MorataFC: You say you are fighting for your people, yet you give orders to harm anyone who does not agree with you. Because of your own ambition, you have slowed down the progress of an entire region. This is why many people refuse to invest in the affected states. Tell me, who will put their money in a place where everyone is forced to sit at home every Monday? Monday is ọjọ́ ajé which means the day wealth begins and business starts.
No investor wants to bring their business to a region where work stops every week, where shops stay closed, roads are empty, and families live in fear. How can companies grow? How can jobs be created? How will the economy survive when productivity keeps dropping? Even young people with talent are running to other states because they see no future where there is constant tension and wasted Mondays, but many don't want to admit this openly
The truth is, the real effect may not show fully today. But in 20 or 30 years, when the lost opportunities start adding up, when people look around and see how far behind the region has fallen compared to other states, then the pain of this “sit-at-home” culture will be clear. And by then, everyone will remember him, whether in a good way or a bad way, for the damage done to the future of his own people.
Most people are seeing the whole thing from the prism of " there are other terrorists who are worse than Kanu but have not been prosecuted by FG ", but they are not seeing the fact that prosecuting and convicting Kanu is actually justice nefing served for families of those who lost their lives due to his incitement.
I'm sure most of the people who had lost one family member or the other would not want him to walk free because he's allegedly fighting for Biafra course.
raumdeuter: If he is calm and let lawyers do their jobs they might argue for a case of insanity and point at his actions as someone not from a sound mind
But that is if he will not start insultng the SAN that came to support him
To be fair, the few times I came across some of his clips on FB back then ; what came to my mind was that he probably has bipolar disorder.
The kind of bile that comes out from his mouth cannot be coming out from the mouth of someone sane. I'm even surprised Sowore is out there calling for Kanu's release
yewit37486: He also seems to have an anger issue and I ask myself, what kind of leader would this man have made? Many of these activists would end up being far worse than the ones they criticize (as bad as those ones are).
The Judge mentioned it in passing that he nearly slapped one of his lawyers and ordered that one to shut up.
Any man with such personae with be the one to sign his own death with his anger. He honestly doesn't have the traits of a good leader. The people he claimed to be fighting for their liberation, he ordered for them to be killed and their businesses destroyed if they refuse to comply with his various stay-at-home orders.
He may have made some points about the unjust system we run in this country, but his anger disregard for even his own brothers' life makes him worse than the leaders he's been criticizing
Theflint1: Why was Nnamdi Kanu roped into the EndSARS protests?
Roped? He was on record to have made inciting commentary on the protests na.
The protests had nothing to do with him and the IPOB agenda, but the moment the protests became violent he was recorded to have made inciting remarks. The judge read some of those comments out and said some of the places he mentioned for destruction were actually destroyed.
I think he roped himself if u ask me. He talks too much and was not remorseful till the very end.
izzou: Kanu's case is a case of the side effects of pampering crime.
When he was in Kenya, his atrocities were still fresh. Even the people defending him now, were not defending him then. In prison, he started this Sit at Home, which has turned to something else.
The same way that BH was pampered with rehabilitation. Today, we have Bandits collecting ransoms.
Always learn to set examples early. No matter how brutal, set it.
There's obviously no justice on this matter. Tinubu will definitely release him, because the whole SE politicians will go and negotiate.
I spit on the whole case!
At least we can take solace in the fact that Tinubu didn't continue to hold him in detention while subjecting him to media trial like Buhari did for years. That was how Dasuki's case was dragged for years without making any reasonable headway.
I hope after this case they will fast track Emefiele's case as well. There's no need holding an accused for years if you have evidence he committed whatever crime you have charged him to court for.
GloriousGbola: They do not play by the rules even in lagos.
Very very dodgy people. But of course being enabled by ogas at the top
I always look at them with jaundice eyes since they constructed that Iba bridge and the bridge caved in even before the project was commissioned. They didn't channel the water under the bridge well and the water eat out the bed of the soil till it gave way.
That road was one road they did a lot of trial and error on it before getting it right. The rumor back then was that Tinubu brought them from China so even if Fashola wanted to cancel their contract for incompetency, he couldn't.
I guess they later gained ground in naija after that project.
Because while the right thing is make Kanu pay for his crimes, we have the ones up north being rehabilitated and enrolled into the Army.
Whatever verdict given today is right, but then there's still injustice
I think going forward we actually need to mount serious pressure on the government to have terrorists prosecuted and convicted.
