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Macphenson:
Often times as a governor Peter Obi was moving around without a convoy especially if there is no official convoy.
That I can tell you for free. Several times he visited my site, h3 came with just one DSS personnel.

I ran into Fashola at the Lekki Tollgate years back when he was the governor of Lagos state, he was driving himself with just a security personnel in the front seat.
No escort vehicle. That was my own personal experience and I heard it was something he did regularly.
When have you heard Fashola come out to berate other governors about that.
Obi was also going about with escort and convoys when he was a governor.
Today he throws shade at others for the exact same thing he did and headless mob clap for him

Please how was Peter moving when he was a governor.
Can Peter swear that he moved around without a convoy?
This boy keeps thinking every Nigerian reasons like his Obidient minions

Arrowhead71:
Any leaders that is backing Palestinians is doing it because of its domestic politics, and pressure nothing more
Politicans are the same all over the world,..self interests.. so don't think they care for Palestinians or Israel
Ask those that is making empty mouth in UN to send soldiers to fight in Gaza or Ukraine whether they will answer you

LoL Spain and Italy are doing so.
Not everyone makes empty mouth and thinks the same way you do.
The UNGA is not a place for such.
You think the UNGA is a play ground for you and your mates?

Who else is remaining in this party?

If they were not caught, their brothers would be here shouting "bandits!!" Fulani this and that.

Just watch how they will come and claim that the police arrested innocent people

Wizardslayer:
What's the meaning of Slovenia??

Butterfly calling itself bird.

They should all go and kneel down and beg Donald trump if they want Israel to reconsider, but before that they should free all the hostages.

Some of you just carry your phones and ignorantly throw words around.
Do you know what is currently happening in UNGA?
If you have any idea what issues are are discussed in UNGA you won't ignorantly be saying this.

And seeing that this is the largest gathering of world leaders yet you don't know the main topic of discussion shows how completely ignorant you are yet you are quick to throw insults at Slovenia

Legendary leader.
Dude was born with this thing called leadership.
Unfortunately someone who cannot point at any of his commissioners after 8 years as a governor thinks he can stand in the same room with the Jagaban

MrSly:
KANU may not be a saint but he has to be released with immediate effect. Sunday Igboho was released.

Sunday is even a freedom fighter like kanu. In ugly cenerio terrorists under there umbrella of bandits and Boko Haram are releases with special treatment my Nigerian govt. Why are they still holding unto kanu?

Please can you tell us anywhere Sunday did the things Kanu did.
Threatening a siting president.
Encouraging his supporters and foot soldiers to go about killing police officers and destroying private and public properties
Just to mention a few.
Please tell us just 1 that Sunday did...
Please

They are demanding Kanus release at Abia state government house
Tell me something about lack of wisdom

iykofias:
No such thing as South-South.


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We know you are trying to act like you know a lot.
But this that you have said is what being half smart and confident does.

There is a difference between Geographical zones and Geopolitical Zones.
The South-South and North Central are Geopolitical Zones....
Get your social studies text book

Zeekzeek:
This is nonsense, does the dead has need for this.

Take care of the living and you are disturbing the dead with useless award.

How old are you?

budaatum:
Exousiang01 claims only those who can afford Rolls Royce buy it now, when it was what everyone must have in the days. They even sent dansiki to my sister and I in London when born, and it pained me when I outgrew it and it was given away.

It's death in my home town is devastating. Jobs and skills were lost, and I almost wept when I saw Made in China in Mapo.

I'm currently fighting the development of land in front of my grandma's house because of my memory of the ofi made there when it was more like Datsun than Rolls Royce. But I guess some are happy that its "those rich folks at weddings" affording and wearing it now and not poor him.

Oga try to read and understand.
I he was mocking them using traditional method, and I was using Rolls Royce which is hand made as an example.
Will he mock Rolls Royce for their cars been hand made instead using tech

Esthered:
Someone who was in traffic yesterday said there were Dangote trucks on the road sir. It depends on where you passed.

The Dangote trucks rolled in from about 12:30am.
That traffic had been there all day, so how is it the Dangote trucks that caused the traffic?

ntyce:
You failed to add that the congestion was as a result of trucks leaving Dangote Refinery.
Is there a need for another road corridor to Lekki, Yes
Is there an urgent need for Lagos to Calabar via the coast at such an humongous cost, No

The same traffic that had been on forever before Dangote trucks started rolling in around 1am.
And the Dangote trucks were not even the issue but the trailers and other tankers who were driving wrecklesly , the Dangote drivers were all on one land and they were very well behaved.
I left my office at Ikoyi at10pm and I arrived my Nicon Town Residence at 2am last night.
Sir in your hate for Dangote be truthful.

budaatum:
Iseyin is in Ibadan, Oyo State, lol.

On a serious note, this was huge in my hometown of Ifon Osun in the 70s, but died off in the 80s. I once went to Mapo in Ibadan and was surprised how much Made in China there was, which made me think a lack of innovation is killing us as we don't evolve what we do.

Look how you open your mouth waaaaah to display your ignorance.
The best and most expensive Aso-Oke are traditionally.
You see those rich folks at weddings that's what they were.

What you just did is like mocking Rolls Royce for their cars been hand crafted.

