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GloriousGbola:
We had townhall meetings once a month. I am sure you do as well. Sometimes you have captain obvious - people who want to be seen as smart who start pointing out problems without proferring solutions.

If this guy had been like - this is a great initiative but we had these issues when we implemented and this is how we solved them - that is engagement.

Any jackass can point out problems
Is the project coordinator saying anything we don't know already?

Or in your own office do you hail people who talk about problems without proferring solutions as speaking truth to power?

Why did u keep asking about private organizations while the matter involves a public servant who blocked a tax payer for raising a genuine concern on the minister’s official social media account ? Nothing concern me with what you do in your private organization .

Do you have a problem with public servant being held accountable and providing clarifications on the same platform they used in making announcement about government projects ?

This was the same way people raised concerns about NNPC refinery , Nigeria Air and other government programs/projects that were ignored till they became what they are today .

This idea of people like you always talking down on people who have genuine concerns about government projects and programs needs to stop . No nation will grow if people like you are always supporting public servants to evade public scrutiny .

GloriousGbola:
Being told by someone about what he already knows. You think Bosun, who has direct access to executives in all of Nigeria's telcos is not aware of these issues already? When your own bosses discuss projects in public have you not already gone through the who risk assessment and stakeholder management and multiple project reviews?

The cropped part of the tweet is what is most relevant.

Bosun has politely told him off and moved on.

Or maybe you expect bosun to talk about strategy to counter Bandits and thieves in a public space where same thieves are also present

Blocking a citizen as a public servant = politely telling him off in your books ?

I don’t even know what to say to you .

On this very thread we had extensive discussions about citizens holding their leaders accountable .

All that guy has done is constructive criticism ; there’s no how u want to spin his original post that it will make sense to a reasonable and objective person that the post was out of ill intentions .

You are an expert at false equivalence . In case you don’t know , a public servant actually owes members of the public explanation on policies and programs of government . If not, Bosun would not even make the initial post .

The cropped screenshot u posted was courtesy of Bosun’s fooolish decision to block someone raising a genuine concern . Don’t make it seem like the guy made the post after Bosun’s reckless decision .

GloriousGbola:
Bosun is not mandated to answer everyone who calls him out on social media - and choosing to block a person rather than engage in a debate that will go nowhere is not the power trip you think it is

you also do not know if they have a previous history

it is not as if 90% of the call outs on this platform are in good faith and not just political agenda

Like u are saying u read the guy’s reply to Bosun’s post and u think the best course of action is for Bosun to Block him right ?

Omo !

No further words for you sir .

Better2morrow:
Losers will always explain, while we keep celebrating. If Arsenal wins the PL this season they will abandon setpiece agenda and start talking about how VAR is helping us win. That is the next agenda I am predicting will be said against us lol.

I just tire . Some of them have repeated the lies to themselves so much that they believe it .

He claimed it’s because we scored tonnes of goals through pushing & shoving opponents during set pieces that’s why we won the league . Oya make he show us those set piece goals he believe should’ve been ruled out as fouls , he kept repeating GW1 like a broken record .

As if na GW1 score line alone we used win the league .

Governors are now forcing citizens to campaign for Tinubu’s reelection or face harassment in their respective states?

This is the Democracy that is better than military rule o

If your husband or brother is a Keke Rider in Enugu and he’s not yet back home, he might have been arrested by Peter Mbah’s boys. All the people that refused to attend Tinubu and Peter Mbah’s one
Million man match were harassed and arrested.

Peter Mbah and APC has imported… https://t.co/LVj7bpuvhX pic.twitter.com/c5cvo6hAft

— Nedu Ani (@Nedumcity_) October 17, 2026

GloriousGbola:
a lesson i am sure you learnt at work - it is easier and more productive to correct or call out the boss in private rather than in public. this could have started with a DM. you are assuming the guy is acting in good faith and not just looking to embarrass or chase clout.

yes you can argue that Bosun is a public servant, but that does not mean he has to engage everyone who messages him in a public space.

in any event - mission accomplished. another opportunity to gnash teeth about the evil and devilish apc.

engaging him would likely not have made much difference

This does not even make any sense to me .

