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The crisis rocking the ruling APC may not end anytime soon as indications emerged on Saturday that the feuding members of the party in the National Assembly might ignore the plea of President Muhammadu Buhari on the crisis in the party. The lawmakers, yesterday, in spite of Buhari’s plea at the APC’s National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, stuck to their demands ahead of Sunday’s (today) peace meeting with the party’s governors. It will be recalled that Buhari had on Friday at the party’s NEC meeting appealed to warring lawmkakers to embrace peace. He had said, “Let us not throw this success to the wind. Let us as members of the APC no matter our personal difference get together and meet the mandate given to us by this country. “This is my personal appeal. In the name of God, no matter your personal interests and your ambition, please keep it to your heart and in your pocket. Let the APC work and let the system work and let us have a government that will earn the respect of our constituencies.” The members, had at the NEC meeting, directed the governors to resolve the crisis over the National Assembly leadership. But the governors, who met with the groups after the NEC meeting, failed to resolve the crisis. They adjourned their meeting to Saturday. According to Punch, the meeting scheduled for Saturday, was shifted to Sunday (today) to allow the Sokoto State Governor, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal and his Edo State counterpart, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole to reach out to the feuding groups. The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, had on June 9 defied the party to emerge as leaders of both chambers of the National Assembly. The party had endorsed Senator Ahmad Lawan as the Senate President and a former Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Speaker. Also, two weeks ago, Saraki disregarded the directive of the party leadership on the appointment of principal officers of the senate. While Saraki read out nominations by zonal caucuses of the party, Dogara’s failure to obey the party led to a free-for-all in the House. According to Punch, ahead of today’s meeting, the Gbajabiamila-led group in the House are insisting that the former Minority Leader should become the Majority Leader of the 8th Assembly. The group is also insisting on the position of the party on other principal offices of the House. Besides Gbajabiamila, the APC, in a letter to Dogara, had nominated Ado Doguwa (North-West) as deputy leader; Mohammed Monguno (North-East) as chief whip; and Pally Iriase as deputy chief whip. Iriase and Monguno, were later reported to have swapped their positions later. According to Punch, Gbajabiamila had reportedly vowed that members of his group would not accept any offers outside the “decision already taken by the leadership of the party.” A member of the faction told the paper that there was no going back on their decision. “We hope this will be a fruitful, peaceful meeting. We hope it will end it all. We are loyal party members and we stick to the decision of our party on the sharing of the principal offices; we don’t see how anybody will accept anything less,” the source said.

Read full story here: http://www.today.ng/politics/apc-crisis-warring-factions-set-to-disregard-buharis-appeal/

Even as a critics, I would say it just to early to start Comparing both. All the criticism so far is just to get him standing on his toes that all.

Crazy people

Blackfire:
Amechi wear cowboy una dey laugh am, ok.... Wait, if una see OBJ for cowboy clothe, wetin una go do?

I for like see that one

Cc: Lalasticala

Top journalist Ahmad Salkida has given a fresh insight and proffered possible solutions into the recent massacre in Borno State by Boko Haram(BH) insurgents. Salkida made this known via a series of tweets he hashtagged ‘#EndBHMassMurder’. According to him,” I’m not trying to justify the reasons given by BH/ISWAP here, I only want to present them & suggest possible quick fix. The North East’s topography & climate vary considerably; there is a Sahara, a Savannah, Mountains and valleys that are surrounded by dense vegetation. Some areas are impenetrable to most of the visiting Nigeria Army (NA).
 
“But why are soldiers from the region who understand the environment unable to make any difference in this war?Yes, there are very few soldiers with good knowledge of that environment prosecuting this war. Hence the need for the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) or vigilantes who mediated the shortcomings of the NA. Add to the haphazard military & law enforcement institutions in Nigeria, the role of CJTF became critical. Young men & women who could no longer go to farms or local markets found a noble job in protecting their communities.
 
“Victims of the war suddenly became vigilantes and powerful members of the society and government began to give them incentives. Then excesses from the CJTF & vigilantes like, harassment, extra judicial activities & extortion etc began creeping .No doubt the vigilantes reduced incidences of violence significantly with their ability to detect danger quickly and confronted the threats by themselves or reported to the NA or to other security agencies to deal with it.
 
“With BH near zero tolerance for phone communications amongst its foot soldiers, CJTF regularly apprehended the couriers. Ordinarily, BH/ISWAP creed abhors Shia but there are few known Shia mosques in the NE sub-region of Nigeria. Therefore in the absence of a thriving Shia and Christian communities in the region any community that takes up arms in the name of vigilantes/CJTF or seen to be collaborating with the NA are regarded as combatants or enemies to BH. This is the interpretation BH uses to inflict mass deaths on men, women and entire community.
 
