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Islie:
https://leadership.ng/how-wikes-security-aides-failed-him/

This write up seems too elementary and you the Op concentrated on theatrics alone and left one simple thing many in the media have called "insult".

The mere fact that Leut. Yerima had his hands in both of his side pockets and later had them both clasped together in front of him all in the video shows that there would not be any physical confrontation from him even if was physically assaulted.
So I'd assume the security detail and DSS officers guarding the FCT Minister had no reason to panic.
The Op is wrong in saying they stood like morons or some sort of he truly understands such things.

paxonel:
We know that by chance the officer may be wrong.
We also know that it is possible that the land was legally acquired.
But whatever the case may be we are not interested.
What is concerned is, why didn't the FCT minister resolve the issue with the chief of naval staff directly rather than confronting a mere officer himself?
What was he thinking?

Does it fall under military jurisdiction or civilian jurisdiction ?

Do you know what will happen to that officer if he is brought before the civilian court if he is found wanting and his uniform removed?

Orinechi:
Why should the officer argue that the documents were valid? Was he the person who issued the documents? Is it not only a fool that will argue the validity of a documents that were neither issued to him no issued through him

I'm even wondering from what angle and perspective is the officer saying he has integrity if at the end of the day the purported land has not even started the processes for getting building approval and if it has reached.advanced stages.....

food4tot:
Was the land legally acquired? People might not realise how this would impact the economy of Nigeria.
N10K for the person who can figure out and explain the negative impact of government retaking legally acquired lands.

If the land was legally acquired then it would be very easy for same to bring forward the documents given him ......Is that to hard a thing to do?

MVLOX:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/11/13/defence-minister-matawalle-scolds-fct-minister-wike-he-rushed-site-confront-military

A lot of persons just come up to show their hatred for Wike and are applauding themselves for it......

Imagine what Matawalle is saying......in an issue that has nothing to do with the military.


I keep reading statements like an insult to the military is an insult to the President......

Please when will these same persons realize that the bandits and Boko Haram in the North who are killing the military and also collecting taxes from the civilians is an insult to the president and no one has come forth to resolve that issue .......

What a kind of people and their brain and thinking!!!!!

peekspot:
https://punchng.com/wike-naval-officer-clash-ex-generals-fume-as-fg-orders-probe/

His public disparagement of a uniformed officer of the Nigerian Armed Forces transcends mere misconduct; it represents a palpable threat to national security and institutional integrity.


Buratai who could not do anything meaning to the insurgents in the North but if it's in the East and West he and his gang will run wild....
He certainly does not understand what the bold is because he has never said same to the insurgents in the North....

InfoGuru118:
https://verynigerian.com/my-deputy-has-right-to-remain-in-pdp-diri/

Does Diri even have what it takes to force the deputy into the APC and can the State Assembly follow through on the impeachment process even without Diri saying the have both discussed the falling and no need to go ahead with the Court?!!!!!!

GiftAbia1:
I just pray nothing happens to the officer's job.

If it was igbo or southern they will coded retire and arrest him.

But if he is a northern, nothing will be done because BAT wants North support for 2027. Useless country.

Though I commend the officer for holding his integrity.

What is the soldier's integrity in all of this?

That he obeyed an order given to him to whoever is his superior officer?



If we were to be told by PBAT himself after an independent investigation that the land lacks proper documents what would you say about the integrity of the officer and the superior officer whose orders he is abiding to?

Antoeni:
The only civilian authority who could lawfully counter-order that officer to allow Wike entry is the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Without routing orders through the military, not even the Ministers of Defence can counter-An Order

I would want to know who is senior to the CDS?

Penguin2:
If we were to judge the matter by law and legality, Wike will win.

But this matter is complicated.

Vice Admiral AZ Gambo is senior to the current CDS, General Oluyode, and by that, the CDS cannot go against his orders. This is simple military tradition and precedence.

The only person that can give a counter order to the orders of Vice Admiral Gambo is the Commander-In-Chief, Tinubu, but even Tinubu must be careful because there’s a way he’d handle the matter in favour of the law (Wike) and he would anger the rank and file of the military establishment which will not be good at all.

Remember he just survived a coup.

There’s a reason people like AZ Gambo are left alone to do their thing as far as their actions are not very much against the law or threat to public peace and order.

How much does Wike and FCT ministry want to generate from the General registering for his development levy. It’s a totally unnecessary fracas.

I won’t be surprised if Wike is sacked because of this.

Who is going to sack Wike?

press9jatv:
The former naval chief will win the battle in the court of justice. Wike goof here

Does he have documents to that land and has he been paying his ground rents?

otipoju:
No the President is the head of the Armed Forces. He is the commander in chief and all commissioned officers get their commissions from the president.

But the thing is that it is belittling for the office of the president to he intervening on land matters.

