₦airaland Forum

MARKone:
All I can do is to clap for you, well said. The country is sick, but many of its inhabitants like the chap you lectured are just brain dead.

Indeed. that is why I have stated it above several times that Nigerians are their own biggest enemies. Some of us shouted ourselves hoarse here while trying to bring attention to the monumental looting going on under GEJ that was literally destroying Nigeria. Yet his bigoted Party/ethnic/religious affiliates will come here to insult us and focus attention on our username rather than the message which any upright and honest person working with fact cannot dispute. foe example, they insulted me when I stated the obvious truth which indicated to any pragmatically honest person that GEJ is a crook.

I asked two very relevant questions in the past which, for most honest folks, revealed the crookedness of GEJ and Allison Madueke. i asked:

(1) If the FG (formerly headed by GEJ) and NNPC (formerly headed by Allison-Madueke) were the two sole authorities able to issue marketer licence for operation in the oil sector, then how did this Licences end up in the hands of essentially road side mechanic who had no experience, capacity or expertise to operate as fuel marketers? When these folks predictably went on to scam Nigeria monumentally with the fuel subsidy saga was it not obvious who be dem oga?

(2) Why did GEJ find it acceptable to bin the recommendation of the Ribadu petroleum task force and then even sanctioned a Doyin Okupe-led character assassination war against the former EFCC boss? Again is it not obvious GEJ deliberately failed to close 'Avenues' of looting because him and his gang were benefiting from the sleaze that was making them all instant billionaires and private jet owners?

One does not need to be a rocket Scientist to note that GEJ is a heartless crook who deliberately and callously set out to bankrupt Nigeria as Pastor Bakare claimed our former President would try to do. The major problem is that many Nigerians are very biased, prejudiced, ethnocentric, sentimental and religiously intolerant folks. If not for this then GEJ would have been stopped ages ago because his "I don't give a damn" looting was so brazen and obvious to the extent even the international community broke with diplomatic etiquette to be openly calling out our President as a Crook. They never did this to OBJ or Yar Adua which shows how offensive and inhumanly evil the looting that went on under GEJ to the unbearable repulsion of others.

IbokUtoroh:
i saw 9yrs in that article and i need to ask, was dieziani maduekwe minister for petroleum since 2006 when the indians paid that huge sum of monies to do business in nigeria?
Hv u asked urself what if she wasnt briefed concerning that stalled deal?
Obj shud tell us wat happened why he didnt sign those documents. Another person that shud hv really explain thngs to us is dead, mr lukman, the former minister for petroleum under yaradua.
Read n comprehend before u comment.
Na cheap advice, if u like d mumu urself anyhow.

This is not about Allison-Madueke alone. Let us begin to call a spade a spade in cyberspace so others don't think Nigerians are routinely aberrant, ethnocentric and biased people who can never see or admit the truth. It is pointless defendng Allison-madueke because the crux of the matter, which any honest and upright Nigerian can identify, is about sleazy and thieving practices PDP put in place that was then maintained from one PDP government to the next because the Party is a congregation of heartless crooks and rogues!!!!

GEJ did not break the chain of that looting cycle. Instead, through the likes of Allison-Madueke, GEJ took things to another level entirely. I jokingly call it the 'private jet level. It is right to focus on Alllison-Madueke and the Governance of GEJ because Allison-Madueke was the immediate past Petroleum Minister who supervised the 'bankruptcy' looting which now threatens Nigeria's survival while GEJ was her crooked and unconscionable boss who gave her the free hand to loot Nigeria on behalf of 'awon boyz'. Please let us call a spade a spade and stop the practice of defending some leaders when it is crystal clear they wronged God, man, their nation and destroyed the future of millions .

GEJ and Allison-Madueke are very wicked and heartless crooks. It is as simple as that. Some of us warned Nigeria to prepare for the sleaze coming out today because of our disposition for seeing things for what they are and calling a spade a spade. Whereas many Nigerians let ethnic sentiments and sectional bias cloud their vision and judgement to the extent they defended and continue to defend the very obvious and unconscionable looting Ali Baba (GEJ) and his forty thieves (Allison-Madueke et al) destroyed Nigeria with. Was it not under GEJ that private jets became the transport of choice for all government 'contractors, oil marketers and general AGIPs benefiting from the largesse of an ultra-corrupt government?

