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[b]FG supporter escapes mob action in Bayelsa

January 6, 2012


A debate on removal of subsidy on fuel almost turned violent in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday when a group of newspaper readers confronted a man who tried to support the initiative.
The man identified simply as Samson was nearly beaten for his contributions on the fuel subsidy removal dispute at the popular newsstand in Amarata Park.
Samson, who was also at the place to catch a glimpse of newspaper headlines, infuriated other readers when he tried to justify the action of the Federal Government.
His argument that the long-term benefits of subsidy removal would help to create more jobs and reposition the economy of the country did not go down well with his listeners as the angry readers consisting of unemployed youths and commercial motorcyclists [/b]asked him to keep his mouth shut.
But Samson, the only proponent in the debate, was said to have remained adamant, contending that the pains of the initiative would be temporary and that it was necessary for the government to free funds for development.
It was learnt that his stubbornness drew the ire of others who engaged him in a shouting match which almost degenerated into a fight.
Noticing that he had been outnumbered and that the atmosphere was becoming tensed, he immediately shut his mouth and quietly withdrew from the aggrieved readers. Meanwhile, the high cost of transport arising from the removal of the subsidy on fuel forced most government workers to remain indoors in the state capital.
The state secretariat was deserted as most civil servants stayed away from their offices.
The premises of the secretariat were devoid of its usual vehicular movements and there were just a few cars parked around the area when our correspondent visited.
Some residents complained that workers who went to their coastal communities for the holiday could not return to work owing to increase in transport fare.
Others, however, blamed the workers’ attitude on lack of official assignments arising from the feud between the Peoples Democratic Party and the state Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.
There were few cars on the roads just as traders in some of the markets around the city complained of low patronage.

http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-supporter-escapes-mob-action-in-bayelsa/

Were are they running to

Well said Jang

The heat is on, we all can see that Nigeria is fully ready to split.

What a travesty of effrontery!! The protests has recorded its 1st casualty. A protester has been reportedly shot dead in Ilorin, Kwara State. While i don't subscribe to the use of violent means to express our displeasure and grievances over the timing of the fuel subsidy, i find it inexplicable and nefarious that the Nigerian Police Force, reputed for their barbarous disposition, has remained adamant on the use of live bullets to quell protests. What happen to rubber bullets 4 crying out loud??. . I hereby advise protesters to be patient until the labour unions & civil societies begin d mass protests.  D reason is that by synchronizing our protests, together with the organized labour, d govt.can b petitioned to d International Court of Justice, if anyone gets shot by d daft policemen. Doing it individually robs you of that privilege. There is every need to be organized in dis exercise and observe d rules of d game. No use of weapons or destruction of properties. I get increasingly infuriated at d growing contempt of the people by d authorities. they have obviously derailed in dis issue and i still wonder how they intend to handle the aftermath of events, after inflaming so much resent, distrust and suspicion in the hearts of those the policy is supposedly meant to benefit. Pleas someone should help counsel d govt.that they're simply going about this the wrong way, no matter how good their intentions may be. D people must be allowed to express themselves & question d govt, albeit in a civil way. Nigerians must resist any attempt to circumscribe their inalienable rights,

[quote author=Kay-Dee link=topic=836735.msg9882311#msg9882311 date=1325533076]Infact, Im going on strike.  

No more waking up early to watch games if im gonna end up eating my fingernails and heart broken.[/quote]sorry pray hard to win next time

the line up is folk up.

Gayigaskia:
I don't understand which Niger Delta elders you are talking about, it was Yar'adua who negotiated a truce with the ND criminals. And after how long, so don't blame Northern elder for the failure of GEJ. Beside i don't think the Niger delta problem is over because the truce is only allowing oil bunkering and other criminal activities to thrive to the benefit of criminals-militants.

are you for real?? Yaradua negotiated with them through who?? and how?? i still repeat Northern elders are fully behind Boko haram take it or leave it.

