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Do we have leaders in this country or is it frustration - unecessary death.

It sounds like one of the fairy tales, but it is a true story of an undergraduate of Akwa Ibom State University, who was tortured to death by three armed soldiers for wearing green colour.

The tragic incident occurred in Ogba area of the Lagos metropolis.

The victim, Ajayi Ebenezer and his friends were said to be on their way to a suya spot near Ogba bus stop, when the soldiers, in military camouflage uniform allegedly accosted him.

One of his friends, who simply identified himself as Wasiu, told Daily Sun that he was just passing by, on that fateful Saturday, when he saw three soldiers torturing and dragging Ajayi on the ground.

He explained that he tried to inquire from the victim what the problem was, adding that one of the soldiers sternly warned him to leave the scene or be shot.

He said he quickly left spot and saw one of Ajayi’s friends, explaining to sympathizers that the soldiers were torturing him for putting on what looked like army uniform.

According to him, nobody was able to stop the soldiers, as they threatened to shoot anyone that tried to intervene.

He said: “We were watching helplessly, as the soldiers dragged Ajayi to the Area ‘G’ police Command, Ogba. People, especially, women were weeping profusely but no one could assist Ajayi, who was shouting that he was dying.”

Wasiu said he rushed to Ajayi’s house where he briefed members of his family on the development. He said when he and members Ajayi’s family visited the Area ‘G’ command, headquarters, the policemen at the gate told them that he had been released by the soldiers.

But few hours after waiting in vain for his return and after searching for him, they received a shocking news that his dead body was dumped at Oguniyi Road, near Pen Cinema, Agege.

According to him, when they got to the scene, they were informed by some commercial motorcycle operators that they saw some policemen removing a corpse.

To their amazement, when they got to the Pen Cinema police station, they were told that the corpse had been deposited at the mortuary.

Embittered Wasiu said: “ Infact, I am still in shock because I don’t see the basis for killing that boy. That he was putting on what looked like army uniform did not mean he was a criminal.”

Another eyewitness, Ngozi Onwuka, told Daily Sun that she was in vintage position, where she was hawking oranges when she saw the soldiers asking the deceased why he was putting on military uniform . She said as the victim was trying to explain to them that it was not army uniform, the soldiers started beating him.

She said: “They were hitting him with the butt of the gun and at the same time, kicking and dragging him on the ground. I knew the guy would not survive the beating but I am still in shock over the barbaric act.”

When contacted for comments, the Lagos State police spokesman, Mr. Frank Mba, who confirmed the incident said the case was still being investigated.

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/30/519.html

debosky:
In the words of one of the posters we are no better than akara sellers who don't know how many akaras they sold in a day.

Heavy and Deep Comment - It very sad that Nigeria has been reduced to this - Can you imagine if the U.k had as more oil and gas as we have in Nigeria. They will be light years ahead.

aNYBODY here knows how an akara seller keeps records on how much akara is sold in a day.

Youth don die long time - Underfunding of the nations educational establishments has killed any chance of the youth been involved in any kind of revolt. The some that are educated including myself are more interested in looking for jobs in banks, telecoms and oil and gas sectors

|Bring back a Military adminstrator - and flood the streets with army.

server34:
The media can say watever they want. . . . Its really not dat bad. . . DPR officials have an idea. They have an imprecise but really close figure. Oil companies submit the well performance reports to DPR every quarter. Even if the DPR officials may not actually use a flow meter to measure daily production and export. . . they can agree with the report sent by[b] those companies under corporate transparency acts. .[/b] . and the multinational companies wouldn't wanna tarnish their image because everybody know say everyday for d thief, one day for d owner.

I wish all this were true but unfortunately this is Nigeria.  If you can, hire a helicopter and fly towards the swamps of the Nigeria  what you see will shock you.  1. You will see barges loading illegal crude oil and not a single security force doing anything.

I will try find the  you tube clip.

desgiezd:
Politically, the south-west has always align with the progressives rather than the conservatives as represented by the PDP. In 2003, the south-west did not vote for the PDP but the elections were massively rigged to favour PDP to give OBJ a political base and the progressives in the south-west said they would not contest the election results in order not to endanger Nigeria's stability bearing in mind that Nigeria's first coup had its roots in political problems that started from the south-west. The rigging of 2003 was repeated also in 2007 and the progressives now decided to challenge the results. As a result, PDP lost Ondo and Edo (though not part of south-west but the people there play similar politics with the people of south-west). Osun is also on its way out of their grips. With the Appeal Court verdict of re-run in Ekiti, the PDP became jittery because loosing Ekiti again would mean loosing their grip in the south-west and this is what is making them desperate to win the state at all cost.