I make bold to predict that it will be revealed, with irrefutable proof and evidence, that GEJ is the most corrupt and heartless Nigerian President ever. Next to be revealed, as I stated many times in the past, is that it was GEJ and Allison-Madueke who stage-managed the fuel subsidy scam, the biggest in the history of Nigeria, using their numerous minions and cronies. When some of us were revealing how horribly sleazy and wickedly corrupt Allison-Madueke was as far back as 2011 (see thread below) we were insulted by ethnocentric ne'er-do-well who vilified our character ungraciously and defended their kinsmen/women blindly even when it was obvious these folks were destroying the future of million. Now the evidence is coming out they are still in denial and still failing to face and accept the truth. Nigerians are their own biggest enemies. Unless we begin to put Nigeria first, and shun sentiments of 'my brother/ my village man/my religious affiliate' et al, then progress will be slow for us all.


https://www.nairaland.com/795938/shame-nation-nigerias-petroleum-minister

menxer:
Wailer: so APC has graduated to using foreign high commissioners for their propaganda?

Don't mind them. Majority of them are nothing but ethnocentric bigots and enemies of their own nation's success simply because they are more devoted to the biased worship of some leaders (GEJ, Allison-Madueke, okonjo-Iweala et al) they refuse to see their wrongdoing which has now damaged Nigeria considerably and perhaps even fatally. Go on the thread below, from 2013, to see The Indian high commissioner has not revealed anything new and is not up to 'anti-GEJ/Allison-Madueke' mischief as some suggest here.

Ribadu said precisely same as this Indian high commissioner and even in an official capacity as the head of the Petroleum task force convened by GEJ to deliver solutions for our troubled oil sector. Some of us argued back then that the same people pretending to look for solutions (i.e GEJ, Allison-Madueke et al) are the same crooks looting Nigeria with systematic and fraudulent practices they refuse to repeal even as they had the power to do so. Go to the thread below and see all these 'enemies of progress' in action, and even still actively posting anti-progress drivel today on NL, to note that Nigeria has serious issue. this issue being that it is Nigerians who are the biggest enemies of Nigeria.

Look at a Nigerian, in view of the monumental sleaze and looting revealed today, making excuses for how GEJ disregarded and ignored the Ribadu Petroleum task force recommendations back then when it was obvious to even a child that GEJ was simply disinterested in closing avenues of corruption against Nigeria because him and his pals were the biggest beneficiaries of such corruption !!!!

GEJ himself set up the Ribadu task force which Allison-Madueke headed and supervised yet some chap is arguing inanely that the task force finding, entirely truthful from first page to last, is "politically motivated" against the government. I shake my head for Nigerians. Buhari will succeed in my opinion but he must be ready to ignore and disregard the opinion of many Nigerians since they are childishly perverse, dishonest and prejudicially 'damaged' folks who simply can never say/do what is in the best interest of their own nation because of one bias or the other.


https://www.nairaland.com/1185867/fg-may-dump-ribadu-report/1

franchizy:
I think the FG showed disregard d mallam Ribadus report on the ground dat it was politically motivated by those who does not want this country to move 4ward. There is no how such reports cud b implemented as its recomendations are null, void and worthless. GEJ is working very hard and I urge Nigerians to support his good work and remain patient wit him. He has revotated our airports to world class, he gave us steady power, he reconstructed d Benin / Ore road, Lagos / Ibadan road, East /West Road is now been reconstructed. In my state, Abia state, he colaborated wit our God sent Gov T. A. Orji to rehabilitate all major roads in Aba d commercial hub of Abia state and gave Abians steady power. I wil keep supporting GEJ and our messiah T. A. Orji 4 there good deeds. May God duard and protect dem 4 us all.

sevule:
There are 2 things here
1. A concession deal was signed with India because they buy a lot of crude from us.
2. The NNPC sells oil through intermediaries to India

While we may exonerate the last administration on account of the concession deal, they are wholly to blame for buying oil through intermediaries. You need to read the damning interview again! The Indian high commissioner said that Nigeria is the ONLY country in the world that sells oil through intermediaries! Take note of the word ONLY.