He should enter a public servant’s DM to discuss with him .

What manner of false equivalence is this ? Is Bosun Tijani the guy’s boss or a public servant who owes the public an explanation about the genuine concerns the guy raised about the project ?

Bosun Tijani announced the project in public and it only makes sense that any citizen who has genuine concern should arise such concerns in public!

Whether the guy question was in good faith or bad faith is immaterial . There’s no insult in what that guy posted . That was an opportunity for the minister to talk about measures they’ve put in place to make sure the project becomes a success during implementation phase .

It’s just useless arrogance and ego tripping that made Bosun react that way . There’s absolute no justification for it .

I still don’t understand the logic behind Public servants and government appointees blocking citizens on social media simply because they shared a different view or criticize their work .

Pic 1- Bosun Tijani (A minister of the federal republic of Nigeria ) announcing a project being overseen by his ministry under the current APC government .

Pic 2– An experienced project manager pointing out the challenges to be expected from the project during implementation phase, and asking what the FG would do different from what private entities like MTN, HUAWEI , etc . did in the past .

Pic 3 & 4 - The minister thinks the best course of action is to block a citizen who raised a genuine concern , instead of engaging in a meaningful dialogue .



Which manner of useless ego is that ?

StarchAndBanga:
You’ve turned the whole discourse to us vs them.. Na wa

In ur opinion Arsenal did not impede goalkeepers during corners last season ba? The goal Calafiori scored in GW1 last season was a legit goal that should have been allowed to stand in this era of VAR

I’ve showed you video compilation of 24 set piece goals scored by Arsenal . Let’s say you didn’t watch all Arsenal matches , at least go through the video compilation and tell us the goals that involved impeding goalkeeper other than GW1 you keep repeating .

Abi na GW1 goal be the only basis of your entire agenda ?

The goals Saliba and Timber scored vs Chelsea that were set piece goals , did we also impede you goalkeeper ? Is it also shitty English refs/VAR that refused to rule those goals out as foul ?

mostob:
As una dey talk this thing, shame no dey catch una?
I watched a villa player hug Ramsdale while Douglas Luiz scored from corner.

This was Jacket in MD1 this season.
You people wallow in hypocrisy that stinks so bad.

He’s just a typical rival fan yet to live with the reality that Arsenal would no longer allow themselves to be bullied into defeat .

We beat them last season in as many times as possible scoring set piece goals they had no answers for . Just a typical bad workman blaming his tools.

StarchAndBanga:
U are Arsenal fan so I’m not surprised by this ur reply. The very first goal Arsenal scored last season set the tone for Arteta’s corner tactics last season



Premier league refs are incompetent so miss me with the VAR, 2026 balderdash. In the UCL u guys were penalized for impeding gk during corners but that was not the case in the PL last season

PL referees turned a blind eye to impeding the goalkeeper during corners last season, that’s fact. This season such acts are called as foul so Arteta as a smart coach has reduced his reliance on corners as last season corner tactics won’t work this season

Last season we all witnessed is what u guys are trying to rewrite… LOL

You are just being clever by half . You mentioned how we were penalized for impeding a GK in the EPL , but the same you suddenly have memory loss we scored set piece goals in the same Champions league not once , not twice . I even made it easy for you by attaching the video of all goals we scored via set piece showing our goals vs Bayern , Inter , etc , but your agenda-driven bias would not allow u see those ones .

Show us the goals that were fouls that the premier league refs turned their blind eyes to.

Last season we beat Chelsea silly asss 2-1 scoring 2 set piece goals.

Show me the foul in the two goals or keep ur mouth shut forever !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6VcG6wX2A?si=j1Kg3P1374UCGbQ4

StarchAndBanga:
Teams have been scoring from corners since forever. Corner kicks are part of the game

It’s the pushing and shoving goalkeepers antics u guys used last season that led to criticism.

