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Chibok Village is located about 60 kilometers
from Boko Haram enclave, Sambisa Forest is the
headquarters of Chibok Local Government Area in
Borno State.

It is amongst the most deprived Local
Government Areas in Borno State. The best roads
in Chibok LGA are glorified footpaths and those
that lead to Chibok Village are forested on both
sides thereby providing covers for Boko Haram
Islamic Jihadists to spring ambushes on
motorists.

Though Christians constitute over 80% of the
population, only Muslims are appointed
‘Mai’ (Village/District Head) and ‘Maina’ (Prince)
by the Shehu of Borno. Salaries of civil servants
in Chibok LGA and other LGAs in Christian-
dominated Southern Borno State are less than
those of civil servants in Northern Borno State
dominated by Muslims.

Four abducted students were reunited with their
families in Chibok, Nigeria, last month. (Photo
Credit: Credit Haruna Umar/Associated Pres)
Government Girls Secondary School
In mid 1970s, a Women Teachers College was
established in Chibok Village but later converted
to Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) in
1988. The GGSS was upgraded to a mixed school
in 2011 and it is the only secondary school in
Chibok LGA.

Out of 530 students who allegedly registered for Senior
Secondary School Examination [SSSE] in the school, 129
were from Chibok Village while the rest were from Warabe, Izge, Warabe, Lassa and Ashigshiya communities. Due to deteriorating security situation, the school was closed for four weeks before it was hurriedly reopened for the 2014 SSCE.

TRANSFORMATION OF BOKO HARAM

In the heat of bloody campaigns by deadly
Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram to make
Nigeria ungovernable as promised by Hausa-
Fulani politicians, a bizarre drama was staged at
Chibok Village. In October 2010, Alhaji Lawal
Kaita said, “We will make Nigeria ungovernable
for Jonathan. Anything short of a Northern
president is tantamount to stealing our
presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go.
Even if he uses the incumbency powers to get his
nomination on the platform of the PDP, he will be
frustrated out of office”.

In furtherance of the Kaitas’ resolve to frustrate
President Jonathan out of office, Boko Haram
was transformed from a horde of misguided
‘bornthroways’ to a well-funded, bloodthirsty gang
of murderers. The alleged abduction and failure
of Jonathan’s administration to rescue the girls
has become a sore thumb in our national life,
hence, the need to revisit it with a view to asking
some pertinent questions.

CONFLICTING FIGURES

On 17 April 2014, the Principal of the school,
Hajiya Asabe Kwambura told Associated Press
(AP) in an interview that 115 girls were abducted
by Boko Haram out of 129 who slept in the
school that night.
Then on 27 April 2014, the same Principal told
Punch Newspaper in an interview that over 200
girls were abducted by Boko Haram from the
school that night while only 43 escaped.

Following Governor Shettima’s pledge to pay
compensations to parents and guardians of the
girls, the villagers presented a list of 234 girls
whom they claimed were abducted by Boko
Haram to the governor when he visited Chibok
Village in April 2014. They added that only 39
girls had so far escaped from Boko
Haram captivity.

In Maiduguri in May 2014, Borno State
Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Inuwa Kubo
informed the Presidential Facts Finding
Committee on Chibok Abduction that 276 girls
were abducted and that 57 of them later escaped,
thereby leaving 219 still missing.

In May 2014 Northern States Christians and
Elders Forum released names and photographs of
178 girls whom it claimed were abducted from
the school that night by Boko Haram.
According to Mr. Charles Eguridu, WAEC Head of
National Office, 395 girls registered for the SSSE
in the school. He added that after the alleged
abduction, 189 out of the 395 girls were moved to
Uba Examination Center to complete the SSSE. In
view of the above given conflicting figures, how
many girls were actually abducted from the girl’s
secondary school in Chibok village?

COMPLICITY OF THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES

Some days to the alleged abduction, the principal
and vice principal who were Christians were
replaced with Muslims, Hajiya Asabe Kwambura
and Mallam Yerima Banjiri respectively by Borno
State Ministry of Education.