This was obviously done to ensure that the third party agents get illegal fees on EVERY barrel of crude oil Nigeria sells! And if you go back further enough, you would discover that these third party agents are linked to the Minister and corrupt government officials. Diezani obviously didn't want this corrupt practice to stop for 2 reasons

1. The NNPC does NOT want the funds that accrue from the sale of crude oil to be deposited directly with the CBN. They want to be in a position to say how much was received and also decide when and how much of the money they would eventually remit to the Federation
account. Obviously they can quote a much lower figure than was actually received and they can also gain interest by holding on to the funds.

2. The illegal and corrupt kickbacks that the third party agents would receive from the sale of crude oil would obviously find its way back to the Minister, her cohorts and other influential government officials.

I have always said that the NNPC is a CESSPIT of CORRUPTION and this interview obviously proves it. Hopefully the new MD is able to restructure it, nut it would definitely NOT be an easy task. I think it is also high time that the NNPC is privatized.

90% of the response here are the reason I don't bother to poost on NL regularly anymore. Yet the one incisive, intelligent and thoroughly comprehensive response such as you have delivered above deserve a response. Ribadu, through the work of his petroleum task force that GEJ convened and was headed by Allison-Madueke, warned GEJ to amend the condemnable practices of the NNPC abetting corruption and looting against Nigeria. Same as the Indians complain, Ribadu also made it clear that Nigeria must stop, as the only major supplier of crude in the world doing so, selling her crude through traders because this practise enables corruption and looting which is of course detrimental to the growth and development of Nigeria.

Instead GEJ and Allison-Madueke systematically killed the Ribadu report and went on a character-assassination war against the former EFCC boss headed by the odious Doyin Okupe. Some of us warned Nigerians what they were doing was deliberate in their systematic attempt to loot the nations coffers dry. I therefore find it amusing some are here now attacking the Indians, formulating pedantic excuses and regurgitating the usual "our son/daughter is the victim of witch hunt" idiocy that has gotten Nigeria where she is today. Folks should go and read the thread below, from 2013, to see some of us, with precise figures and argument, have done this debate to death and predicted all that is being revealed today about the GEJ government and PDP leadership in general. Thanks for your intelligent, honest and unbiased post . It is 'fresh air' in the sea of idiocy, blindly ethnocentric/partisan and unbelievably dishonest/revisionist talk nairaland is now about. Allison-Madueke and GEJ are big crooks and they directly retained practices that abetted the looting of Nigeria even as they were told continuously to stop the horrid status quo making Nigeria bleed horrendously. That is the bottom line and Nigerians should be thankful, even those that voted for him to continue, that Ali Baba (GEJ) and his forty thieves (Allison-Madueke et al) were ousted.

https://www.nairaland.com/1185867/fg-may-dump-ribadu-report

Gbawe:
Look, stop following others around you worthless cretin. This development, with the disgraceful handling of the Ribadu report, is the sort making the entire world converge in criticism of Nigeria's current leadership. Many areas of National administration are in crisis. When workable solutions are suggested, the entire world has the displeasure of watching the Nigerian government, elected to deliver solutions, playing 'enemy of progress' by discrediting/ignoring those solutions that can turn things around for Nigeria. This is why many, even beyond Nigeria, are now exasperated with "fresh air" and "Mr.Transformation".

Yet clannish and reprehensible folks like you find it expedient to make everything about the "propaganda" of other posters. I just always wonder how people like you were raised to be so mentally unhealthy to the extent you can never rise above biases and affiliations enough to ever call a spade a spade. [size=14pt]Ribadu stated Nigeria is the only major world supplier of crude selling its endowment through traders. [/size]

He suggested this practice, long rejected by others, must stop because it only abets corruption and aids lack of transparency plus mire our oil sector in sleaze and poor accountability. GEJ could demand that this odious practice stops instantly if a solutions provider. He has not done anything and sane folks, throughout the world, even if you are too clannish to be included in that category, must wonder why.

