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Pastor carry on.I like you.You are the best CAN president ever

@ koboless-junky,stop quoting Wikipedia.It is not accepted as a reference point in the academia.

You guys should pay attention to broncop.Everything he has said or says should be taken seriously.I have verified everything he said since this forum started

adamabdul:
You can bend it and twist it,abused it and misused it but not even God can change the truth.MUSLIMS WERE ROASTED AND THEIR MEAT EATEN BY THE CHRISTIANS BEROMS IN PLATEAU STATE #FACT

I find it difficult to believe that it actually happened.You people(hausa/fulani) have a way of inventing stories to justify your insatiable appetite for violence and inhumanity.

Okorocha is an idio.t.All because he wants to be president.Useless man

GenBuhari:
I believe him ooh!

I strongly suspect FG are using Boko Haram to flood the news to distract the masses from fuel protests.

I found it just too much of a coincidence how just when fuel protests took off, Boko Haram suddenly start making noise as if to steal away media exposure from the fuel protests.

I have also been looking at photos of so called Boko Haram bombings and have seen little evidence of bomb victims.

Too far fetched? Nothing is too far fetched for this deceitful government.

Your lack of intelligence amazes me.

diluminati:
If boko haram never existed, i know the c.i.a would have manufactured another killer group. These guys were hijacked by the evil c.i.a and transferred to the care of another of their formation, al qaeda.

You are one confused and ignorant soul whose life revolves around conspiracy theories.You really need to get enlightened instead of publicly exhibiting your ignorance.

manosteel:
Boko haram is an ideology and they strongly believe that they are fighting for their allah, with a reward waiting for them for doing so. Even if anyone offers amnesty to them, for sure they won't accept it because the amnesty itself is haram.

You are the only one making sense here.It's like al qaeda accepting amnesty from the U.S government.It's just impossible.Boko Haram has to wiped out.The government should find their financiers,bomb makers and gun suppliers.That's d way to defeat thm

From frying pan to fire.Jonathan and his cluelessness

She has a big head

Tambuwal is an idi.ot.May God punish him

Tambuwal is an idiot.May God punish him

Bomi:
It is normal all over the world, it is part of Naval Tradition called Role of the roads. It is based on the principle of the fact that Warship are categorised as woman. Check Royal naval Book of reference. Vol III

Please tell those ignorant people hating for no reason

dayo23:
I rly dnt get dis, is it yoruba vs igbo or south vs north,or christian vs muslim, pls we d igbos nd yoruba let cooperate jst lyk d north they re one no matter wat.an average yoruba man is an intallectual, so many of dem, so is d igbos too, pls let drop dis aside nd forge ahead on hw 2 break up frm dis muslim cannibals.Prof soyinka wil not die by God grace.

God bless you for this comment.

The Minister of Labour is inaugurating the NSITF board today 24th Januray 2012

babagy82:
boko haram is a religious sect, they never liked politics and can never be used by politician, you dnt knw who boko harams are and yet you keep typing rubbish about them. All what they have been doing is for revenge. I dnt think the govt can tackle boko haram without sitting with them and giving them amnesty, thats the only solution. Why im telling you all these is because im a muslim, im hausa fulani and i'm from sokoto. The boko haram suspect that escaped (kabiru sokoto) i knem him, i knew his house in gagi town. We used to pray together, in short he was my neigbhour (before he became terrorist). Before he packed completely to abuja. Boko harams is just an islamic sect among many sects. I knew about boko haram movements since 2004, i have seen late mohammed yusuf, malam abubakar shekau before. I knw very well about the sect, assuming late yar'adua has not ordered the execusion of their leader in 2009, all these killings wouldn't have happened. And you people that thought boko haram are illitrates should wake up, many of them are masters and phd degree holders, e.g shekau and kabiru sokoto. There was a time when they organised a party called 'bukin kone takardu' meaning 'burning of credentials party' every 1 of them will bring out his credentials and burn them being it bsc or msc. And if you people are wondering why the northern leaders are silent about them is for their own safety. Once u condemn their acts, they will come bak to you and kill you, dats y they are silent and not because they are in support of them. I HATE BOKO HARAM MORE THAN ANY BODY, but what pains me the most, is seeing people commenting on what they dont have knowledge about. All what they wanted is to allow them to practice their religion without intervention, but due to lack of good advisors ali modu sheriff and yaradua ordered their execution thinking they are just bunch of almajiri's dan can be wiped out. and this is how the situation turns out. If their is any body that can translate hausa i will post a video of late muhammad yusuf's lecture after their people were killed by police. Then you will knw who boko harams are, and why they are doing this. MAY ALLAH PROTECT US FROM BOKO HARAM, I SAY AMIn, sorry 4 my poor grammer

