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jason12345:
why should fashola only deport the hausa beggers
i thought it is one nigeria
why not deport some igbos or south south ppl also why hausa
or do u want to tell me that is only the northerners that beg, abi




this would piss some ppl off but it's the true

There are no such thing as igbo beggers,thats why. funny how ur trying to get a tribal thing going by mentioning igbo. nice try lol

[size=18pt]Afghan security contractors 'fund Taliban'[/size]


Private security personnel stand guard on a Kabul street (file photo) Private security guards are often used to guard compounds or convoys

Heavy US reliance on private security in Afghanistan has helped to line the pockets of the Taliban, a US Senate report says.

The study by the Senate Armed Services Committee says this is because contractors often fail to vet local recruits and end up hiring warlords.

The report demands "immediate and aggressive steps" to improve the vetting and oversight process.
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Some 26,000 private security personnel, mostly Afghans, operate in Afghanistan.

Nine out of 10 of them work for the US government.

Private security firms in Afghanistan provide guards for everything from diplomatic missions and aid agencies to supply convoys.

In August, Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave private security companies four months to end operations in Afghanistan.
'Mr White'

"All too often our reliance on private security contractors in Afghanistan has empowered warlords, powerbrokers operating outside Afghan government control," Democratic Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate committee, said.
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Analysis
Dawood Azami BBC World Service editor, Kabul

The US Senate investigation confirms President Karzai's view that private security firms undermine Afghanistan's police and army.

Preparations are under way to absorb most members of security firms into the two forces.

But the police and army already struggle to find new recruits; one reason for this is that a private security guard can earn four times as much compared to a policeman.

The US has said it shares President Karzai's goal to close security firms, but wants to move more slowly than his target of the end of 2010.

President Karzai's decree allows embassies and other international offices to keep private security guards inside their compounds.

The plan is that, after the closure of security firms, Afghan security forces will escort supply convoys and other foreigners working in the country.

"These contractors threaten the security of our troops and risk the success of our mission," he added.

The report found that some contractors have had little training, while others were warlords linked to "murder, kidnapping, bribery and anti-coalition activities".

The document gives several notorious examples, including a man the Americans nicknamed Mr White - after a character in the violent film Reservoir Dogs - and his two brothers.

Mr White, who was hired to help guard Shindand airbase in the western Afghan province of Herat, was killed in 2007 by a rival Afghan security contractor.

The Americans then employed his brother, who was known as Mr White II. He is suspected of having funded the insurgents, and was eventually killed in a US raid on a Taliban meeting.

Mr White II's brother, known as Mr White III, was then appointed to provide security, and was kept on the payroll despite concerns linking him to a wave of roadside bombs in the area.

The report also says that by funding warlords with their own private militias the US is undermining its declared aim of creating a more stable Afghanistan.
Hard choices

It warns that the growth of a lucrative private security industry has drawn new recruits away from the Afghan police and army, where salaries are lower.

In response to the report, Doug Brooks, the president of a body that represents private security contractors, said contractors in the field faced hard choices regarding whom to employ.

"If your option is either using the local nationals who may be working for a local headman or warlord, or importing somebody from another part of Afghanistan - which automatically makes them a target - you may not have a whole lot of choice," he told the BBC's World Today programme.

The latest report follows July's Congressional inquiry, which said that trucking contractors paid tens of millions of dollars a year to local warlords for convoy protection.

In recent months, US forces in Afghanistan have pledged to increase their oversight of security contractors and set up task forces to track the money spent among sub-contractors.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11498443

[size=18pt]Mugabe aide condemns 'desperate' Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai[/size]

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Robert Mugabe (left) and Morgan Tsvangirai (right) Morgan Tsvangirai (R) has shared power with President Robert Mugabe since February 2009



A top official in President Robert Mugabe's party has rejected criticism from Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as "desperate".

The prime minister had accused the president of violating the constitution and their 2009 power-sharing deal.