Furthermore, other equally important suggestions were ignored. Yet you can only dishonestly, disgracefully and myopically make this about "propaganda" on a blog when important issues concerning the future of a nation is discussed. Is it "propaganda" GEJ has ignored the solutions suggested? Is it propaganda that 3 months of inaction over the Ribadu report is 3 months of self-inflicted lack of progress for Nigeria? Yet on another topic, your ilk will blame the West for all Nigeria's problem.

I really dislike having to view someone like you as a fellow Nigerian. A Nigerian you are not. A highly clannish and biased person you are. Nothing else explains your jingoistic and biased stance on every issue that makes you comment inanely.

Eshinwaju:
That is d koko of d matter.....the quality of opposition is lacking....in intellectual dexterity...... ..unworthy of a serious debate between great minds........

Completely correct.



@OP.

Thanks for the mention and the nice words. The bottom line is that it is 'mission accomplished' for me personally. PDP has been removed at the center. Furthermore, it is not a no-hoper that has replaced Jonathan and the cabal-centred lootocracy the PDP created to bleed Nigeria since 1999. It is Buhari who is President. We have genuine hope now and real optimism a better Nigeria is ahead.

While Buhari is not infallible I believe he will certainly do his best for ordinary Nigerians. I am confident his best will be enough to set Nigeria on course to achieving the glory God designed for us when he blessed our nation abundantly. I had stated I was leaving after Buhari is sworn in and I am even more convinced this is the right thing to do given how badly Nairaland has degenerated since Buhari was sworn in. The imbecilic and asinine topics now trending are the sort only jobless cretins, attention-seekers, enemies of Nigeria's progress and frustrated losers will find amusing and worth discussing or responding to.

I am no longer interested in discussing cretinous topics with cretins because I do not need to do so anymore as Buhari is now President and it is "job done" for me. My people e don do. Gbawe don tire for all the wahala, senseless insults and brain cells-destroying topics Enough of discussing wristwatches, Spa centers et al when Nairaland is the only place that brings me in contact with such puke-inducing and mindless id1ocy. My daily life is full of challenges and stimulating activities. Business and personal. I cannot justify accommodating Nairaland, as it is today, alongside my daily existence. I mean no offence to anyone but that is the reality for me.

I will now focus my primary efforts on my private endeavors and on-the-ground politics. There is nothing left for me here on Nairaland and the next phase is to engage the government at State and federal level, on the ground, to ensure they are accountable to Nigerians and deliver on their promises. What Nairaland has become, i.e a glorified ALUU-style lynching community, does not lend itself to that sort of endeavor. I had to laugh today when Nairaland's biggest cretin and most shameless attention-seeker opened a thread about Aisha Buhari starting her Spa salon after Buhari became head of state. That sort of thread shows how low this forum has sunk. Sad to say it but no genuinely intelligent, progressive-minded and productive person will remain on Nairaland, as currently contrived, for long. I am thus definitely out for now but will never preclude showing up from time to time when intelligent and genuinely developmental topics are discussed. God bless all those who worked hard and made sacrifices, big or small, to rescue our Country from the PDP. You gave Buhari and the APC a chance and I believe they will not let you down. I am sure history will vindicate you as special people who did something special when your nation really needed your response. Wishing you all the best for the future.

Berem and many Naija-based progressives, I will be in touch and hope to meet you guys soon.

coolitempa:
Where was the SW during janagoat time....did Igbos not corner everything for demselves....if after outing baba there...he starts putting Igbos....then we will withdraw our support and SE how he last...stewpid appointment....

Man mi abeg calm down. Is there anything wrong with Buhari appointing those who have the skills, personality and talent to move Nigeria forward whether they are Igbo, Ijaw , Yoruba, Fulani, Hausa et al? Nigerians will have to accept, very quickly, that Buhari is not GEJ. Many Nigerians still have 'Jonathan hangover' so they automatically expect the nepotistic and clannish approach of GEJ to continue but Buhari will not practice the idea of "you put me there and you own me". Buhari has told us he belongs to all yet is owned by no one.

Let us support his appointees, wherever they are from, so far as they are good men/women of integrity and proven ability who can move Nigeria forward. Time to do away with tribalism and pettiness which we must now replace with the yearning to see stable power supply, adequate healthcare, optimal security, quality education for all, infrastructural development et al for all Nigerians. All those who consider themselves Nigerians, wherever they are from, should join hands in this agitation for good governance.

