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Alhaji Dhacko told newsmen in Minna, Niger State, on Friday, that “we (Atiku group) know General Babangida to be ‘a gentleman’ and a ‘respecter of agreement, he cannot go against an agreement he voluntarily entered into.

“As a soldier, who rose to the highest pick of his career cannot go back to his vomit.”

The chairman added that “IBB has spoken and we take him for his words, we believe that as one of the leaders of the North, he will not go back on the agreement he voluntarily entered into.”

Damn! I almost spat out my garri and coconut water!

. . .And so begins the inevitable process of mutual distruction.

[size=14pt]IBB Can’t Go Back On Consensus Agreement - Atiku Group[/size]
Written by Dipo Laleye, Minna
Saturday, 04 December 2010

The Niger State chairman of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Ilyasu Abubakar Dhacko, has said that former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, cannot withdraw from the agreement he and others reached with Alhaji Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) on the consensus candidate for the north.

The forum had picked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its choice to slug it out with President Goodluck Jonathan for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket.

It was also said that Generals Babangida and Aliyu Gusau, Governor Bukola Saraki and Alhaji Abubakar agreed to work with whoever emerged the consensus candidate to ensure victory in the PDP primaries.

However, since the choice of Alhaji  Abubakar was announced, it was said that General Babangida had not directed his offices across the country to collapse into that of Alhaji Abubakar, fuelling speculations that he could still be scheming to contest the election.

Alhaji Dhacko told newsmen in Minna, Niger State, on Friday, that “we (Atiku group) know General Babangida to be ‘a gentleman’ and a ‘respecter of agreement, he cannot go against an agreement he voluntarily entered into.

“As a soldier, who rose to the highest pick of his career  cannot go back to his vomit.” 

The chairman added that “IBB has spoken and we take him for his words, we believe that as one of the leaders of the North, he will not go back on the agreement he voluntarily entered into.”

http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/2684-ibb-cant-go-back-on-consensus-agreement-atiku-group.html

4 December 2010 Last updated at 02:39
[size=14pt]World leaders back Ouattara as Ivory Coast poll winner [/size]
Mr Ouattara said the Council's action was damaging the country's image . . .

World leaders have voiced their support for Ivory Coast opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara, saying he is the true winner of a presidential run-off.

The country's Constitutional Council has overturned results to declare President Laurent Gbagbo the winner - he is due to be sworn in shortly.

The US, UN, France and the West African bloc Ecowas have urged Mr Gbagbo to accept defeat.

The poll was intended to reunify the country after a civil war in 2002.

Prime Minister Guillaume Soro warned the overturning of the results threatened to derail attempts to stabilise and re-unify the country.

On Thursday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) declared that Mr Ouattara had won the 28 November run-off by 54.1% to 45.9%.

But after Mr Gbagbo and his supporters alleged the ballot had been fraudulent, the Constitutional Council overruled the Commission.

Chairman Paul Yao N'Dre said Mr Gbagbo had secured just over 51% of the vote.

Ivorian state media said Mr Gbagbo would be sworn in at a midday ceremony on Saturday.

'Held to account'

US President Barack Obama has rejected the council's decision, . .
The council decision is likely to cause considerable unrest because of the widely accepted view here and among the international community that Alassane Ouattara won the vote.

The head of the council is a key ally of Laurent Gbagbo, and the two go back to the early days of his Ivorian Popular Front party.

All eyes now turn to the nearly 10,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission which has an official mandate in certifying these election results.

At the luxury Golf hotel in the Rivieria area of Abidjan UN tanks protected the building where Mr Ouattara and the electoral commissioner are thought to be sheltering.
"Independent Electoral Commission, credible and accredited observers and the United Nations have all confirmed this result and attested to its credibility," he said.

He congratulated Mr Ouattara and said the international community would "hold those who act to thwart the democratic process and the will of the electorate accountable for their actions".

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France - the former colonial power in Ivory Coast - told Mr Gbagbo to "respect the will of the people, abstain from any action that might provoke violence" and to help establish peace.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier called on Mr Gbagbo "to do his part for the good of the country and to cooperate in a smooth political transition".

The chairman of regional bloc Ecowas, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, said all parties should "respect and fully implement the verdict of the Ivorian people as declared by the Independent Electoral Commission".

