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Thank God one of them is already talking, seems he heard some of us.

It’ll trigger serious violence – Okonkwo

JANUARY 9, 2012 BY SIMON UTEBOR 3 COMMENTS

The Presiding Bishop, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Dr. Mike Okonkwo, has faulted the Federal Government on the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.

Okonkwo, at a news conference in Lagos on Saturday, warned that if the subsidy issue was not carefully handled by the government, it would trigger violence of monumental dimension.

The cleric, therefore, advised the government to put the subsidy removal on hold until Nigerians were properly educated on the issue.

He also said removing subsidy at a time Nigeria was facing a rising wave of insecurity was ill-timed and wrong.

He noted that the abrupt manner in which the subsidy removal was carried out offended the sensibilities of Nigerians who desired a fairer deal from the government.

The cleric said, “There is need for caution at this stage. We cannot afford to drag Nigeria back to the stone age because the government has failed to discuss the issue with the people.

“I agree that the breakdown of infrastructure did not start with the Goodluck Jonathan administration. However, Jonathan should go back to the drawing table. This is because Nigerians do not understand the subsidy situation very well. Therefore, the government should put the issue of subsidy on hold until there is proper education.”

Okonkwo urged Jonathan to ensure that the refineries were made to work and those frustrating the functioning of the refineries were brought to book.

He said Nigerians could only have faith in the Federal Government only when those involved in corrupt practices were arrested and prosecuted.

He said the system of shielding sacred cows who had frustrated the functioning of the country’s refineries was a big problem that needed to be tackled if Nigeria must develop.

Okonkwo asked the states and Federal Government to slash the salaries and allowances of government functionaries.

He urged the government to deal with the threat posed by Boko Haram decisively.

http://www.punchng.com/news/itll-trigger-serious-violence-okonkwo/

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no one says they should carry placards but why is most of them not talking at all? either for or against? why? if the lives of their members become worse, won't it affect them?

yes, they force people to give tithe and offerings because they love to quote Malachi like a national anthem every Sunday, threatening us with locus and canker-worm if we don't pay tithe.

if you don'y give tithes, you're a sinner in their books!

ronkebp:
What do you want them to do for you and Nigeria?, that you can't ask God directly for.

WHEN IT'S TIME FOR TITHE AND OFFERINGS, THEY DO THE COLLECTING ON EARTH AND THEY CLAIM TO REPRESENT GOD ON EARTH, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIGHT FOR THE MASSES, YOU SAY I SHOULD ASK GOD TO COME DOWN AND MATCH WITH US? SMH!!!

i can see no one wants to talk here, is it that people fear and worship these men of "God" or they just don't know what to say?

kunjohn4:
15000 euro n will they sell fast? cos i will only have 1month to sell n return back 2 by base?

just one month? well then i am sorry you can't achieve that!

otedola about to get his aszs spanked!

kunjohn4:
@honeric01 u think I can do dat with €15000?

yes, you mean fifteen thousand pounds right? if yes, then you can invest that in electronics and accessories.

^^^^

Try importing electronics (laptops, phones, accessories e.t.c)

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WHERE ARE THE PRO-SUBSIDY REMOVER TO GIVE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS?

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[size=18pt] oh you expect them to sleep on the ground in rags or go about destroying government properties? how else should they have a peaceful protest? [/size]

people are getting more aware and are coming out more, the more it goes, the larger the crowd becomes,

the students's been home for 2 months now due to ASUU strike, more are coming out.


@Koikoi

they don't need to be funded because those coming to sing are doing it for free and most of what you can see there were arranged by everyone.

i haven't really made anything today, thanks to phcn and thanks to scarce and expensive fuel!

WHERE IS OUR PASTORS?
by Lugard Ekhator on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 12:41pm

Fellow Nigerians, it is very sad and disturbing at this critical moment of our collective push, for a better standard of life of the Nigerian populace, the silence of our so called Daddy GOs, Bishops, Pastors and their co-travellers.

The Nigerian masses are in the Streets, protesting the painful and arbitrary increase of Petrol price, by President Goodluck Jonathan, in the name of removing Oil Subsidy, a ploy to hike the pump price of Petrol because, there is nothing like oil subsidy in the first place.