Lets say the fact.
QUESTIONS: who calmed the OPC menace, who also calmed the MASSOB menace, and finally, who calmed the NIGER DELTA insurgency,  the elders and leaders from the regions worked hard and tirelessly to arrange a truce between the federal govt and the groups at each point in time because the military/security solution never worked,  so why and how do people expect the security/military solution to work in the case of boko haram,  why have the northern elders and leaders failed in there ability to arrange a truce between boko haram and the federal govt?,  are they benefiting from it,  because when the opc was rampaging all over Lagos, they where the ones who encouraged the leaders and elders of south west Nigeria to arrange a truce with "the boys", they did the same thing with the recent niger delta insurgency,  so why cant they do the same when the fire is in there backyard,  I am not making excuse for our bad security system, but questioning why this alternative route has not been explored, why, I weep blood as my people are the ones mostly affected, why,
Aij Harem your responds is welcome

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=835584.msg9865563#msg9865563 date=1325269914]when i talk they would say alj harem is a lair etc

Again I repeat, Boko haram does not fight for Islam or northerner [/quote]I disagree with you, if they are not fighting for islam and northerners, how come the northern elders can't do anything to stop them??

Just only 4 people, it could have been upto 100

Buhari and El-rufai should go and sleep. Nothing for the stinking loosers

Gradually they are going there.Its only time will tell, we are still watching and crying in pains.

Someone should please ask El-Rufai why he suddenly believes that the same Buhari that he described above could have won the last presidential election. CPC and its supporters should acknowledge the fact that they did a shoddy job of preparing for the elections and they did not deserve to win. They should stop making statements that could incite violence as we have witnessed after the last election. Buhari's rigidity and selfishness gave GEJ the victory he got.
Also could this be the best comment that should come from El-rufai after the Christmas bomb?? instead of this silly man to propose for a better solution to the end of Bokoharam, he is here proposing more violence. How i wish a strong and heartless man is that position, by now the silly beach could have been roting in jail.

Controversial former minister of the FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufai earlier today on Twitter placed a curse on all supporters of President Jonathan. He also tweeted several veiled insults on the person of the President and in an interview released today accused President Jonathan of leading Nigeria to disaster. In another of his Tweets he called for negotiations with Boko Haram and has been retweeting tweets from his supporters denigrating the President.

In an interview with Blue Print NG; Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the Senate probe of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) was the most biased piece of legislative rascality just as he said that his administration in the FCT was a personal vendetta. In this interview with AMOS DUNIA, the bold and fearless El-Rufai said that the Jonathan administration is leading the country to disaster.

Records as minister of FCT

As a matter of policy I don’t speak about my record, I think it is for others to speak and see what I have done and also as a matter of policy I don’t comment on what my predecessors in office have done or my successes in office did or didn’t do. If you notice I have spoken about many things since I got into public light but I will never comment on BPE, because I was the DG there for nearly four years unless the Senate invites me and I am forced to speak. I just don’t just comment on that. I think I was privileged to be the minister of Abuja for four years and what I have done and did not do are all there for people to see and posterity will judge and beyond that I don’t want to say anything, because if I say anything I will be either crazy or condemning anyone.

There are many things I wish I would have done, okay, with the benefit of hindsight, there are many things I wish I had started earlier and completed before I left office. You have to wait for my book, my book is being published early next year. You will see all that.

Senate probe of the FCT

The Senate probe of the FCT was a personal vendetta of people like Senators Abubakar Sondangi and Smart Adeyemi against me because I dealt with them. Sondangi had corner shops, had illegal plots, he had a cousin who was caught cheating in promotion exam in FCT and I fired him. Some of these people are motivated by personal interest rather than national interest. So, from day one, I knew it was not going to be fair and I made it clear and we issued our own statement and we have taken them to court. The matter is in the Court of Appeal and I am confident that we will win. That probe is the most biased piece of legislative rascality I have ever come across and it is giving the Senate as a whole a bad name.

And the second one on the BPE is another useless exercise in several ways. I said it to them then when they said oh this is not a witch hunt and I said look don’t tell me that I have enough experience with you guys to know how you are and they have not turned out to be much different. Unfortunately, you know, I think we have a legislative institution that do not understand their responsibility, half of the people in the Senate are silly people without respect and the other half that are wise, clever don’t want to tell the other half to behave themselves. They have given and are still giving the Senate a bad name. What did they write about me? They said that I got approval from Obasanjo, this is false, it is outright falsehood, if they can produce one document in which I jumped the National Privatization Council and I went to Obasanjo, they should produce it, they shouldn’t make a statement without proof, because when I appeared before them, they did not present me with a document and say you got this approval from Obasanjo rather than the National Council on Privatization, they did not produced one, they are liars.