The head of the UN mission in Ivory Coast also said it regarded Mr Ouattara as the winner, while the African Union said it was "deeply concerned" by the developments.

Mr Ouattara told reporters on Thursday evening: "I am the elected president of the Republic of Ivory Coast."

"The Constitutional Council has abused its authority, the whole world knows it, and I am sorry for my country's image," he said.
. . .
On Tuesday, Mr Gbagbo's representative in the IEC tore up the first batch of results as the commission's spokesman was about to announce them.

The IEC head, Youssouf Bakayok, then went ahead with an announcement on Thursday, speaking under armed guard at a hotel rather than from the commission's headquarters, declaring Mr Ouattara the winner with 54% of ballots cast.

Not long afterwards, Mr N'Dre said that, as the announcement had come after Wednesday's legal deadline, those results were "null and void".

The presidential poll was intended to reunify the world's largest cocoa producer after a civil war in 2002.

The two candidates represent the two sides of the north-south divide that exists religiously, culturally and administratively, with the northern half still controlled in part by the former rebels.

In a statement, the country's Prime Minster Guillaume Soro said the voiding of votes "threatens the ideal of reunifying the country".

The BBC's John James in Abidjan, the country's main city, says the Constitutional Council's decision has come as a shock to many, especially the opposition.

Youths from the opposing camps took to the streets in Abidjan and other towns, throwing stones and burning tyres.

The military has closed the borders and international news sources are suspended. An overnight curfew is in place.

Both the army and UN peacekeepers have been patrolling the streets of Abidjan since Sunday.

At least four people have been killed in election-related clashes in Abidjan this week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11917359

. . .Already tackling his masters at 21. . .
Bawomolo was probably shot by some jealous, drugged up, gutter freak with no hope of a future. May he rest in peace.

Evidently, Kazai no features in US calculations. I would watch my back if I were him.

This thread is theatrical.

Plateau people need to be saved from their misery. They are under seige.

JaaizTech:
WAIT FOR IT, Someone will suddenly come up with a theory about how the North is responsible for all this. I thought there were no militants again I thought all that MEND bombing is a facade May God save Nigeria

Only ignorance causes foolish posts like this.
John Togo does not even claim to be in MEND and nowhere has it been written that he is in MEND. . . You see the depth of your ignorance? Spooky!

Dis Guy:
But guys, Atiku has not killed anyone at most he is corrupt but If Babangida can go to USA and not get arrested why wont atiku, i know his name has been mentioned in some corruption trial but He isnt exactly the somalian president is he?

But hey they can just hassle him up a bit just to add more dirt to his profile

The difference is that Atiku is a wanted man in the US. He and his wife ran away from America to avoid appearing in court cases for which they could be imprisoned for pretty seriou crimes. The US has really raised the stakes on money laundering (in the patriot act) since 9/11 and amongst other infringements, Atiku laundered 40 billa.
Some of Atiku's relations with murky groups in the ND, also make him a person of interest to the wider World. Here is a man whose criminality might be intense enough to affect the price of crude. . . Not a laughing matter.

The day Atiku steps in the US, he will be put under lock and key. Damn, it might even be a straight swap, we get access to Cheney, they get Atiku.

Jonwesley:
Sad that innocent lives are lost, but the army operation was caused by John Togo, so its John Togo dat is killing his people. He called himself a repentant militant, signed amnesty with the FG and decided to renege becos he was not satisfied with what was being paid him, not equal to the other Generals as i heard. To me it's unjustified and shd ve towed the path of dialogue thru the governors under which he surrendered to the amnesty programme. By his action is he not calling other unsatisfied militants to join him? and u expect dat the FG wld just watch him? John Togo is not God. Rubbish.

John Togo is a known armed robber who was never in the same category as some who genuinely fought oppression, that is why folk from 3 villages reported his exact location to the JTF. But our demented army would kill a mosquito with bombs and ra'pe those who have malaria.
I am repeating it for the ears of those who haven't heard, John Togo is an armed robber.

The whole country is rotten and sick. We need new ways of doing things, the barbaric laws passed down from our barbaric military regime past need to be dumped. We must do away with the land use decree, the petroleum act and institute true federalism. We need a revolution.