The whole concept is an imagination of the privileged few, as led by President Jonathan, to continually traumatise the lives of the ordinary Nigerians, relying on our long and debasing sense of speaking against injustice and corruption, which do culminate in holding our leaders responsible for their actions.

A duty call beckons on all citizens of Nigeria, to protect the future of our children, and our Pastors are playing hide and seek with our collective and patriotic sense, especially the Christian Communities. This is so annoying; remembering the many overtures and encomiums the so called Pastors has poured on the Jonathan's government.

Charity they say begins at home. If as a fellow Christian, seeing the danger our Pastors are plunging us into and refused to speak against it, it then means that, I accepted their biased sense of judgement.

Looking at the way and manner our Pastors preached and presented the candidacy of Goodluck Jonathan, as the MESSIAH that has come to rescue Nigeria, from the brink of collapse, during the electioneering period, all because, Jonathan was termed a Christian, you will be annoyed seeing them becoming DUMB now.

During the elections, our Pastors preached, mobilised and voted Jonathan sentimentally, throwing caution to the wind. A call that was strictly followed by the gullible Christians especially, from the Southern parts of Nigeria. Even the high percentage of the results that Jonathan scored in the North, was propelled by the Christians, who were not voting for a candidate but for RELIGION.

The lesson that has been learned so far from the Jonathan's inability to put a permanent solution to the menace of the Boko Haram sect, and his willingness to purposely inflicts pains and hardship on the Nigerian populace is a bitter one, which every living Christian today, who voted for Jonathan during the elections never wanted nor pray to happen.

In the midst of a terrible INSECURITY in the land, the Jonathan administration went ahead to present a new YEAR package of hardship to Nigerians, while announcing a 116% increase in the price of PMS (Petrol), from N65 a litre to a whopping N141 a litre.

Any Pastor with his/her moral senses, that sees this day light killing by the Jonathan's government and kept quiet is nothing but, a false Pastor. In fact, such a Pastor is a demon personified.

Now, it is very true that, some of our Pastors are political contractors to the Jonathan's government. After all, they sang his praises and directed their churches and members to vote for nobody else except Jonathan.

Now that, their calculations or idea of a true leader has been defeated, through the vexatious and chronics policies of the Jonathan's administrations, they choose to rather bury their heads in shame.

I therefore DARE any Pastor, to counter my claims here, over their suddenly silence, since President Jonathan announced the new fuel price on January 1, 2012. Even if I have no CONTRETE evidence to support my claims, it is a known fact that, Jonathan's overwhelming results in the South is a direct justification of my claims.

Therefore, Pastors, if you are for us, LEAD your churches and congregations to the Streets and register your rejection of this DEADLY and anti people’s policy of President Jonathan.

Prove to us that, Jonathan has erred with this introduction of new fuel price and then, WE will know that, we are not hearing the voice of Jacob and feeling the hair of Esau.

A word is enough for the wise. Good day our Pastors!

It has just been confirmed that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has called for the immediate arrest of the trigger happy cop who killed a Lagos protester this morning.

The state police command has subsequently arrested him and he has been handed over to the state CID. But let just hope that justice will be done! See the power of internet. Justice is all we need, let's put pressure on Lagos state govt #occupynigeria#

It has just been confirmed that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has called for the immediate arrest of the trigger happy cop who killed a Lagos protester this morning.

The state police command has subsequently arrested him and he has been handed over to the state CID. But let just hope that justice will be done! See the power of internet. Justice is all we need, let's put pressure on Lagos state govt #occupynigeria#

It has just been confirmed that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has called for the immediate arrest of the trigger happy cop who killed a Lagos protester this morning.

The state police command has subsequently arrested him and he has been handed over to the state CID. But let just hope that justice will be done! See the power of internet. Justice is all we need, let's put pressure on Lagos state govt #occupynigeria#

mykali:
baffles me that we are still in that stage

he was shot around his private part, maybe they did that to show where he was shot.

Concept:
I said it due to my observation on my chart though na forex trading we dey nothing is 100% but 1.28 is very attainable.