Look I am a process person, I report to the National Council on Privatization under Vice President Atiku Abubakar. That is how I work. I am not someone that goes to sidestep the system. You cannot catch me breaking rules, I was brought up to obey rules, if I don’t like the rules I can go and get them changed by those with the power to do so, but the allegations by the Senate is false, the committee lied and they misled the Senate, the Senate approved it. That is one. Secondly they said I should be reprimanded, for what, you reprimand your employee when he is working for you. Who is going to reprimand me? Nobody in this country is big enough to reprimand me because I work for nobody. I work for myself. So, it is idiotic to say reprimand someone who does not work for you. They don’t understand these things and what is painful for me is that they are giving the important national institution like the Senate a bad name. When Senators from the US and members of the House of Lords read some of these reports they will just laugh and say what kind of country is this? They are giving the country a bad name and it’s a few of them with personal agenda that mislead the whole Senate. As I said half of the people don’t know what they are doing and the other half that do are shy to tell the other half to behave themselves.

The Senate is supposed to be a place of calm, experienced people that should say things that are wise and we all look up to, but some of the people in that Senate are just a joke, I hope one day this country will grow up and get rid of some of them, because they are giving the whole legislature a bad name, I am sorry, I have been through this, we are going to challenge them in court. Already, some people have gone to court, they investigate a company they said it’s not doing well, so they revoked the sale. How can you revoke a contract? A contract agreement that was validly executed can only be revoked if there are violations of the terms of agreement. What terms were violated? Many of these things will end up in court for the next ten years. Nothing can be revoked. The people that bought them are rich people, they are business men, they will challenge them in court, but you know they make these ridiculous recommendations and what is sad about many of these recommendations when you check, you find that some of the recommendations came because they asked the person for money and he didn’t give them. This is how they operate.

Were you asked you for money?

Nobody in this country has the gut to ask me for money since Mantu and Zwingina tried it. Nobody will ask me for money, I am a different person in that regard. Mantu and Zwingina tried it and I exposed them and since then no one in Nigeria has ever asked me for money. So, I have not been asked, but go and asked other people that these recommendations were written about, you will find all kinds of stories. You live in a country where people that are vested with responsibility used their own position just to advance their personal interest they forget that there is a country and they have children that will live in that country after they go. It is sad, but this is what we having to live with.

Jonathan’s administration

I have written extensively about that.  I think that the Jonathan’s administration is full of big words and very little achievement and the direction they are putting this country is a direction towards disaster. They are borrowing too much, they are spending all our resources on useless things, they are spending most of the resources of the country on themselves as government, they are not investing in infrastructure, they are not investing in our schools and hospitals. The quality of life of the ordinary Nigerian is going down while the quality of their lives of our leaders is going up. This is the Jonathan administration, they have no regard for anything. Now they said they want to withdraw fuel subsidy, which will cause every Nigerian, man, woman and child N8000 next year, but look at the budget they have put for themselves from N1 billion for food in the president’s house to all kinds of things. They have no sense of sacrifice but they want us as citizens to sacrifice more while they are enjoying more, it is an irresponsible approach to governance and it’s not sustainable and they are putting this country on a path of disaster and we can only pray that God will save us from where we are going or God the need to understand that the purpose of leadership is to serve, serve the public not private service, not serve yourself, but they are serving themselves, they don’t care about us and it is clear to everyone, it is clear. All those that pretended or voted for Jonathan not PDP and all that, we are laughing at them now, because within six months Jonathan has shown his true colour, which is what we were saying even ten months ago that he has been President and we have seen what he can do, now people are seeing it.

Are you not saying all these because you are now a member of the CPC?

