₦airaland Forum

reccy:
We were all here when Bello, with his money and power tried to do that rubbish with Dino. How did it end? Talk more of now that him and his goon are less powerful.

We also know that there's power above behind this. But our gallant senator doesn't move a bit because she knows the majority is with her.

When the dust is settled, they will vomit everything and name the losers that sent them.


INEC has come out to deny having knowledge of this shameful act. I wonder how it's going to stand in the eyes of the law!

Even the BATmen here do not praise-sing this much. Are you the Helinûes of the Natasha media team or you get steady supply of akara and agege bread like TheFlint1 from Obaseki to effusively praise her this much?

patrickmuf:
Imagine the acting Governor (Deputy) of Cross River State directing that the status quo before the trouble in one of the LGAs in the state be maintained after councillors impeached a Chairman (lady)...If it was the President, we'd be hearing talks of Presidential abuse of power and all that...

Governors do worse to LGs...

If only you guys had continued with someone who had Donald Duke's vision and foresight... Imoke was poor, and the next scammed the state with grandiloquence.

Fate did you guys in by having too many ethnicities in one state like Ikom LGA alone having 17 ethnicities/dialects/languages.

Amoto94:
They shouldn't have gone this route it's a cowardly move, they ought to have waited till next election

Why? The serial blackmailing serpentine Jezebel has to be taught a lesson, albeit within the ambits of the law. I hope she doesn't accuse the Kogi Governor of sponsoring it because she rebuffed his advances as the prettiest woman in the world.

swiz123:
It’s time for the people of rivers to revolt and take back their state. Wike should be lynched if he ever steps foot on River’s soil.

I hope you know Nairaland isn't anonymous? You're calling for the assassination of not just an individual but a government official. You could end up in jail for this.

Do edit your comment then mention me to edit this quote. Be logical, not sentimental. Think long-term.

Ibime:
Wake up and smell the coffee

2027 is already in the bag. Almost all Southern PDP Governors are subservient to Tinubu and will deliver except Osun which is inconsequential. Even Fubara would have delivered for him.

This is simply about not killing the goose that lays the golden egg (oil revenue)

They still don't realize it even after explaining in detail and giving instances during the exchanges with OasisX days ago. ALL Niger Delta Governors especially are pro-Tinubu. ALL. The only ones putting up some sort of fight are the Northern ones.

OasisX:


........Fubara whereabout is unknown like Gunmen now. He has disappeared into thin air like fart of the famous witcĥ. LOL!

By tomorrow, more army will be deployed to Rivers and possibly Bayelsa. Bombing Pipes ain't do shit cos they will be fixed in no time and the Culprits dealt with decisively.

Era of pampering Militants is over and our Army are battle-tested now. Dem don use Bokoharam do practicals and we didn't procure Super Jets for Museums.

As far as Installations ain't touched, they are simply playing with bangers. We will be here again to enjoy wailers shouting Massacre in few days time cos the modafuckers bombing pipes would be fished out and berbecued.

This is proof you don't really understand Rivers State. Those who understand it know from antecedence force doesn't work on Rivers people. Don't be surprised when you hear the Military calling for dialogue this week. You want to weild guns to make Kalabari, Boguma or Borokiri boys cower? Places where gunshots go off and you overhear preteens say,"Na AK-47 na. Nothing dey wam for this ama" while going about their normal business?

The Military Administration will call everyone to the roundtable to have any semblance of government or order.

Amoto94:
We must not allow ourselves to return back to the dark years of militancy- a fragile peace is better than a mild insecurity. The economy is on a life support already we shouldn't remove the oxygen else we risk asphyxiation.

