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Lol...so funnily put. D guy was a real bad a.s's but I believe there r more equally as "bad" as him currently serving. Maybe dey should b unleashed instead of all ds old cargoes we keep recycling.

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Al Mustapha will get a presidential pardon before Omenka. They should both have been standing same trial but Omenka fled to Brazil. Remember that Brig Sambo and Gen Bamaiyi are also still in jail over cases Omenka is involved in.

Yes, Azazi headed DMI, later d COAS and retired as CDS amidst controversies of his connection in case of missing weapons from Army armoury in Kaduna that ended up in Niger Delta militants hands.

@ Degis,

Lol...I like ur firmness.

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Hardywltz,

R u seriously serious?!...Col Omenka, a national fugitive on run in Brazil ? Wow! FYI sha, Azazi headed DMI too

@naptu2 and @999_666,

Tnx guys for d favour.

@all, now follow d bolded;

[quote author=999_666]* He was an embarrassment to Ijaw, Niger Delta – Militant group

By Kingsley Omonobi, Emma Amaize and Festus Ahon

For President Goodluck Jonathan, the sacking of the National Security Adviser (NSA), General Owoye Azazi, on the heels of the insurgency in the North that has claimed hundreds of lives, did not come easy, Sunday Vanguard was made to understand at the weekend.

Left to the president, sources said, he would have preferred to retain the NSA, believing that, with time, solution would be found to the challenge of the insurgency.

But Jonathan’s trip to Rio De Janeiro, the Brazilian capital, where he attended a sustainable development summit alongside the heads of state of many other countries, played a crucial role in deciding Azazi’s fate.

Presidency sources said the president approached some of his colleagues at the parley to help on the foreign direct investment (FDI) drive of his administration but was told in unmistakable terms that it was difficult in the face of the high level insecurity occasioned by the terror attacks in the country.

“President Jonathan was told to be more decisive in tackling the insecurity challenge if he was serious about the FDI drive of his administration”, one source told Sunday Vanguard.

The source added: “It was against this backdrop that the president toyed with the idea of trying another security machinery to combat the terrorism challenge, hence the removal of the NSA”.

Azazi was removed, on Friday, along with the Defence Minister, Alhaji Haliru Mohammed Bello.
The NSA is the second security chief to be removed since the insurgency challenge in the North spearheaded by the Boko Haram Islamists began.

Hafiz Ringim was sacked as the Inspector General of Police in January after an alleged high profile terrorist, Kabiru Sokoto, under arrest, escaped from police custody.

Jonathan’s trip last week, to Brazil for the Rio + 20 Summit on Sustainable Development amid terror attacks in Kaduna and Yobe States, in itself, generated some furore.

The president was accused of being insensitive.

Sunday Vanguard learnt that Jonathan was at pains in relieving the NSA of his appointment in the wake of “the international community’s position on the Nigeria’s insurgency”.

A source said the president related with Azazi as “an uncle” and found it difficult to fault his advice on security matters notwithstanding the spate of terrorist attacks in the North.

The source traced their relationship to the past when Jonathan was the Bayelsa deputy governor and the NSA the chief of the army staff.

Persona non-grata
Meanwhile, the Niger Liberation Force, NDLF, a militant group in the Niger-Delta, yesterday, declared the sacked NSA a persona-non-grata in Ijaw communities in the region, including his country home, Peretoru-gbene in Bayelsa state.

The group, in a statement by its spokesman, “Captain” Mark Anthony, welcomed the removal of Azazi for incompetence, saying he was an embarrassment to the Ijaw nation and Niger-Delta.

The group said: “The leadership of Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for the sacking of General Andrew Owoye Azazi(rtd) who was the National Security Adviser to President Gooodluck Jonathan for incompetence”.

“The NSA was an embarrassment and failure to Ijaw nation/Niger Delta and to the President’s kitchen cabinet as the man misled the President with his archaic classroom military tactics that did not work out in practical combatant operations.

“The sack decision by Mr. President is a wise decision that came almost too late as he was seen overtly incompetent, which brought Mr. President and Nigerian government to international ridicule and embarrassment on security matters.

“NDLF had called for the sack of the NSA for long since he was found, obviously derailing, which result had put hundreds of Nigerians into untimely death by the Boko Haram extremists’ activities through bombing worshipping centers and other public places”.