Last season we all witnessed is what u guys are trying to rewrite. Na wa

Some of you rival fans have repeated this rubbish in bold to yourselves so much that you believe the falsity .

Arsenal scored 24 set piece goals across all competitions last season . You can’t even show me 5 of those goals that were controversial . Almost all the goals either have the opposition goalkeeper finding himself in no man’s land , their defenders going unnecessarily soft or their defenders utterly useless in defending set piece .

This is 2026 ; almost all top clubs employ set piece coach to help them attack and defend set pieces . If your club set piece coach is not delivering his polling unit and Arsenal scored you without the ref/VAR ruling the goal out , you should blame your club management and not Arsenal .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2673EPsLR7U?si=yjPH6XZN-4C7AP-x

Theuniverse:
I no even understand again sef,I came here to read strong epl,european football arguments.
Instead na politics, accident,criminals and flying car I day see, this thread na for flying car abi na for epl discussions, abeg change the name if na general thread.
Before I go. up chelsea ktbffh.

Maybe you should go back to page 1 and read the first post on this thread .

Even the owner of Nairaland and his mods dey come to read the discussions(sometimes they join in the discussion sef ) and dem no dey complain .

swiz123:
Is Chelsea dragging anything with Arsenal or your bad belle no gree you rest?

Una no wan win league again ?

diggz:
Which kind wicked mind you get laidis?

If you look well well with ur spiritual eyes , u will see say red card for happen for this match with the way the pressure dey build up .

As a rival fan , I will wish Chelsea cop the red card

Bluelines69:
Acheampong and Neto both on yellow against Grealish, one of them must come out

If Alonso ignore the signs , he will see wonders .

If Graelish really bring his A-game , Achempong should get a second yellow before 60 minutes .

Police Report clearing the Portuguese

User09:
I'm sorry but I'm not seeing the correlation here.

Isnt it easier to just go after the truck driver/company in Portugal?

Lawyer friend is letting emotions do his argument for him

I think the lawyer friend is just trying to use his profession as a lawyer to see if they shake down Dangote and get financial support for the guy’s family .

He mentioned how the guy’s wife is seriously ill and the kids require financial support .

raumdeuter:
That case is a stretch a big stretch I think they saw Dangote is going international and they want to hold his blokus while they can no matter how frivolous

Dangote didnt renew his contract and they somehow arrested him,
he got another job which he lost
then relocated to Portugal and was knocked down by a truck while riding a bike

His accident was not as a result of any other thing in his life before meeting Dangote, was not as a result of getting fired by the other company, not by anything wey happen since he got to Portugal and not that he got distracted thinking about Dangoe(Not GF wey leave am or FC Porto losing to Benfica) while riding bike or the truck driver being reckless. Na that Dangote issue gangan!!

I can also trace the sapa wey dey catch me today to the insult wey one girl give me for Primary 5 wey affect my mental health anytime I think about it. Especially since I found out the girl is a big Madam now and married to A billionaire

Of course it’s a stretch . There’s no direct relationship between the guy’s death and his former job at Dangote .

What he should’ve done while alive was to sue Dangote for false imprisonment either while he was in Nigeria or immediately he got back to Portugal .

Theflint1:
1+ 1 = Eba.

Wetin concern Dangote with random accident wey the guy get on e own time and in a location of his choosing.

They claimed he was depressed from his ordeal in the hands of Dangote; he was distracted as a result of thinking which resulted in the accident .

The whole thing looks far fetched and will not really fly .

But it can cause serious repuattional issues for Dangote’s business sha . His staff welfare will come under scrutiny

Friends and families of Dangote’s former head of security are dragging him for alleged complicity in his death in Portugal .

The Portuguese was employed as head of security on 3 year contract . At the expiration of the contract , he continued to work while waiting for the contract to be renewed. They paid him only basic salary but other benefits and bonuses that he enjoyed while he was still on contract did not come along with the basic salary .