But Jonathan Moyo told the BBC that Mr Tsvangirai was just "making noise".

The BBC's Karen Allen says the row is a clear attempt to ratchet up tensions ahead of polls due next year.

She says Mr Tsvangirai's attack on the Zimbabwean president was one of his strongest ever rebukes of Mr Mugabe


At a news conference in Harare on Thursday Mr Tsvangirai said: "I have defended President Robert Mugabe at my own cost politically.

"But neither I nor the MDC can stand back any longer and just allow President Mugabe and the Zanu-PF to defy the law, to flaunt the constitution, and to act as if they own this country."
'Bread and butter issues'

Mr Tsvangirai said his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) would not recognise any key appointments made by Mr Mugabe in the past 18 months, including governors, judges and envoys, saying they had been appointed unilaterally.

But Mr Moyo insisted that it remains the president's prerogative to choose provincial governors, saying they represent the president - not the prime minister - at local events.
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“Start Quote

    The matter of Roy Bennett has now become a personal vendetta and part of a racist agenda”

End Quote Morgan Tsvangirai

He told the BBC's Network Africa programme that Mr Tsvangirai was "making noise" after a meeting with the leadership of his party, who gave him a hard time because they "wanted government jobs".

Mr Moyo, a former information minister who is on Zanu-PF's central committee, also dismissed suggestions that the deal was not working and said the unity government had delivered on "bread and butter" issues since it had been set up.

"This is a working arrangement that can last its full term," he said.
Renewed violence

Mr Tsvangirai also recently complained about renewed violence at meetings to raise awareness about a new constitution.

Human Rights Watch has accused Zanu-PF supporters of being behind the attacks.

On Thursday, Mr Tsvangirai also accused the president of refusing to swear in white farmer Roy Bennett, the prime minister's choice for the post of deputy agriculture minister.

Mr Bennett was tried earlier this year on charges of plotting to oust Mr Mugabe and found not guilty.

"The matter of Roy Bennett has now become a personal vendetta and part of a racist agenda," Mr Tsvangirai said.

Long-time rivals Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai agreed to share power after violence marred the 2008 elections.

Under their coalition deal, the two politicians agreed to draw up a new constitution followed by a referendum, and then fresh elections.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11499856

Terrible.

[size=18pt]72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people[/size]

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – Thu Oct 7, 11:33 pm ET




WASHINGTON – More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison, a government investigator says in a new report.

The payments, which were part of last year's massive economic recovery package, were meant to increase consumer spending to help stimulate the economy.

But about $18 million went to nearly 72,000 people who were dead, according to the report by the Social Security Administration's inspector general. The report estimates that a little more than half of those payments were returned.

An additional $4.3 million went to more than 17,000 prison inmates, the report said. Most of the inmates, it turns out, were eligible to get the payments because they were newly incarcerated and had been receiving Social Security before they were locked up.

In all, the $250 payments were sent to about 52 million people who receive either Social Security or Supplemental Security Income, at a cost of about $13 billion. Other federal retirees also received the payments, but they were not part of the inspector general's review.

Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter said, "Inaccurate payments are unacceptable. Social Security's Recovery Act payments were 99.8 percent accurate and we quickly collected the majority of the inaccurate payments. Each year we make payments to a small number of deceased recipients usually because we have not yet received reports of their deaths."

The inspector general for the Social Security Administration has been performing an audit to make sure no checks went to ineligible recipients. The latest report was dated Sept. 24 but was just recently posted to the agency's website.

People were eligible for payments if they were getting benefits during any one of the three months before the law was passed in February 2009.

Dead people were ineligible to get the payments. But, the report said, there is no provision in the law to recover payments incorrectly sent to dead people.

[Related: Los Angeles spends $70 million stimulus to create 7.76 jobs]

"Based on the failure of the SSA to properly check its records, and Congress' failure to fully think through the provisions needed to govern these payments, SSA lost $22.3 million in American tax dollars," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "These findings are yet another example of congressional stupidity and a lack of accountability."

