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BlueRayDick:
Na kewu una dey write for Here now?

LOL. Immediately I saw Amoto's reply, I used Google Translate to be sure that wasn't a threat or something worse.

There's something menacing about writing that way even though, at face value, it should be just another writing form.

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Emaprince:
Funny thing is both cities are beautiful and peaceful cities.

I lived in ibeno for a year cos I did my IT at Mobil terminal there.

Uyo is neat and peaceful.

PH also isn't jam-packed with population like Lagos. PH is a very peaceful city as well. My two siblings reside there with their respective famillies and enjoying their peaceful lives. I envied them when I traveled down there. My bro bought his house at federal housing estate, woji. Quiet and serene environment.

I no know how Blueray take observe this violence in his short visit.

PH is a peaceful place to live in.

Peace is a relative term.

It's either I'm a little biased because my standard for peace and safety is higher because of where I live or PH city did exactly what it does to its residents - forces them to adjust to the new definition of peace, and like typical Nigerians, learn to survive in spite of it.

Frequently hearing gunshots or someone getting shot for their affiliations or gang fights with guns or some teenage boy uttering slangs like, "Abobo, wetin dat manchi dey caprisone? Who be dat for the ama abi e wan chop groundnut?" and everyone laughs hard while passersby move on like its normal to hear a teenage boy threaten to shoot people, or normal to hear people threaten to shoot people.


Plus people in some estates live sheltered lives. In the midst of the madness that is First Artillery, Rumukurushi and PH - Aba road, there's Shell Estate which shelters you from everything PDP. There's an artificial peace there maintained by high security presence.

People in seemingly affluent Ogbunabali and GRA can't say as much.

I'm a little biased - my standard for peace and safety is higher.

Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Krishna... Regardless of what your opinion about the supernatural is, you better believe in its existence - one walks amongst us.

Lionel Messi - god, myth, and beyond. The Greatest of All Time!

Itsrm:
If you don't even know where Abonnema is, you don't know Artillery is full of life at night. I mean, the notorious Mr sweet is right there in Artillery.

How can we take whatever you say serious?

Despite Boko Haram and the extremism, Maiduguri still has night life. Go figure.

Itsrm:
In which of these LGAs is Abonnema?

Yeah, typical. Latch on to some tiny part to muddy the waters in a bid to divert attention. I case you haven't noticed, when I debate, I have singularity of purpose and NEVER deviate from the point I set out to make.

The one point this time is, Rivers has a celebrated culture of gang violence.

Itsrm:
Abonnema in PH? God, I've been wasting my time all these while. Never again. Enjoy

PH city is made up of many LGAs:
ONELGA
PHALGA (Port Harcourt LGA)
Obio Akpor LGA
And parts of some other LGAs

Uyo city is made up of many LGAs:
Uyo LGA, and parts of:
Itu LGA
Ibesikpo Asutan LGA
Uruan LGA
Ibiono Ibom LGA
A little of Etinan LGA
And in recent months, a tiny part of Nsit Ibom LGA.

Point is PH city, like most cities, isn't just one LGA.

Your tears would make me keep exposing the violent crimes you whitewash. You can't keep putting people's lives at risk indirectly by underplaying a deadly vice.

Abonnema Wharf was supposed to be the Port Harcourt equivalent of Lagos' Apapa Wharf, and Abonnema as boisterous as Apapa. You know, two cities existing and thriving before Nigeria's independence. Great, right?

Well, that's where it deviates a little. Abonnema is the Mecca of some of the lesser-known dark groups, and the conflicts leave blood and tears in its aftermath. Whatever PHC has been depicted on a crime scale, Abonnema triples that. So much so people in other parts of PH city dread Abonnema.

In Abonnema, you keep your bags packed. Sometimes they get violent with the army or navy and they retaliate meaning you might need to leave town at a moment's notice.
Well, you'd have a harder time finding a young man who hasn't been co-opted into these groups.

Call a friend who knows PH well to tell you what goes down in Abonnema. You don't have to just take my word for it.
Gunshots are heard regularly in Abonnema residential areas weekly and folks there are used to it.