No, I wasn’t expelled from the PDP. I chose to leave, that is one. Secondly, today if I say I want to be on Jonathan’s camp I am sure they will be happy to have me. I made a choice to be on the side of what is right. It is easier for me to remain in PDP and enjoy what they are enjoying, but I made a choice, because I don’t believe that with what God has blessed me with I should be on the wrong side just to benefit, what is that benefit, if you look at me I am okay, I am comfortable, I am not Aliko Dangote, I am not a rich man but what do I need? I don’t need anything more, so I chose to be on the side of the CPC, I know it is difficult, I know it is an opposition party, I know elections will be rigged against us, I know we will be the losing side, but I made that choice, because I will rather be on the right side of history and sleep well than to be with the winner and enjoy while my country is going down. It is a choice I made and we all make our choices. I don’t envy those in government, I feel sorry for them actually because this kind of government, I will never be part of it. Go and look at my record and see what I did in government you will know I don’t fit in this kind of government, I don’t need to say anything.

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Position of the CPC on the April elections

I said it, you know in this country because of the electoral system, because of the power of incumbency and the manipulation of processes, it is very, very difficult for a party that is not in power to unseat another party in power, it has never happened in this country. So, those of us that took the decision to leave the PDP to go to other parties did so conscious of the fact that there is a very high chance that even if we are popular and we won the election at the polling unit level, the results will be changed. That was what happened. We won election in many states not only presidential election, but even governorship and so on, the result were rewritten by INEC, with the collaboration of the security agencies and many people forget that for the governorship election, virtually all the northern states were under military occupation. The results were written in INEC headquarters and military barracks.

altOur people were not even allowed to come out and vote and people known this. In my state Kaduna, it was garrisoned by the military, there was curfew for months after the election, if you know you won election and you were not scared of anything why would you impose curfew for four months? Because they knew what they did and all these elections in the South-east and South-south, where there was 90 per cent turnout and the president got 99 per cent of the votes were false. The results were false, we knew but we went to the tribunal hoping that since Jega promised that there is biometric register, we will be able to take ballot paper and match the finger print with the biometric register to show how many people thumb printed each ballot paper, we will be able to prove what happened in the elections. What did they do? You know what they did? Jonathan and Katsina-Alu connived and removed Salami, reconstituted the tribunal put someone illegally as the acting President of the Court of Appeal and the new tribunal said we will not have access to ballot papers, we will not have access to the register.

*Interview Culled from BluePrint NG

Nigerians may also similarly recall that Malam Elrufai only in October last year publicly called on Buhari to retire from politics as he is "perpetually unelectable". Elrufai also raised up issues regarding corruption and indiscipline on the part of Buhari in the statement he released on the 10th of October, 2010 which appears below;

Response to General Muhammadu Buhari and his Party by Nasir El Rufai - 'Buhari should stick to facts'

The attention of Mallam Nassir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire.

Since Babangida libelled whole generations of Nigerian youth as being unfit for leadership, age has become an issue in the coming elections. While it is true that neither youth nor age supplies wisdom on their own, it makes sense to ask those who have been recurring decimals in our country’s sorry history to leave the stage. That is all El-Rufai asked of these men who seem to think that their failure to do their best for Nigeria when they had the chance qualifies them for a return to office. Our people surely deserve better.

El-Rufai is amazed that General Buhari cannot debate this matter without scurrying to the gutter, making claims that are baseless and unsupported by any facts. Mallam El-Rufai’s tenure as FCT minister was a period of stellar performance in remaking our federal capital. Despite the difficult decisions that had to be taken to restore Abuja, Mallam El-Rufai continues to receive deserved praise and recognition for his achievements in restoring the Abuja master plan, introducing Nigeria’s first computerised land registry and helping thousands of Nigerians achieve their dreams of home ownership in the federal capital. Buhari is perhaps one of a tiny few blinded by their prejudice from recognising the quality of El Rufai’s service.

That same prejudice accounts for the baseless claims of corruption Buhari levels against El Rufai. The fact is that Mallam El-Rufai served Nigeria with integrity and has never been convicted of any corrupt act. He is boldly contesting the false charges which the Yar’Adua government filed against him in court. It is strange that a Buhari who protests when unproven claims of N2.5 billion (about US $3billion in those days!) missing oil funds are levelled against him can gleefully elevate similar claims into facts when it concerns another. How would Buhari feel if the corruption allegations made against him by Group Captain Usman Jibrin, then a board member of PTF, are today reported as if they were proven facts? So much for “corrupt background” and “shoddy performance”.