You should be arrested immediately.You simply know too much to be just an innocent bystander.You even know all their leaders

We have incompetent intelligence agencies.What do we expect when the criteria for getting into an intelligence agency is quota and cronyism?This is why we have intelligence agencies populated by people who lack intelligence.God help us

This Governor is one enlightened and reasonable Northerner.I hope other Northerners are listening.We know the region that will suffer most when Nigeria disintegrates.

This sounds unbelievable.So they actually know where Shekau is and nothing is being done to get him?

Stay in the U.K.That is the best advice for you

This is a very reasonable man

By Aisha Wakaso

Niger State Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has warned that the country could disintegrate by 2015 if the government continues to treat acts of treason and terrorism with "kid gloves".

He asked Nigerians to stop politicising treason and terrorism as the future of the country was at stake.

Aliyu was speaking at two different fora in Minna Sunday while playing host to Niger State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders Council and members of the House of Representatives from the state.

He said: “We have to work to solve the present security situation in the country. We cannot only depend on prayers without work. Most countries at peace today did not achieve it through prayers or else, we will gradually work ourselves towards the projection that Nigeria will disintegrate by 2015.”

He cited cases of a Boko Haram spokesman who was arrested and jailed for only three years "for misdemeanour" and Pastor Tunde Bakare who called for regime change.

He also referred to a presidential candidate in the last elections who stated that the country would be ungovernable if he failed to win.

Aliyu lamented that no actions had been taken against them, adding that government's attitude was increasing terrorist and treasonable statements in the land.


“People don't want to tell the truth. If we are all able to come out and handle things the way they should be handled, we would have nipped everything in the bud.

“The spokesman of Boko Haram was arrested and only given three years for misdemeanour when we all know that it is terrorism and then we begin to wonder what is going on.


“There are also people who said they would make Nigeria ungovernable if they didn't win the presidential election and I don't think anything has been done about that.
“Someone else took the opportunity of the fuel subsidy removal protests to be calling for regime change and they are all allowed to walk freely on the streets after their treasonable statements.


“A wrong thing is a wrong thing no matter the time it is done or said and if others see that some people have done it and gone away with it, they will wonder why not them,” he said.

Aliyu said it was unfortunate that the elders in the country, who should be saying something about the present situation in the country, had decided to remain silent, adding that it was time for everyone to begin to talk and proffer solution.

“If such coordinated bombings can take place on security installations in Kano, then there is problem in the country.

“Those who should be talking have not found the courage to speak, because this is something that should be rejected in its entirety,” he said.

The two groups came on solidarity visits over the violent protests that wreaked havoc on public and private properties in some towns in the state during the anti-fuel subsidy removal agitation.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/

Nigerians and jealousy.Many of u want to be in his shoes and the reason u hate him is because you are not.The boy has explained.What else do u want?His father is a rich man and he can afford to spend his money anyway he likes.You guys should go and make something out of your lives instead of staying in front of d computer spewing hate.

They only hate each other on nairaland but outside,I don't think it's that bad

They are busy hounding innocent massob members.Useless set of people

Bianca is stii more beautiful and elegant than all your ugly mothers.Losers!

How did such a man like this get back into the Nigerian police force?


