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raumdeuter:
This Pastor that did worse has he been carried by DSS?
"Anybody that will endorse Tinubu, bad things go begin happen to them - AMEN"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3qsf5yshH4

Was Tinubu president in 2022?

Omo 😥

Those Boko Haram guys are heartless. There should be no reason to ever rehabilitate and goddamn terrorist!

Just look at how they killed these soldiers 🤦‍♂️..... I can only imagine what this gruesome attack has done to mental health of the other soldiers that survived the attack

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WTF IS GOING ON?

This morning, around 3 a.m., Boko Haram launched an attack on a Nigerian military position. They took their time to kill Nigerian soldiers, which could be seen as a methodical execution.

They brutally murdered about 8 Nigerian military officers,…

— Bishop (@BishopPOEvang) June 5, 2026

Tunde Bakare praying for Jonathan back then. Just imagine pwraon praying for Tinubh like this in 2026, if DSS no carry the pastor make I know wetin cause am!

Tunde Bakare ‘praying’ for Jonathan in 2012. pic.twitter.com/so7OKqaU4g

— Alabi (@the_Lawrenz) June 5, 2026

chrisooblog:
Yep, Yar Adua resulted to amnesty when initial military action wasn't working.

I think his more laid back nature plus the political blackmail of the optics of a Northern President bombing Southern minorities made him capitulate and agree to Amnesty.

Not necessarily so.

The thing is what the Niger Deltans were protesting for back then, they had some merits. They were battling environmental degradation, neglect of the region for key government infrastructure, etc.

It was more like Yar Ardua saw some merits in their demands and not necessarily about capitulating. The Niger Delta terrain is also difficult to conduct sustained military operation without unaliving countless innocent people .

GloriousGbola:
MEND was not bombed by OBJ

please stop this revisionism

mend was so successful that the IOS have largely relocated out of the ND since the 2000s

what i recall was obj was shopping for drones to use to flush militants out but he could not get them during his administration

MEND was formed towards the end of OBJ's tenure. Before MEND there were different factions of Niger Delta militants causing havoc in different parts of Niger Delta.

To be fair, OBJ's government was more of their enemy because OBJ gave the security forces go ahead to go gun blazing against the militants back then.

As much as the militants were being pummeled by the military, the swampy terrain of the naija Delta and the creeks gave them enough cover to operate and carry out kidnap for ransom wella.

I guess Yar Adua didn't want to spend most of his time in office fighting the militants who were seriously impacting our oil output as at that time, so he brought up the amnesty program to put an end to the militancy in the Niger delta.
The militants who keyed into the amnesty program became big men and kings in the naija Delta, and those that were busy shouting ASAWANA say dem no go gree were Unalived eventually.

GloriousGbola:
maybe they have these types today, but when kidnapping started (in 2006) the roles of security for oil companies did not involve hostage negotiation with armed militias

I met one of them last year ,he was reeling out how he worked in the Niger Delta for one of the major IOCs as head security. He said as part of his portfolio he oversaw resolution of over 50 kidnap cases by leading negotiation and giving tactical advice.

raumdeuter:
There was an open Amnesty program for MEND militants where they were paid a bulk and monthly stipend to stop kidnapping, I am not sure if it was under OBJ or YarAdua

It was Yar Adua that granted amnesty to Niger Delta Militants in which he called for them to submit their arms and register under the amnesty program. Amnesty began 2009 , 2 years after OBJ exited the scene

GloriousGbola:
let me clarifiy - i did not say DSS paid the ransom - i said DSS agents delivered the ransom payment to MEND
and as a naija matter, you will always get your own kickback for services rendered and it all goes down from there

I'm hearing it from you for the first time that DSS ever delivered payment to MEND. I never read or heard about it till now.

Do u honestly think MEND would trust DSS as escrow for money they(MEND) did all the work? I serious doubt this thing wey u talk.

Maybe If I see a credible source write about it sha , I fit believe. To the best of my knowledge, Most of those foreign owned companies have ex- British Army officers, Ex-Special forces officers as their head of security who have had experience in hostage negotiation. Na them dey deal directly with the MEND guys.

CrystalTiger:
I've always asked what we benefit from this Borno state.. Since I picked interest in Nigeria affairs, I've hardly heard or seen any good news from this state.. Can't count how many soldiers we've lost in this same state, now beheading of soldiers has happened in the same state..

https://x.com/i/status/2062852826275950818

Do u know the crazy thing? Borno, Yobe and Adamawa used to be very peaceful parts of the North in the past. They were kinda peaceful than all those Kano, Kaduna, Plateau etc. that used to experience crisis frequently.