Personally love and respect Onu immensely. He was always one of the favorites for this position and I am happy, if confirmed, that Buhari has settled for this absolute 'diamond geezer'. Onu is a bridge-builder, a wise man and a calm head. Great appointment from Buhari and an indication of things to come from a government headed by a President who believes in deploying merit, talent and integrity above everything else.

SkyBlue1:
You people think normal Nigerians are stupid and can't see past your bigoted pettiness. Keep chasing shadows and trying to pass pointless noise making as objective opposition and valuable criticism, you are only deceiving yourself and the rest of your minute group - just as happened during the elections.

As proof of the above, and a solid illustration of the antics of malevolent bigots here, below are some of the past posts of the 'ultra-patriotic' OP who is now suddenly interested in Buhari's rightful conduct. The sad thing is that the likes of the OP are simply failing to move on from their deep bitterness at how the Buhari they hate and insulted so much is now their President.

All these threads of pretend concern is their effort at reinventing themselves as 'patriotic Nigerians' offering objective criticism yet their previous post will always disgrace them as nothing but intolerant bigots who cannot stand that "abok1" is now their President. Is it the same bigot who hate Buhari and his religion passionately (Islam) who is now suddenly a fan of Buhari-led Nigeria? The same chap who makes it clear he could not "respect illiterate" (see below) is now insisting what "illiterate must do to please him? Very funny.


https://www.nairaland.com/2078294/us-army-war-college.class-80.buharis/10#29538355

Xetima:
So why not ask your Saint to #ShowHisCertificate. Is that to much to ask from a Presidential candidate

Please, we are not employing a School Headmaster, we are recruiting a president for crying out loud.

https://www.nairaland.com/2080273/buhari-should-provide-copy-certificate/6#29626860

Xetima:
[size=18pt]#Failbuhari_IV is a task that must be accomplished.

#ShowYourCertificate must be pursued relentlessly, no compromise.[/size]

https://www.nairaland.com/2078294/us-army-war-college.class-80.buharis/10#29539386

Xetima:
Please, we don hear. Kindly ask [size=18pt]Ashiwaju Ponzi Company[/size] to show us Buhari's certificate. Shikena

https://www.nairaland.com/2078798/great-message-gen-buhari-tweets#29538623

Xetima:
Respect illiterate? We had Salisu Buhari and now Mohammadu Buhari.

Can you notice the similarities











[size=18pt]CERTIFICATE FORGERY [/size]

SkyBlue1:
You people think normal Nigerians are stupid and can't see past your bigoted pettiness. Keep chasing shadows and trying to pass pointless noise making as objective opposition and valuable criticism, you are only deceiving yourself and the rest of your minute group - just as happened during the elections.

Don't mind them. Absolutely vile and wretched people with no goodness in their soul at all. This is how they made a mountain out of the whole certificate issue. Buhari has followed the law and the legal requirement of asset declaration to the letter by first filing with the CCB. The CCB has to ratify his asset declaration form and declare it accurate before Buhari can begin brandishing such publicly as a correct estimate of his net worth.

In any case it stands to reason that a man with nothing to hide, even as it is entirely discretionary, will declare his asset publicly as soon as conveniently possible and without bigots and ethnic jingoist speaking as if the end of the world is here because Buhari has not shown up at their door with a ratified copy of his asset declaration form. Would a reasonable person, devoid of any prejudice or bias against Buhari, not at least allow two weeks, i.e half the time it took the exemplary Yar Adua to do same, for Buhari to declare his asset publicly? Why make a fool of yourself publicly by hounding Buhari less than 2 days after he was sworn-in as President when it is only your own malevolent ignorance that prevents you seeing that Buhari's asset declaration cannot be made public until ratified and approved as accurate by the CCB? Opposition politics will be 'interesting', to say the least, for the next four years considering it is now mainly ignorant, rash and malevolent ethnic jingoists who have become the opposition.


http://www.hipernetix.com/ccb/faq.html

8. Is President Yar Adua's act of declaring his Assets publicly contradictory with the constitutional requirement?

Answer: No, because the Constitution states that you must declare your Assets to the CCB but the decision to make it public is a personal decision pending when the Constitution gives public access to such declarations.