The militant group went on: “For the record, the sack of NSA, Andrew Azazi, is unconnected with his publicized accusation against the PDP -led government of fueling the current insecurity and bombings in northern parts of the nation. But it was a clear show of incompetence on his part.

“One could recall that in 2010, when NDLF had a gun confrontation with the Joint Task Force (JTF) and the JTF lost the battle, the Nigerian Army, under the watchful eyes and supervision of the sacked NSA, sent JTF soldiers to test run their newly acquired military planes and other lethal weapons on an Ijaw town of Ayakoromor on the 1st of December, 2010, thereby causing genocide on harmless and innocent ancient community.

“As God does His things, Boko Haram, from the North, sprung up by killing innocent Nigerians in hundreds under the same Azazi’s security supervision, but he failed to deploy the same military war planes and other lethal weapons to bomb some northern towns to stem further suicide bombing as he commanded in the case of the Niger -Delta militancy.

“But, to our surprise, the former NSA cleverly dodged his responsibility by being afraid of his former generals and ex-military heads of state from the North by shifting blames carelessly and raising accusing fingers at the ruling PDP of brewing the insecurity in the nation.

“How does PDP politics cause suicide bombing of churches and killing of innocent Nigerians? And that prompted Mr. President to demand further explanations from the incompetent NSA for his unguarded outburst”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/the-nsas-sack-how-azazis-fate-was-sealed/[/quote]

Well my brother, ds makes d second NSA to be fired in abt 2 years and d situation has only got worse, so what will happen if it doesn't get better in another 9-10 months,... u fire again? Can't u see who d joke is on? If u read d link u would hav realized dt according to d report, decision to sack him was after Mr president was told In clear terms by other world leaders that his investment requests r jokes with current security situation. That was a clear label of INCOMPETENCE, hence he probably had to blame someone else by throwing a waiting scapegoat called Azazi d loud mouth under d bus.

On Dansuki, I don't have anything particularly against him other than he belongs to d old brigade, I hav only asked if its not possible to get a younger and more "generic" professional to do d job. Think abt Condi Rice being NSA.

Someone with computer access should please place d whole story as I'm only with a phone.

One thing I will like us to keep In mind is dt based on d direction of opinion on other threads, Azazi has been castigated terribly over little knowledge we hav of what happened behind d scene, and more on what we assumed to be. So much that someone described him as being cerebrally deficient for d job.

I'm not here to support Azazi, afterall he goofed by making such controversial public statement and still waited to be disgraced out when he could hav honourably stepped aside. All I'm asking is dat we shouldn't be so quick to "join d multitude to commit evil" by hanging Azazi over matter we know so little about.

This story simply added another angle to it that he might have just been made a scapegoat for international community to hav d feel dt d "boss Is still in charge".

But a question comes to my mind, can't we have a much younger and "digital" professional brought in to handle d post with zest like Ribadu did with EFCC job a la Edger Hoover of FBI versus old horses like Gen Gwarzo, Gen Azazi and now another old school in Col. Dansuki ?

Happy reading.

burkutu: Imho,the post of nsa is a very cerebral one. Nigerian army officers whether serving or retired are not known for their intelligence.i just don't understand why the post must be given to an army officer. Dammit,the variables the nsa has to juggle to make strategic decisions goes beyond knowledge of weaponry and deployment of troops ffs.

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Abeg Oga Burukutu, do u mean to say that Azazi is unqualified for d job ? Maybe u should google his profile and come back to reply.

If there's anything worth remembering abt Nigerian politics, it is dt appearance is almost always far from reality. GEJ is internationally certified dunce, Azazi has vocal diarrhea. No one is sure of exactly y ds action took place. How cant it b dt his fate has been decided since d day he talked too much and his boss only waited for a right time to hang him as sacrificial goat.

The spate of killings is sickening. We have lost our humanity as a people.

I won't distance this from the weak leadership at the center. Ask me why? Remember O.A.U Ife killings of 2001? Obasanjo removed d VC, Prof Wale Omole immediately and police waded in strongly. None of d perpetrators expected d forceful response from FG. It sent a strong msg to all other schools and VC's who started cleaning up their systems. Everybody sat up and mellowed down. Since then we enjoyed d respite we had until things started falling apart again.

