₦airaland Forum

The way he is going on about it with do or die politics, I don't doubt.

Jonathan as Preso will not put food on any Niger Deltans table anymore than OBJ alleviated the poverty of the Yoruba masses. PDP has nothing to offer, so no need hoping on false Gods. If they are not careful with their do or die politics, this may be the last civilian President for a while.

Silly commentary by Paddylo,

First of all on "if Ijaw blow their chance", Okah is not Ijaw.

Secondly, Niger Delta hopes do not lie in Presidency, but in federalism and land rights, issues that Jonathan completely failed to even articulate so far. I may be in minority in Niger Delta by not being a fan of GEJ, but trust that if his previous record is anything to go by, I would rather not have such a man represent my region on National stage. PDP has nothing good to offer Nigerians, much less Niger Delta.

@ Paddylo,

There's a lot more than meets the eye. Those who just woke up on OCT 1 have a lot of catching up to do to understand why we talk of Okah as a mastermind. And trust, I am not in support of the Abuja bombings but not because people died. Only because Niger-Deltans do not support it. Sue me. Even Soyinka say Okah is brilliant so what gives? Hehehehe

My point is that Tompolo does not have the capacity to organise something like MEND, including media management strategic planning and all that. Okah and Gbomo are the brains behind it.

@ drmoney,

Could you please expatiate on your dealings with Okah. We would be more than interested to know.

@ Bombay,

Camp 5 is simply a business unit of MEND. Its like the owner of one McDonalds franchise claiming to own the McDonalds brand.

Tompolo knows nothing of what happened in Bonga or Abonnema. He can only speak of the operations he carried out in Delta and at Atlas Cove.

The invisible hand directing all these operations is Gbomo. Gbomo drew the manifesto of resource control which Tompolo knows little about. Gbomo wrote letter to Yaradua in Tompolos name detailing several issues from Federalism to Dredging of River Niger. Google it. I'm on my phone.

Yara knew that Gbomo/Okah have no fighters of their own and rely on several commanders so he decided to pull the floor from under MEND by buying out the commanders with amnesty. This left MEND with leadership intact but no workers. Since then Okah has been trying to build his own camps to prevent such happening again. The only commander in Abuja today who was present at the inception of MEND was Victor Ben (Boyloaf). He was MENDS first general. Others like Ateke have never worked for MEND. In 2007 when Omehia sent soldiers to fish out Ateke, MEND sent boys to defend Ateke with hopes of recruiting Ateke to fight for them. Ateke never kept his part of the bargain and never did any work for MEND, he just bears MEND name in newspapers. All these ones claiming MEND today, only Boyloaf, Tompolo and Dagogo are close to the initial set-up, but they have never been a national coordinatorn they are simply regional commanders.

^^I stand corrected. I was very young during Abacha period

^^Ive been saying all along, Okahs team did it. Of course Okah would deny any knowledge, but at the very least he must have heard of the plan cos those guys are loyal to him.

^^^Dudu is a GUNner that must keep firing, even when there is no target to aim at.

@ Bombay,

Tompolo never did any fighting or attack on Govt without being prompted and paid by Okah/Gbomo.

Tompolo is a mere footsoldier incapable of stringing 2 sentences together.

Again, no Nigerian ever suspected that Tompolo and others under amnesty carried out the blast, so what's with the unnecessary show in Abuja?

GEJ seems to be arguing with himself. The guy is highly paranoid. Nobody for one minute ever thought that those who accepted amnesty were behind the bombing so why is he parambulating his faction of MEND before the nation?

JRC are an umbrella organisation. It is basically a coalition between Asaris faction and MEND. Asari and Okah maintained good relationship through the amnesty process, both rejecting the amnesty till the issue of Federalism is sorted.

The rift between Asari and Okah is recent and has to do with Asaris decision to fight for GEJ presidency whilst Okah is not interested and maintains his original manifesto.

JRC claiming it wants to work with Asari is smoke and mirrors. NDPVF (Asaris group) is already one of the three main members of JRC along with MEND and one other group (the name skips me). Since the GEJ candidacy has split Asari and Okah, JRC do not now represent MEND, only Asaris group and the other group.

@ Obiagu,

The inability to crush MEND is not for want of trying. MEND is not based in one location like Boko Haram who were easily picked off. I can point to 3 different occassions where helicopter gunships have invaded MEND camps unsuccessfully.

Secondly, I am not for GEJ. My problem with this statement is the group it comes from, a group which believes it has the right to pick and choose which tribe produces Nigerias leader. Its the same group that would rather leave a dead President on the throne for 3 months than hand over to another tribe. A group that promises Presidency to SS in 2015, then turn around to promise it to SE. Who made these people kingmakers?

Look at the text of the speech, describing ND as a small group of terrorists who try to extend their influence beyond their "small corner of Nigeria". Trust I dislike Jonathan, but faced with a straight choice between him and this genocidal group, I will back GEJ on this point. As it is, Ribadu presents a better alternative to these thieves.

If Duduspaces manliness was murdered today, his fingerprints would be all over the crime scene

@ Paddylo,

Only those who woke up to this issue yesterday will go along with this Tompolo bullcrap. I don't have time to go back in history. This is pure revisionism.