Mallam El-Rufai wishes to remind General Buhari that he has remained perpetually unelectable because his record as military head of state, and afterwards, is a warning that many Nigerians have wisely heeded. His insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known. In 1984, Buhari allowed 53 suitcases belonging to his ADC’s father to enter Nigeria unchecked at a time the country was exchanging old currency for new. Against all canons of legal decency, he used retroactive laws to execute three young men for drug-peddling after they were convicted by a military tribunal and not regular courts of law. Buhari was so high handed that he gave himself and his officials immunity even from truthful reporting. That obnoxious Decree 4, against which truth was no defence, was used to jail journalists and attempt to cow the media as a whole. That tyrannical legislation shows the essence of his intolerance. These are facts of recent history.

The story of counter-trade and import licensing, the cornerstone of Buhari’s stone-age economic strategy and those whose interests it served, is a tale for another day.

Mallam El-Rufai respects both Generals Buhari and Babangida as elder statesmen. He believes their age, experience and guidance may contribute to the success of any future government. El-Rufai however believes that it is time for a new generation of leaders with new thinking and wholesome democratic attitude to move our nation forward. The vicious response by the Buhari camp to a simple statement that their almost-70 principal should retire is proof enough that a Buhari, the new Democrat, tolerant of views different from his own, is yet to evolve. And that is sad, for his fledgling party and its leadership. Buhari and his cohorts may wish to reflect that it will take more than attacks on personalities to become electable. Having seen his version of discipline, Nigerians are not likely to cherish an encore. But they will welcome an engagement with the issues and problems of everyday life that have hobbled the peoples of this land
source http://www.naijapundit.com/news/el-rufai-curses-gej-supporters

Were is the NL INEC Chairman, there are some element of ringing here. INSPIRED M deserve the AWARD. Common how mush be the award??

What in the name of Love is this people searching for online?? how can somebody sleep and wake up and decide to dash out money to some one you have not met?? love they say is blind i have really confirm it that love is really blind.

I don't know why people don't learn, how can some one born of a woman deliver you or your family?? is he GOD, if GOD can answer his / her prayer, then why can't GOD answer yours?? only those desperate to make it always end up being duped.

Just that way

wtf??

How did a problem which began in 1914 become President Jonathan's fault? The killings started with the Igbo in Bukuru, Jos in 1945 and by the hands of Hausa-fulani and continued in Kano in 1953 till its climax in 1967 -1 970. It resumed in 1980 and has continued ever since. Is the problem Jonathan or Nigeria? Why did the rest of Nigeria stand with the Hausa-fulani against the Igbo for the reward of malice?
I am not a believer of the British concoction called Nigeria.

Despite all steps taken by great men who had lived to create a workable Nigeria, the opposite had been the result. The man ‘Zik’ spent his days championing a “one Nigeria” even to the detriment of the entire Igbo nation. And in Aburi, Ojukwu made yet another difficult effort to create and sustain a workable and profitable-for-all Nigeria; but, as always, leaders who were born- frightened of the Igbos-, and who have lived all their lives on guard against Ndigbo would not give room for any meaningful development in Nigeria. Immediately Gowon returned from Ghana, he dashed any hope remaining for Nigeria, and then made arrangements for war.
I am constrained to respond to this piece consequent my troubled spirit about Nigeria's past, present and future. I make reference to what George Bush (senior) said during the first USA incursion in Iraq. He said "if only Iraq could see the amount of military forces amassed in the desert against it". If only Nigeria could see her bleak future, she would give up anything to avoid that. As much as I wish Nigeria well now and in the future, the country is unavoidably set on self distrust.

I do not at the moment reside in the affected areas and although I am presently residing comfortably where I am but what does it profit a man if you live comfortably some where and your kids and kin are languishing at the other end. I am continuously drained emotionally each time I remember the hardships my people are subjected to in Nigeria on daily basis without hope of ending.