“That it is ‘permissible’ for them to take the properties and the lives of communities that took up arms against them. BH said it tried to minimize civilian deaths last year in Mubi because the people there didn’t carry ‘Gora’ stick & machetes. Has the CJTF been effective? Yes. Is the activities of the CJTF reasons BH give for these merciless mass murder? Yes. What can those in authority do to stop this collective punishment meted on communities because of vigilantes?
 
“An example is a man who always gave soldiers food, shelter etc was fingered by a BH spy during a raid & was slaughtered. That spy happens to be a neighbor to the person who was nice to the soldiers that camped in their community. The question is why expose communities that are only armed with den guns, sticks & machetes to confront well-armed insurgents? There are inadequate soldiers to protect clusters of villages in the vast NE, therefore is it proper to engage villagers. in matters of security & leave them in peril & at the mercy of insurgents when they invade these villages? When communities carry machetes with armed soldiers during operations against BH, what do you expect if the soldiers leave?
 
“For how long will institutions of state in Nigeria sleep while school-aged children remain on the front line? Since government has repeatedly ignored suggestions in private, here is a few things that can be done. Why can’t we allow relevant institutions to assume their responsibilities in the fight against BH/ISWAP & not vigilantes? Why can’t the Federal Government screen & convert these vigilantes (the CJTF) into the NA or Civil Defense Forces?Why can’t soldiers & security agents work independently without relying on communities for shelter, food etc?
 
“Why can’t security agencies work independently & develop secure ways of gathering intelligence without endangering villagrs. The NA have praised communities in the past for providing them intelligence only for such communities to be razed. No doubt, this ugly descent to unimaginable level of savagery was set off by BH but the vigilantes are also engaged in ‘officially’ sanctioned violence while their entire communities are taking the brunt of their actions.
 
“When old friends part ways to join BH & CJTF respectively, it becomes a vicious display of bloodletting. Can most of these youths be trained & employed into the nation’s security agencies & learn not to blow their cover? It is wrong in the first place to throw young boys of school age into the flurry of bloodletting as vigilantes? This hunger by soldiers which was transferred to our youths to eliminate the next suspected person fast without remorse is spreading through the communities indicating that BH is winning us over with its doctrine of violence.
 
“Behavioral scientists have found that instead of delivering justice, revenge often creates only a cycle of retaliation. At the risk of sounding irrational; can d casualty of this war be restricted to only those that signed up for war? Yes. A painstakng negotiated release of captves may provide leeway to discuss reducing this war to unambiguous targets.There is a proposal to immediately release non-combatant women & children of BH members in military detention centers.
 
“And the need for neutral non military approach that can painstakingly urge warring parties to respect agreed terms.. It is noteworthy that a comprehensive peace settlement or dialogue is impossible and war is unavoidable here. However, there are certain aspects of ths war that only require non-military approach to bringing respite to defenceless people. This war does not require billions of dollars, symbolic speeches, conferences, a visit to G7 or Mr. Obama to win.
 
“The involvement of international forces is commendable but it can only retake territories like in Somalia, Afghanistan, Mali etc. But only indigenous fads can secure these territories & may ward off the rural warfare & urban warfare by BH/ISWAP. What we need is to merely understand the ideology fittingly & counter it to dissuade existing & potential recruits.What we need is to build confidence amongst locals, give them a sense of belonging to provide invaluable intelligence.
 
“The greatest weapon that is lacking in this war is intelligence born out of patriotism & not photo-ops or for cash.The greatest weapon available to BH may never be exterminated by use of military firepower, that weapon is their doctrine. Therefore how do you eliminate a doctrine with the use of force alone? Take a close look at Somalia, Afghan/Pakistan? #EndBHMassMurder

http://citypeople.com.ng/i/startling-revelations-why-boko-haram-increased-mass-deaths-ways-out-of-this-massacre-ahmad-salkida/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork

The former River state governor, Rotimi Amaechi stepped out as a cow boy at the farewell party of outgoing United States Consul General in Lagos last week.

Laredojohn:
Cc: lalasticlala

u don't even show any remorse at all, your own na just to make frontpage. Smh

Useless mofos

until all christians die finish, what kind of president is this? This one na one chance

It seems they acted base on instruction from their paymaster, as it stand now Nigeria don't have an Active President but just a clown whose interest is in taking selfies and uploading them on instagram, nairaland, facebook Etc...they should just concentrate in killing their own people and leave the christians alone

The crisis rocking Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, since the election of National Assembly leaders took a new turn on Saturday as the spokesperson of the Kwara State chapter of the party asked its Lagos chapter to caution its spokesperson.