In fact, if Southern Lawmakers are wise, they should raise a motion and sponsor a bill that will put a stop to so called rehabilitation and reintegration of terrorists into the society. The idea of granting amnesty or leniency to terrorists must be discontinued.
raumdeuter: Chinese have infiltrated through construction and agro manufacturing too, Many states in Nigeria have projects being run by CCECC. Some are here legally, but you know Chinese once they get the contract they import a lot of their country men. Some are here illegally running the illegal mines, And I put nothing past them. Cos with the manner of these rampart kidnapping, I would think the expatriates specially working on the field would be easier and more rewarding to get
Last week, I saw one Chinese man wearing Hausa dress and blowing fluent Hausa with a minister
I dont understand the full context of what he is saying maybe someone who understands better will interpret
I didn't even know CCECC has gained foothold like that in the north. I was thinking they only do projects for LASG and Ogun state government o.
The thing is those people don't necessarily play by the rules, they can do anything to get what they came for.
That's why I always laugh at people who would show middle finger to the west and embrace the Chinese. They don't know those guys don't even respect the law of their hosts
I like how the prosecution went for the jugular in this Nnamdi Kanu's trial.
You don't incite people to create anarchy and then expect a light sentence. I'm sure people like the Akunyilis will feel some level of relief that just has finally been served as regards their father's death when the Kanu is finally sentenced
raumdeuter: This sounds credible to me. Cos think about it if you want to kidnap, why wont you go for someone who is an expatriate and will have money than people who are poor, when you see the level of poverty of some of those kidnapped,, you will know except govt rescues them, there is no one going to pay 100K for him
Yet these Chinese an Lebanese are moving around you freely who can guarantee you dollars
Maybe the Chinese even supply them weapons and logistics too, Chase villagers out and we mine in peace
I know Lebanese and Indians operate industries like plastic making factories, Foam making factories, agro allied & food processing plants, etc. But the Chinese, I really don't know what they are doing in the north.
I won't doubt illegal mining as has been alleged by people who know that terrain well.
There are so many Lebanese and Chinese in the NW, North Central in Nigeria running construction and illegal mines are they being kidnapped at a high rate or do they have a side deal with the bandits that guarantees their security in exchange for something
I will be thinking that the foreigners will have a higher ransom value that random villagers who probably have never seen 20K in the last 3 months
When the Niger Delta militancy was ongoing, the expatriates were being targeted more and it makes economic sense cos they will command a higher ransom
I think there is more to the presence of those Asians in the North. The word on the street is that those guys may be the ones fueling insecurity .
From what I know about the Niger Delta, if u like get 20 armed bodyguards if those boys want to kidnap for ransom, they will do that. And they did kidnap a lot of expats throughout the period of agitation.
I think that the Asians are moving around freely over there definitely means they have some kind of arrangement with the gun wielding bandits.
raumdeuter: Congo juju couldn't qualify them from their group directly, couldn't win for them in regulation time, the juju made Nwabali save 2 penalties
Lets see how Chelle will explain if Congo juju no win them the world cup or at least AFCON
The should test Chelle's blood for marijuana honestly .
raumdeuter: In Spy360 logic why should students learn from a chemistry professional who studied Chemistry at a higher level why not just teach themselves
Spy360: I studied Synthetic Organic Chemistry. But then the course of study is not a priority. I could do African Language studies or any bullshit. My focus is a route out.
raumdeuter: Whether its ransom whether na for the governor to go prostrate for the kidnappers make dem juat release the girls
Imagine the horror those teenage girls would have been subjected to in those 48hrs
Of course, anything to secure release of the girls is welcome.
I was only pointing it out that for the man to boldly claim the girls will be released soon, he must have been in touch with the kidnappers and they are getting ready to meet their demands.
afrodoc2: Even if Johnny Cochran and Cicero had combined to represent Awolowo he would still have been found guilty. It was not a matter of him defending himself or someone else doing it.
You remember Sowemimo's "My hands are tied" statement?
Sowemimo years later explained what he meant by his hands being tied. He said because he will sentence the young co-defendants with Awolowo, there was no way he would allow Awolowo walk. He said his hands are tied because letting Awolowo walk with a slap on the wrist sentence will be injustice.
But u are right, it was a political case and one side of the divide would always claim the judge was unfair
I didn't say "not guilty" and I didn't say "guilty".
I am neither a judge nor a lawyer; I do not have enough legal training to know if he is guilty or not. The lawyers who would've helped him he declined their help.
So let the judge who is an authority over such matters decide whether he is guilty or not.
Spy360: The SC acknowledged that the rendition was illegal, siding with the decision of the Appeal Court. Isn't that enough to let him go.
Why start the trial afresh unless there is a grand plan to nail him.
What does this even mean?
They should let him go because Spy360 says so? Initially you claimed he was discharged and acquitted, now that u know he wasn't acquitted u switch to asking why they didn't let him go . U are funny aswear.
You see why I ask u to follow the judgement like I'm currently doing on Channels live stream? The Judge has already quoted relevant case laws that the manner of his rendition doesn't affect the trial in any way.
He didn't put in defense despite having several opportunities to do so. He has laid his bed, the judge will soon make him lie on it. It's only a matter of time. Stay Jiggy!