My worries are compounded by the fact that our leaders past and present from the local government to the presidency have taken undue advantage of the docility or passiveness of Nigerians.
The handwriting on the wall is that Nigeria is becoming a rolling stone that gathers no moss. Nigeria is finished and any hope that Nigeria will one day become like the developed countries of the west in our generation is a delusional,
Sovereignty is the answer to all this shits and motherfuc,kers

Make up story

Frecocoa hmmm please have mercy on those good for nothing monkeys, you really dealt with them today. They will never in their life try to come close to your post from today. Just one lady destroy the whole Yoruba oduaa kingdom?

Who cares, Fuc,k Islam, Fuc,k mohammed and his co worshipers, Fuc,k the islamic harams, Bleep them all

mikeansy:
Am not too sure about this.

Ojukwu was a great man who served the purpose of defending Nigbo in the face of genocide.

But right now I dont think we need another Ojukwu or his clone.

What we need given the kind of new challenges we face right now and how we can approach them is a leader who can model himself like Alex Sammond (The leader of Scottish National Party).

We need a Politician who appreciates our history but has a clear understanding of how to approach the future. We need a Politician not a Soldier (or wanna be Soldier)! Going forward we need a Politician able to get our message accross.

I have come to learn over the years that what we seek, the properous future we seek is similar to what a lot of people want accross the country but we have not put our arguments forward in a way that helps us build the required concensus we need to advance these arguments. I dont think Uwazurike is well equiped for this journey. (DEMOCRACY is a game of numbers - Never forget this fact!)

We need a broader agenda than protesting unending marginalization. Non-igbos are also suffering as much as Igbos in Nigeria. Nigeria will buckle and collapse under its own weight if the country does not change course and the Igbos do not need to single-handedly spearhed the dis-integration of this country. It is up to Nigeria as a whole to make of its future what it wants!

Going forward we need a leader that has a clear agenda of promoting a vibrant and self sufficient economy in the East. Supporting trade/commerce proudly, promoting world class education and healthcare. Supporting devolution of power from the Federal Government to regional Governments (this will help tackle a lot of injustice and corruption in Nigeria).

There is a lot we can achieve as a united people through diplomacy, networking and concillation. While doing this we must remain proud of who we are, proud of our values and proud of our inherent democratic nature. By this I mean promoting our culture that supports freedom of speech and the ability of sub-ordinates questioning their leaders for this is what democracy is about and should be about. If anybody tells you politics is about everybody agreeing with whatever their spiritual leaders or tradtional leaders says no matter how senseless it is tell them they belong to the last century.

In fact in brief we need a very sophisticated leader to guide us towards a more prosperous destiny where we live and let others live for that has being our motto.

well said

Boko Haram or whatever the group name is,is just looking for justifiable reasons for their atrocities. When you claim Sharia is not well implemented,then where do you put your teachings within your mosques? What is the business of a christian with your states not practicing sharia correctly? All I can say is you people are not in anyway prepared for what you are doing at all, some of us don't need to travel to Mauritius to make bombs so let's handle things with a lot of sense. If you want to split out of Nigeria, why not go your way and let's know those of us that are remaining. In summary we are tired of one Nigeria separation is the answer now. I hope the Easterners and South have tighten up their security, because very soon bomb may be exploding in various state. Who will believe that policy command, UN house and now Catholic church will be bombed just like that?? One Nigeria my foot.

GEJ act before it will be too late, we are tired of this daily bomb stuff

Boko Haram Leader Speaks

What is Boko Haram about?


Our aim is to spread Islam all over Nigeria, that is our mission and I want people to understand that our correct name is Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad. Those calling our group Boko Haram do so to discredit the group and its ideas. It was formed at three fundamental levels.

The first level from which our group emerged was from people in this country who, for selfish reasons, recruited young people and sometimes children and sent them overseas for education. In reality, these people are totally ignorant of the reasons why these big men take them abroad. In the name of education, these young men are taken to mostly Arab countries and turned into militants who respect only those who sponsored them abroad. Those big men who sponsor these youths don’t have any conscience and no love for this country. 

It all started in 2004 when the Government of Mauritania fell.


It is similar to what is happening in Libya now, though slightly different. When the government in Mauritania fell in 2004, some individuals from that country came into Nigeria to recruit some youths as mercenaries to join forces with them to overthrow the government in power.