By OLUKOREDE YISHAU and OLUKAYODE

Until a fortnight ago, many would have vowed that he was no longer a policeman. But controversial officer Zakari Biu, recently promoted  Commissioner of Police (CP), has long been ‘secretly’ back in the force. The escape of the Madalla  bombing suspect from his custody has put the enigmatic policeman to the limelight. Will this be his end? OLUKOREDE YISHAU and OLUKAYODE THOMAS write

He was a man after the heart of Inspector-General of Police Hafiz Ringim. Zakari Biu, the embattled police officer in charge of terrorism in whose custody a bombing suspect, Kabir Sokoto, escaped two days ago, was until this year a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Ringim recommended him to the Police Service Commission (PSC) for promotion to Commissioner of Police. The PSC, after its 25th plenary meeting, approved Ringim’s recommendation. The commission, in its wisdom, also decided that Biu’s promotion should take effect from last December 15.


As the commission announced Biu’s promotion on New Year’s Day, it also said nine other officers were reprimanded. A Deputy Superintendent of Police was demoted to Assistant Superintendent of Police for conduct not expected of a senior officer.

Its Chairman, Parry Osayande, said the PSC would always reward diligence with elevation and punish offenders.  Less than a month after it happily promoted Biu, the commission, most likely, will have to review its decision, with Biu’s alleged negligence leading to the escape of a suspect believed to be central to the Madalla blast in which scores died.

He is on suspension. Sadly for him too, the officers, whom he asked to escort the suspect to his house before his gang waylaid them and set their colleague free, fled yesterday, leaving Biu all alone.

Like Ringim, Biu is due for retirement next month. For many who have had encounters with him, nemesis may be at work. Under the regime of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, the embattled cop was terror personified. As head of the regime’s Presidential Task Force on Terrorism, he terrorised journalists and human rights activists, who he labeled terrorists.

Journalists on the stables of The News, TSM and Tell were the worse hit. The publisher of the now rested TSM, Chris Anyanwu, who is now a senator, narrated how Biu physically assaulted her and practically got her eyes permanently impaired. Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) Dr. Frederick Fasehun, can never forget Biu, whom he told the Oputa Panel set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo how the embattled cop assaulted him. Senator Babafemi Ojudu, who was Managing Editor of The News, said Biu put a gun to his head, threatening to blast his brain.

The Borno-born cop is also criticised over the death of a reporter with The News, Bagauda Kaltho.Biu claims Kaltho was trying to detonate a bomb in a hotel and got killed in the process. Kaltho’s widow was also tricked by Biu to reveal information about Independent Communications Nigeria Limited (ICNL), publishers of The News on the pretext of reuniting her with her husband. It turned out he only deceived the woman, as he used the information to invade the magazine’s offices, carting away its property. Of course, he also arrested workers found on site during the raid. Biu’s deceit became clear to Mrs. Kaltho after the dreaded cop announced her husband’s death. He claimed a copy of Wole Soyinka’s book, The Man Died, was found at the scene where Kaltho was supposedly consumed by a bomb he was trying to detonate. Yet the book was not defaced by the explosion, which killed Kaltho! His remains were never released to his family.

Biu, at a press conference after Abacha’s death, said Kaltho was the “unidentified” person who died while planting a bomb which went off at Durbar Hotel, Kaduna in January 1996. He then showed the media a video recording of the scene of the blast and two photographs – one of a charred body and another of the journalist. Biu said he  “strongly suspects the management of ICNL of having connection with the Durbar Hotel bombing or else James Bagauda Kaltho .”

He later said Abacha’s Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza al-Mustapha, may have been responsible for Kaltho’s fate.  “I have never seen Kaltho in my life, either alive or dead and don’t know the whereabouts of Kaltho. Only the Chief Security Officer to the late Abacha, Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha, can explain what happened to Kaltho,” he said

When Biu appeared before the panel, he refused to be put on oath with the Holy Quran, because “he is not pure.” He denied all the allegations against him.

A retired Commissioner of Police Abubakar Tsav, who also appeared before the panel, debunked Biu’s claim. He said: “Everything he is saying is not true. I mean the evidence he gave in respect of Bagauda Kaltho. He said he got photographs from the wife of Bagauda Kaltho. He also said he got reports from the SSS through the Inspector-General of Police, which said the person who was killed in the bomb blast at the Durbar Hotel was Bagauda Kaltho. And he said that he never met Bagauda anywhere in his life. Then how could he come to that conclusion that the man killed was Bagauda Kaltho? He merely saw his pictures …He (Biu) should be in prison. As far as I’m concerned, he is a prisoner on parole.”