While the FG is focused on Rivers State, there are murmurings across the Niger Delta it should pay attention to. It's not asking why there are hiccups in laying new oil pipes in oil-producing communities. When it's serious about finding out why, it'd show it's ready to avoid another wave of militancy.

raumdeuter:
Distroyy, come outside, So this was your plan all along? Rivers for Rivers. Not Rivers for Ibomites

Just 24hrs ago the governor of Akwa Ibom made the rule. Iyedemba, Iyedemba

I had heard whispers of it happening from certain quarters but even I shrugged it off saying 'Tinubu wouldn't be that obvious' even if he does instigate Fubara's removal and it informed this post 8 hours ago:

DissTroy:
You can all curse out yourselves on this thread, Nigeria could be on the precipice, governors might get impeached or you get analyzing the female anatomy, but as long as Israel shoots or intercepts 50 rockets daily and pictured body parts to go with it, Ballzproblem doesn't a give tuppence about what else happens in the world.

Everyday and for months on end. Now that's consistency.

Credible as the source was I doubted Tinubu would go the State of Emergency route. He's never played his hand this openly. If I placed a bet, I'd have lost.

I don't know how I feel about it but it's not right. It's not.

You can all curse out yourselves on this thread, Nigeria could be on the precipice, governors might get impeached or you get analyzing the female anatomy, but as long as Israel shoots or intercepts 50 rockets daily and pictured body parts to go with it, Ballzproblem doesn't a give tuppence about what else happens in the world.

Everyday and for months on end. Now that's consistency.

Awesome01:
This Indirectly proofs that a lot of la liga's favoritism of Madrid is true. If a person or club can hold so much power over a whole league.

It validates the VARdrid tag too. Whoever has La Liga in his pockets has the refs too. Anyway, Madrid's history is evidence it was always favoured by the feudal elites while clubs like Barça were for working class ordinary people.

Yep! It's officially VARdrid. We just have to confirm how much of UEFA is in Papa Perez's pockets now.

KingTom:
You dey fuuucckkk up bruuuuuuh

My theory is, it's the cuisine. Seafoods have been known to be aphrodisiacs although no real study has truly confirmed it. Centuries of eating mostly seafood-based cuisines mean the higher libido has been passed on.

An Ijaw person mirrors an Akwa Ibom person in this aspect. Both typically eat seafoods exclusively. Shellfish, periwinkles etc. Have you seen an Ijaw fisherman soup, for example?

OasisX:


......I don’t know sha, but Akwa-Ibom babe?! I swear I no fit. She nearly pushed down to 6fts! LOL!

Oron chic, right? Or from the Eket axis (they are neighbours, really). You are lucky she didn't combine her culinary and bedroom skills to make you abandon your family.

raumdeuter:
I don't know if it was just made law in 2021, but the practice has been going on for over 25yrs, I had Ogoni friends who mention this frequently, Some even sell their slots to outsiders.

This was in 2020: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/fg-says-60-of-jobs-in-free-trade-zones-for-host-communities/ . In 2021 it become a law.

Lagos: Lekki Free Trade Zone.

Rivers: Onne Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone.

Akwa Ibom: Ikot Abasi Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone.

OasisX:


......if una happy with the development, I am happy for you guys as well. No dey allow anyone gaslight una - Akwa-Ibom First Agenda should be protected.

The Governor already launched the Akwa Ibom Electronic Identity Passport a week ago: https://identity.akwaibomstate.gov.ng/applicant/account. Time to give to Caesar's children what belongs to Caesar. *Insert what Olamide said on stage at the Headies in 2016*

raumdeuter:
Most places do it, in Niger Delta, Oil service companies have a quota for local people. If you are a graduate from oil producing community, they used to give preference to them as well

Many places dey do this for long whether coded or openly

Exactly! Since 2021 the FG has passed a law which states host communities in the Oil and Gas Free Zone are entitled to 60% of all jobs in the area.

They also have the right of first refusal for contracting as long as their competence is proven.

Anambra kicked out other Igbos from its civil service more than 7 years ago.

You expect state governments whose IGRs are shared by the FG to employ people from other states when their taxes go to the Centre? Just because Lagos is magnanimous doesn't make it a right.

Theflint1:
Una go use extreme clannishness spoil that Akwa-Ibom.