Even Wike if he was smart had no business talking to that officer. He wanted to demonstrate power and it backfired badly.

He should be very careful in that Abuja or anywhere he goes. Civilian and military are two different worlds.

They can easily Bleep him up real badly ooo.
Once soldiers start their crase...to hold them na wahalo ooo.

You see say he did not dare lay a hand on the young man. He would not have made it out of there in one piece.

He would be reminded that he is a bloody civilian... then like two lorries will follow him to his office and burn the place down first before anything.

Angry soldiers are not nice ooo. Anywhere in the world. Soldier are like ravenous dogs on a leash.

Death, destruction , havoc and mayhem is what they are trained to manifest.

You see say na Wike dey de-escalate by himself and he recognized that those guys could kill everyone. He kept saying it.

Once the same breaks...its on.

Hahahahaha....

ADO2004:
The president is the commander in chief of the arm forces in Nigeria. Insulting that officer is Insulting the president and the nation.

I agree with you....
Don't you also think that the bandits who have been killing officers in the North have also been killing the president who is the commander in chief and thats an absolute more insult on the president and that's a more serious offence to the nation and to the military!!!!!!

otipoju:
In a civilized country, the FCT minister will get a court order before he steps foot on another man's property otherwise even a private citizen has the right to shoot him to death.

Now the court order will be executed by court beliefs and not the FCT ministers.

What you saw today was a case of intimidation gone wrong..because the officer told the chief of defense staff that they were not there on illegal duty.

At the point the CDS just comot him hand for the matter.

Only the President could have ordered those men to stand down. Wike is not in the chain of command.

If the CDS couldn't do anything tangible, then what is he relevance there.......
Do you really think that it's PBAT that will do anything.....
Probably that officer operating on chain of command will tell PBAT to call the Superior Officer on whose orders that they were sent there before they will stand down.....
Is that not what Nigeria is all about...

Newsgeek24:
https://verynigerian.com/wikes-clash-with-naval-officer-a-threat-to-national-security-buratai/

This is absolute crap. But you see it can only occur in Nigeria. PBAT should tell the military personnel that they are not above the law and that they should abide to it completely.
Irrespective of the FCT Ministers' outbursts the uniform personnel are acting wrongly against the law and constituting nuisance of themselves.

olatunjithomas:
Bro, even if it is a pair of slippers, as long as the order is from a superior officer, he cannot question the order.
That is how powerful they are.

I guess with the bold, we should not be bothering about bandits over running the entire North, Middle belt and some part's of the West, East and South?



I don't know which country but it's in Africa and I hope you saw that short video .

A traffic officer on the road turned back a semi truck full of soldiers on a road that drove one way against traffic. That truck had a machine gun of some sort hanging on its roof. The soldiers even came down apologized and begged the traffic police to let them pass but the traffic officer stood hia ground and turned them to go back and follow the other side.
Note that other side had a long grid lock of vehicles that were not fast moving....

I'm sure that will never happen in Nigeria!!!!!!

olatunjithomas:
Stop capping rubbish. All these una beer parlour claims

Soldiers are subject to military law, only military authorities (through the Provost Marshal or superior officers) have the direct power to arrest and discipline them for offences, especially those committed in the line of duty.

You even mentioned civilised countries like you have ever left Nigeria. The US Police Department whether state or federal cannot just arrest a soldier in active service without the cooperation of his commanding post. It can only happen if he is caught committing a a civilian crime off duty and without uniform even at that, his commanding post must be alerted immediately for their cooperation. These are contained in military law enforcement such as: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI)


Oya make another claim.

The parcel of land the military personnel is guarding is that now a responsibility of that officer under the Nigerian law , is that subject to military law?

olatunjithomas:
Most of your questions were asked out of sheer ignorance, but that's fine. However, the questions are not devoid of sentiments.

For information sake, only the Chief in Command can give order to counter the order given by a most senior officer. Even the vice president cannot try it unless sworn in to take the place of the C in C in a case of his absence. The naval officer was acting under a command, Wike should have contacted the one who gave him the order. He himself cannot order the soldier off that property. Only the one who gave the order in the 1st place, the Chief of staff, or the president can order him out of that property.


Lastly, the loyalty of any soldiers lies with NOT the presidency, but to the service of his country, and the president himself who is the GCON. The Chief in Command role of this position cannot be delegated. Not even to the VP. The FCT minister like other ministers is just an office holder under the president's cabinet. He cannot give or counter a military order.

What is the military order in this instance?

To safeguard land, I presume!!!!!!

olatunjithomas:
Stop capping rubbish. All these una beer parlour claims

Soldiers are subject to military law, only military authorities (through the Provost Marshal or superior officers) have the direct power to arrest and discipline them for offences, especially those committed in the line of duty.