On 17 April 2015, Hajiya Kwambura told the AP
that she was present when Boko Haram came to
evacuate the girls and that she even encouraged
the girls to board the trucks because she thought
Boko Haram were Nigerian soldiers. She claimed
that it was when Boko Haram started looting and
destroying things in the school that she knew
they were Boko Haram. She added that one
soldier and a policeman who were deployed at
the school were killed by the Boko Haram and
that her granddaughter was also abducted.
Reverend Mark and his other children (Photo Credit:
BBC)

But on 27 April 2014, she told the PN that she
was in Maiduguri for medical checkup when the
abduction took place and that no security
personnel was deployed in the school. She added
that her daughter was not abducted.
Which of the two versions given by Hajiya
Kwambura is the truth? Why did Borno State
Ministry of Education replace a Christian principal
and vice principal with Muslims few days to the
alleged abduction, considering the fact that over
80% of the students were Christians?

The Muslim vice principal, Mallam Yerima Banjiri
threatened to expel any student who did not
sleep in the school throughout the examination
period.
However, after the alleged abduction, Mallam
Banjiri has not been seen or heard of. None of
the daughters or wives of the teachers and
management staff was abducted by Boko Haram.
Why did the Muslim vice principal insist that the
girls must sleep in the school throughout the
period of the examination? Why is it that the
Muslim vice principal had not been seen since the
alleged abduction? Why is it that none of the
daughters or wives of teachers and management
staff of the school was abducted by Boko
Haram that night?

Borno Governor Kashim Shettima

Mr. Charles Eguridu, WAEC Head of National
Office said that WAEC prevailed on Dr. Nyesom
Wike, then Minister for Education, to write a letter
to Governor Shettima, requesting him to move all
students to Maiduguri, where adequate security
could be provided for them during SSSE. He
added that Shettima refused to relocate students
of Government Girl’s Secondary School, Chibok to
Maiduguri as suggested; rather, he replied in
writing that his government would provide
adequate security in the school throughout the
period of the examination.

But when the alleged abduction took place, there
was no security personnel deployed anywhere in
the school as the Borno Governor promised.
Shettima has two daughters. Would he have
refused to either relocate the students to
Maiduguri or provide adequate security in the
school as he promised if his daughters were
amongst the girls?

Governor Shettima said that the military failed to
protect the girls in spite of the fact that he gave
them more than four hours of advance warning
about the attack. He added that prominent
indigenes of Chibok LGA prevailed on him to
allow the students to take the SSSE in Chibok
girls’ school.

But Mr. Hosea Tsambido, Chairman of Kibaku
Area Development Union, an umbrella union for
Chibok people said that Shettima was economical
with the truth because no indigene of Chibok
prevailed on him to allow the SSSE to be
conducted in Government Girls’ Secondary
School, Chibok.
If the military refused to confront Boko Haram as
inferred by Shettima, what instruction did
Governor Shettima give to the security forces he
promised to deploy in the school? What
instruction did he give to the school authority
that night in order to save the girls?

The mastermind of the bomb blast at a Church in
Suleja that killed many Christians, Mr. Kabiru
Sokoto was apprehended in Governor Shettima’s
Lodge in Abuja. This was after his escape from
police custody, where he was detained in
connection with the bloody Christmas Day bomb
blast at Suleja.
Why did Mr Kabiru Sokoto, an indigene of Sokoto
State, declared wanted by the Police find it
convenient to take refuge in Governor Shettima’s
Lodge in Abuja?

The alleged abduction took place a few hours
before the bloody bomb blast in a bus park in
Nyanya, Abuja on April 14 2014. While, Boko
Haram claimed responsibility for the bomb blast
at Nyanya, it took the terrorists over two weeks to
claim responsibility for the alleged abduction. If
the alleged abduction was carried out by BHIJ,
why did it take them over two weeks to claim
responsibility for it?

In May 2014, Shettima told the BBC that he knew
a lot about the alleged abduction and that he was
under pressure not to say all he knew about it
because many heads would roll if he did. He
added that the prevailing wanton destruction of
lives and properties in North East by Boko
Haram were the handiwork of some powerful
Nigerians who were bent on making life miserable
for him at all cost.
Who are the ‘powerful Nigerians’ Governor
Shettima is prepared to sacrifice as many lives as
possible in order to protect ‘their heads’? In spite
of this open confession by Governor Shettima,
why is it that no person or institution has made
any effort to cause Shettima to speak the truth
about the alleged abduction?