The outsiders you refer to are Nigerians right?

How the hell do you expect state governments to mandatorily employ non-indigenes?

Didn't Anambra flush out other Igbos who are non-Anambrians from its system?

By the way, Cross Riverians and Abians are employed in the Akwa Ibom Civil Service (Abians from Arochukwu especially). No Ibibio man with his head intact discriminates against an Arochukwu person.

OasisX:


......Akwa-Ibom Governor don talk, no more work for Outsiders. Operation Ibomites first fully activated.

Congratulations to Diss.troy and other Ibomites on this board.

Ilé yà!

Well, he inherently confirmed allegations of 'outsiders' being given state civil service jobs. Something I stated last year on this board Akpabio's wife was very guilty of as First Lady in favour of her kinsmen.

My concern socio-politico-economically really is the implementation of the the PIA and Host Community Development Trust, and the stipulations of the Oil and Gas Freelance Zone, all formed/created in 2021.
Those would employ multiple times what the state government ever can directly and indirectly. And that's just employment-wise.

Did you read my first comment quoting Ibime? Maybe you missed it but it began with a "Maybe". Then I went on to oppose his assertion that Nigerians don't write in such a tone.
Plenteous evidence on the internet suggests there have been several letters of apology by Nigerians pre-ChatGPT so crafted.

Was the letter's content overly-patronising and pretentiously grovelling? Yes, it was; but that's not the point. The point is, Nigerians don't have a one-track mind and there's no definitive cast-in-mortar way we all write.

I state this because too many people on the internet these days try to downplay the penmanship of writers and the articulation of other social media users as "AI.".

semid4lyfe:
This issue dey rage for office platform and some people don post the same thing wey you post so make I chip in

For me, the giveaway that the letter was written by AI is not so much the flowery and wordy tone but

1. The Title of the letter.

He wrote,

Dear Chidera,
LETTER OF APOLOGY TO MR CHIDERA

This is AI being used without proof reading, proper editing and correction.

It should have been

Dear Chidera,
LETTER OF APOLOGY

2. The overly patronizing tone and almost beggarly nature of the letter. The lecturer threw all his pride away. and was grovelling at the feet of the student. This is very uncharacteristic of a Nigerian lecturer.

3. The content of that letter went far and beyond the subject matter.

Look at the lines below:

I understand that my apology cannot erase the past, but I hope it can be a step towards healing and moving forward.

Erase past? healing? moving forward? kilode? on top a singular incident! When no be long term broken relationship?

Please know that I am committed to changing my behavior and ensuring that all my students feel safe, respected, and supported in the classroom. I will do everything in my power to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

How did a simple personal apology letter, expand in scope to ensuring all his students are respected, supported and feel safe in class?

If you are willing, I would like to meet with you to discuss how I can make amends and support you in any way possible. Please let me know if this is something you would be open to, and we can arrange a time and place that works for you.

Support? Did the student break some bones and land in hospital as a result of that clearance?

Again, this is overboard and uncharacteristic of a Nigerian lecturer, especially the one in question.

Even if I wan run this kain parole with the student, na to obtain hin digits, control am. give him a nice time and press small change for hin aza. Finish.

The letter is AI being used without human oversight and proof that AI sef dey gba.

Summarily, I can bet my March salary that the apology letter was generated by AI.

Ibime:
It's not about the grammar, it's about the tone of the letter.

Nigerians are more forceful in their tone even when apologising. They don't write that meekly. Even the best Nigerian writers have a bit of "bite" and pride in their words even whilst apologising.

The tone used in that letter was specifically from a feminine or gãy British HR advisor, and one of total surrender, and was mined from ChatGPT. The thug that raked that guy doesn't have that in him.

There's PR-speak and it comes with a lot bullshitting and posturing. Maybe he outsourced it to a communications firm to word his apology. Maybe. The internet is rife with apologies by Nigerians using similar tones before ChatGPT became a thing.

