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If the military takes over, terrorism will end within one month max!

Military do not share power with anybody talkless of terrorists

badoh:
I'm watching keenly how insecurity is threatening the unity and existence of Nigeria and how the government of the day has not shown any willingness to tame it. Unfortunately I see some people by their comments online calling for military take-over and I ask what difference will it make if the military take over Nigeria? This same military are well funded by the govt and given required support but why are they not winning the war? We have been witnessing insurgency since the time of Goodluck Jonathan and it keeps getting worse. If truly the military institutions are potent, why haven't the military in mali, niger and burkina-faso restore peace in their respective countries? The military governments in these countries are worse-off than the government they toppled. How are we sure military government will make any meaningful thing in Nigeria especially since their past actions have shown the kind of people they are? Unfortunately, the current government appear lukewarm and not ready to fight insurgency. Like someone asked, did Tinubu signed a pact with the northerners not to attack the bandits so as not to loose their support in 2027? How can a govt appear weak and docile and causing global embarrassment to the country? How do you expect peace to reign in your country when bandits are brandishing ammunitions in broad day light even in front of security agents? Where are the attack helicopters? Why are they not put into use or they have embezzled the fund? Is Tinubu benefiting something from this insurgency because his body language seems he's not ready to protect the people. How could people be travelling and they get kidnapped on the way? You need to show that you don't take nonsense and come out with full-force to engage these monsters even if it will cost you your second term? And for those calling for military take over, you have a point but are you ready for the excesses of these guys? Majority of Nigerians are law breakers and those things you're enjoying without being challenged will come back to haunt you. Some of you tap electricity illegally, some of you dump rubbish on the road, some of you spew nonsense on social media, some of you carry and spread fake news in order to attract traffic and get more likes. Just know that most social platforms will be shut down and by then you'll appreciate a democratic dispensation.

Thats the only thing that concerns you, your obsession with Igbos.

Know that if Biafra happens, we in Anioma wont remain in Nigeria as super minority and be marginalized same way Igbanke is marginalized in Edo state when they should have been carved to Delta State

TimeMachine2:
Expect more than 10 countries from current day Nigeria. Biafrau is 5 miserable states and there is nothing any body can do.

Tinubu has no path to victory and declaring war on terrorists means his reelection is totally buried

INEC is working for APC

Better to stand alone than to allow enemies within

StingingStinger:
Party wey never get members dey expel person?
Jokers.

Why did you call them lukurawa bandits in your thread title?

iwaeda:
https://www.channelstv.com/2025/11/28/suspected-lakurawa-terrorists-kill-three-immigration-officers-in-kebbi/

Why am I seeing your post? You don tire to block?

helinues:
Kanu is the one leading Nigeria national anthem every morning

All roads lead to Lagos and yet some people naively think they own Lagos. Dey play!

If he doesn't implement it then its no different from what Buhari did

bolaayenimo:
Lawmakers are already crying that he shouldn't implement it because bandits are threatening them

Why do Yorubas was exaggerate things Tinubu do out of proportion? They're already throwing accolades without waiting to see if this will be different from what Buhari did interms of implementation and effectiveness in addressing insecurity.

Na wa o

Loool

Kobojunkie:
See, this is how stewpid men end up in prison in that Nigeria. If we check now, that same man may have been cheating on that same woman, but the moment he finds that she has found herself her own side-dick, he goes into a stewpid rage over what is absolutely nothing.

How is it possible that you've not gotten it despite sleeping together before it became known?

RetroviralS:
Be honest… what would you do if the person you love tested HIV positive today?

Would you still hold their hand or would you walk away?

A> I’d walk away, I’m not ready

B> I'd Stay, love is stronger than fear

C> I’d need time, it’s not easy

Every day, we see people face this exact moment —a heartbeat between love and fear. Let's be real, its not easy to make a decision when it involves matters of the heart.

Vote honestly in the comment section. Let’s start the kind of conversation that speaks reality.

Kidnaptocracy is the system of government that the master strategist Tinubu is running

These are long term goals but there's already massive insecurity. Where I stay in Canada, the counties have their own police department. Infact, no state prolice, its local govt police and federal police!