They should sharrap. Nobody make them kingmaker. Their statement is highly condescending. They didn't say all this nonsense when Boko Haram was terrorising everyone.

Dudu has been failing for several weekends. Considering his failure to lift any real trophy in the last few weeks, he has to make do with Emirates Cup, ie one night stands with his right hand.

I'm witnessing a show of shame on AIT with likes of Ateke and co claiming Tompolo as their lord and leader. So Jonathan wants to enthrone an illiterate as a spokesman for Niger Deltan armed struggle?

The enemy within is worse than the enemy without. MEND has always embodied an intellectual approach to militancy. We reject any revisionism designed by Jonathan to make mockery of the Niger Delta struggle by presenting likes of Tompolo as a speaker for our agitation through armed struggle.

Lot of double standards here. . .

They didn't say Okah is not MEND when Soyinka was representing Okahs MEND.

They didn't say Okah is not MEND during the Warri bombings.

Now that Okahs actions are politically embarassing, they claim Okah is now not MEND.

Okah is MEND. Gbomo is MEND. Soon as the illiterate fighters accepted amnesty, they started releasing communique as themselves, not as MEND.

Everyman and his dog knew MEND never accepted amnesty. Tompolo even released statement describing MEND as. "Paper tiger", now he is claiming to be the real MEND.

If all these disparate militants are MEND, who is their leader? These militants have never acted as one organisation except through Okah/Gbomo.

MEND is responsible for the attack. People should stop talking nonsense here. Beaf himself already castigated likes of Tompolo, Boyloaf etc as no longer being part of MEND. . . This was during amnesty process.

^^ I don't think so. Dis the same Azazi that Abacha used to set up panels to covict framed up coupists.

This fits in with my original prognosis:

(1.) MEND carried out the attack
(2.) Jonathan tried to use the attack for political advantage.

If GEJ has any evidence, we would see it by now, not this one they arrest Dokpesi then release him next day. Meanwhile GEJ is flying the likes of Ateke and Gen Shoot at Sight to Aso Rock to validate them as having a voice in the Niger Delta.

We need to beware the devils among us lest they set us back another 50 years. Vote Ribadu for 2011!

Dudu, you forgot to add defeat to Borokiri Boyz FC is Fantasy Premierleague. hehehehehe

@ Slimshay,

I don't think he got the blues, more like blueballz. If he no release by hand, the ting fit explode. hehehehehe

Yekini was always gonna fade into oblivion due to hid limited English. A life away from the public eye doesn't mean he is not relating with friends around him.

Lamps may not match Cesc and DD may not match RVP technically, but when it comes to producing results, we know who makes it happen.

@ Nateevs,

Spot on. The only thing I disagree there is that Ramsey is no Benayoun. Ramsey is one of the only overhyped Arsenal youngsters with bright future, assuming he recovers fully from his leg break.

As for Vermaelen, was he not raped by Drogba last season. Even Koscielny gave better performance against DD than Vermaelen.

@ Paddylo,

This particular group are always meticulous in their actions, unlike the other illiterates who went for amnesty. As soon as those illiterates started speaking for themselves (without Jomo Gbomo to speak for them), it was obvious their level of sophistication.

Now you are telling me that money was wired to Okah (who should pay his boys), yet the boys are still texting each other saying make we go meet Dokpesi for IBB office to collect our money? Hehehehehe. Either IBB, Dokpesi or Okah must have the brain of a monkey if that's the case.

And don't get it twisted, intelligence reports said Okah is rearming (something he has said himself to Aljazeera). Okah never made bones about the fact he wilkl rearm himself and continue his fight. If intelligence report picked up that IBB or Dokpesi were arming Okah, that is the evidence Jonathan would provide us, not these half-baked text messages who only a peanut would believe.

I seriously can't believe that FG expects us to believe that boys who set and operate remote control bombs would be texting Dokpesi saying "Na we do am. Make we go meet for IBB officem"

Mugun if una no know say na una do am, why una dey communicate with each other?

FG should come up with something better abeg. This is a joke. Some people would sacrifice the lives of their citizens by ignoring security warning, then making mockery of those lives by using their death to play politics. If IBB is involved, they should give us the proper intel reports from foreign agencies, not come up with fabricated bullchit.

Well said Mr Ribadu.

Mr President got 5 day advance warning of bomb blast and failed in duty to protect his citizens. It is now after deed is done, we are hearing that someone sent text message that the bombers should come and collect money in IBB's campaign office. Hmmmmm. .

^^hehehehe. . . They need better script writers.

Nothing go happen. If FG couldn't arrest Ibori in his hometown, what makes you think they can arrest IBB in Minna?

FG better come up with some concrete evidence cos water don dey pass garri.

Msake dem ban us sef.

The last NFF elections were a farce which only returned the same old looters whilst people like Okocha couldn even get 2 votes to rub together.

Its better the thieves in the glasshouse get no money from either FIFA or Government. They will soon come running back to Government begging for money.

Let the drama unfold. . .we citizens are mere pawns in the hands of these desperate politicians. . . Things are about to get ugly.

They better arrest IBB if that's what they're insinuating and stop beating around the bush.

This matter is too serious to play PDP politics with.