The 'good thing', it's the Abuja of vices - people from all parts of the country united and divided by violent crimes.

No, this is not some remote village island - it's part of Port Harcourt.

vanitybutiwanti:
He knows his craft, you blow things out of proportion, Rivers is very safe

I agree. There's an international festival of arts and culture going on in Gaza right now too.

vanitybutiwanti:
my Barber is also from that axis a d he has been in pH for over 8 years

Recommend him for when I'm in the city. If he's been your barber for 8 years, it means your trust him and you're comfortable around him.

Imagine if he was a gangster who bunkers oil, has stepped on multiple toes, and is being chased by men-in-boots seeking revenge for his grave sins, he wouldn't be your barber. He'd be a militant screaming our oil and burning down oil barges while everyone breathes in black soot.

See, better a dignified skilled worker like a barber than a criminal. The joke is on you.

akwesenana:
Who dash ballz boy cultist?
Make them download him ear??

You don't have to be a tough to be a cultist. That prior timidity is what attracts those who lure them into it.

Have you chatted with the everyday 12-year-old who grew up in and lives in Rivers? The gang slangs in their everyday lingua would jolt you to the very core if it's your first time.

Of course, repeated acts of violence in groups and later as individuals hardens them with time. With a weapon, they are dangerous even on wheelchairs.

So, yes, he's one and would always posture as one for street cred. That's how it is with these folks.

Theflint1:
If these are real stats, it pretty much proves the point what BluRay and Diss.troy are trying to make. A state where there's a 1/10 chance you get to suffer violence, armed robbery or kidnapping is not safe

Higher the chances are as you leave the heart of the capital city which encapsulates CFC and Airforce Junctions. Once you exit PH City as a whole, well, it's quasi-GTA.

Ballzproblemm:
seems like you that's the only two places you have visited in rivers lol.

I focus on areas in PH city which are supposed to be most civil and safe as the capital city yet insecure to drive home the point that if the capital city is unsafe, the fringes and far outs are worse.

Areas outside of PH city are a no-no for anyone except really necessary.
- You mean Obigbo LGA where DPOs get decapitated for fun and you could be shot dead without any police inquiry?

- Or Etche LGA where killings are like injuries on a football field?

- Or Ogoni whose youths rob with reckless abandon in broadlight on the Rivers part of the PH - Eleme - Eket highway?

- Or Trailer Park, Onne where vices are like mice - innumerable?

- Or Opobo LGA whose people have been cautioned never to cross over the stretch of the Atlantic to Akwa Ibom with their vices?

Or Abonemma where new cult groups spring up daily and young men marinated in pools of their own blood with the community moving on like it's just another day?

Don't get me started!

Ballzproblemm:
I'm from igbo LMAO 😂,I reside in rivers state

You think it's about tribe? In my prequel post, I stated anyone who was born in and/or lived in Rivers State (in their formative years) is a suspect until proven otherwise.

There's something about the culture which corrupts. Oil Mill Junction heading towards Eleme, for example, is a melting point of violent miscreants of all ethnicities in the South South and South East, dominated by Rivers indigenes, of course.

You are a cultist. Your post history points to that. That you grew up in Rivers State compounds it.

Ballzproblemm:
Nothing crude is harsh reality ,come Rivers State
3 out of five house helps/barbers are from akwa ibom.

The highest job you go see them na as chemist,I just they look that dis.stroy one eye I'm not in my violent mode if not I for floor here with evidence.

Coming from someone who has sold almost all his ancestral lands and houses to Igbos only to turn back to rent as tenants, kidnap, steal, thug around, bunker oil, scream "awa oyel", and wreck our socioeconomy in the name of militancy, this is rich.

Considering the most mentioned militants and creek gun-touting louts are from Rivers State, this is even richer.

To top it all, you couldn't deny you are a cultist - you are a part of the menace some of the civil folks who live in and frequent Rivers State have to deal with daily.

You are the problem.

Ballzproblemm:
dey play .

Yep! Point made.
Gentlemen, read the underlying meaning.