Attributing any piece of writing which seems so delicately crafted devoid of what we expect to AI is ultimately saying Nigerians are monolithic in our verbal or lexical expressions. People write in millions of ways.

Nigerians will use stories and proverbs to apologise - "our people say the sun should not go down on your anger", "to err is human" etc to conceal their pride at apologising, they just don't start licking mud straight away and throughout the whole apology.

There goes the sweeping generalized assertions again based simply on personal anecdotes.
You've probably seen too many Pete Edochie and Amaechi Munagor movies. Not all of us are chiefs munching on kolanuts at the village square.

Ibime:
ChatGPT wrote the lecturers apology letter. Nigerians don't write in this tone.

Maybe ChatGPT did for this lecturer, but don't generalize. I've been writing and speaking in very formal wordy tones (even in the course of regular WhatsApp exchanges) for years before OpenAI got its $1 billion funding in 2015, and certainly before the first iteration of ChatGPT in 2022; Including here on Nairaland. My friends and acquaintances write and speak in similar tones too.

I don't know what demography of Nigerians you've been acquiesced with, but a very sizeable number of Nigerians are reputed for having a very rich vocabulary stock; and even more so those in the academia whom this Nekede lecturer is a part of.

Soyinka, Hon. Patrick Obahiaghon and others famous for using seemingly grandiosely formal words aren't outliers or exemptions as I interact with such people everyday.

"Ebira Youth Leaders blast Natasha Akpoti, call her unrepentant blackmailer."
https://www.nairaland.com/8367874/ebira-youth-leaders-blast-senator

Yep! Serpentine Jezebel home and nationally out to destroy any man she disagrees witth edged on by online hate-fueled and scavenging men masquerading as allies looking to score sloppy seconds with the misandrist maddening crowd posturing as feminists.

liveLongNprospa:
OH I agree.
I am talking about the governorship aspirants in apc.

What you are basically saying is that Tinubu is planning to leave them in the cold to suffer.

That's the plan?

No. I'm saying political self-preservation comes first. If cutting deals with incumbent governors on the platform of any party would guarantee his return in 2027, it's a more convenient than the political turmoil of trying to upstage the incumbents to get his party members in.

If cutting deals with the President ensures return for the State Governors, it's better than banking on the gamble of their parties cliching the central and fighting an FG-funded opposition in their terrains.

After all, isn't party allegiance a means to and end, and the end being winning elections and the juicy benefits? It's always been about partnerships of convenience.

Ensuring your party wins all positions is secondary as long as it doesn't affect your own re-election.

liveLongNprospa:
While this is interesting for APC (FG branch) , what happens to those in apc with actual state interests?
How many of them will buy into Tinuke's politics and weaken themselves to allow him win?

It's basically every man for himself. If you can campaign hard with ground soldiers to win votes, good for you. But the FG wouldn't move mountains for you.

You think Abia's OUK who is the de facto leader of Abia APC wouldn't cut deals with Otti if it ensures Abia delivers significantly for Tinubu and OUK returns to the Senate while he lets Otti have a field day?

- When was the last time you heard Niger Delta Governors criticize the FG?
- Did you see our Governors publicly wade in when the FG stopped allocation to Fubara after the Supreme Court ruling recently?
- Did you see any PDP ND Governor wade into the recent PDP South South Conference or oppose what Wike thinks is the resolution?
- Have you seen them join issues with PDP National in their fight against Wike?

It's shaping to be every man for himself.
I guess they've realized party is just a SPV and allegiances have to be convenient to be pledged.

OasisX:


......Akwa-Ibom , Delta, Anambra, Enugu and Abia gonna deliver substantial votes for PBAT in 2027.

And your man is a bad guy. He's pinpointed and given strong opposition voices either appointments directly or to their relatives.

Here's exactly what the Akwa Ibom PDP Governor said on live television in September 2024 weeks to the LG elections while handing flags to PDP candidates:
"Campaign based on our achievements as a party in the state. Campaign based on what you will do. Do not attack the APC or the federal government or other political parties. No insults to them. Campaign only on what we have done and what you will do when elected. "

In return, Akpabio weakened the APC so they couldn't field LG candidates in most places, and he didn't campaign for them.