The Social Security Administration said that despite tight deadlines, workers accurately processed more than 99.8 percent of the 52 million stimulus payments.

"We worked with Treasury, developed new processes, and began issuing (payments) about 30 days earlier than the legislatively mandated deadline," the agency said in a written response included in the inspector general's report. "This was a major accomplishment for our agency."

The inspector general's report said that if similar payments are authorized in the future, prison inmates should be ineligible and the government should be able to recover payments made to dead people.

The Social Security Administration agreed with the recommendations.

It's like to more severe your crime is in nigeria, the less time you get.The more petty/small your crime is the highest kind sentencing you will get.

[size=18pt]72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people[/size]

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – Thu Oct 7, 11:33 pm ET




WASHINGTON – More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison, a government investigator says in a new report.

The payments, which were part of last year's massive economic recovery package, were meant to increase consumer spending to help stimulate the economy.

But about $18 million went to nearly 72,000 people who were dead, according to the report by the Social Security Administration's inspector general. The report estimates that a little more than half of those payments were returned.

An additional $4.3 million went to more than 17,000 prison inmates, the report said. Most of the inmates, it turns out, were eligible to get the payments because they were newly incarcerated and had been receiving Social Security before they were locked up.

In all, the $250 payments were sent to about 52 million people who receive either Social Security or Supplemental Security Income, at a cost of about $13 billion. Other federal retirees also received the payments, but they were not part of the inspector general's review.

Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter said, "Inaccurate payments are unacceptable. Social Security's Recovery Act payments were 99.8 percent accurate and we quickly collected the majority of the inaccurate payments. Each year we make payments to a small number of deceased recipients usually because we have not yet received reports of their deaths."

The inspector general for the Social Security Administration has been performing an audit to make sure no checks went to ineligible recipients. The latest report was dated Sept. 24 but was just recently posted to the agency's website.

People were eligible for payments if they were getting benefits during any one of the three months before the law was passed in February 2009.

Dead people were ineligible to get the payments. But, the report said, there is no provision in the law to recover payments incorrectly sent to dead people.

[Related: Los Angeles spends $70 million stimulus to create 7.76 jobs]

"Based on the failure of the SSA to properly check its records, and Congress' failure to fully think through the provisions needed to govern these payments, SSA lost $22.3 million in American tax dollars," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "These findings are yet another example of congressional stupidity and a lack of accountability."

The Social Security Administration said that despite tight deadlines, workers accurately processed more than 99.8 percent of the 52 million stimulus payments.

"We worked with Treasury, developed new processes, and began issuing (payments) about 30 days earlier than the legislatively mandated deadline," the agency said in a written response included in the inspector general's report. "This was a major accomplishment for our agency."

The inspector general's report said that if similar payments are authorized in the future, prison inmates should be ineligible and the government should be able to recover payments made to dead people.

The Social Security Administration agreed with the recommendations.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_stimulus_checks_dead_people

[size=18pt]72,000 stimulus payments went to dead people[/size]

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – Thu Oct 7, 11:33 pm ET




WASHINGTON – More than 89,000 stimulus payments of $250 each went to people who were either dead or in prison, a government investigator says in a new report.

The payments, which were part of last year's massive economic recovery package, were meant to increase consumer spending to help stimulate the economy.

But about $18 million went to nearly 72,000 people who were dead, according to the report by the Social Security Administration's inspector general. The report estimates that a little more than half of those payments were returned.

An additional $4.3 million went to more than 17,000 prison inmates, the report said. Most of the inmates, it turns out, were eligible to get the payments because they were newly incarcerated and had been receiving Social Security before they were locked up.

In all, the $250 payments were sent to about 52 million people who receive either Social Security or Supplemental Security Income, at a cost of about $13 billion. Other federal retirees also received the payments, but they were not part of the inspector general's review.