One local govt police will not go to another local govt to make arrest, they must request from the other local govt

ufotunang:
..the main solution is for the government to address and tackle.. poverty, hunger, hardship, rural, villages, communities underdevelopment , high inflation, high costs of living, high rate of unemployment for they say an idle mind is the devil's workshop and an hungry man is an angry man.. and insecurity, kidnapping, banditry and criminal activities will reduce and stop gradually .
Even the police due to hardship, hunger, bad economy they can also be an accomplice to this criminal, bandits, terrorists inorder to get money from them to survive the hard economy and hunger, hardship and these things normally happens among some police and military..so it's better for government to address the poverty, hunger, hardship and bad economy

Well, APC states are over 2/3 besides if they're not ready, it will be wicked to stop people who are ready because they're not being forced to. If the 17 southern states agree, Wike will agree for Abuja so you just need 6 Northern states.

I can tell you that Kwara, Benue, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Kogi and Niger will agree because the govs will do what Tinubu tells them

teepain:
Okay, I get your perspectives now. And talking about the rubber-stamp national assembly (as you put it) it is not that easy when it comes to a constitutional amendment. For it, to become law 2/3rd of the states house of assemblies have to agree to it. That is where the conundrum is and there is need for tact to convince the northern states on the need to support state policing. Otherwise, it cannot be forced.

These are the facts of the matter that we have to live with. No matter how strongly we believe in certain principles, constitutional democracy in a multi-ethnic society like ours, can slow down things.

I mean the southern govs need to be more forceful. When you say advocacy, it means trying to convince others to join. They don't need to convince anybody because the president said those that are willing should start. He just needs to instruct his rubberstamp assembly to pass it immediately

teepain:
I believe that this is not an "excuse". I guess that the Southern Governors, decided to collectively voice their support for state police, perhaps, to let it be on record that they are not the one holding it back. And this can serve as a wake up call for southern lawmakers to push harder for the constitutional amendment that is required at the national bill before state police can become operational.

Security is the primary responsibility of government. They should reduce capital projects by 40% and use the money to fund the state police

ufotunang:
. and these states are still owing some of their government workers some arrears of salaries and their pensioners pension .so is it police they will not owe

I understand what Tinubu said about it being optional but this is Southern Governors forum so whats the excuse?

teepain:
I guess they are advocating it to some Northern governors. I think it was the complaints from some Northern states that stalled it because they spoke about their potential inability to fund state police in some of their states. And I think that explains why Tinubu recently asked that the lawmakers should modify the constitution such that any state that wanted state police could go ahead with having one.

Lagos State, Rivers State, Ogun State, Delta State, Akwa-Ibom State, Abuja...can't these states fund state police? What happenes to the personnel and equipment currently in each state for a start?

ufotunang:
.. where will they get money to fund the state police... money to pay their salaries, allowances monthly, buy AK-47 rifles, weapons and ammunition for the state police, buy patrol vehicles, police uniforms, build police station for state police .. these are governors that are still owing some of their government workers, civil servants arrears of salaries and also owing pensions ..so a lot of financial burden on the governors..so where will they get money to maintain and take care of the state police and pay them

Why are they not serious about state police? What's the meaning of renewed advocacy for state police? Who are they advocating to? The president?

Tinubu is a pretender!
He should send an executive bill to the national assembly for the establishment of state police if he is serious!

Subsidy is gone yet Tinubu has borrowed more than the president before him by astronomical margins when you consider time gone in office.

Tinubu is the undisputed heavyweight champion of incompetence and corruption

Tinubu removed subsidy and started giving the money to governors to loot and to terrorists to enjoy.

Tinubu is a terrible illegitimate president

Whether you produce locally or not, intentional loss of revenue is subsidy

benardtotti:
I ask again are you importing the petrol or producing it locally? Cos don't understand why you keep trying to tell us petrol is 1600 according to international price when the crux of the matter is the current bulk over 60 percent of your fuel is produced locally .

Its a simple logic oga. Petrol is sold at N1600 at the international market, Nigerians are buying at N800+, someone is paying subsidy and its definitely fg.

