₦airaland Forum

yerokunphilips:
God help this country . I think we should make a law on Nairaland show us your PVC before you will comments or like . This non sense must stop . This country can stand another 4years of this kind of killing ,poverty etc .My fear is that the people on the other side that can't spell their name have PVC and they are ready to go all the way to be in government . GOD ANSWER PRAYER ,BUT IT WILL IRRESPONSIBLE TO FAIL TO PLAY YOUR PART . YOUR PVC YOUR WEAPON TO ENFORCE CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL WORLD .REMEMBER INEC WON'T COUNT YOUR COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA BUT YOUR VOTE .

be shouting PVC, weather the status quo continues in 2019, the same set of criminals will be at the helm of affairs. In falz words 'this is Nigeria everybody na criminal'

as far as southwest still dey APC, no shaking

FlirtyKaren:
Oluyomi Olawore LLP, the law firm allegedly behind the assault on lawyer Kunle Karimu has finally spoken out after a video, which showed Karimu being assaulted by the Nigerian Police allegedly on their orders, went viral and sparked outrage.

In the new statement Lailasnews.com exclusively received from Mr. Oluyomi Olawore, what he says truly happened is totally different from the narration that went viral with the video.

You recall, Kunle Karimu was said to have been assaulted by the police after he confronted his former boss to demand for his salary.

Please read below the statement Lailasnews.com received from Oluyomi Olawore LLP:

Alleged Contracted Assault on Mr Kunle Karimu 
Preamble:



I have watched the viral video of Mr. Kunle Karimu (my former colleague in chambers) being assaulted by Policemen and I state without equivocation that I did not give any instruction to that effect and find his treatment reprehensible.

The assault of any person (whether by a private citizen or law-enforcement officer) is unacceptable and should be deprecated.

I have become aware that a lot of public condemnation has followed the publication of the viral video, and much of that condemnation and opprobrium has been visited on me.

It has been alleged that I treated Mr. Karimu badly as an employee and when he called at my office to demand his rights, I invited the Policemen to assault and threaten him.

Mr Karimu has also put forward his own story making a number of allegations against me. I make bold to state, categorically, that the allegation that I contracted Policemen to assault him is untrue and an unwarranted smear campaign.

What really happened between Oluyomi Olawore LLP & 
Kunle Karimu?

Mr. Kunle Karimu was employed in my law firm and assumed work on 3rd July, 2017 as a Junior Counsel.

In my view as his supervisor, his performance on the job was less than satisfactory but as a responsible employer and a much older lawyer, I was loathe to dismiss him as I did not want to have his record tainted with a dismissal and I felt that he could be encouraged to improve.

Eventually, it became clear that he could no longer continue with us and rather than dismiss him, he was advised at the end of May, 2018, to resign. He sent in his letter of resignation in early June and it was accepted.

He was to work for the whole of June 2018 and receive his salary for June. I felt that he could use the one month period to look for another job.

Upon acceptance of his resignation in early June 2018, I issued him a cheque post-dated to 29th June, 2018 for his total June salary (which he accepted) – so that at the end of the month there would be a clean break.

By our practice, salaries are paid either by cheque (which are pre-crossed from the bank) or bank transfer. Mr. Karimu did not complain about the cheque being crossed.

About a week into June, 2018, Mr. Karimu became very disruptive in the office and was distracting the other staff. He was told to stop work on Friday 8th June, 2018 but still keep the salary already tendered to him for the whole of June 2018.

Surprisingly, on Monday 11th June, 2018, he came to the office. When I saw him I insisted that his employment had ceased and he should leave. He left the office.

On the 29th of June, 2018, Mr. Karimu sent the cheque back through my secretary, who had gone to the bank for some transactions – with a message that I should open the cheque. I replied that he should pay in the cheque as he could well do ordinarily.

He then barged into our office, came to my inner office and demanded forcefully that I open the cheque. He cut-off the CCTV monitor, locked the door to my inner office leaving me alone with him.

I was apprehensive of what he might do and given that it was a glass door, I called out to one of the lawyers to proceed to Lion Building Police Station for help – fearing a breach of the peace and likely assault on my person.

I did not call in thugs or engage in self-help. I believe that as a responsible citizen and officer of the law, I was entitled to call for the Police to arrest a worsening situation.

However, I had no interaction with the policemen before the incident or during the incident.

Whilst waiting for the Police to arrive, Mr. Karimu suddenly unlocked the door to my inner office and went out. I thought it was all over, not knowing until much later that he actually went to lock up the main door to the office. He returned to my inner office to lock me in with him again and became agitated and started making phone calls.

I heard him asking the person(s) on the other end of the phone whether they were set. He then called my secretary and told her to let my wife know what was happening to me.

Subsequently, he demanded that I make an immediate online transfer to him, which I refused to do (being apprehensive of the risk of logging into my online account under duress).

My other colleagues in the office were calling and at a point I answered the phone and put it on speaker for the people outside to speak to Mr. Karimu, but he refused to engage with them and they could not enter my office, hence I eventually succumbed to his harassment and aggression and opened the crossed cheque to enable him cash same over the counter.