That was the day it became very obvious to me how 2027 was going to play out.

I am sure other ND state governors have similar pacts we don't know about.

OasisX:


........GloriousG analysis gets k-leg cos it was Okowa that funded Atiku the most in the last Election. Though I agree with him Wike held the party, financed it well until 2023 but he did all these not because he genuinely love the party, rather for his own ambition.

Northern Governors ain't gonna spend shishi on the party in the next presidential election, rather gonna focus mainly on local politics - cos Atiku is leaving the party to join El Rufai in SDP.

I heard Peter Obi is on his way to SDP too.

Erm, Tinubu and the Akwa Ibom Governor are chummies. Akpabio has decimated opposition attempts for the Akwa Ibom Governor as he's also pals with Akpabio so in 2027, if everything remains the same, here's how it would go:

- Governorship: All support for the PDP Governor.
- Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District: PDP fields a weak candidate so Akpabio carries the day.
- Presidential election: I don't see the Governor throwing his weight behind a PDP candidate. It'd a free-for-all. Obi, the PDP, and Tinubu would slug it out.

I don't think PDP can bank on Akwa Ibom for the Presidential. And I don't think the State Governor is pumping as much money to PDP national body like Udom Emmanuel or Akpabio did.

raumdeuter:
First video he said Senate does not have power to suspend a Senator?

Ndume, Dino Melaye, Joseph Waku, Omo Agege, Ningi, Femi Okunrounmu have been suspended in the past

TheFlint1 knows. You think he doesn't understand our point about backing up accusations with proof or punishments for injurious accusations without basis? He knows.
It's a mob thing. It's just an irate mob wanting the head of a representation of the ruling elite on a spike, the law, evidence and factuality be damned. It's not really about Akpabio but the idea of what he represents. Replace Akpabio with Orji Uzor Kalu or Seyi and it'd be the same reaction.

Theflint1:
You must have insider information then...Disstroy, seems your guy is guilty after all.

You are so steep in in dislike-coloured waters you missed OasisX's emoji and obvious sarcasm hovering right in your face.

You know what, tell us what you want. How many men do we have to behead to please your Empress Natasha, o ye General of Blackmailville?
Tell us the time and place so all Nigerian men would do a walk of shame for daring to stare at Natasha.

OasisX:


......rest buddy, your arguments ain't valid. Tell Natasha to back up the allegation with valid evidence.

Same Natasha accused Omokri of sexual harassment and we know how it ended. This should be enough for you to drop the unnecessary argument bruh.

Perhaps you genuinely want SP to step down, and if eventually he does, hope you ain't gonna be wailing Islamization, cos its Barau Jibrin that will step in as acting SP to substantial SP. LOL!

He's fueled by hatred. I understand not liking Akpabio or Tinubu or Wike, and it's alright. But wanting to destroy a man and forever brand him a molester or harasser of women based simply on the bitter vindictive accusations of a serpentine woman who has a slimy antecedence of falsely accusing men of harassment is crazy.

To show how fickle she is, she eventually married one of the men she accused, took on his name, and the man is hitting it. That's the woman TheFlint wants a man hanged for.

Theflint1:
The only person she accused of sexual harassment in the senate is Akpabio, not sure why you're trying to bring Senator Opeyemi into the mix

And at no point have I said Akpabio should be made to step down from his senate presidency, or any committee for that matter, but that one no concern you, whether you're speaking off-point or not, you must push your Battle of the Sexes agenda.

Selectively jaundiced? Here's your Femme Fatale cursed to destroy men with unverified accusations accusing Sen. Bamidele of harassment because he called her at night to intervene in the matter: https://www.facebook.com/ayekooto.akindele/videos/1002686621265366/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v .

She didn't provide recordings of the call but accused the seemingly pacifist of a Senator of harassment. The man literally had to defend himself on the Senate floor.