Social Security spokesman Mark Lassiter said, "Inaccurate payments are unacceptable. Social Security's Recovery Act payments were 99.8 percent accurate and we quickly collected the majority of the inaccurate payments. Each year we make payments to a small number of deceased recipients usually because we have not yet received reports of their deaths."

The inspector general for the Social Security Administration has been performing an audit to make sure no checks went to ineligible recipients. The latest report was dated Sept. 24 but was just recently posted to the agency's website.

People were eligible for payments if they were getting benefits during any one of the three months before the law was passed in February 2009.

Dead people were ineligible to get the payments. But, the report said, there is no provision in the law to recover payments incorrectly sent to dead people.

[Related: Los Angeles spends $70 million stimulus to create 7.76 jobs]

"Based on the failure of the SSA to properly check its records, and Congress' failure to fully think through the provisions needed to govern these payments, SSA lost $22.3 million in American tax dollars," said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. "These findings are yet another example of congressional stupidity and a lack of accountability."

The Social Security Administration said that despite tight deadlines, workers accurately processed more than 99.8 percent of the 52 million stimulus payments.

"We worked with Treasury, developed new processes, and began issuing (payments) about 30 days earlier than the legislatively mandated deadline," the agency said in a written response included in the inspector general's report. "This was a major accomplishment for our agency."

The inspector general's report said that if similar payments are authorized in the future, prison inmates should be ineligible and the government should be able to recover payments made to dead people.

The Social Security Administration agreed with the recommendations.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_stimulus_checks_dead_people

@ enohj2ee

I didn't know we were still in military rule.


@KnowAll

I guess I'm still trying to figure out how a hand fool of igbos vs millions of Igbos against IBB means Igbos accept IBB and his clamor for presidency.

agbotaen:
it might be your problem  as an igbo man , but  it  is not  our problem  as ika people , we know who we are and we are happy about that ,when you mix a black  woman and a white  man ,what do  you have ? you have  an halfcast  or mulatoo as you wish to call them .we are ikas and we have no  apology to give to any  one .
                  it is always the igbo people who  are always crying that  this person is supossed to  be igbo  , but he says he  is not , what business of theirs is  it ? is  it by force , if a person does not  want you , you leave them alone. people are usually proud to associate with what they like , no one forces a person to appreciate anything , it  comes from the heart .
      ikas have never pretended that all  ikas migrated from same place ,as that will be a fallacy .but we are now  ikas .majority of ikas from agbor,abavo,ota,oligie,ekpon,igbogiri,idumuesah,otolokpo,owa,owa-iru,owa-ikeke, emuhu,ute-okpu,ute-ogbeje ,umunede areas who believe they are  ikas cannever be shaken in their believe .but we also find quite a few ika communities who share border with aniocha areas ,saying they are igbos , such places like ekwuoma, and some in igbodo ,and some parts of akumazi .this is also welcomed as their major ancestors must have migrated from igbo land.

I think I now understand where you are coming from. I think the argument of Eastern igbos is that before the war, the igbo-speaking people of Delta State had the most profound  Igbo consciousness in nigeria. Being the spearhead of many things that dealt with Igbo. Even the civil war was caused by someone from the igbo-speaking part of delta state. The Heads of the Biafra Army were from Delta State(majority),this includes ika sons. Apart from poiltics, even in music in what was dubbed "Igbo Highlife" many Eastern Igbos and Igbo-speaking people of delta state saw themselves as the same "Igbo". Artist such as Rogana Ottah(an ukwuani son) were at a point in time in the same musical band and Chief Stephen O. Osadebe, an Igbo Great. After the war, to many Eastern Igbos, they feel as though the was a sudden reverse in attitudes of lots of Igbo-speaking people of delta state. But i guarantee you if an Igbo became president today and started changing things in nigeria for the good there would be no talk of things as such, when i comes to identity. So just be understanding of were those who speak against you are coming from and they should do the same too. But you are right,nothing should be by force.


Anyways in relations to the topic how do you feel about the creation of anioma state and some of you worries about it?