PassingShot:
Good development!

Indeed. It was expected anyway. Buhari will get the assistance of other leaders because his sincerity is not in doubt.

While TANdroid losers were busy discussing frivolities, i.e the picture of Buhari outside 10 downing Street, it is now obvious our able President was already up and doing, even before his official swearing-in as President, so as to hit the ground running on behalf of Nigeria. I think we can confidently say that 'change' is here.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/britain-to-assist-in-retrieving-looted-funds/

Britain to assist in retrieving looted funds
Posted by: Group in Featured, News 7 hours ago

•Foreign Secretary says 250,000 Nigerians are in the UK
•Bilateral trade hits £7 billion per annum
THE British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron has pledged more assistance for the country in tracking and retrieving looted public funds.
Prime Minister in a goodwill message to President Muhammadu Buhari requested a list of what Nigeria wants to help succeed against the current challenges facing the country.
He asked President Buhari to attend the forthcoming meeting of the “G7” industrialized nations with a “wish list”. The summit is scheduled for June 7-9 in Berlin, Germany.
The British Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Philip Hammond who delivered the message said:”We are waiting for your own list.”

This meeting was a follow-up to an earlier one between the then President-elect and Mr. Cameron in London during which commitments were given to the in-coming administration in several areas, including the fight against terrorism, power and energy and such matters of common concerns of migration challenges facing the continent as well what he called “intelligence fusion” to secure Africa from global terror.
He also raised the issue of “free trade” between the EU and Africa, a proposal he said enjoyed the support of several countries on the continent and in support of which he sought to enlist the backing of President Buhari.
The President promised to prepare the government’s aspirations for the summit which he said he will attend.
And in a statement yesterday in Abuja, Mr. Hammond said his country would assist the Buhari administration to track and retrieve looted funds.
He said the UK believes that Nigeria’s wealth should be spent for the benefit of all citizens.
He said about 250,000 Nigerians are currently residing in the UK while bilateral trade with Nigeria stands at over £7 billion per year.
Besides, Hammond, pledged UK’s preparedness to collaborate in tackling Boko Haram.

Describing Buhari’s ascension to power as important moment for Nigeria, Hammond said: “there are many serious challenges ahead.
“In our conversations with him and his team both before, and since, the election, we have found many points of agreement on both the size and shape of these challenges, and the way to address them.
“In particular we agree with President Buhari’s top priorities: tackling corruption; addressing the root causes of instability in the North East; and stabilising the economy in the face of low oil prices.
“We also stand ready to help where we can with the government’s priority of tackling the diversion and leakage of money so that Nigeria’s wealth can be spent for the benefit of all.
“Nigeria can and should be one of the great African success stories of the 21st Century. The UK is determined to be a close partner as Nigeria reaches that goal. Together we should seize this moment of renewal, and strengthen yet further our long-standing partnership.”
On Boko Haram, Hammond said the UK is “ready to support President Buhari and his new government as they begin their programme for a secure and prosperous Nigeria.

“As we have been increasingly doing over the last year, we look forward to working closely with the Nigerian government and security forces to help them tackle Boko Haram and bring lasting stability to the North East.
“We will share our experiences in building strong security architecture accountable to an informed political system; the two need to work in harmony, to an agreed set of objectives and standards. And we will continue to support the training of Nigerian soldiers to improve their ability to defeat Boko Haram on the battlefield.
“Stability is not delivered by an effective military alone. We are also working extensively with many States throughout the country on development programmes which bring health, education and employment opportunity to communities threatened by instability.”
He said Britain was looking forward to a new beginning for a long-standing partnership with Nigeria.

Activa:
Have u listened to d ekitigate tape?

Do you remember that acn went to d 2011 election on shaky grounds having emerged from an aborted alliance with cpc?

You no dey hear word on the 500,000 margin o? Which kindd analysis u dey do sef?

The guy is a cretin. Did Buhari win a single SW State in 2011? When, in stark contrast to 2011, Buhari wins 5 out of 6 SW States in 2015 then it is obvious it is the irredeemable haters who talk of "margin". The truth is that the SW, led by Tinubu , delivered for Buhari. Only bigots and hateful jokers will dispute that reality.

