₦airaland Forum

prekumohtim:
Hahahaha....Nigerians will alwz luk 4 a way out just to prolong argument

A total of 234 people were killed and buried after a Nigerian military jet mistakenly bombed a camp occupied by persons displaced by Boko Haram, an official has said.

The Chairman of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State, Babagana Malarima, said 234 persons were buried in Rann village, which is in the local government, after the January 17 bombing.

The Nigerian military and the federal government have described the bombing as an accident and expressed solidarity with the victims. An Air Force investigation team has since arrived Borno to investigate the attack.
The military said the jet was meant to target suspected Boko Haram members when it accidentally bombed the camp.

Mr. Malarima said two other injured persons died in the hospital after they were flown by helicopter from the camp.

He disclosed this on Friday when the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, visited Rann.

The council chairman is the first government official to give a major casualty figure after the Doctors without Borders, MSF, announced on the day of the attack that 52 persons died and 120 others injured.

The MSF later said the death toll could be as high as 174.
“We buried 234 corpses in Rann after the bombs were dropped on the IDP camp,” Mr. Malarima said. “We have two others injured persons that died while in hospital in Maiduguri.”

Several of the wounded were flown by helicopter to Maiduguri due to the bad and insecure state of roads that link the Borno Capital with Kala-Balge, where the Rann camp is located.

The council chairman said the families of the dead persons as well as the injured ones are asking for compensation from the Nigerian government.

The victims, mostly Muslims, have not stated the terms of compensation. But in Islam compensation for manslaughter is paid to the tune of 100 camels or its equivalent, which could be about N40 million person.

Should the victims insist on payment by Islamic standard, which is sometimes used in parts of Northern Nigeria, the federal could pay as much as N9.5 billion compensation.

oloriooko:
B4 person go roast plantain, roast yam finish, the hand must to black

Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) obtained his statements under duress.

Dudafa made the claim when he testified in his trial-within-trial at the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday.

The defendant had earlier claimed that the statements he made to EFCC were not voluntarily made.

He said both his oral and written statements were all extracted through the use of maximum force during his detention in the commission’s facility.

Dudafa said during the period he was eclipsed with pain from a spinal cord ailment, adding that the commission denied him adequate medical treatment.

The former presidential aide said he was forced to write all the statements he wrote, and was induced to sign in exchange for freedom.

Dudafa said he was arrested on April 17, 2016, and kept in detention untill the evening of the following day without anybody explaining why he was arrested.

He said that he was eventually taken to EFCC’s office on Awolowo Road in Lagos, for interrogation, where he made four statements, including an asset declaration form which he described as a sham.

He said the operatives of the commission denied him access to food as his family members were barred from bringing him food.

“April 27 till May 12 was so tormenting. Sometimes I was taken out from the detention centre and kept in EFCC office between 8 a.m and 8 p.m, and sometimes until 11 p.m depending on their mood.

“The ailment I have today is a spinal cord dislocation. It was within that period of my torture and agony that my spinal cord got dislocated.

“I was not in the best frame to write statements but went on to force them from me. The document remains fake as they only brought out those items to nail me,’’ he said.

He also said the operatives denied him access to counsel as at the time the statements were extracted, adding that “in fact my lawyers were driven away’’.

Dudafa said EFCC officials had only given him paracetamol and aspirin, and allowed him to visit an in-house Medical Doctor when his situation worsened.

He said that the EFCC’s Doctor had referred him to a Military Hospital where tests revealed that he had a spinal cord injury and needed to see a specialist.

He informed the court that he was not taken to any specialist, adding that the commission turned down his family’s request to bring in a specialist to the facility to examine him.

“My Lord, I was dehumanised to the extent that I got scared of the people around me.

The mis-treatment was also extended to my immediate family as they froze my wife’s bank account and My Children’s Schools savings accounts in a bid to frustrate and break me down.

“When I realised that I did not make any statements voluntarily I raised objections,’’ he said.

During cross examination by Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, EFCC’s prosecutor, Dudafa admitted that he was cautioned before making the statements.

He said that he was also never forced to admit committing any crime in the statements.

He, however, insisted that he was asked to sign the statements.

Justice Mohammed Idris adjourned the case till Jan. 24 for continuation of the trial-within-trial.

EFCC had arraigned him and Iwejuo Joseph Nna alias Taiwo A. Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah, before Justice Idris on 23-counts of conspiracy and concealment of crime proceeds.