This event transpired over a period of about 2 hours and my emotional state (being locked into my office and threatened by an aggressive and very hostile young man) could only be imagined.

Mr. Karimu then unlocked the door and left my office whilst I was still petrified and quavering about the drama that had just unfolded. At that point, two of the lawyers came to my office to inform me that Policemen were slapping him, and I instructed them to immediately tell the Policemen that they should leave Mr. Karimu alone and I was in any event not pressing any charges.

Throughout the incident (from the time Mr. Karimu barged in and locked the door up to the time the Policemen came and left with him), I was in my inner office and did not know or see what had happened as he had earlier cut-off the CCTV monitor.

I state categorically that I did not order his beating as I had no right or power to and in any event that is not in my character. I am a firm believer in the rule of law and would not take any unlawful action against anybody (and especially not against a fellow colleague).

In this matter, I was a victim of the aggression and harassment of Mr. Kunle Karimu who had a valid cheque properly signed by me in his hand but insisted on holding me hostage and under subtle threat in my office until I opened the cheque for him to cash over the counter.

If I had been strangled or harmed in any other way by him, I guess the narration would be very different now.

Now, however, I have been vilified and called all manner of names by some colleagues and others who have not bothered to hear my own side of the story. Happily, there are witnesses who can testify as to what happened in my office that day.

I end by reiterating that the Policemen were invited to prevent a breakdown of law and order within the confines of the law.

Source - https://lailasnews.com/exclusive-oluyomi-olawore-llp-lawyer-behind-alleged-assault-on-kunle-karimu-finally-speaks/

I can smell lies here

maximunimpact:
Before I use to frown at seeing people write about islamisation agenda of APC and Buhari, but now I see it clearly enshrined in cattle colony cum grassing ranch. Why threaten Nigerians with death for their ancestral land? But good news is the plan has failed because Buhari has already lost in 2019

dey there dey campaign, buhari winning 2019 election is already a fait acompli

one thing we should know is that not how many people that attend a campaign rally determines who wins an election but the entire voting populace, there is no real business in the whole of ekiti except for civil service jobs and as almost everyone is not engaged in any meaningful business they will have the time to attend any event happening in town, it is largely the same crowd that attended the APC rally that now gathered to witness that of PDPs

Neyoor:
Is 9ice no more S.A to Governor Ajimobi of Oyo state?

Abi what is he doing at PDP rally?

9ice go chop now

Esseite:
Sorry sir, how did you check their records?

-Do Nigerians now use passport to travel within?
-Or is their a means of identity to get voters card?
-Were you issued birth certificate of them?
-If they all had legitimate means of income for proper identification, why are they being conveyed in trucks?
-did they come in through the airports?

as an immigration officer you will identify an alien when interrogated and it is not unusual seeing northerners conveyed in trailers in large numbers like cows travelling down south.

ifeoluwa5050:
I want to set up a piggery farm, I needed help from people who have the idea on How to set it up and to give me all necessary information about pig....your advice count.d thanks E

if you live around Lagos I will advice that you go to Lagos state pig farm located in Oke Aro in Agbado area of Ogun state close to Iju ishaga Lagos. It is a large piggery farm that you can rent pens and start your piggery business.

though I condemn this bill due to the immaturity of our politicians who are to be in command of the state police as governors in their various states, the bill will hardly come into fruition because the core northern states' house of assembly will overwhelmingly vote down the bill. the northern states will be threatened by equipping some group of people with guns in the name of state police to perpetuate secession.

this is propaganda, go to uyo market you can't get the rice, our politicians revel in dishing out lies in the name of achievement. let's ask ourselves where is Lagos/kebbi lake rice and the much talk about anambra 'now exporting' rice. Deceit everywhere

believe this at your own peril

I hope this issue of state police is well thought out, our politicians are not matured enough for each state governors to be put in command of their various states' police, imagine a state official who commits a crime with the backing of the governor and the federal police is on his trail then the the state police under the command of the governor is used to shield him from arrest. and during election governors can use them to intimidate opponents.

I don't understand what the police will benefit with this blatant lie from the approximately, the protest was shown on TV and the policemen were on the street holding neem tree branches with some wearing mask to conceal their identity and some even spoke with the reporter, yet Mr moshood claims they are not protesting but complaining. there are so many ways a good public relations officer can put this protest than denying it. things like this will make the generality of the public to doubt the police when they release statement about their activities especially when they need to defend the actions or inactions of their officers even with the negative public perception of the force

Troublemaker007:
Mumu. I have no atom of pity for him. Very selfish and greedy ediot. People who brought this ediot to the spotlight, he betrayed them all just because his so called family and pastor advices him to. Now he is broke, they all deserted him. Karma is a biatch.

Before you quote me and talk nonsense, I know him very very well.

your moniker says it all about.you

Horlaboy51:
Oyo, Ogun and Osun have more applicant than lagos and lagos have the largest population in southwest.

90 percent Lagosians are non indigenes, and the computation is based on applicants states of origin

Arsenalholic:
*fold hands and shakes head in pity*

I watched those games and wondered why we were mightily outnumbered. Especially when I know that Nigerians are residing in Russia in large numbers.