1.28xx is attainable but we don't know when, it's likely never going to get there now until 1.262x or even later, but then this is forex, anything can happen!

alj harem:
At the station, the DPO of the station, CSP Segun Fabunmi, explained that his men had to shoot the young men playing football on the street because they attempted to disarm his men who rushed there when they learnt that there was disturbance in the area.
He described the youths as hoodlums, adding that his men acted in self defence.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/09/police-kill-4-in-lagos-kano/

hoodlums? what an excuse, hoodlums without arms disarming police men? does that make sense? a raypower reporter was there and said it on air that it was an argument that ensued before the police men opened fired at them!

segun should count himself dead already!

Horus:
[img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/611359_One-of-the-protesters-arrested-by-the-Policemen_jpg118bc427dc1d00ee348ef9710fedf4a2[/img]

Please can you identify the 3 policeman?
They need to be arrested
Please Help

Segun Fabunmi the DPO of pen cinema police station shot ademola aderinde dead @ ogba. The vehicle registration number is RS101LA and from all news from brodacast Segun Fabunmi is said to be current DPO at Pen-Cinema Police Station, Victor Okafor was transferred. So, Segun was the one in the shooting!and replaced with pls re-broadcast, People let think hw to flush niaija police,

Segun Fabunmi the DPO of pen cinema police station shot ademola aderinde dead @ ogba. The vehicle registration number is RS101LA and from all news from brodacast Segun Fabunmi is said to be current DPO at Pen-Cinema Police Station, Victor Okafor was transferred. So, Segun was the one in the shooting!and replaced with pls re-broadcast, People let think hw to flush niaija police,

Segun Fabunmi the DPO of pen cinema police station shot ademola aderinde dead @ ogba. The vehicle registration number is RS101LA and from all news from brodacast Segun Fabunmi is said to be current DPO at Pen-Cinema Police Station, Victor Okafor was transferred. So, Segun was the one in the shooting!and replaced with pls re-broadcast, People let think hw to flush niaija police,

Segun Fabunmi the DPO of pen cinema police station shot ademola aderinde dead @ ogba. The vehicle registration number is RS101LA and from all news from brodacast Segun Fabunmi is said to be current DPO at Pen-Cinema Police Station, Victor Okafor was transferred. So, Segun was the one in the shooting!and replaced with pls re-broadcast, People let think hw to flush niaija police,

ak47mann:
another propaganda again,look at that protester that got shot,is not the same person, take a look at his boxer is a different colour from the dead man,

do not wish evil to yourself with your useless suspicion. a raypower newscaster just admitted this killing and said ON AIR that he was there when it happened, 4 persons were shot, one died, 3 wounded, they were playing football on the street when it happened!

jason123:
That DPO is in SERIOUS TROUBLE! In Lagos? Na wahala be that!

HE'S OFFICIALLY DEAD! THAT I CAN CONFIRM AS LONG AS HIS NAME AND IDENTITY HAS BEEN EXPOSED!

jason123:
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GOD WILL SURELY JUDGE!

Shot dead by Victor okafor DPO of pen cinema police
station @thomas
salako junction by abeokuta str. The
registration number of vehicle of policemen

RS101LA.

jason123:
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GOD WILL SURELY JUDGE!

THIS MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!
THIS MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!
THIS MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED!

rhymz:
Honeric i am in yaba now and I can't find the protest group na just scores of ppl arguing. Mehn am already tired o, Where dem dey na

pele, look for a labor vehicle or anyone walking on the road, ask them where they are going to, you might be lucky to find one heading to ojota.

3 persons killed already in Lagos, one playing football on the road, another 15 years old shot by a stray bullet and a 9 years old stampeded.

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), South East Zone, has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Goodluck Jonathan, since his administration has failed to make provision for the security and welfare of Nigerians, its primary duty.

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), South East Zone, has called on the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Goodluck Jonathan, since his administration has failed to make provision for the security and welfare of Nigerians, its primary duty.

Video: Peaceful protest in #Porthacourt #occupyNigeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTws70wfWyo&feature=youtube_gdata_player