The second level of our membership is made up of young men who were recruited by our late leader, Mohammed Yusuf. Yusuf was approached by some people from Mauritania to recruit more Nigerians to continue with the struggle in Mauritania. The grounds were that these young people were being recruited to further their Islamic studies. They were to serve as a support group to the Mauritanian army. But our leader Mohammed Yusuf rejected the plan. But a number of Nigerian big men who were involved in the Mauritania struggle were angry with Yusuf. This led to a disagreement which pitched the young men loyal to Yusuf against those backing the big men. Yusuf, however, insisted on genuine Islam whereas those opposing him were mercenaries who were willing to serve their master’s interest in Mauritania.


At what point did they leave perfect Islam and become violent? 


Whatever I am telling you now I have already made available to the SSS when they arrested me. There was a misunderstanding within the group and this disagreement was between those who received military training in Mauritania and those who were loyal to Yusuf. The SSS infiltrated our ranks and began to arrest many of those who were militants. However, as they were arrested some big men moved in to ensure that the court released them and they came back causing more problems within our group.


In 2009 the disagreement developed into a crisis in areas where our group was spreading Islamic ideals. I was in charge of our operations in Bauchi, Gombe and Plateau. The crisis was more in Bauchi State, in two locations and in Kano in one location. In Bauchi, a group began to lay claim to a mosque that was built by our group. This caused a major crisis again and a young girl was kidnapped in Bauchi and taken to Borno State. Our group was fingered but we told one intelligence officer, Bala, who was investigating the case that her relations took her to Borno and if the issue was not handled well it could cause a crisis. The SSS directed us to contact the Commissioner of Police in Borno State to secure the girl’s release. We were still in the process when the Bauchi State governor directed that members of our group should be driven away from the state. That was how our people started to resist the forced evacuation and the crisis with the government spread to Borno State. In fact, the crisis began in Bauchi and not Borno.


Anytime there is a bombing in Nigeria Boko Haram claims responsibility, for example, four times in Borno Police headquarters and the UN office in Abuja.


Yes, we bombed some of those places you mentioned. Remember I told you that some of our members were recalled from military training in Mauritania. Among them were three specialist in bomb making.


When this crisis began I made a move to the authorities advising that the arrest of Boko Haram members would not bring an end to the crisis. I suggested that the government should stop the arrest and release those already arrested. Let me repeat it today, government should rebuild houses, mosques and schools demolished in Bauchi and Borno states. Government should not interfere in the genuine worship of our group and ensure justice for all. If these are not in place, I predict that the Nigerian situation may become like what is happening in Somalia.

I give this warning because many of those young men who went to Mauritania are being attracted back home because of the violent situation brought by the present crisis.


When I gave my advice, the police chased and arrested me, and kept me in detention. Before I was detained, I gave the police the video recordings of how some of our members were being given military training, but the IGP ordered that I should be detained. I was left in detention for 10 months. 


But those things that I warned about are playing out today. While I was in detention, I was in contact with our people and I still gave forewarnings to the authorities about attacks. I even told them beforehand whenever an operation was to take place. The bombing of the police headquarters had been planned and on many occasions I had always told them in advance.





In fact, Bala had helped the police because each time I got in touch with him he worked to avert the attacks. If not, the police headquarters would have been bombed before now. Three days before the attack I warned the police that there would be an attack in Abuja that would embarrass the security authorities. Also, after the bombing of the police headquarters, I was summoned before the IGP and given a GSM phone. I called the person who planned and led the attack and we spoke right in front of the IGP. So, all these terror attacks are caused by the negligence of government.


Since I was released from detention, I have rejoined my group and some of us have warned our members to stick to the original ideals of our leader, Yusuf. He did not tell us to kill innocent people or to break into and steal from banks. If there is a conflict between the faithful and the authorities our opposition should be against the authorities and not the talakawas.


There are allegations that Boko Haram is being sponsored by some top level politicians, is it true?