The guy got frustrated after a year and got a job in Abuja with another company which prompted him to resign at Dangote . The HR team accepted his resignation but Dangote later called him for a meeting . It was at the meeting he was arrested and was accused of sabotage .

The whole arrest affected him psychologically but he was later released after the police found out the allegations by Dangote could not be proven . He later lost the Abuja job offer and had to relocate back to a Portugal in his depression .

The guy was knocked down by a truck while on his bike in Portugal . His lawyer friend has claimed that his work issues that drove into depression was likely responsible for his death .

Dangote Brand and communications team go really see work do o, especially this period that he is planning on expanding his refinery business to other countries .

His international lenders too will be raising serious concerns about his staff welfare going forward

https://saharareporters.com/2026/10/16/exclusive-nigerian-businessman-dangotes-portuguese-former-security-chief-dies-after

izzou:
So the people that went to scoop Petrol later died from the explosion?

In 2026, sense still never reach everybody?

See one of them : Before Vs After

https://x.com/heishopenation/status/2110861495596696005?s=46

GloriousGbola:
i think this may just be a new tactic by criminals that police are in on

like i said earlier this year at 2 am thieves broke into my neighbours house. the man was out of town but he had cctv. he called me. i started banging on his gate and i woke up everyone in the estate, the guy called opc and police. they caught one of the robbers in the house. as the dragged the guy out he was talking gibberish and nonsense. but he was clearly educated and had a dhl uniform. i assumed he was high, but someone else said no, he is just pretending to be crazy. the fact that the police who are normally violent started handling the guy with kid gloves say to me that this is a game they all understand

I can’t invalidate your experience and I also don’t trust Nigerian police

Theflint1:
I don't think police alone can release him, especially for a case of this nature. It has to go through the courts.

Let me tell what you what I know from reading crime section of Nigerian newspapers from a very young age .

When Nigeria police arrests a suspect for a serious crimes like robbery, gender based violence , kidnapping , etc ; they would usually send the file of the suspect to Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) of the state where the crime took place .

The DPP will now advise the police on prosecution or otherwise .

I don’t know if that happened in this case , but I believe if it did the DPP will clearly let the police know that prosecuting the guy may just be a waste of tax payers funds cos his lawyers might plead insanity and he may likely walk .

I can’t vouch for Nigerian Police’s credibility , but I struggle to see what financial inducements the relatives of the suspect can offer which the police cannot get more from the victim car dealer .

GloriousGbola:
A diagnosis patient who is demonstrably a danger to society cannot be left alone. Arguing that Dayo and nihilistijnr are the same person is not the same scale as arming yourself with juju, driving through a barrier and running people over with a car.

Personally I would say the guy first needs to be tested by a court appointed psychiatrist. He was stable enough to arrange for juju, stable enough to con and woo a dealer into handing a car to him. To me it is more a case of failed parents who deploying their black sheep's escape plan.

At the risk of sounding like defending the suspect , I hope you know that it’s only the police that can charge him to court . And it’s only when the police charge him to court you can start talking about court appointed psychiatrist.

I don’t know what evidence the police relied on before releasing him , but I want to believe the police would at least do due diligence before releasing him .

In fact, the police has a lot to gain if they charge him to court instead of releasing him. The guy and his family are poor and have absolutely nothing to offer the police to facilitate his release on grounds of insanity . The car dealer has deeper pockets to fund police to “deal” with him .

Methinks the police just don’t want to do exercise in futility by charging an obvious insane person to court knowing he would still walk anyways .

raumdeuter:
Are you sure about the bold cos I know when taking for a test drive they should ask for your Licence and insurance.

Are you sure the test drivers insurance is not the liable party for test drives?

Just type “Motor Traders Insurance “ on your Google search , you will see Nigerian insurance companies who sell it.

Of course , before you allow a buyer to test drive ur car as a car dealer u should ask for their license . It will be foolishness for a dealer to give a car that’s not yet sold to someone who is not licensed to drive na

GloriousGbola:
What clinical confirmation?