Activa:
Continue to agonize over nothing.

You need to learn how to be in opposition.

No substance in what you're talking about. Just personal attacks and envy plus bad belle.

Easy o

Indeed. Disgraceful really. At least one would expect some logical and sensible talk now and then yet he talks utter bollocks always. What is the point, for example, of talking about the margin of winning votes Buhari got in the SW while ignoring the very important fact of how Buhari won 5 out of 6 SW States?

Ritchiee:
kpele...cry baby...check your BP man...you could fall down dead suddenly for want of blood because of hate...it sucks the blood..that is after a poor bp level......hate ..hate ....hate ..written all over your vampirous fingers...

Are you minding that character? Him and Chkwudi44 are the most discredited and disgraced posters on Nairaland. He was always shouting that Buhari would never become President and issuing hollow noise of "no GEJ no SS oil". Yet he is now pathetically begging Buhari to jail this and that when him and others swore Buhari would never be President and that GEJ was going nowhere. Abeg forget that chest-beater ojare. Nothing but an empty braggart who is now one of the biggest and most pathetic losers on Nairaland.

chukwudi44:
YOU ARE A TERRIBLE LIAR.I VOTED IN THE SW ,LAGOS PRECISELY AND GEJ WON FREE AND SQUARE IN MY POLLING UNITS.YOUR JAGBAJANTI DRUG BARON DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE SW,INCLUDING SOME SW INDIGENES.DO NOT ALWAYS ASSUME EVERY YORUBA MAN IS A ZOMBIE LIKE YOU.GROUND PLANNER INDEED.WHY DIDNT HE D THE GROUND PLANS FOR HIMSELF

So this bitter bigot lives in Lagos. No wonder he is always foaming at the mouth at the mention of Tinubu. What could be more painful than for you to see Tinubu dismantle your beloved GEJ at federal level and dismiss Agbaje for good at State level. Continue waiting for the 'downfall' and 'cutting to size' of Tinubu. You will wait in vain and, given your age, will probably die of frustration in Lagos. Tinubu, whether you like it or not, has made his name in history. Better let go of the bitterness and move on with your life. At least whatever is left of it anyway.

chukwudi44:
Tell me something dear!!! Tinubu does not want to become president indeed. the fool was trying to impose himself as VP candidate but did not succeed because of the muslim-muslim stuff. Abeg tell that to the marines

And you were there when "Tinubu was trying to impose himself as VP candidate"? You know the only thing more pathetic than unprincipled men who base their utterances on conjecture, market gossip and unproven hearsay? It is unprincipled old men who base their utterances on conjecture, market gossip and unproven hearsay. One would expect age to have conferred wisdom on you but you are clearly an 'agbaya' who is long in the tooth yet behaves and talks like a teenager.

Shymm3x:
It's not that serious. He'll only get affray.

Shymexx, that is not affray. The woman sustained what can be deemed 'serious injury' caused by an attack from an assailant who was not defending himself. That is 100% assault. Definitely qualifies as common assault in my opinion and an aggressive CPS prosecutor may even decide to bump things up to ABH or GBH if the woman had to have stitches/dental surgery and the assailant is a repeat offender.

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/offences_against_the_person/#a05

Charging Assault cases
When deciding on the appropriate charge in most assault cases, prosecutors and police officers should base their decisions on:

The level of injuries that have resulted; and
The likely sentence that the court will pass.
In more serious cases where offences of inflicting grievous bodily harm or wounding with intent or attempted murder are being considered, the level of intent will also be a key determining factor.

For all other cases, it is the level of injuries and the likely sentence that are crucial. In simple terms, Parliament has determined that there should be separate offences reflecting three levels of injury - Common Assault, ABH and GBH.

As a starting point, where there is no injury or injuries which are not serious, the offence charged should generally be Common Assault. Where there is serious injury and the likely sentence is clearly more than six months' imprisonment the offence charged should generally be ABH. And where there is really serious injury the offence charged should generally be GBH.

