."
It wondered what the President would do if the
declaration of emergency rule failed to stem the
violence.
But the Peoples Democratic Party accused the ACN
and others in the opposition as being behind the
insurgents in the country.
The ruling party, in a statement issued by its
National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in
Abuja on Wednesday, wondered why the ACN would
condemn the state of emergency declared in Borno,
Yobe and Adamawa states by the President.
Metuh said that the ACN had thought that the
President would also remove the governors of the
affected states.
The statement read, "Few things are possible. The
ACN and their cohorts in the opposition are behind
insurgents and therefore must subvert every
measure taken by government to tackle escalating
insurgency.
"We recall that the opposition boasted recently that
they would end the Boko Haram scourge within two
months of their presidency. There is no smoke
without fire."
He described the reaction of the ACN to the
declaration of state of emergency as that of a
political party speaking from either "a diseased or
confused state of mind: a blackmailer who doesn't
mind doing the trifle to remain relevant, or a
political party actively conniving at this mindless
war on Nigeria."
"Yesterday, the ACN, the sole repository of Solomonic
wisdom, who was against amnesty to insurgents,
who indeed described the Federal Government in
unprintable words has today turned a proselyte of
amnesty and dialogue," he added.
He alleged that the statements of the leaders of the
opposition on the eve of 2011 presidential election
gave birth to violence which he said had snowballed
into terrorism.
"We therefore call on the leaders of the opposition to
remove the mask on their faces and publicly declare
their stance," Metuh said.
A former Minority Leader in the House of
Representatives, Mr. AdamuAliyu, said the President
was playing politics with people's lives.
Although he described the state of emergency as a
right step in the right direction, he, however faulted
the inclusion of Adamawa State.
"It is a good step in the right direction. But Mr.
President is playing politics with people's lives. If he
did not impose state of emergency in Plateau, I can
see the hand of the National Chairman of the PDP in
the state of emergency in Adamawa State.
"If he did not declare the state of emergency in a
state where policemen were killed and he declared it
in Adamawa, the whole exercise is political."
The Christian Association Nigeria called for the sack
of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and
Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the
North.
The association's President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor,
made the call in Abuja in a statement by his Special
Assistant (Media and Public Affairs), Mr. Kenny
Ashaka.
Oritsejafor, who was commenting on the state of
emergency declared in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa
states commended the President for the decision.
He, however, called for the dissolution of the
presidential committee, which had been saddled
with the responsibility of entering into dialogue with
the Boko Haram insurgents.
The CAN president said the committee was "no
longer relevant."

Source: mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/reject-emergency-rule-acn-urges-nassembly/

Shugamania:

Something really happened on dis thread.
Op, i hope u've learnt not to post stuffs like this anymore.

You said?

bukatyne: I wonder what the OP's motive was for opening this thread.

If a 'matured' man like the OP still thinks that all women should have been married by 25 despite all odds, then we have a serious problem in our society.

Another 30+ frustrated lady.
Abi what is your age?
Mtshewwwww!!!

Is the picture the source of the news?

kulyie: hahahaha ase oro ma'n dun e. o nta e lara abi that is exactly my aim and yes i need to be rude to people like you so that you can make use of your number 6 properly and if you were the one who gave birth to me,then you are right about my age and if you are not my father,shut your disgusting mouth.its reeking of gross folly. Anyway,its not a suggestion,plea,appeal or request,it is an order,yes i said so,kulyie said so 8-)

What are you saying?

kulyie: the one wey you dey beg customers make dem follow you buy.you know say your wares (drugs) dey for one uncompleted building for one street like that in ijora where you and your gang they sniff your lives away.no dey lie for here,you sef know wetin you dey sell

Hum!
I smell a foul play here.

I find it difficult to believe you are a female.
You sound too RUDE!

And if truly you are a lady, i guess you are 35+...

Frustration age!!!

Idowuogbo: Shattap! Baboon! Na wen dem dey reply ur dumb thread wiv fire u get mouth to dey cough nonsense. Ewu!

Who is this?
You said what?

Haba! And i told you not to miss your drug ooo...

kulyie: the one wey you give me :p

The one i saw you buying for yaba left gang-star market...

@Kulyie, how many KG of heroine you take? You just they hot for the past two days

By SaharaReporters, New York
The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has
expressed strong opposition plans by the
presidency to declare a State of emergency in
three states: Borno, Yobe and Nasarawa, which
have been embroiled waves of violence in recent
times, declaring that such an action would be the
wrong response.
In a statement signed by Rotimi Fashakin, the
party’s National Publicity Secretary, CPC said
today that instead, the President, as the Leader of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), should
consult within his Party for the panacea to
Nigeria’s security nightmare.
Condemning in strong terms the “orgies of
violence” in the three States and commiserating
with the families and servicemen and women that
have been affected by it, CPC questioned what an
emergency administrator will hope to achieve
given the present scenario of militarization in the
states.
“Should this not be interpreted as another knee-
jerk response of this administration to situations
that require out-of-the-box thinking?” the
statement asked. “Is this approach not to be
interpreted as a pre-meditated consequence of
ineptitude of this regime?”
Recalling that the late former National Security
Adviser, General Andrew Owoye Azazi, had
alerted the nation about the politics of the PDP
being the locus of the insecurity in Nigeria, CPC
asked: “What did the Federal Government do to
stymie the odiousness of the politics of the ruling
party other than merely sacking the messenger?”
The party also pointed out a “dangerous trend”:
that the states mainly embroiled in ongoing
insecurity are “mainly non-PDP states which
further fuels the notion that these insurgencies are
purposely orchestrated to create the ambience for
the declaration of emergency rule in the states.”
In an unprecedented speech at the South-South
Economic Summit in Asaba in April 2012, Azazi
blamed the escalating insecurity in the country,
particularly the growing activities of Boko Haram,
on “undemocratic practices” by the political
parties, especially the PDP.
“The issue of violence did not increase in Nigeria
until when there was a declaration by President
Goodluck Jonathan that he was going to contest,”
he said. “PDP got it wrong from the beginning.
The party started by saying Mr. A can rule, and
Mr. B cannot rule, according to PDP conventions,
rules and regulations and not according to the
constitution. That created the climate for what is
happening or manifesting itself in country.”
Azazi was killed in a helicopter crash in December
2012.

Source: mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/cpc-rejects-declaring-emergency-northeast-says-answer-insecurity-within-pdp

By SaharaReporters, New York

A military source told Saharareporters that unknown gunmen have just carried out an attack in Southern Kaduna.

The attacks, according to the source occurred in Zangan-Attakar Chiefdom in troubled Southern Kaduna region.

The source said scores of people have been shot by the gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in the area. He stated that Nigerian soldiers have been drafted to end the attack.

Source: mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/gunmen-attack-southern-kaduna-village

chelseabmw: Happy sunday

Welcome on board bro...
But please beware of the single ladies here!

Beync: when u finally find a girl who'll manage u as her husband, come l'll teach u some marriage lessons

Marriage lessons?
Hope you are not thinking what I'm thinking?
Hum Marriage LeSSoNs indeed!

190: Benyc is not married - stop defending her
She doesn't even have a boyfriend and she just wrote JAMB
am a 100% sure on this

And her jamb result was seized...

Double wahala!

190: Benyc is not married - stop defending her
She doesn't even have a boyfriend and she just wrote JAMB
am a 100% sure on this

And her jamb was seized