Inked_Nerd:
I like this thread. Did anyone mention Ogonna Nneka Nnamani?

Wrong thread, the right thread is below:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-338858.192.html

[size=18pt]Abuja bombings: S’South elders demand apology from Northern leaders[/size]
By Mudiaga Affe and Jude Onwuamanam with agency report
Friday, 8 Oct 2010





The dust raised by the call on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign appears to be heightening as the South-South Elders and Leaders Forum cautioned the Northern Political Forum to desist from overheating the polity.

The SSELF, in a statement on Thursday, implored the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States to intervene and call the NPF to order.

The NPF, a group comprising prominent Northern leaders had on Tuesday said it had lost confidence in Jonathan’s ability to continue to lead the country.

The group’s call for the resignation of the President followed the October 1 bomb blasts in Abuja.

Jonathan on Wednesday fired back at his critics, saying it was “unfortunate that an unprecedented national tragedy has been politicised by people whose only interest is what they can get from the country and not what the country can get from them.”

The Senate and many members of the House of Representatives also took a swipe at the Northern leaders for their “unwarranted comment.”

In its reaction on Thursday, the SSELF, a group of elders and leaders in the South-South, demanded a retraction of the comments by the Northern leaders and an apology from them for slander.

“We wish to caution that if not urgently called to order, these isolated hawkish Northern leaders appear intent on replicating another Somalia or Rwanda incidents just because they believe only them have a right to decide who leads Nigeria,” the South-South elders said in the statement by their Secretary, Chief Ayakeme Whiskey.

They stated that the northern leaders were only trying to whip up sentiments within the military by insinuating that it was the recent changes in the nation‘s defence hierarchy that led to the October 1 bombings.

Incidentally on Thursday, the Chairperson of the AU Peace and Security Council, Dr. Monica Juma, called on the Federal Government to fish out and prosecute those behind the Abuja bombings.

Juma, who is also the Kenyan Ambassador to Ethiopia, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Addis Ababa, that bringing the culprits to book would serve as deterrent to others planning to execute such heinous acts.

“While we condemn the act in its totality, the AU Peace and Security Council wants the Nigerian government to thoroughly investigate the act, arrest and prosecute those behind the bombings, so that such unfortunate incident will not occur again in Nigeria and other parts of Africa,’’ Juma said.

In Jos, Plateau State, the Nigeria Renaissance Network, Goodluck Nigerians Movement and Christian Foundations for Social Justice and Equity, in separate statements said that the Northern leaders were misdirected when they asked the President to resign.

The statements were signed by Mr. Yakubu Dati for the NRN; Mr. Charles Sylvester for the Goodluck Nigerians Movement; and Mr. Joseph Sangosanya for the CFSJE.

But the Civil Rights Congress, disagreed, insisting that the President must resign

The CRC said that the Federal Government’s handling of the blasts only ridiculed the country and raised question on the competence and ability of the President to handle such commissioned tragedy.


http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201010082403020

[size=15pt]Yuguda pardons indicted politicians •Frees 2 Boko Haram members, 16 prisoners[/size]

Written by Ishola Michael, Bauchi Friday, 08 October 2010




In what can be seen as a reconciliatory move, Bauchi State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, has granted pardon to four former local government chairmen who were indicted by the commission of inquiry set up by the government that probed the financial activities of the Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu-led immediate past administration.

Also, two Boko Haram members, who repented and dumped the militant Islamic sect, were asked to go home free as well as 16 other prisoners.

A press statement signed by the state Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Mustapha Abubakar, and made available to news men, on Thursday, gave the names of the pardoned ex-council chairmen as, Muhammad Hassan of Katagum; Mohammed Tukur Adamu of Kirfi and Bello Muhammad Arabi of Alkaleri Local Government Areas, while the repentant Boko Haram members that were granted the governor’s pardon are Salisu Adamu and Sa’idu Ibu, who were, before the amnesty, in detention awaiting trial at the Bauchi prison, while 16 others were serving different jail terms in the state.