Some of the girls who allegedly escaped from
Boko Haram captivity were interviewed by Al
Jazeera and CNN correspondents at various times
but none of them could speak in English
language.
One of the girls claimed that Boko Haram used
only 2 trucks to convey them that night.
If these girls were the real students in question,
were they going to write SSSE in Hausa
language? Is it possible to use only two trucks to
successfully transport 234 girls and food stuff to
Sambisa Forest which is about 60 km from
Chibok Village that night?

The Ezekwesilis

On 11 September 2001, the twin towers of the
World Trade Centre, in New York City were
brought down by Islamic Jihadists operating
under the umbrella of Al Qaeda, killing 2,977
people in addition to 19 Islamic Jihadists. On 7
July 2005, Al Qaeda bombed underground trains
and a bus in Central London, killing 56 including
4 Islamic Jihadists.
It took the United States, the most powerful
nation in the world, 11 years to eliminate, Al
Qaeda leader, Osama bin-Laden, the mastermind
of 9/11. During those years, no opposition
political party, social commentator or non-
governmental organisation aligned with the
Islamic Jihadists to malign the US government
and the armed forces.
Does it mean that by rallying round their
governments and the armed forces to confront Al
Qaeda, opposition political parties, social critics and
non-governmental organizations in the UK and USA
are not as patriotic as the Ezekwesilis?

Led by supposedly educated Nigerians such as
Oby Ezekwesili, the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG)
embarked on daily condemnation of the
Jonathan’s administration and the Nigerian
military for failing to rescue the girls. As far as
the Ezekwesilis were concerned, Governor
Shettima has no case to answer; hence they
never made any attempt to question the
circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction.
Ezekwesili and her gang of emergency activists
had a primary objective – to use the alleged
abduction to comprehensively denigrate
Jonathan’s administration and promote Buhari’s
candidacy. Like Daniel Kanu and Arthur Nzeribe
who used Youth Earnestly Yearn for Abacha and
Association for a Better Nigeria respectively to
sheepishly campaign for Hausa-Fulani hegemonic
agenda, Oby Ezekwesili followed the inglorious
footsteps of her kinsmen to use BBOG platform to
campaign for the same purpose.

The Ezekwesilis’ campaign of calumny against
President Jonathan was so helpful to the APC
cause that Chief Audu Ogbe publicly
acknowledged BBOG’s contributions at Eagle
Square, Abuja in October 2014 during the Buhari’s
declaration to re-contest for president.
Hadiza Bala Usman, founder of Bring Back Our Girls
Group and now Chief of Staff to Kaduna Governor,
Nasir El Rufai
As expected, Oby Ezekwesili and her cohort have
run out of steam since the swearing in of
Muhammadu Buhari on 29 May 2015.
Today, the BBOG is a shadow of itself, has Buhari
rescued the Chibok girls or was it a Hausa-Fulani
campaign outfit as acknowledged by APC
chieftain, Chief Audu Ogbe?

In appreciation for BBOG’s support, a co-founder
of BBOG, Hadiza Bala-Usman had since been
appointed Chief of Staff and member of Buhari’s
Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee by Mallam El-
Rufai and Buhari respectively.
Though Buhari seems to detest the Igbos with a
passion, it is hoped that Oby Ezekwesili’s loyalty
to Haura-Fulani hegemonic agenda will convince
him to find ‘something’ for her, however, small.

Buhari’s 16 January Bravado

After the APC presidential campaign rally in
Maiduguri on 16 January 2015, Buhari insisted on
visiting Chibok Village. He reluctantly aborted the
journey when he realized that the military was not
prepared to provide security for the visit.
If Buhari’s desire to visit Chibok Village that day
was not a political grandstanding, why has he
not visited Chibok Village or anywhere in North
East in spite of the fact that BHIJ had killed over
1000 people in North East since 29 May 2015?