You even mentioned civilised countries like you have ever left Nigeria. The US Police Department whether state or federal cannot just arrest a soldier in active service without the cooperation of his commanding post. It can only happen if he is caught committing a a civilian crime off duty and without uniform even at that, his commanding post must be alerted immediately for their cooperation. These are contained in military law enforcement such as: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI)


Oya make another claim.

It is very good that you even acknowledged that a police can arrest a military officer.

That is all it is.

Antoeni:
The officer did the right thing. He didn’t lose his cool, didn’t disrespect his rank, and didn’t abandon his duty. He simply stood on procedure, "Sir, I am acting on orders. If you have a problem, take it up with my superior." That is exactly how discipline works. The military chain of command is not a toy for politicians.

What orders and from which superior!!!!!!

In a civilized country the police go arrest that military personnel irrespective of whose order he is standing on......

We just like standing on the wrong side of things and taking sides unnecessarily on abnormal things.

etokhana:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKPnGWRFV/

Osiata Chidoka is double tongued in all of this and I wonder from which understanding of the law that he brings such into existence.....



Any law enforcement officer, in uniform or plain clothes, represents the President and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state.



If above were true, then it's right to say that all those soldiers killed by bandits in the North, have killed the President and killed the sovereignty of Nigeria. While those who say the bandits are their brothers, father's and uncles are also insinuating that the bandits are right to kill those who they kill and kidnap.



When a minister trades words with a uniformed officer acting under orders —


I only begin to wonder on whose orders is the soldier standing on......
Can this be said in well civilized countries like the USA or Osita Chidoka is just trying to be smart and trying to sell such to unlearned and gullible people. What's the difference in what Gumi does with respect to the bandits and this in what Osita is stating.


Is the officer standing on whoever orders now bigger than a Minister appointed by the President!!!!!!!??

Christistruth00:
FG should allow registered Vigilantes of State registered Vigilante groups to Carry AK47’
when they are protecting their Areas

The FG has is not restricting the State Governors from doing such and much more.
It's the SG that are not serious with security in their States but always collect security votes every month.

sleek214:
And you guys are the solution of this country.. someone rushed to the authorities in the UK and told lies against this man and because he was poor, you poor lots took side with him.

Why didn't the rich man sought for someone rich to deliver their organ for his child rather than seeking a poor one ....!!!!

LibertyRep:
Why is this man so controversial and always on the side of the bandits.

...and he was once in the military.

Something is t adding up.

..You want his business to go bad or what?

Ttalk:
Soludo is smarter, more intelligent and more courageous than you.

He has track record as CBN governor and his deliberate work to change the face of Anambra can be seen by everyone.

He has displayed maturity on national issues and his articles and journals on topical national issues serves as reference for governance and in academic forums.

Soludo and Umahi are on the league of their own when it comes to governance while Peter Obi trails far behind Obiano his successor

Edited: It is worrisome to see people comparing a 1st Class graduate of economics with 3rd class Philosophy graduate. Obi's outburst should have been replaced by congratulatory message and not bitter vituperation that exposes his weakness and pettiness.

This bold above is out of place....
PO ......Third Class Philosophy.....
SOLUDO.....First Class Economics...


Please be very objective if you can on this....

Within the time PO was Anambra State Governor given all FACC and IGR, and now SOLUDO is same what has actually changed in Anambra State that is truly tangible that you can tell someone that's worthwhile?

sleek214:
You're still a child, you don't know anything

Adult, what do you know, please tell us....

Salewa97:
It's a high powered delegation.

They would surely come out with something tangible.

The UK government are also not happy with the way the case was handled. We would surely get the verdict reviewed

Please humour us more and more.....

EnEnPeecee:
This man should be released abeg. He has suffered enough

He has suffered from what please tell us?

Islie:
https://dailytrust.com/genocide-claim-fg-silent-on-amupitans-legal-brief/?noamp=available

Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/8556259/amupitan-confirmed-genocidal-killings-nigeria

If they want Prof. Amupitan to resign because his view in 2020 is contrary to that of the PBAT led FG and that of the genocidal islamist and all their supporters then these same islamic jihadist and sympayhizers should also tell PBAT to resign for saying same during th4 PGEJ admnistration......!!!!

adenigga:
Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/11/10/trumps-threats-exposed-unpatriotic-hateful-nigerians-ahmad-gumi-claims

Imagine the one who is unpatriotic calling others unpatriotic....!!!!!
These people value the lives of bandits, kidnappers whom he claimed are not true practicers of the Islamic faith to well meaning Nigerians who have chosen not to behave and carry such acts that cause havoc and chaos in the nation.....

Exousiang01:
If you were a bandit, will you be using a phone registered with your personal details sir?
This guys are smart enough to kidnap deputy speakers of house of Assembly and you think they will be stupid enough to register their phones with their own details.

They are obviously smarter than you.

If the Nigerian government seriously wants to catch these bandits, they will catch them.
These people are always around.