Racheal45:
First Lady tell us say u want the library Named after u we go understand
How u won take celebrate pass this one

And what exactly would be wrong with that?
What have you, your family and friends done for Nigeria as doing what you are doing now, which is nag and condemn

aribisala0:
take your advice
Think before you talk

Even under the military government there was nothing like this not under Abacha or Obasanjo who used a Peugeot 504 as military head of state after the street assassination of Muhammad
This is irresponsible and wasteful
Nigeria is a country where we are under severe hardship. We are one of the poorest nations on earth per capita we are ranked 178 out of 189
close to 90% of budget is funded by borrowing. If most of your expenditure is borrowed is this a responsible way to spend borrowed money

Is it not the same president that was recently approached by Umar Mohammed at Murtala Square later said to have mental problems, an alarming and embarrassing security breach. He attends mosques and weddings here and there. Convoy is not security it is irresponsible at that scale especially considering our financial situation

I remember during the primary at Eagle Square he complained about cars there not made in Nigeria

There are several things about the convoy. Not just the obvious excess but the irresponsible driving
Any security expert will point out the vulnerabilities of that convoy. That convoy from a purely technical perspective does not offer the protection you claim it does and the president in his social engagements many which also appear frivolous opens many other fronts for those who wish him evil

After Mohammed's assassination no head of state went about without full escort.
Get your facts right

Do we have the kind of sufisticated security system they have in the UK?

Do you know how many agents are around that route that you cannot see?

Do they have the history of killings of leaders like Nigeria?

Everything is not about comparison.

Try dey think before you talk....

Any country whose leaders have been killed in office like Nigeria will never try that.

You think MI6 and MI5 will just allow the prime minister move around without cover.
Come to London, go close to that car or do anything suspicious around that area and let's see what happens?

Serenitys:
Aside abacha that died in office mention one leader that has been killed while in office, the presidency is even far, mention one governor that has been killed while in office..
Even the case of abacha he still wasn't killed, he died out of health complications..

You have the floor so please do the honors..

Its just to show how you guy's can defend anything, I mean anything..

How old are you?
Please kindly go back to your social studies text book. I am sure you will find the list of former leaders and how some died.

PS Abacha wasn't killed in office, he died in office. You should also go back to your queen primer seeing you don't know the difference

00FFT00:
So, na citizens go dey build or maintain national assets while your lord and savior squanders our money on jets and mansions, abi?.

Basic education is all you need to know that you do not need luxury to use a library.
This library is very important because of people like you.
Reading may redeem you from your ignorance.

E say luxury like say you must drive car before you enter the library or you must wear Rolex wrist watch or Helms and Curtis shirt before you go fit enter the library

securitywatch50:
Well said but how many of his foot soldiers children have he helped to walk the paths

It is not his responsibility to help the children of his foot soldiers down the path, he is only responsible for his children.
It is this nonsense reasoning that makes some people sit down somewhere in the village and feel they can give birth to children for others to raise.

He was at one point a foot soldier he worked his way to where he is today.
Any true loyal foot soldier of his should be able learn from him, watch how he makes his children a priority and replicate it

As far as I am concerned, Soludo, Mba and Oti are the only none APC politicians from the south East who understand Nigerian politics

BigBreezeBabs:
That one is most useless among the 6 SW governors, filled by Jackson 5 Adeleke.
Those 2 are disgrace to SW

You dey call Adeleke, some of us don even forget say that state get governor

TheBizGenius:
An alternative route; BAT could have kept back the excess accrued revenue and use it straight from the federal government to the people.

But
1. It would have been constitutionally wrong.
2. He wrongly assumed that the governors, being closer to the people, would definitely be ashamed if they don't do anything more for the residents of their states.
3. He felt the more the money, the more the governors would work and the more he would be able to justify the taxes he hopes will be the bedrock of sustainable revenue for the country.

Unfortunately, he didn't envisage that,
1. The governors may not have "shame".
2. The governors never wanted to do more work, [/b]even if more Monty comes in.

We are all in a quagmire because [b]he didn't think it through.

Basic social studies in primary school and should tell Nigerians that it doesn't work that way.
The state and local governments are closer to the people and they are the arms of government with the responsibility to reach directly to the people.
Nigerians are just ignorant of how government works that's why you all call Tinubu out about everything.
There is hunger, yes have we asked our state what the commissioner for Agriculture is doing about it?
Let's at least get knowledge on governance before attacking the FG.
Despite all these monies lecturers in state owned universities are unpaid but Tinubu is to blame, is it the responsibility of the FG to pay lecturers in state owned institutions?
The government primary schools are under the local governments what are the chairmen doing?

But my question is what else could he have done?
He can't go from state to state governing their affairs. It is the responsibility of the people elect credible people to govern them. There is is just so much the FG can do.

Give them state police now and watch them arrogate themselves to position of deities instead of setting up working systems to secure the state.
How can one think that Baylelsa Delta Ondo and co have governors ,this allocation they talk about are not even part of the 13% oil derivative they get ohhh

Apcshit:
APC is a party of thieves .,the governors can't boast of a project

Governors of other parties also recoeded huge increase in the allocation.
OGD who is speaking is an APC senator.
This is not about party.
You lots need to think more before talking

LagosOrigin:
With Aregbesola, Fayose , Oyinlola, Kayode fayemi in ADC, Where will tinubu get votes in south west ?

This were the people that helped him get the little votes he got in the last election . Sanwo olu was governor when Peter Obi humiliated tinubu in Lagos in the last presidential election, Sanwo olu is a lighter weight politician, he can't do much for tinubu in Lagos meaning, Peter Obi will still defeat tinubu again in Lagos in 2027.

How wild your imaginations run needs to be studied.

Even when Fayemi himself has denied the claims of his partnership you lots still imagine it and run with it.

Same way you imagined Peter won the presidential election even tho Peter himself could not even say it in court