In a statement on Saturday, Sulyman Buhari, the Publicity Secretary of the Kwara APC, asked the Lagos APC to “re-orientate” Mr. Igbokwe “on his responsibilities in order to halt further embarrassment that his divisive commentary magnets to Lagos APC.”

According to Mr. Buhari, “this caution is unavoidable to arrest the dangerous trend whereby a spokesman continues to cause damage to the image of the same party he was elected to protect and promote.”

Mr. Igbokwe, who is the Publicity Secretary of the Lagos APC, had condemned the election of Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Yakubu Dogara as House of Representatives Speaker, describing the actions of both men as “treacherous” and asking the APC to sanction them.

Mr. Saraki, a former governor of Kwara, is the leader of the APC in the state where he has firm control of its machinery while Mr. Igboke’s statement is believed to be a reflection of the views of Bola Tinubu, a Lagos-based national leader of the APC and one of its most influential members.

The APC crises erupted since the July 9 election of Messrs. Saraki and Dogara against the interests of the party which had supported Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for Senate President and Speaker respectively. Messrs. Lawan and Gbajabiamila defeated Messrs. Saraki and Dogara in straw polls organised by the party among its elected lawmakers. But the eventual senate leaders teamed up with lawmakers elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to secure their positions, a move which angered many APC leaders.
Although the APC initially rejected the elections of the National Assembly leaders, it later changed its position.

The crisis worsened when Messrs Saraki and Dogara rejected persons nominated by the APC to emerge Senate and House majority leaders as well as other leadership positions reserved for the majority party.

The crisis has since split the party into two factions: those aligned with the new senate president and speaker; and those aligned with the leadership of the party.

To resolve the crisis, the APC on Friday held its first National Executive Council, NEC, meeting since it became Nigeria’s ruling party on May 29. At the meeting, boycotted by Mr. Tinubu and Bisi Akande, the party’s pioneer national chairman and ally of Mr. Tinubu, President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to members to accept the superiority of the party.

“Let the system work,” the president told attendees. “I appeal to you to accept the superiority of the party. I cannot confine myself in Sambisa forest and refuse to participate in the meeting because I respect the superiority of the party.”

Although the NEC agreed on Friday that all parties sheath their sword while the problem is resolved, the Kwara APC spokesman’s statement on Saturday shows the crisis is far from over.

Although the Kwara APC spokesman stated that “what is expected of all APC members is to support the reconciliation efforts of Mr. President and desist from any activity or making comments that tend to ignite more confusion and crises,” he attacked Mr. Igbokwe’s loyalty and commitment to the party, stating that his activities suggest he “is a mole in the APC and/or doing the bidding of some elements outside the APC in order to destabilise the APC.”

“I wish to state without equivocation that no matter what Mr. Igbokwe says or ‎his concerted efforts to twist history, he is not and can never be more APC than the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Honourable Speaker, Yakubu Dogara,” the Kwara APC official said.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/186099-apc-crisis-kwara-lagos-chapters-clash-over-saraki.html

Old malam

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It seems they acted base on instruction from their paymaster, as it stand now Nigeria don't have an Active President but just a clown whose interest is in taking selfies and uploading them on instagram, nairaland, facebook Etc...they should just concentrate in killing their own people and leave the christians alone

We don't have a president, that old man is just too dull, no idea! Nothing

eyeview:
....An angry kid.

he said the truth and u know it

Babacele:
anybody who believes this trash n lie from a saTanoid must be daft! liars .

I tell u my brother

Interesting, Brb to comment

Old man

madridguy:
At times I just laugh with the way some people reasons. You can't stop hating Yoruba, and again you cannot do without house. Maybe you should ask your GEJ as I am very sure he knows how important we are. The last time Oba Akinolu threatening to deal with you people for voting against his choice, you people were everywhere begging and crying. Your Big boys made their money in Yoruba land yet some children like you still come to this faceless forum to vomit rubbish. Get this into your brain, We Yoruba will remain the leading tribe in every good thing in Nigeria. If you are angry about that fact, locate a transformer in your area and do the needful.

you said it all

Brb to comment

noah91:
Let's go back to the old regional government or rather practice true federalism. In so doing, i wouldn't have to worry much about the whole country, i would worry more abt my region. People from other regions are either drawing us backwards or milking us (parasites), seeking asylum. Though i don't want Nigeria to break up but i want the legacies of Awolowo to be followed to the latter in the SW. God bless Nigeria

the only comment that makes sense

This is a good step in the right direction. Ogar she is a disgrace to womanhood

illmatic101:
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the old malam might still recall him back

I don land

asadike:
ndi yoruba, oya make una come collect d change you guys desperately wanted.

don't worry yoruba never even start opposition work, when them start u go know how far