They were accused of conspiring to conceal proceeds of crime amounting to over N1.6 billion on June 11, 2013.

They, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts.

It was alleged that Dudafa, between June 1 and June 4, 2015, procured Nna and Ebiwise Resources to conceal N150 million being proceeds of crime.

HIScraziness:
The second pic, ladies whatya think

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday lashed out at the Presidency saying they should stop lying to Nigerians over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He also said Nigerians cannot afford to have another constitutional crises due to Mr. President’s health.

The Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu had attacked Mohammed on Monday saying he is suffering from pathological cynicism.

According to Shehu, “Mohammed’s kind of critics is toxic to national progress because they are only primarily interested in destroying every positive effort and achievements of the government and we advise Nigerians to be wary of prejudiced and biased critics like Dr. Junaid

Mohammed who are more interested in personal publicity than respecting facts and figures about their claims”.

But reacting to Sheu’s statement, Mohammed said the Presidential spokesperson should stop telling Nigerians lies about his health just as he maintained that General Sanni Abacha remains one of the healthiest President Nigeria ever had.

His words, “I believe Sheu is under pressure which is why he attacked me. However, I believe strongly they need to stop lying to Nigerians about Mr Presidents health. Can they actually tell Nigerians what this medical leave or routine check-up is? They don’t seems to be telling us the truth”.

Mohammed who maintained he has been President Buhari’s friend since when he was a secnd lieutenant in the Army said he cannot shy away from telling the President the truth anytime he misfires.

He said, “If I am to comment on issues that concern Nigerians, I won’t shy away from telling President Buhari the home truth anywhere he is making mistakes. I criticized General Abacha as Head of State and told him some truths in private and sometimes face to face. I believe if people can challenge their friends in power, it shows they are not intimidated by the powerful”.

“If Aisha Buhari can say what she said about her husband, I think the President needs to check himself and retrace his steps on some issues that concerns the country. I think the question the President needs to ask himself is that after one he has taken over the reigns of power, what has changed? Is Nigeria better off than when he took over on May 29, 2015? The truth is that Nigeria is worse off today than when Buhari took over the reigns of power.

“Every Nigerian today is worse off and nothing seems to be working under this government. Some who are rich in 2015 cannot say same today due to the economic woes that Nigeria is presently experiencing and we cannot continue to close our eyes off it”.

He further explained, “This administration has failed in tamming the economic woes that seems to have turned everyone poor in present day Nigeria. Even though the administration made some giant strides in the fight against Boko Haram, the country is still not safe as people still live in fears even in Kano today. And there is also political crises in the party where President won his own election. So the President seems to be at war with everyone including the National Assembly members”.

He however maintained, “I believe President Buhari should engage in turning around the fortunes of Nigeria economically, politically and security wise. By now, his administration should have stopped blaming the Jonathan government for their woes. I believe that in Politics, you take assets and liabilities”.

ikemesit4477:
Lol, u no well!

ikemesit4477:
he?

HtwoOw:
I sure say he get prick

decatalyst:
Singing MJ song *and you are not alone, I am here with you*

Thought the whole episode has finished but suddenly, chidimma got her car back and we are having this... The video is on its way too.

ScotsReferendum:
You remember that Ghanian pastor who predicted his death this year.

ScotsReferendum:
He should grant the nation a brief interview through Skype

Rtopzy:
lolz... I hears u nwa nna

Rtopzy:
No b lie, d ogologo ihe dikwa 2 much

Rtopzy:
lolz.... u wan kill me with laff ni?

JideAmuGiaka:
My dear, i followed this protest live. I was amazed on how these protesters were attacking the US security forces, throwing dangerous objects on them yet the security forces were only shading themselves and throwing teargas at them. What came to my mind was that Nigeria is as Nnamdi Kanu said.

Sibrah:
I answered ur question already. They are citizens with different histories. Shites are known for their violent behaviour unlike an unidentified group of thugs in US.

Sibrah:
citizens with different history.

McBrooklyn:
Lol, you gats dey careful next time now...

byrron:
This is how they have chosen to deal with it and there will be a mega protest in Washington tomorrow of which Queen B (Beyounce) will be among those that will be leading the protest.

Its gonna be an interesting 4 years for DT.

Yarduni:
He is going to be impeached early next year