Their fans were whistling at our players and their noise drowned out the noise of whatever few Nigerians had the chance to be there.

Now I see the reason why. What a pity! What an absolute pity!

I can't even find the right words to describe this disgraceful act. This is the reason why Nigeria will continue to tank at major tourneys like this. Kai! What kind of rotten "leaders" (scum.bags, more like) are these?

we are hugely outnumbered in the stadium not really because tickets are sold by NFF to Argentina supporters but very few Nigerians can afford travelling to Russia for the world cup even most people here working in the so called blue chip companies can't afford travelling abroad for holidays on average 500k salary. most Nigerians we see their are our celebrities, politicians, captains of industries, diaspora compatriots and some of them with their family members

Vianna:
Panadol oga na master


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjRv9RXy2Y

the panadol extra commercial I really like most is that of ' my name na patito I be first class truck driver' featuring a pot bellied short man as patito the truck driver

omo onile wan chop but die in the process, madam no worry the gecko mistakenly fall into your pot of soup

this accident was waiting to happen and it did, more like this will still happen and not because the gods are angry but nothing will be done by the authorities to stop any reoccurrence, the solutions? they know but no political will to do it. The otedola bridge descending and ascending on both side of the Lagos/ibadan express are very dangerous and it has always been scenes of carnage on the Lagos side of the road not really because of the steep slopes but that of the unworthiness of articulated vehicles plying our roads unchecked by relevant govt agencies. The day govt will focus attention on these trucks, they will resort to blackmail by embarking on strikes that will cripple fuel supplies and cause qeues at filling stations that we the people will be the one calling on govt to let them be, before we know it the tankers will be back in their state of unworthiness till the cycle continues and we keep dying avoidable agonizing deaths. govt should put it feet down and stop this blood, sorrow and tears at once.

https://www.nairaland.com/newpost?topic=4587109&post=68892872after your the conclusion of your corruption case and you are convicted accordingly with your term to be spent in Laura namoda prison then we can have our oduduwa republic without corruption tainted people like you. when u dey chop during obasanjo and Jonathan regime, u no call for oduduwa regime, now wen jail dey luk u for face na im u want make Nigeria dabaru. anofia

OfficialAPCNig:
A man that says Abacha is not corrupt is corrupt.

Another 4 years of Buhari's calamity will turn Nigeria into a waste land. The North as a result of hunger, MB as a result of fulani terrorism, SW as a result of yoruba moslems. Only SE/SS will escape unscathed.

dey there dey dream

I will cry for madam obi for always crying out against bad governance, corruption, aloofness of government on killings and kidnappings. one thing reno should know is that obiageli is neither a beneficiary of the Jonathan thieving regime like him nor a beneficiary of Buhari's confused regime, her criticism has been always constructive and objective.

Saraki is corruption personified

this is the reason why gbaja can afford to gift his wife a car worth 100 million naira and still afford a house on banana island and insult us by saying he has been saving for the car for years, Money is being wasted in the name of making laws, these people are suppose to scrutinize the executive to make governance efficient and accountable but they collude to rob the treasury and make laws to favour themselves to the detriment of larger society.

articulated vehicles should be restricted from the ojuelegba flyover, the service lane to under the bridge through abalti barracks gate is the alternative. ditto jibowu _ western avenue flyover, the trucks should pass through kalakuta / jibowu to link ikorodu road. Enough of these carnage.

the only good news I have heard from the current house of reps is the proposed bill criminalising estimated energy billing, and I hope the bill will be passed eventually and enforced by the executive.

as lanre gentry money don't dey run dry, she quickly port to her sugar daddies and result don't come in quick quick, wehdone aunty mercy

Cyynthialove:
Rivalry, agreement and disagreement are inevitable because those things are characteristics of human being. Once you remove the aforementioned, then humanity seize to exist.

Even here in Yoruba land, the discrimination is more stronger that we thought. Ife and Modakeke no dey take eyes see each other, Ife don't marry Modakeke and vice versa.
What of Ogun, some of my people are afraid to marry Ogun man due to juju . As for Ijebu, we see them as lesser Yorubas and have no regards for them.
I don't want to discuss about Yoruba Christians vs Yoruba Muslims because even kids can read the handwriting on the wall concerning such matter ..

Summary: Every tribe has internal crisis, but always quick to come together and fight their common enemies.

u are just saying what you don't know, all what u posited here are figments of your imagination, the term Yoruba Muslims and Yoruba Christians only existed in u people's imagination just to divide the Yoruba's but you are wrong. Yoruba's are one and for ur info, in most Yoruba family and homes we have members who are Christians and Muslims.

another white elephant, cargo airport ko, Congo airport no. this is a project that has no impact on the generality of the people of bayelsa, there is a nearby airport at port Harcourt and doubt if the airport when completed will be commercial viable because it will be under utilized, it will only benefit the elite flying through with their jets

religion is the greatest scam that ever befallen humans

we can believe anything, fools everywhere. glory ko ogo ni

the mystic pig don talk am: Nigeria