The statement further said that the release of the suspects, which was in line with the powers conferred on the governor by the provision of Section 212 of the 1999 Constitution, followed the recommendation of the state Council on the Prerogative of Mercy recently approved by Governor who charged the pardoned prisoners to be law abiding. It also added that the governor approved token sum of money for their transportation to their various destinations.


http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/11878-yuguda-pardons-indicted-politicians-frees-2-boko-haram-members-16-prisoners

Bright Chimezie (born 10 January 1960), also known as Okoro Junior, is an Nigerian Igbo highlife musician originally from Ekeoba, Ohuhu, Umuahia, Abia State of Nigeria. His type of music, popularly known as zzigima, became widely available in Nigeria from the early 80s.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN57YGj6WJk&NR=1[/flash]

Just like i said in the other thread its a fake. I hope you people who keep saying conspiracy theory this,conspiracy theory that will now leave your eyes open and shut your mouths.

Mai Suya:
Does he want to be the president of the Igbos or the president of Nigeria?

Focus on his comments and nothing else. If he were really running for presidency, he would not be talking about Igbo,Igbo,Igbo. The man knows there are other tribes in nigeria so there is no way he would be talking about just the igbos if he was truly going for presidency. Hence, he tried to come back to PDP which means he's ok with waiting till 2015,meaning he would have waited.He doesn't really see a need for an Igbo president come 2011. What he is doing is trying to create a bloc for the north i.e. IBB. His goal is to take a good number of igbo votes by sweet talking us will the rest of the north votes for a northerner(IBB) and some othe the SE vote for IBB with the help of those useless bunches that were locked out of the Owere venue.

Please focus on his comments and nothing else. If he were really running for presidency, he would not be talking about Igbo,Igbo,Igbo. The man knows there are other tribes in nigeria so there is no way he would be talking about just the igbos if he was truly going for presidency. Hence, he tried to come back to PDP which means he's ok with waiting till 2015,meaning he would have waited.He doesn't really see a need for an Igbo president come 2011. What he is doing is trying to create a bloc for the north i.e. IBB. His goal is to take a good number of igbo votes by sweet talking us will the rest of the north votes for a northerner(IBB) and some othe the SE vote for IBB with the help of those useless bunches that were locked out of the Owere venue.

Andre Uweh:
Meaning

Just meaning the only reason it was not moved at the time was because it wasn't about igbo. I was supporting your comment.

ChinenyeN:
I actually find that word funny. Not sure what you mean by "under the Igbo stereotype", but don't expect any changes from me.

You are a hypocrite. You right consistently to fellow Igbos to change there tone, ways,and modes of thing but you come out and say "don't expect any changes from me". Your eating your own dirt.

freegaza:
Boko haram are responsible,they have promise to dealt with Ali Modu Sheriff.I remember i heard an interview in Bbc hausa two weeks ago.They said they are fighting the goverment of Ali Sheriff and not the masses of Borno.If you will join then do so and if you wil not then kip your mouth shoot.

Simple. Don't talk the talk then condemn those who are doing the talking with the walking.

ChinenyeN:
Ohnuhnu simply means "non-Ngwa". If you want to take it the wrong way, then that's your business.

And "Nigger" just means black in german but you wouldn't want white people to call you that to your face now would you? You really fall under the Igbo stereo-type. Change!

ChinenyeN:
Chyz, the only person I've been insulting is Uchenna. Granted I am using somewhat of a harsh tone with the rest of you, but to call it an insult is overstretching it.

the onunu stuff has to stop.To be honest with you had this been in a aba or anywhere in igboland we'd be fighting as we speak(physically). That word is no good.dont ever use it around igbos that you dont know or are not close with.

seunmsg:
Please my brother, make no mistake about this matter.Boko Haram members are not cattle herders, they are terrorist being sponsored by some politicians to create a state of insecurity in the country. What they are doing is a condemnable criminal/terrorist act against the people of Nigerians and this is in no way a true revolution.

slap1:
I fail to see the link between this evil act and the 'true revolution' we need. Would you have given them a pat on the back if they'd killed the governor? This is as wicked as the Abuja bomb blast.