It is really sad and shocking. Life is a lesson whose length we never know.
Rest in Peace bro.

hardbody:
@ Beaf

I don't ever condescend to using gutter language. i respect a more coordinated and stronger logical argument, if you have any, bring it on, but if u expect a barter of insults, count me out.

Then don't annoy people by telling wicked lies and making evil statements.
Charlie, deal with what I stated; tell us when Warri was part of Biafra or when Ogoni's became an ethnicity indigenious to Warri.

hardbody:
I laff in pidgin english. It is unfortunate that lives are bieng lost. However, as a keen student of history, i have read that what the Niger delta guys are being killed for today, is part of what the Biafrans were supposed to fight and defend, perhaps if Ken saro wiwa and the Ogoni 9 did not defect in the years of 1966-70, there would be no need for the JTF.

What goes round comes around. 3million people died in the fratricidal war of the late 60s, many more will die in the cause of seeking to protect the oil.

My forbears paid the price and got nothing in return, i will watch as the events continue to unfold,

Oya insults should start pouring in,

Of course, you are damn foolish, bloody ignorant and fcking dim. Warri was not even in Biafra, neither are Ogoni's from Warri.
What a wretched fool you are!

1025:
the truth of the matter is that nigeria is full of rulers who are not ready to take responsibilities for their failures.
just the other day, north korea attacked south korea and the minister of defence in south korea knew he failed and resigned.
from the look of things, jonathan is chasing a record with the killing madness that we recorded under obasanjo.
those who are paid to guide and protect our lives have turned to be our killers.
jonathan must learn to accept the responsibilities when it comes to those who loose their lives.
why will ppl die for a crime they did not commit.
if u look at the days of yar adua, we did not hear much of all these high handedness in govt.
if nobody is resigning or paying for the lost lives, then we have to say that the president is behind it.
the prayers of the niger delta ppl seemed to be answered the day jonathan became the president but the reverse seems to be the case from what we see now

I have never seen a bunch of daft statements so tightly packed!

Instead of talking to ND people, Yar Adua spent $3.5billion arming up the JTF and destroying villages. When was Gbaramatu destroyed, do you even know?
Was it not during Yar Adua's time that groups like Amnesty International took active interest in Nigeria? Was it not in Yar Adua's time that groups took Nigeria to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Stop talking through your arse man, or you'll choke on your own shyte.
Was it not the inept Yar Adua that created the useless "amnesty" programme to bribe govts way out of a hole when the JTF suffered defeat after defeat and Nigeria's economy was getting rapidly fcked?

Would talking have cost the $3.5billion it cost to arm the JTF? Dude, Yar Adua was useless and the cause of most of today's problems.

Pappij:
U definitely are an irritation. The news did broke yesterday on this, my point is the actual link sighted by the OP is flawed since the dates do not tally.

Since you are interested in listening to some gory naija tale, fresh crisis are up again in plateau as 8 persons are confirmed dead, details are still sketchy and details will be available shortly, akpaamu

The link wasn't posted by the OP, except we are seeing two different pages. The OP (Ikomi) simply asked for more info and another NLer (I think called xoxo_g) posted the old link.

I don't know why you think I am interested in gory news. A weak brain might make you think that the events in Warri are occurring on Mars and not affecting real people. Dude, I am a Warri boy; it doesn't get closer to one than that. While you watch TV and yarn crap, events are all too close for some others.

Okpe mumu!

. . .Now we can hug and shake hands.

seanet02:
Nil IQ

Inconsequential fungus.

seanet02:
Typical Beaf, you dont even have Face to tell us anything about corruption, see your stoog Pres. Doling out 50k to a Pastor just to get votes? haba Gej

Lame brain.

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Ikomi only asked for more info, he didn't post any reference to an article, someone else did; but the fact remains that there are news reports that 150 villagers were killed around Burutu in Warri yesterday. The news isn't fake.

Even CNN which is American isn't reporting the matter as a joke. Its a brief report, but surely they aren't laughing or even smiling about Cheney's Nigerian woe's.
I believe there could be an international dimension to the matter, most likely cooperation with the US.