The truth is that politicians are the root cause of this Boko Haram problem. For instance, in Borno State, the governor sponsors a group of armed youths known as ECOMOG. It is this ECOMOG that the governor formed and looks after, above the police, SSS and other security agencies. In Gombe State, the governor has the Kalari. I was once contacted by a governorship candidate to kill an opponent for a fee. The security agencies know what I am telling you.


In Bauchi there is the Tarafuka, an armed group sponsored by the government, and the government watches on, even when we have the SSS and police. That is why our new leader, Mallam Abubakar Shekau, is calling on the youths to disregard all government in the country – a call that has brought him and the group into conflict with the government. Some politicians are now taking the advantage of the conflict between the Boko Haram leadership and the authorities to execute their own agenda.


Did Boko Haram bomb the United Nations Office in Abuja?


I would not answer the question of whether Boko Haram bombed the UN building or not for some reasons.


Did Boko Haram bomb the Police headquarters in Abuja?


Yes, we bombed the police headquarters in Abuja. I told you earlier that when the bombing of the Police headquarters happened I called the person who led the attack, I was in front of the IGP. Yes, we bombed the police headquarters in Abuja. They asked me why we bombed the police headquarters and I told him (IGP) in his presence that it was because of his statement in Maiduguri that the days of Boko Haram were numbered.


Why does Boko Haram bomb army barracks and attack police and security operatives? What do they do to affect Islam or the work of Boko Haram?


It is because of the indiscriminate killing of our members and innocent people by the police without trial. They arrest innocent people harass and shoot them and the authorities do nothing about it. Why should we then leave the police?


Boko Haram is asking for Sharia in all the Northern states, and the states have Sharia, so what is the problem again?


I have been waiting for this question. I was in detention when it was said that Boko Haram had threatened to turn the entire North of the country into a Sharia state. Since I came out of detention have you heard that Boko Haram is threatening to turn the whole of Nigeria into an Islamic nation? The truth is that those spreading such information are just lying against us. What we are demanding is that those states that have independently declared their states Sharia states should implement it to the letter. Have you seen Sharia cut the hand of someone who steals a cow head, while someone who corruptly enriches himself is left to go free? They have chased away local prostitutes and brought in international red light prostitutes to replace them. They have also banned local alcoholic drinks, yet they drink imported spirits in their respective government houses. Is that Sharia? They are insincere, so they must be effective in the implementation of Sharia. Sharia is being abused. I pity this country. Mauritania does not have any wealth they exported Boko Haram into Nigeria. Now, Libya has money and wealth but have collapsed. Who says that these countries would not bring something worse than Boko Haram into Nigeria?
SOURCE http://saharareporters.com/interview/punch-interview-i-told-inspector-general-police-advance-abuja-would-be-bombed-says-boko-ha

Onlytruth:
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My brother I respect you a lot, so I would only focus of what we all know (undisputed facts), and leave things we don't know.

The world of international conspiracy is deep and murky, and can screw the best of minds.

So, I usually leave conspiracy alone, and deal with HARD FACTS.

Like I stated earlier, Israel has a very simple goal as a nation: EXISTENCE.

She has been fighting non-stop to be allowed to exist, since 1948. That much is pretty clear to all.
The other clear thing is that, Israel (bearing in mind its enormous military power) is a very self restrained country.
I have A LOT OF RESPECT for her just because of that, especially in light of constant Arab provocation and aggression.
Some other country with the type of Israel's military, would have since colonized the entire middle east. Israel simply fights to defend only these areas that allow her to exist.

Now, about their African agenda, she has every right to map out the continent and figure out how to relate with each component part of Africa. I have not seen them killing people in Africa, on the contrary, I have seen Muslim Africans killing African Christians in their millions; from Biafra to Southern Sudan.

Finally, I would trust America and Israel one million times BEFORE I can ever trust Iran and China in Africa and over African affairs. Just my humble opinion. The former two are open to some extent, while the latter two are completely CLOSED to scrutiny.

I would be a fool to reject Israel's "mapping" of Biafra, only to accept Iran's mapping of Nigeria.  

Like I said before, Israel was a worthy ally of Biafra when others deserted us (Biafrans). Everything else is irrelevant.  

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chipmunkey:
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but this was since 2007

expert555:
Nice tribe except the loudness and chicken heart

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