Specific Offences
Common Assault, contrary to section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1988
An offence of Common Assault is committed when a person either assaults another person or commits a battery.

An assault is committed when a person intentionally or recklessly causes another to apprehend the immediate infliction of unlawful force.

A battery is committed when a person intentionally and recklessly applies unlawful force to another.

It is a summary offence, which carries a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment and/or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum. However, if the requirements of section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 are met, then Common Assault can be included as a count on an indictment. Refer to Summary offences and the Crown Court (Criminal Justice Act 1988 sections 40 and 41; Crime and Disorder Act 1998 section 51 and Sch.3 para.6, elsewhere in this guidance).

Where there is a battery the defendant should be charged with 'assault by beating'. (DPP v Little (1992) 1 All ER 299)

CSTR2:
You obviously don't know much about the military, then ask people who do.
OBJ destroyed your military and made it toothless due to fear of coups.
Is it any wonder why they lack weapons to fight BH until very recently.?
It was under GEJ after a very long time that the military began to slowly modernize and procure modern weapons.
This are facts known by most Nigerian military enthusiasts.
Don't dabble into areas beyond your scope next time.

What a joke. Are you guys never ashamed to come out with this highly revisionist and nauseatingly dishonest assertions? So GEJ was "modernizing" the army when he sent them to rig the Ekiti election as the Captain Sagir Koli Ekiti-gate revelation showed? It was under GEJ the Nigerian Army universally became know as a cowardly force that ran from Boko Haram but gathered in thousands to bully and intimidate a civilian electorate during elections. Your pretense to military erudition fools no one because it was under the same GEJ many army bosses, instead of remaining professional and dedicated soldiers, became corruption baron and 'business moguls' who looted majority of the $18 billion disbursed to fight Boko Haram and diverted the money into private business ventures, property empires et al.

My man, give GEJ all manner of phantom 'achievements' you wish to but stay far away from saying GEJ did anything other than destroy, demotivate, corrupt, bastardized and totally emasculate the Nigerian Army. We all saw events play out in 3D before our eyes so spare us the shameless revisionism.

Lucasbalo:
Agreed. I love my ole USA, that guy will meet instant justice here. Putting your hands on a woman here is a big no no.

It's a no-no here also and the law will deal with the assailant harshly. Still, many in the UK, especially in London, are wary of the whole "have-a-go" hero thingy because of how young thugs are usually 'tooled-up' routinely i.e carrying a knife or an offensive weapon. This is why many stay away from intervening in altercations like this even when they want to and are very uncomfortable with what they are seeing. I certainly would have punched-up the coward, and I have done such before, but I would still not advise anyone to do it because it can be dangerous in the UK. Better to call the police if you are not someone who can 'mix it' properly. Many who have intervened to save victims of crime have ended up being attacked and killed themselves for their bravery and nobility. This leaves an impression on the mind of the public to the extent many now believe it is not worth ending up a dead hero.

Lucasbalo:
I guess you are right. I can't believe that some people try to justify what the guy did to that poor old woman. The bigotry on Nairaland is getting very sickening and if you notice that these bigots are never do wells. They are mental midgets and I just ignore them.

Indeed. Those of us who live in the UK know precisely what the guy is. We have encountered them everywhere because they are the over-indulged, uncouth, lawless and badly brought-up yobs who go around menacing society and bullying others with their inconsiderate and intimidating behavior.

look at how the yob even spread his leg and sat as if the bus is his private lounge. He then refused to be reasonable and refused to accede to the simple request he moved his leg from a passageway that should be kept clear if the bus is not overcrowded as was clearly the case here. Approaches may differ but some may feel they should stand up to such inconsiderate behavior as the woman did. Only bigots will support the cowardly antics of that yob because the generality of law-abiding members of society abhors them with some even indignant enough to stand up to their bullying.

Lucasbalo:
You are right. Something like that in Chicago will get that guy killed or seriously injured. No man I repeat , no man, dare put his hands on a woman here. Hopefully, justice will be served.

You can be rest assured this will be so once the yob is apprehended. I am sure he was arrested anyway because the UK is the most CCTV-monitored Country in the world. Even if he managed to get off the bus before the police arrive then he would be tracked down and apprehended shortly afterward.