Obiagu1:
I don't want to know what their population is, big or small, they say only one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. There can't be any cooperation when some group are perpetually using domination as a wedge. Domination from what? Igbos that are hard working and naturally competitive which is good for any nation/group is feared and hated for something unreal whereas when they were with the West, they were being toyed with, even Yoruba language was almost imposed on them, at the end of the day, who do they hate? IGBO. For what reason?

I'm sick of it, if I ever have my way, my wish will be done.

Nobody hates you. Stop being paranoid and living on stories e.g. Yoruba being forced on people of the Mid-West. It never was.
Why do you think an Urhobo, Isoko or Itsekiri person would wake up with hatred for Igbo's in their heart? That sounds too far out na.

Why is it only men saying dbanj is fine?
What do you guys know? Make una no let give somebodi headbutt here o!

If babes say you are wowo, guy, you are wowo! Therefore dbanj is a wowo morafcker. Make I wear my shade jare!

Pappij:
How dare you talk to me that way, have you checked the link quoted as i posited earlier. All this kids running around this forum, no home training you just type without thinking. Twart

What a funny person. Clear your eyes well, because you are both blind and morally crippled.

^
Ol' boy, you need to calm down with all these hate talk.
There are lots of times I hear some Igbo boys convey certain things and I keep quiet, but I think I should speak up this time. You unintentionally make the Igbo look so small when you speak the way you have. Do you know the population of some of the groups you mentioned?
Dude, fear causes a lot of things (and its on both sides), some of them totally unreal. We don't need to fear one another, we will always be neighbours, there will never be a wall, so whats left? . . .Just the one thing, cooperation.

[quote author=igochopur$ link=topic=561714.msg7265045#msg7265045 date=1291383188]@Beaf

You mean on the forehead or backside?[/quote]No, I mean proper sharia level stoning, similar to the type based on the "eye for an eye" law of Moses.

^
For you, it seems ok to wait, for some of us, we know better; there are some with first hand facts. Do you know the distance from Burutu area to Warri mainland where the scores of women interviewed have run away from? If you knew, that alone would tell you it isn't childs play.

OMO IBO:
This story is either false or SHR do nopt know what they are chatting. Jennifer already resides at that address in Switzerland with her kids. As far as I am aware, she's been living in switzerland for at least 2 years.

Bros, Sahara Reporters is known for fake news. No biggie.

Pappij:
I dont know, if any of you guys actually checked the link of this information. Its actually dated December 3, 2008

wonder why such news will break two years later

All this witches against my country are at work again.

You better clear your eyes about the date. We are talking about events that are taking place as we speak and some of us are from the area.

Where does his ridiculous 10% tax fit in? Or does he just say anything that comes to mind, regardless of how silly it sounds?
Atiku tarred just one road, the one leading to his doorstep. It has taken the current govt to tar roads in his state, cos when he was in govt all he could do was steal like a demented klepto.

If he likes he can unfold a 100 point agenda, afterall, in the past some promised to aircondition every village. We ain't buying, we know him as a thief (that gist has even reached the US too).

[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=561631.msg7264688#msg7264688 date=1291378687]It is unfortunate that innocent people who may be harbouring criminal terrorists become fair game in war operations. You people need to show overwhelming opposition towards the criminal terrorists parading themselves as freedom fighters. Help the federal government to get rid of them.

Its time to take the cause of the ND people to the political arena where it belongs, afterall GEJ is from the area. These MEND thugs and other criminals are quite s.tupid. This is the time to work with GEJ for the betterment of the whole region.[/quote]Are you deaf to hear that the villagers pointed out John Togo's camp? Why not raise a rostrum on the bodies of the dead and campaign from there?
There is nobody supporting anyone claiming to by fighting at this time. And for your information, John Togo is not in the defunct MEND and neither does he claim it, so why introducing falsehoods on the sly?

Anybody that rejects an offer to help should be stoned on their return and any land / property they have aquired should be siezed.
. . .A bit draconian, but you get my answer.

1025:
now nigeria knows only two thieves viz; ibori and jenifer [size=21pt]atiku[/size]. what happens to siemens scandal, harllibuton scandal, benin-ibadan expressways contract of N300b, $16b electricity contract and everyother scandals that involve nigerians that are still here in nigeria?
we are just a useless country. noise makers which shows our emptiness.
why is it that this pdp led administration is always afraid of oposition?

Compared to Atiku, Ibori is a lil baby.