Borno and Adamawa in particular had Christians in large quantity compared to what you have in states like Kano, Sokoto. University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) used to be a choice school for people all over the country. It is one of the major export of Borno state

I think Boko Haram festering in Borno is not just random, was a deliberate attempt to rid that part of the country the large population of Christians they have there. When I was in serving, the bulk of kids that were transferred from all those Boko Haram affected states to other Unity schools under Jonathan government's scholarship were majority Christians. Most of those kids had horror stories to tell about how they lost their families, how they had to stop school and even their IDP camps were still further attacked by the Boko Haram guys.

GloriousGbola:
I read it in an article years ago but i cannot seem to find the article . i will keep looking

i am however seeing enough horror stories of kidnappings over the past decade that we may have all forgotten about

It's actually a very string allegation that DSS under OBJ paid MEND which was actually a terrorist group. I've never heard of it nor read about it before till today.

What he opened at best was that those expats that were kidnapped back then in the naija Delta had their ransom paid by the IOCs they are working for.

Till date most IOCs and even indigenous companies working in the Niger delta have an insurance policy called "Kidnap and Ransom" policy under which they always recover any ransom they pay to kidnappers who kidnap their staff.

vislabraye:
CM and AM are used interchangeably. Definitely we need a LW which is our priority. I wish we can get another striker cos Gyokeres isn't that clinical.

The club cannot just be signing players anyhow now. You can only hope Gyokeres will perform better than he did this year and improve as the new season begins. If Gabriel Jesus leaves, we will sign another striker but I doubt the striker will come and bench Gyokeres except Gyokeres drops form completely.

What is happening is Delta sate, Warri precisely?

I've been seeing posts by some Itsekiri telling Delta Ijaws to bring it on..... They said they defeated the whole national Ijaw in 1997 and they will defeat them now that they have access to more "tools".

Una sure say all is well in that side?

GloriousGbola:
kidnapping as ransom started under obj


and it was the exact same pattern with DSS delivering ransoms to mend militants.

just as others wiser than you ave pointed out that efcc breaking into houses at 1m without warrant started with ribadu - the roots of kidnapping for ransom in nigeria must be acknowlegded

when it started i remember thinking f the government does not take wise and decisive action on this - we will become like latin ameica, which was the former world kidnap hq

well, they did not and the rest is hisotry

back then a lot of foolish people saw it like 419 - something only expats/whites would suffer

i remember one night in the staff bus and some clown started pointing at white guys and saying what their ransom would cost. from expats it expanded to local oil workers, then to the east - you may not recall just how bad kidnapping was as a scourge in the east in the mid - late 2000s.

now bandits and terrorists have gotten on it for purposes of jihad, and they are even more bestial than those before them

Can you provide proof that DSS was delivering ransom to MEND?

Roland17:
I have said it before, Nuhu Ribadu has to go. He is complicit, has failed with intelligence gathering and being proactive with intelligence.

Not just Ribadu, but the top hierarchy of DSS too. I thought DSS is supposed to be our own FBI/internal intelligence agency responsible for gathering intelligence and foiling these types of attacks right from conception stage.

Why do we have an intelligence agency in this country and every fortnight people get kidnapped in almost all parts of the country ?

izzou:
The mob most times won't apply caution

The next thing is they are killing someone innocent

And believe you me, issues like this can move swiftly into another crisis.

The worst thing that can happen to a person is to find himself surrounded by Mob bent on spilling one's blood.

After these Oyo kidnap incident Bwala was on AriseTV last week and he was saying something like the people have a right to defend themselves with lethal weapons

“The constitution has guarantee to every citizen of Nigeria the right to self defense, you have the right to defend yourself.

“When your right, my right, and that of my neighbour is put together, it becomes collective right to defend ourselves and Nigerians have the right to defend themselves.

“If you come to my house to try to kill me, any lethal weapon I use to defend myself is guaranteed by the constitution.

“Number two as a people we have vigilante and in Borno State we have paramilitary organizations that provide intelligence to law enforcement.

“Nigerians don’t have the right to bear certain arms unless those arms are permitted but the collective people can come together to apply to the government for the right to coordinate themselves.”

Those are the words of Bwala.