@ Slap 1. A simple scare wouldn't hurt. Like i said i dont condone the killing of innocent people;however, if the governor is  is a killer or an oppressor then 2 things:Either he resigns honorably accepting his bad leadership or off with his head.

@Both Slap 1 and seunmsg, from reading the commends by nairalanders it would seem that this kind of attemp is what the majority want, for the militant groups to go after politicians and not regular civilians.There are various threads that talk of such.I'm sure maybe you 2 have been on them. However, what shocks me is how when some of those acts are carried out, many of those same people will condemn it. I guess my question is, what do nigerians really want in terms of handling corrupt politicians? and to what extent should punishment/or justice go?

Andre Uweh:
This thread has no business with politics section. Why hasn't Mukina transfered it to the appropriate section or is it because it is not about Igbo.

BINGO!

ChinenyeN:
Metal, I've got no issue with you. Likewise, you shouldn't have any with me. So don't start addressing me as if we have some sort of history or beef or whatever, because we don't, and I we won't. Simple. Now, to respond to your post, there are very few threads and very few posts in which I, myself have directly raised an Ngwa this or that topic; very few. All the derailing you complain about is credited to some of your Ohnuhnu brethren, more especially your Igbo "hero" Uchenna, who just loves keeping my people's name in his mouth. So don't come accusing me of something some of your fellow Ohnuhnu seem to love to do. Now, shouldn't you go searching for that Brooklyn kid to squabble with?

You are beginning to go to far with your disrespect and insults. I suggest you tailor your words and tread softly.

wesley80:
As I read through this article 3 revealing things came to the fore that stresses the point that the igbo's so often are their own worse enemies.
1) the lockout was clearly ohakim's idea, forget the denials it is obvious he didnt want to appear anti - jonathan becos of its perceived consequences so locking out fellow igbo leaders was just a small price to pay for a right standing with GEJ.
2) i could'nt help but laugh when i read through the frequent references to 1952,1959&1979 as a basis for determining political alliances in 2010! This is what you get when you have too many veteran politicians as political leaders and Ndigbo Seem to have a bagful me them at their helm of affairs, or how else can you explain placing the hope of an entire people on a man like IBB Because of what transpired in the 50's and 60's? absolutely sickening!
3) The belief that an igbo president can only arise through zoning just shows how inferiority complex has eaten deep into the Psyche of igbo leaders. so many times the reference is always the civil war this and the civil was that , but for how long would they continue to bask in this pity party hoping to draw sympathy and gain political ascendancy in the name of healing civil was wounds? Its 2010 and nigeria has moved beyond that unfortunate part of our history and i think its time the igbo nation caught up!

You've said the truth. What does zoning within PDP have to do with igbo presidency? What makes them think that there can't be a mass exodus out of PDP why members of other geo-political zones? If that happens then what?They don't think. What they need to start doing is getting well performing,stern, and intelligent igbo politicians such as Gov. Chibuike Amaechi or Pat Utomi and start preparing them for the 2015 igbo consensus candidate.

nex:
They were wearing Boko Haram ID Cards and T-shirts, I'm sure. Or maybe they were just screaming: "We are Boko Haram!".

By the way, Boko Haram are very much into Catapults, Arrows, Knives, Bottles, and Machetes.

The same thing I was thinking. I doubt they are "Boko Haram". However, whoever the group may be, it maybe a new revolutionary group or plain political assassins, targeting those corrupt politicians needs to be done at least to let them know that they are definitely not untouchable. But out of all I condemn the killings of the innocent one's, if they are indeed innocent.

It looks more like their objective was to overthrow the corrupt politicians even though I condemn the killing of the innocent one's who just happened to be in the way. If MEND and other groups would set out to hunt these politicians down like these cattle herders did then we would have the true revolution we need.