James Danbaba, a colleague of Biu,  said Kaltho was “summarily executed on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police, because  Kaltho was said to have seen  IGP Ibrahim  Coomasie suddenly collapse and was foaming in the mouth.”

Danbaba added: “ The journalist was ordered to be arrested and executed because of a disclosure that he (Coomasie) is suffering from epilepsy may jeopardise the I GP’s well preserved and seriously guarded position and ultimately lead to his untimely retirement from the police force.”

He added: “After the said journalist, Bagauda Kaltho’s summary execution, a bomb was attached to his corpse and detonated. I reliably learnt that this was directed at selling a story to the C-in-C that a NADECO journalist has died of a bomb explosion while attempting to plant a bomb, thereby finally covering their track of having killed Bagauda Kaltho and the reason for his murder.”

After the death of Abacha, his successor, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, deemed it fit to ‘dash’ Biu a national honour, a development which irked many of those who regarded him as a brute.

In his book, Trials and Triumphs: The Story of The News, Dr. wale Adebanwi, had harsh words for Biu. Adebanwi said: “Zakari Biu, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), the crude and sadistic officer in charge of the Presidential Task Force on Terrorism, was probably the best man for the operation designed as the “final solution” to the grave problem posed by the ICNL publications to the Abacha regime. Biu was an officer who represented the most grotesque face of the Nigerian Police. He saw the force as a repressive organ of an unaccountable power. And with the official bigotry that not only sustained him to the heights of the force, anything that looked like ethnocidal project excited him.”

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who was sent to jail by the Abacha regime, felt Biu was not fit for the force. He was said to have asked then Inspector-General of Police Musiliu Smith if the controversial cop was still in the force, after meeting him at a function. Not long after this, Biu was dismissed.

But, unknown to many, he was long back. Soyinka, in an interview in 2010, said he was aware Biu had been recalled. The Nobel laureate said: “Zakari Biu was dismissed from the Nigeria Police and has been recalled into the Nigeria Police Force, despite his crimes against humanity during Abacha’s dictatorial rule by torturing innocent citizens. He could be likened to Charles Taylor of Liberia. He is brute and has no concern for humanity. For his past history, he should not be trusted with any national responsibility as he is capable of causing terrorism, which could destroy the image of Nigeria.”

The Nation learnt that after Obasanjo’s exit from power, Biu petitioned the PSC. Mike Okiro was the IGP then. Biu said he was retired without getting a fair hearing. He argued that by law, only the commission could fire him. Osayande saw merit in his case and ordered his recall.

The then Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said: “Biu is back in the Force as his name had never been removed from the Police register. Biu is now an instructor at the Police Academy in Wudil, Kano State.”

Ringim’s emergence as IGP paid off for Biu, as he was entrusted with curbing terrorism, which in the country is synonymous with an insurgent group, Boko Haram, whose root is deep in Borno, Biu’s home state.

Now he may have got his fingers burnt. Only a few are weeping with him.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/33815-zakari-biu-fate-of-a-controversial-cop.html

This is a golden opportunity for President Jonathan to purge the police force and other security agencies.

Marlboro1:
Somebody please tell me, isn't this Fani-Kayode guy supposed to be under investigation by EFCC or in prison already for his loots while OBJ's minister? Why is Sanusi belittling himself exchanging words with this loud mouth who is suffering from envy and thereby resorting to name calling. By the way, I will rather be skinny like Sanusi than overweight and sick in the mind like Fani-Kayode.

SANUSI FOR PRESIDENT 2015
OKONJO-IWEALA VP 2015

Only his hausa/fulani kinsmen and fellow bigots will vote for him.

Tunde Bakare should be compared to the devil and not Martin Luther King.

A bigot defending another bigot

I will vote anybody but hausa/fulani.The hausa/fulani must not rule this country again