You know that it is just a thin line to cross from defending urself and actually committing a crime of unaliving a suspect the mob may have profiled.

iamoyindamola:
Ko jor, everton wants him but they want us to reduce for them from the 20m
I will say we should considering they helped us too, we can cut 3m but can they pay his salary

It looks as if we want to start selling players for their true value now, dem no wan dey sell our players for cheap. But true true we can reduce money for Everton, dem try for us. If they want Ben White too, they should come and carry him at discount price.

iamoyindamola:
With the way intelligent and young managers are coming to EPL, we need to weaken the smaller clubs

That is very very necessary considering we have the funds to throw around and we are now a club that is attractive for any young player that intends to win something.

But my fear now is that with the EPL we won, some of our players that should naturally be on their way out of the club may decide not to move on away from the club. See a player like Gabriel Jesus now, he fit just sit down for bench to run down his contract knowing he is on a good salary and will definitely get medal if we win any trophy because he will sha play at some minutes in the league to earn a medal.

And if those players don't leave, it will be difficult stocking our team with more and more new players.

izzou:
I have seen videos upon videos of people intercepting and detaining Northerners all because of insecurity

The last one I saw was a bus carrying passengers, and they stopped them, and held them against their will, saying they were "Fulanis"

One woman was even screaming that "They are from Yobe". Does she think the world starts and end from Lagos to Ogun?

I think people need to be careful with the harassment.

Unfortunately, more and more of that harassment will happen except something drastic happens and people gain confidence of the security agents once more.

The distrust has been growing for years, particularly the years under Buhari when people complain about Fulanis destroy their farmlands with cows, they report to police and have the Fulanis arrested but the herdsmen are later released with the Herdsmen later going back to harm the farmers. There was even a time I watched a video of a man in one of the villages in the southwest who had his two arms chopped off because he challenged Herdsmen grazing on his farm.

Over the years the Fulanis have been fingered in most of the banditary/kidnap-for-ransom/terrorism happening in different parts of the country. Now that everybody is on edge , it is very likely that some innocent Fulanis may become victims of mob attacks and lynching. Even if security agents try to rescue them, the mob may resist thinking it is just the way They've always released the criminal elements when the people hand them over to security agents.

That's why I say except there is a major shift and people gain back the trust of the security agents; things may get worse. It doesn't help matters that some of those Fulanis too lurk around the bush even when they are visibly not herding animals. People will naturally feel they are informants to the terrorists.

iamoyindamola:
That guy is all round
The first time I watched him in villa on his debut I was so wowed

Me too. The way he dey always hit the ball with shot dey always intrigue me. Most of our wingers don't the ball as poerful as he does, na only Trossard dey hit shot like that and it is occasionally sef.

iamoyindamola:
Na the leg work sweet me

One man I know while growing up will say " Urhobo Wayo ! "

This one they gave Trossard a new contract, I just hope it won't stop us from getting a very skillful and explosive LW sha.

vislabraye:
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If Arsenal buys another attacking midfielder, than means we will have three of them. We though Eze would be a replacement or probably a better upgrade from Odegaard but that is not the case. Eze has had his moment. He is attacking minded, he knows how to shoot from range and give dangerous passes but his game off the ball is not impressive. Arsenal needs a ball carrier. Some one who can run with the ball from the midfield and create chances. Look at someone like Bruno Fernandez.
I don't know where Merino will fit in. He is one of Arsenal's best clutch players but he is not a top 9 and an attacking midfielder

AM is not a priority for now except we want to dispose Eze which is very much unlikely . I believe Arteta will have Eze improve on his work rate and tracking his man when off the ball. Once that is sorted, we shouldn't have much headache in that department.

The key areas we need urgent fixing is LW, RB, CF(With Jesus likely leaving ) and CM.

iamoyindamola:
Morgan Rodgers is Declan 2.0 in attack
He can play CM, AM, Wing(both sides)
Crazy strong ball runner have ever seen, the other is Jacob Ramsey and somewhat MLS

I think Rogers is the right fit of player for us. The fact that he is comfortable playing from RW and LW is enough for me.

iamoyindamola:
Wetin be this
If they vex shut down SM with this insecurity we are done oo

The way dem dey jump and dance don even make person forget say the song na about pain and suffering; D

Delta People sef 😂

T-pain they show us shege! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yFGSDoQHyx

— Zekeri Idris Jnr (@IdrisZekeriJnr) June 4, 2026

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raumdeuter:
When Nigerian govt release the official reports of event, do you believe them all or you are skeptical

It seems u are bored and u are looking for someone to follow u do pointless arguments.