Ballzproblemm:
akwa ibom atrocities too much, and lack quality education they make their people run come rivers for menial jobs

Let me address the elephant in the room to drive home the point: Given your post history, I can swear on anything that you are a gangster yourself.

Screw the euphemism - cultist.
Deny it.

Ballzproblemm:
The problem is I can't defend all this areas without slipping my location but no problem.

I they take stroll for nights ,I never experience even harassment.

No wam, keep spoiling our name lol

Nobody is 'spoiling' your name. As exalted or regarded as Akpabio is and as friendly and approachable as ex Gov. Udom is depicted in the media, I expose their dirty sides even on this thread. And a quick search of my post history reveals me exposing the corruption in my own state driven by public office holders.

You don't hide and whitewash vices and expect to get better. I expose mine. People resident in Lagos expose theirs (including infrastructure decay even with the development strides of Lagos); I've seen folks in Imo State on this thread expose theirs, and we as citizens hold our representatives accountable.

You defend or downplay a particular aspect of Rivers which makes it unfriendly - the violence.
In no other state in the South would what happened today in Rivers State happen unchecked, yet it's a reoccurrence in Rivers history.

I want Rivers to get better. PHC is just 30 minutes drive away from my hometown. Some LGAs are nearer even. I have a lot to gain from a peaceful Rivers State.

a4turitoroman:
Lol, big cap

Aha! Apparently, you also hate Rivers State.
Freaking violent people who brag about being crass and wear it like a badge.

Ballzproblemm:
who told you I was shaming Dem😂,I said they know the street better than me.

you can walk freely in rivers nothing day happen, this almost a year and I have not heard of one kidnapping story

It's a lie. Obio Akpor LGA and Port Harcourt LGA constitute Port Harcourt City, no? Let me focus on PHC and leave the rural areas. Oil Mill, Elelenwo, Artillery I and II, and Rumukurushi are in PHC.

There's nobody born of a woman viewing this thread who can hangout at the sitouts located at Railway in Elelenwo, Slaughter off Akpajo, MTN Office on PH - Aba Road, or First Artillery from 7PM in the open air without looking over their shoulders.

In fact, sitouts like that are mostly fenced for a reason.

There's somebody shot dead every other evening at Railway by Elelenwo and Slaughter. These are facts.

Oh! Let's not even go into the crazy things which happen at Onne and Eleme which are extensions of the city itself.

Gangsterism and violence are serious issues Rivers has to deal with. Till date I am extremely wary of people who grew up in Rivers State including kinsmen (until they prove otherwise) regardless of their ethnicities.

Ballzproblemm:
see dis.stroy ,most of your brothers and sisters are barbers and house help down here ,they know the street better than I do .

If you want I will give the phone to my akwa ibom barber to tell you how rivers State is .

I have changed barber like twice and both are from akwa ibom.

so should I pass the phone?

Being a barber is dignified work anywhere in the world. I'd take that. There's no shame in that. Even though our occupations are more diverse but you can't accuse them of criminality.

I could go on and on about certain things like selling all your lands to the Igbos who build businesses and houses while you kidnap, bunker oil, and engage in thuggery and all sorts of criminality but my main concern is, address your culture of gangsterism and violence.

People should be able to visit Rivers State and hangout in the open air without looking over their shoulders and taking note of every movement to know when to scamper to safety.

Stop gangsterism and cultism!

Ballzproblemm:
this akwa ibom man don come again anytime you here Rivers your prick dey stand.

You commented like a proper lout at Oil Mill Junction.

None of you could still prove me wrong. There's still an entrenched, ingrained culture of violence and gangsterism there, regardless of how you play the ostrich.

What happened today is just regular scheduled programming for those of us who know the ongoings of the state itself. People from other parts of the country and the world are the only surprised ones.

WhoDeyHause:
Was it Harrison or what's his name that was killed during odili's time? I don't know if that's the correct name. Rivers people are a special breed in that most of them have this certain swagger and confidence that if you cross their parts they'll Bleep you up even their women have it. I've noticed this from my classmates of their origin while growing up with some colleagues when working through the years. Likely hot headed.