[quote author=Frank-C]Lots of propaganda going on here. I always frown at a vocal few that claim the spokesperson position of many. This trend appears that if Oshomole wins, then it is free and fair but if he loses, then the election is rigged. That is very childish in my opinion.
I never believed that Fashola's opponent could get upto 1% of the votes in 2011 elections going by what we read on internet especially NL. Elections are conducted on the field, not on NL and you can never claim to know what all Edo voters are thinking until they cast their vote!!![/quote]chief, nobody is saying PDP wont get some fraction of votes, d point is dat greater mass of the people are satisfied and still prefer Adams Oshiomhole to other candidates. Of course they will hav votes from family, friends and loyalists but they will need more that that to make governorship. I'm in benin right now and the support is strong. Edo has never had a governor who performed like Adams and his works are clearly visible. he has solved some major road problems they have suffered for long time when PDP ruled d state and made them think progress is impossible. they have a modernization programme of Benin City which everybody is witnessing so they arent thinking of sending him away at all. PDP market is just not selling there right now. i really think it will b a great achievement if PDP can pull up to 30% of d votes, despite it still being a loss.

I'm in Benin and from all indications, d election will b a walk-over for Osho-baba as he's fondly called. Even Arhavbare knows ds. I watched PDP campaign train yesterday going through part of d city and it was jesting galore from d citizens. It's an open truth that its a mismatch. PDP and ANPP r only fielding candidates for formality sake and in anticipation of court room technicalities dt may come up in future.

But for rigging, ds is not d kind of election u can rig and get away wt. It's logically unriggable. There will b instantaneous reaction from d people. They obviously love d governor and the king very passionately, and ds time they r on same page. Just don't attempt rigging in ds kind of scenario.

i don nearly laff fall comot for chair

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It's obvious that he wasn't d biggest bad devil. He may be brutal, but he was fighting worse villains.

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Dis guy dey crase.

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Una go woundu pesin with grade 1 "iti" for hia. Chai! Every trader wt access to internet and Google don turn professionals and experts overnight. Shuo! I bow for una o!

@ Arosa a.k.a my-sister-is-an-architect,

Nna meen, u f:ck up big time. Ur olodo analysis na small, but d bigger f-up na say u no knw when to STFU.

@Kobojunkie,

Sista mi, e ku agba. How market ma? Abeg just drop d debate, e no get point. Also leaning tower of Pisa has no problem wt d structure itself but d soil which it is sitting. Abeg do ur usual, consult Google. E ma f'ara s'ile o!

Nairaland na wah !

Lolzzzz....

But First Nation na green painted nah, y u call am red?

Wonderful plan. Hope they will carry it through

wow! This is weighty.

crackhouse: how are we sure u are not a bodyguard? Pictures pls

na wetin concern me with u? if u dey find bodyguard u no knw where to go? abi na wc kain question u drink ogogoro finish come dey ask me? abeg go siddon my friend if u no get beta thing to talk

@OP,

i agree completely wt u. i thought abt ds at d very moment i heard d info. it was a diversionary measure and nothing more. agin, i will go along wt @OAMJ, whatever short respite GEJ abd his accolades may have gained by ds move is only temporary. eventually, it MAY be d very rope ds will hang PDP in d south west. on d outstanding issue, i will say dt " d corpse they buried still has its feet outside". it will surely be revisited wt stronger bile

if only half of traditional rulers develop their domains as dis man did, it would hav been a better situation. i have always envied Iloko Ijesha people for having a father and investor in ds man. he built his community. adieu Kabiyesi

Oya Beaf, come and counter Obasanjo with your usual spam writings. Jakumo don mark register already

To me, its another improperly thought out plan. Why? Because about #100bn voters registration exercise couple of years ago could have served effectively as National Identity capture scheme, whereby there won't be need for this separate wasteful expenditure again. Since that window is lost, why not wait for one more year another that will be coming up in 2014 and do an all inclusive exercise?

achi4u: yes i have a command in heglish language...bros
i just contruct that word.

Damn! Supersonic warship? Please tell more about this mysterious esoteric and secret warship and the technology behind it, I'm only just hearing abt it. Also sure that the US DARPA and other sister military research body will pay you handsomely for this Info.

Ds has very little to do wt GEJ, rather kudos should go to the project team, Nigeria Navy, Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye and his collaborator who was d head of Naval Research.

D project was conceived and inaugurated way back in 2008, so GEJ has little or no known contribution to it. D report rather mentioned d current CNS for credit and not d president.

So all you GEJ sheep can take a chill pill and wait for some other more appropriate successful project to lay claim to. But be warned, una fit wait old o! Lol