I am not available this night. Try some other time.

Van Damme movie kor, Jason Statham movie ni

raumdeuter:
Official reports also has it that Santa Claus exists and comes from the North Pole every year
We also know that official reports are filled with a lot of unofficial actions in the background.

Yes foreign soldiers walked into unfamiliar territory, carried out a rescue, the hostage wasn't hurt, the rescuers were not hurt, the kidnappers were all killed. Yet they couldnt teach their Israeli allies this method to extract their hostages without casualties

BTW when FG release official reports do you believe them 100%?

Yoh drifting into whataboutism and conspiracy theory simply because you want to prove a point. Smh 🤦‍♂️

Theflint1:
I just dey watch in astonishment as e dey dish bad advice of late.

Last time around it was that we should abandon history, today it's let's not believe official reports, but instead rely on what they acted inside Van Damme film.

This 2027 market go reveal plenty things

Very funny stuff. I shouldn't believe the official report released by the government whose military carried out the operation, but I should assume things didn't go as planned simply because he has watched something similar in a movie.


If anybody say wonders will end, na lie o. Wonders shall surely not end.

raumdeuter:
I dey try remember this film above, Na Arnold or Van Damme go don act am
The part in bold, even in action film no dey happen like that, they will make one of the soldiers die.
What you are reading is the official report for the media, what you wouldn't read was what they did through unofficial channels

When you attempt such raids, there is a higher chance it ends like the below

So we shouldn't believe the official result but believe speculations? I thought you used to deal with on my facts and official reports 🤷‍♂️

Emaprince:
They are probably on a mission to capture and islamize the nation. SW has equal number of muslims and christains, and they have Muric that may accept their extreme ideologies, hence they decided to gradually penetrate and gain grounds in the SW. If they succeed in conquering it, their focus will shift to SE and SS..because at this point, their influence and support must have grown larger.

If our govt continue to be more interested in politics and embezzlement, while pampering these monsters..that time will come when you are either a Muslim or you die.

I have a feeling that once government acedes to their demand for ₦1 billion and release of other terrorists incarcerated in Agodi prisons, they have helped them set up bigger terrorists attacks in the future.

It's certain they would use that funds to purchase more arms & ammunition ; those terrorists that are to be released may likely be some of their top commanders who will help them plan future attacks in the south west.

The best bet is for our government to collaborate with the Americans or any other foreign powers that have forces with proven track records of carrying out hostage rescue operations under the toughest conditions. We should swallow our shame and ask for help while those kidnap victims are still alive and bring them back home.

Yielding to the demands of the terrorists may just be beginning of further troubles for us as a country. And Tinubu should wrap it up and stop that nonsense of accusing opposition members when he should be dealing decisively with the terrorists responsible for the wicked acts.

Ellexy:
No need to blame Hollywood chief cos those Hollywood people won't tolerate or accept this kind of docility from their leaders. They would have impeached or sent that leader packing since.

No allow Dayo who's in Hollywood's America to bobo you, he's enjoying all the competence over there but defends incompetency back home.

American Navy Seals Came into Nigeria to rescue an American citizen that was kidnapped in Niger and moved into Nigeria by terrorists in 2020.

All the terrorists were neutralized and no single soldier died in the operation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/31/us-military-rescue-niger-nigeria

Na Nigerian forces wey just dey incompetent, this one no be having Hollywood mindset or not

izzou:
If you agree, and then eventually capture them, then it makes sense.

The problem with Nigeria is that we pay ransoms with no plan to catch these guys.

That BBC documentary in Zamfara would forever live rent-free in my head. How a Governor went to pay ransom and ended it there.

Therein lies the problem. The moment that money is paid the terrorists will cash out and disappear into thin air.

The terrorists and their affiliate will move on to another kidnap job and will keep moving across state lines unchallenged.

I dey reason say normally if things work the way they ought to work in this country, the moment the kidnap was reported within hours, DSS, The army and maybe the airforce should've set a joint taskforce that will give those guys a chase or at least track them via unmanned drones deep inside the forest. At least DSS would have office in a state like Oyo, coordinating a search and rescue mission within hours after the incident happened would've saved everybody this headache now. Not that after the terrorists have moved for days, then we start setting up a team and deploying forest guards.