This is like all those medical condition politicians suddenly manifest when facing trial.

A guy was arrested in an attempted theft, vehiclar homicide and the police let the person go after a so called revelation that the man had a mental condition?

If that is the case the guy should have been sent straight to an asylum. You cannot pull the mentally unstable claim for grand theft and property damage and homicide and then go back home. Well at least not in a society with backward crooked cops.

So you think the relatives claimed he was mad and State CID just released him based on their unverified claim?

Even the car dealer while speaking with Punch said police investigations confirmed his psychiatric condition.

Was it not a day or two ago we were all wondering why the guy behaved like that and even suggested maybe he was on drugs because the whole crime deoesn't make sense?

GloriousGbola:
A google search shows there is a federal psychiatric hospital in yaba

Option b the family that recovered the guy should be sued. If they failed to take care of their ward then they should face the consequences of their actions. They allowed their son with mental issues to move to another state and become a danger to everyone

Baba calm down, Psychiatric hospitals dey do outpatient treatment too.

I know of someone whose adult daughter was treated at the Neuropsychatric Hospital Yaba and she was never admitted. Initially she was always taken to the hospital by her mum on her appointment days. As she was responding to treatment, it got to a point they told the mum to allow her come by herself without anybody coming with her. They just do a cab/uber for her to and fro. She got better and living a normal life now.

So it's possible the guy was an outpatient before he relapsed or stopped taking his meds.

GloriousGbola:
Nigerian police are a special breed. We literally caught a robber in a neighbours house at 2 am. The police let the guy go on some excuse or the other. As the guy was being bundled into the car everyone was already suspicious about the outcome.

Police declaring a person has 'psychiatric condition without actual diagnosis by a professional. And you wonder why jungle justice is so popular. Four people allegedly died

I can only assume the thief was not acting alone and was part of a syndicate who have now bailed him out.

They said the guy’s relatives claimed he was a psychiatric patient and the police investigations confirmed it to be true .

I’m guessing the guy’s relatives brought documents along with them and maybe police called the psychiatric hospital confirm it to be true .

It’s just like someone claiming their relative is a patient at the neuropsychiatric hospital Yaba with evidence and the police puts a call through to the CMD to confirm same . At that point they have no choice but to release him .

It was state CID that released him , so I believe they would’ve consulted their legal unit before releasing him

izzou:
Releasing him is crazzzzy, but the car dealer ought to know that he would bear the losses.

The greatest punishment he can receive is a prison sentence.

Police station is not a psychiatric home na , police have no choice but to release him.

If the police try to charge him , it will be exercise in futility . His people will get lawyer who will provide his card at psychiatric hospital and other documents confirming he’s actually a psycho . The court will throw the case out and the man would’ve wasted more money in mobilizing police and all .

As unfair as it may sound , the man should just count his losses and move on

raumdeuter:
If you arrest a man like that and finds out he has nothing and no means of paying back. Whats the worst you can do to him?

In Nigeria the police fit even they ask you who lost money for more money to help prosecute your case.

Its a terrible thing for the car dealer. Its almost like your drunk personal driver bashing your Gwagon, or an aboki Okada rider crashing into your luxury car he is too poor to pay for anything. If you too manhandle am the thing fit turn on your head

I guess this is where your conversation about insurance the other day becomes important

I hope the car dealer has good insurance even though they will try to deny the claim say they are not covering for the test drive time since it should be the test drivers insurance covering for that

There’s actually an insurance policy specifically designed to cover motor traders . The insurance policy will cover the vehicle while it’s in the car lot as well as when customers take it out for test drive .

The issue is Nigerians don’t really see insurance as something they will need until they suffer a loss they never imagine was possible .

As regards the police releasing the guy , this is the first time I will see police following the law ; even though the outcome no favor the complainant . Normally u can’t really charge someone who has been clinically confirmed to be mentally unstable , It’s just the way a contract entered into with a mad man is not binding under the law