Why has he not abandoned the comfort of Aso
Rock Villa and relocated to North East to lead the
battle against Boko Haram from the front as he
promised during the campaign?

May God grant us the Grace to see with our eyes
but not with our minds.

Dr. Deborah Nelson writes from Ilorin, Kwara State.
The opinions expressed in this article are sole.

Acidosis:
Oh really? Where are you based?

Abuja. The power comes and goes. Definitely less hours of power than I'm used to but not total blackout

harveyspec:
Point of correction, the landlord knew there was a problem(no light) but didn't know what the actual problem was


The new electrician didn't know thing were that messed up, he probably thought that it was a blown fuse or burnt wires only to get up there to see a conundrum of problems.

Things would have been worse off under Jonathan, if he had won or even during his term, you didn't experience any of this because the price of oil was up, so there was money in circulation to cushion all ill effect.

In my opinion it is gross incompetence to bid for a job without knowing the specific issues to be addressed in order to carry out a good job and do so effectively. Ignorance cannot be excused, neither should mere conjecture like thinking of a blown fuse or burnt wire. This job is a complex and specialised one that requires thinking outside d box not that one way method that a layman will easily lay his hands on as a cause.

It is impossible to excuse the poor workman on these grounds especially when he cannot come out to admit his ineptitude but still expects the landlord to trust his body language... He is deemed to be an expert so even if he cannot do it all himself, he should avail himself of boundless expertise. Where anything fails, he is the CEO, with the power to hire and fire and the buck stops at his table. He cannot be exonerated just the same way u easily blame Jonathan.

Phame:
you think highly of yourself and have fictitiously created that imaginary 'immaculate status' for yourself in your dolicocephalo , hence your stvpid feeling of 'i'm always right' and every point you make should be taken hook, line and sinker.

I am constrained to ask u again, did u go off ur meds prematurely? No one is a repository of knowledge still there are accepted ways of challenging an opinion or statement. Going off the way u did especially when I did not have an initial conversation with you is outright rudeness and childishness. This is an adult forum so go and learn how to address people whether in person or on a faceless forum like this.

Even the op I quoted responded in like manner...with maturity and decorum despite divergent opinions so go and learn so u can grow up.

Acidosis:
I'm just wondering, today marks the 4th day I've been trying to cope without electricity. Is this problem peculiar to me alone? Or are we suffering and smiling on the Social Media because we have N20 to charge phone on the streets?

Nobody cares about the impact on Businesses. Majority of the frozen food sellers in my street are lamenting as some of them have recorded monumental losses within the past 4 days.

I've personally lost about N50,000 (in directly) due to the failure of this government to admit and confront their failures.

So many business men are running at loss. Nigerians should not keep quiet. Market women, unlike, banks and large organizations do not have the money to purchase large inverters, diesel engines, etc. The few who could afford generators do not have access to petrol as most of the filling stations have shut their doors (in Lagos and Ogun). Mind you, 90% of those selling refuse to sell in Jerry cans. The implication is that a woman who has N100k worth of frozen food would rather bury her goods or fry it all for herself and family.

The big, influential and shameless men who ought to come out and speak either scared of a fulani man or extremely stu.pid to understand the plight of small business owners who survive on electricity.

May the curse of the Lord remains in the house of the wicked.

I think it might be peculiar to your area but I totally understand the effect on small businesses. My family does poultry so I know how tough it can be to keep em frozen and fresh.

I say Amen to ur last line...

DaveAnte1:
Are the dialectical variations of the igbo group similar to the variations of the akwa cross group? Is there a sort of general or synthetic igbo language . If so,Could it be the that the akwacross group are the most disorganized without a synthetic language and general name except the one given to them by others which is simply known as "calabar" ?

I cannot begin to speak of Akwa/Cross people because I don't know much about their culture. I can only say that there are dialectical nuances or differences in Igbo language but I cannot generate a comparison to Akwa/Cross.
Igboland embraces and is founded ob an organic union. That is why the general language spoken is understood by those from the area. There are few with some differences that are fairly difficult to understand at initial contact like that spoken by the Nsukka and Abiriba people. Still, the languages, culture and identifying features are practically same as obtainable in Igbo land.