NB: PDP here is used to mean Fed Govt as well.

Your analysis kind of makes sense- In the south west you have 6 states. why worry about 6 states if you have control of 30 states and the Fct

so forgot to live a comment when i checked it out


Good work - I believe Nigerians have the brain but it just unfortunate we dont have the enabling environment.

Kobojunkie:
ok, I just have to ask. For those in Lagos, what about hopping on the BRT instead??

Are u trying to crack a joke .

Nigerians with their egoistic mentality catch a bus ke? do you think this Europe or America.

Moonstone:
These people are calling Nigeria a failed state and please what have they done to improve the country? Can they mention their own contributions to making Nigeria a successful state? I don't think Nigeria is a failed state. It is definitely not that condemned.

You are just contradicted yourself at what level of condemnation do you want . slightly condemned or average condemn . To other question i was running a printing firm in shomolu, Lagos with about 10 people working for me until it was ruined because of people's corruption

What about the Adams Family & Jetsons are they also a true family.

lol

Elzaur

u don kolo

True Family - The Simpsons

False Family - obama

Rome Final


Arsenal v Chelsea - i saw it my dream this morning

Kobojunkie:
In my opinion, Nigeria is not failed state. We just have a huge majority who care little about general success and development of the country.

Will every faculty or institution have to breakdown or ground to a halt before we can accept that Nigeria is a failed. What about trends for example if things carry on this way maybe it will confirm what we knew 5 years ago. in Somalia or Zimbabwe today some part of the government and financial institution are still functioning but it tagged a failed state.

Why dont they sleep at the Airport. They should have accomodation at the airport,

[quote author=Xavier. link=topic=267021.msg3800178#msg3800178 date=1241033007]I need a new hero to replace Dora. People any idea who I could pick? Please dont suggest Adebayo.[/quote]what about IBB or maybe even better Abacha?

Frankies:
Sometimes I wonder why I travel abroad for tourism when Nigeria has enough tourist attraction

when you could be watching animals in aso rock.

so what you are saying. is that she could have fixed the matter rather than  resign - or maybe she saw AC was winning and she decided to stall all the whole thing.  as directed by PDP.

about 42,000, 000 youth are umemployed "idle hands make devil's workshop" and kiddnapping is part of that workshop.

1 -- No it could be a third pary undermining Inec

2 -- yes

3 - no

I dont what the problem is . At the end of day Dora is a spoken person for Yar adua and will only voice out the government stance on matters but the real culprit is Yar adu and his henchmen. I doubt Dora is voicing her own personal opionon.  If Dora is honourable she would simply resign rather than be a devil's advocate.

idupaul:
when she took up this image tarnishing job, i knew it wont be long before she fall our hand

Heavy and Deep Comment.

Moves:
@ And the Drama Continues, The more you look the less you see, And I eagerly await MaMa's speech,

Spin Masters them worse past european ministers

kobo is doing a better than the present Minister of Information

are you sure u are in the right career.

Nigeria is a safe country  - Bleep all this oyinbo people.

Several reasons have been raised as to why some foreign airlines do not allow their crew to pass the night in Nigeria.

Some of the reasons include security and economy.

But local aviators have observed that the development portends great danger to the nation's economy.

A top official of Lufthansa Airlines disclosed that security reasons made the carrier to always move its crew from Nigeria to Ghana anytime it arrived the country.

Before now, the source said that the crew of the German carrier were always escorted by heavily armed police to their hotel in Lagos where they would pass the night.

For fear that the unexpected could happen someday, he said that the management of the airline decided to arrange for the crew to start passing the night in Ghana.

Consequently, he said, the airline decided to reschedule its operations in such a way that after disembarking its Nigerian passengers in Abuja and Lagos, its flights move to Ghana as final destination where the crew would then pass the night.

Currently, Lufthansa operates daily flights between Frankfurt and Lagos and thrice to Abuja from its hub in Germany.

The spokesperson for Lufthansa in Nigeria, Mr. Kayode Olaniyan, confirmed that the crew had stopped passing the night in Nigeria but declined further comments on why the airline took the decision.

http://odili.net/news/source/2009/apr/29/426.html

ikeyman00:
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na oyo ppl teach the igbo!!

yarafuffu!! abacha better pass this one

wetin no

Cant even wait to pounce you are like a blood sucking leech when you hear the term "igbo "