Natasha is trying to ruin men but your patisan-hued hatred would let you set fire to castles and mansions, never minding what the damage to the landscape would be.
This is the Natasha you're holding brief for? Same one who falsely accused Reno, her now husband and others?

Theflint1:
https://x.com/bukolasaraki/status/1895818337499652098?t=BfdJcS83kclKx5uajMXyTw&s=19

https://x.com/bukolasaraki/status/1898764431351316902?t=_PRGnZ1HQmHB5sW6K53ESw&s=19

Disst.roy, read the first, then the next.

You still don't get it, do you? I don't care about their politics or partisan wranglings. I'm more of an ideological voter who cares little about party.

Saraki is a politician on the fringes whose influence has whittled faster than an ice cube in a hot bathtub. Atiku would say just about anything for the optics while they both kept mute about the slain Deborah by extremists. Akpabio would say same about them if the roles were reversed too.

I don't care about the partisan ping pong they are playing even though the Senate has made it clear Natasha's suspension has nothing to do with her war-of-words with Akpabio but procedural misconduct to the seat reallocation.
What I care about is a broader issue of pyromaniacs looking to torch any man accused without evidence by a woman. I haven't deviated from my point.

Should Senator Opeyemi Bamidele who Natasha has now also accused of harassment also step down from all committees and investigated too without any evidence from Natasha?

TheFlint1 who campaigned for and voted an Obaseki stooge for tribal reasons, abandoning a brilliant Barr. Akpata for akara and agege bread wants to accuse me who constantly exposes the corruption of my tribesmen and kin (including the ones the media hasn't exposed) as a tribalist for defending men (Akpabio circumstantially) from unfounded accusations by women.

The irony.

DissTroy:
Godswill Akpabio isn't the best Governor Akwa Ibom has had. Arc. Victor Attah (1999 - 2007) is the best Akwa Ibom has had and the father of the modern Akwa Ibom.
He's the one who drafted the 30-year Akwa Ibom development blueprint which successive governors must follow. That's why regardless of who is governor, development must follow a particular plan. And spread in a particular direction to all LGAs.

Akpabio only seems like the best because he had access to humogous amounts. Akwa Ibom was earning $1.7 billion from the FAAC yearly under him.
He also enjoyed monies Attah didn't have access to after the 13% derivative formula and collecting all 76 oil wells from Cross River State in 2009.

In 2013, Dr. NOI, Minster of Finance then, said if Akwa Ibom used only 50% of the monies accrued to use for development purposes, we'd be the mini Dubai of Nigeria. And she's right. You don't want to get me started on the monies Akpabio wasted.
Heck! Ibom Tropicana project was #100 billion paid in full by him yet he didn't complete it until Udom revitalized it with the PPP that it currently is.
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I only rate Udom higher than the rest (including past governors) based on peace and security. None can catch his coattails in that area.
There's too much money going to the AKSG. Enough to siphon and more left to tank whatever any other governor is doing. With a population of just 6 million too.

Theflint1:
You have no proof that she's lying, neither do I, they alone know what the truth of the matter is. Maybe an investigation might have shed some light on the truth of things, but an opportunity wasn't granted for one.

You've shown a poor grasp of the specifics of her accusation (she never said she was raped, or sexually assaulted), but it hasn't stopped you from calling her harlot , jezebel and other such names...so much energy for someone claiming he doesn't want to be in a position where he's defending Akpabio

I'd deactivate my account this minute if you show any post of mine calling Natasha a harlot this year or any other year.

I don't give a tuppence about Akpabio. But what I have been consistently doing since the first day I registered on Nairaland is campaigning against believing women without evidence or crucifying men without evidence. I can link old threads and posts by me on dormant accounts doing same.

I can screenshot same from an influential WhatsApp group peopled by powerful women who hate me for speaking up on the same issue two days ago. Those same women know I flay Akpabio every other day for corruption.

Now show me where I tagged Natasha a harlöt.