But when I mentioned this between March and April on this thread about the gang culture in Rivers State, the Rivers Vanguard would have none of it and kept downplaying it even when I was mentioning specific places, times, and dates.

seankafor:
even in imo

There's abundant gas in Akwa Ibom. It's been harnessed since 2005 and it's what powers the state-owned power company, Ibom Power. And ALSCON.

LGAs within the vicinity enjoy 24/7 electricity for long stretches.

But it's not fully harnessed as there are still visible gas flarings if you visit a couple of coastal LGAs.

He's fair in pictures but dark in person. Social media isn't a real place.

A40:
Okey Bakassi. Lol. Anyway these people have Bills to pay.

Just surprised as an Imo man you criticize government but host events for Uzodinma. Why don't these people keep quiet when they know they can't put money where their mouth is

Immediately after the elections and swearing-in, even high-ranking vocal members of the opposition at various levels and across party lines began sending proposals. I should know since I've seen a couple of those pitch decks/proposals.

APC, PDP, e.t.c. Oppose based on your personal convictions and not what these (pseudo-)activists and politicians tell you online. And be prepared to pay the price.

They'd continually patch the bridges they crack while you are burning yours down.

Like Dave Chappelle said, Twitter is not a real place.

seankafor:
or make Dem swallow pride dey enter oyibo dm for fb, insta, etc .. make Dem kuku turn to international amajiri beggers ..

They'd only end up ridiculing themselves and the country. Being Nigerian already puts a question mark on your integrity and intentions.

The alternative is being (tech-)skilled and pitching what you do to the 'oyibo' after researching if they are a lead. Hit or miss. There'd be a lot of misses (more so because you are Nigerian), but you'd hit along the way.

iSufferFools:
repeating the same garbage, like your father repeatedly raped your mother and birth the miserable vermin that is you. If he had been smart enough to leave that load of crap that sired you, in your mother's mouth, we won't be here reading the repeated rubbish that falls from your mouth, the way dried shit falls from your overused anus.

It's a shame this is what you've turned to. You hate APC government? instead of you to get productive, you're busy hating people who don't give a rats penis about you and your impoverished existence, talk about misplaced pririorities from the son of a dead thief.

And just so you know, the chances of you getting any favor is this government, is as slim as your father's penis that a toothpick is bigger and longer than. Like who in their right mind will want to favor, an online, self reeking, self hating, puerile douchebag, who failed in everything he had ever done, even at trolling. What a shame.

Go watch your parents fvck, since you're as jobless as the loser who sired you. Bastard. Keep repeating "God will punish you", yes you, because it is obvious God is obviously punishing you, Mr I hate Apc government.

Joe, stop embarrassing yourself.

Segedinho:
This is not about blackmail or whatever..

The optics is clearly bad from outside.......it shows no discussion,analysis b4 engaging.....



This is more like "wake and choose".....

That too, but it's also about blackmail.

Incompetence hasn't stopped these folks from appointing who they like, our outcry regardless.

Fashola, a lawyer, was Minister of Power despite his inexperience and nothing happened.

The Minister of Agriculture(?) then mentioned he had to learn on the job.

Theflint1:
Tumbo tumbo government... btw, is young supposed to function like a title?

It's to blackmail us.

"You young people say you want representation in government. We appointed a young person and you rejected him. Well then."

Expect the media hirelings to keep referencing it anytime we complain about recycled old people being appointed.

Amoto94:
My prayers and thoughts are with the victims and their families
What sort of response are you expecting except for law enforcement agents to fish out the perpetrators and make them pay for the mindless killings. Also, an inquiry be set up to determine the root cause of the attacks and reprisals in order to put an end to the problem once and for all

The exact kind of vague response the extremist MURIC and Meyitti Allah would give. Phrase for phrase.

The only times Amoto94 has been the focus of back-and-forths in this section has been due to his extremism and outright support for terrorism.

Not for his take on gender, or footballing points, or even Nigerian politics. It's always for terrorism.

That should tell you all you need to know about him.