Lets not eat yams as if they contain bones

benardtotti:
Oga , the report said nnpc paid subsidy claims , you don't pay subsidy claims for something you produce and give another partner to process for you sir, so according to your logic who exactly did nnpc pay the claims to cos we all know they are no longer paying fuel marketers d they couldn't have paid the claims to dangote cos he is already getting crude oil and pays for it in naira .

If you produce rice let's say 1000 bags and decide you will export 500 bags in dollars and sell the rest 500 bags in naira to the local market at discounted offer how then will you loose?

Cos both ways you are getting paid all you need is to balance the books , why will you now pay subsidy ?

If the fg has opportunity to sell crude at international price but decides to sell low to Dangote so that Dangote sell petrol for half the international price to Nigerians, is that not subsidy?

If a farmer sells rice to his neighbors for half the price, even if he is the one producing the rice, he is paying subsidy in form of lost revenue

benardtotti:
Nigeria is not importing fuel , except you are claiming dangote should stert charging international rate for petrol ? Also don't forget that government is not paying private marketers to import anymore, reason they wanted to impose 15% duty on fuel imports to discourage it.

It's simple logic ,if indeed nigeria is paying subsidy you think dangote won't cry out ?

I said the same thing and thats why Tinubu keeps borrowing.

Petrol in the international market is $1, so who pays the difference? Definitely Tinubu

FarahAideed:
It was never removed , I raised an alarm here then ,it was removed for just a month or so by the time the devaluation hit they started paying it quietly

Nigeria is paying subsidy. How much is petrol in the international market? About $1, now convert to naira.

Who pays the difference?

benardtotti:
Nigeria was already owing subsidy claims to nnpc , I believe this are just settlement for past claims , same way nigeria is owing gencos 4 trillion naira subsidy for electricity.

Without subsidy, petrol will be N1500. Look at the cost of petrol in the international market and you'll know the Tinubu govt has been lying since 2023

ebukal67x:
We still dey pay subsidy despite say we don remove am?

The bombing will greatly degrade them while Nigerian army funish them off.

Stop giving excuse, we cannot allow our cowardice to prevent us from doing nothing

DeLaRue:
The idea of a foreign country bombing Nigeria without being invited is surely the ultimate humiliation.

If USA does it today, Russia will do it in the future if it thinks its interest is being undermined in Nigeria.

After Russia, may be in the future South Africa will bomb Lagos if it feels MTN is being overtaxed, or perhaps Egypt will come in, bomb Southern Nigeria because it believes Muslims in Northern Nigeria are being disadvantaged economically.

Ofcourse the average Nigerian can't see beyond his nose. Jubilating at the prospect of, and clamouring for an uninvited foreign country to bomb your country encapsulates the short-sightedness of many black people. They lack the depth to think long term.

If Mr Trump wants to assist Nigeria, he should help the country with satellite and advanced mobile technology and face recognition intelligence, help the country put structures in place to reduce leaks, and stand with Nigeria in that exercise for the long term.

Anyway even bombing will not eradicate the problem. From Kwara state to Sokoto, to Jigawa, Bornu, Adamawa, to Kogi, that's an area that is bigger than the United Kingdom. How many places can they bomb when it's not like the terrorists are all gathered in a few places. How come America did not defeat the terrorists in Afghanistan despite all the bombs the used in that cover over more than 10 years?

So the Nigerian military will sit idle and allow them relocate?

Does it mean if the US comes to intervene, our military go on holiday?

motymop:
If America suddenly decides to bomb bandits, the result won’t be what people expect. Bandits aren’t like military bases or stationary equipment, they’re mobile. They move in small units, relocate quickly and disappear the moment they sense danger.

So even if the US. hits a camp, destroys weapons, or wipes out a food depot, the fighters will simply relocate. They’ll melt into nearby communities or shift their operations to safer zones. Bombing them doesn’t automatically end the threat, it just pushes it somewhere else.

The real danger is displacement. Instead of eliminating the problem, you risk scattering these groups into new regions, especially places that aren’t prepared for that kind of pressure. A massive external military strike could unintentionally spread the threat into more parts of the country, creating new conflicts instead of ending the old one.

This is why counter-insurgency is complex. Heavy airstrikes don’t solve everything, they can create powerful shockwaves that reshape the conflict in ways that are dangerous for everyone.