Phame:
get your fat nose off here.

Silly child. Go and learn to address issues and not personality.

DaveAnte1:
Now you have mentioned few tribes within igbo group.What other tribes are there in the igbo group?And which is the most populous ? Ngwa,Arochuwku,Mbaise,Etche,Ikwerre,etc.
Is the relationship between the igbo tribes similar to the relationship between Oron,Efik,Ibibo and anang ? although based on my personal analogy and juxtaposition ,I feel that these are different nations ,though linguistic neighbours similar to others that i've observed else where like (Nordic = Norway,Denmark,Sweden,Finland) (North Korea,South Korea,Taiwan) . The tribes within those groups are autonomous nations due to larger landmasses . I feel that the reason why the Nigerian linguistic neighbours like the Ibibio anang Oron and efik should remain as a single entity is simply due to smaller landmass,not necessarily because they are the same nations . If the Nordic group had a smaller land mass,then I would also recommend a single Nordic republic.

Those areas mentioned are only names of places and not tribes. They are identified as originating from the Igbo tribe. Arochkwu is a place in Igboland. These are cities or villages as the case may be. There has never been an issue as to who is more populous so to the best of my knowledge, no effort has been expended to identify a village with more people all within Igboland.

Igbos naturally identify by language and culture like I said earlier. There is no dominant 'tribe' or group because it is one Igbo identity.

Phame:
you seem not grasp easily, hence, your wavy rants. Go back up, peruse the write-up again, maybe you'd get the 'color code' theory postulated by the OP.

Are u drunk or off your meds? What manner of rudeness is this or are u still battling with proper potty training hence ur madness just displayed? Are u d op? Did I respond to you?
I don't suffer fools/imbeciles gladly so don't let me notice you. I have given my opinion, u do not get to decide whether it is right or wrong according to your myopic understanding. U either be civil and deal with facts as presented or stay off!

DaveAnte1:
I hae only recently come to understand the ethnic structure of Nigeria. nOW i know that Igbo is just a group of a linguistic neighbors just like Oron,Efik,ibnio and annag make up an unnamed group which is often known as akwacross. Now in the Akwa cross itself there still exist numerous scores to settle . Can you help me understand the igbo structure?
how many tribes are there in the igbo group?which is the majority tribe in the igbo group,etc. whose language is the lingua franca of the entire igbo?

The Igbo ethnic group if u like, is one. There are only dialectical nuances but by and large, it is one language which Igbos speak despite some variations and it is one tribe with no majority or minority. Naturally, we have similar cultures across Igboland so an Onitsha man already knows what is obtainable in Umuahia at least 60-70%. Any other unique attributes he can easily assimilate because it is not alien to him.

If an Asaba, Etche or Ikwerre man speaks, I understand even if I'm from Anambra. This is because these boundaries hav been crated for political and administrative purposes. It is one mass of Igboland where we share common beliefs, culture and religion.

One thing is to boast that u can get it done in a period of time but it is a different and rotten kettle of fish when u are offered d contract, u get there and show no competence whatsoever. You get in there and arbitrarily decide to dump or shirk your proposal which u used to cinch d deal or contract in the first instance. The landlord complains and all u can do is whine about how the former electrician did a shoddy job and then u start enumerating the problems. Duh! He knew already and that's why u came in! In fact with the way u are going, he will tell u that despite the bungled job done, he could still function almost optimally but now u have taken everything down without an idea of how to fix things!

What electrician who knows his onions goes to bid for such contract without conducting due diligence and knowing what the job entails? What was his proposal based on in the first place? What self respecting electrician wins a contract as big as wiring a massive estate such as Nigeria and resumes alone, tinkering with all and sundry for about six months especially when it is clear in the company profile that the CEO has no expertise in the matter but his proposal was to hire the best hands for each area of specialisation?

How do u expect the landlord to feel after having his patience stretched thin only to see the workmen assembled and he realises he has engaged these same people before and they contributed to destroying the wires in the first place.

Nigerians have been long deprived and knuckled under due to growing use of brute force to quell dissenting voices from the military era. With all due respect, the immediate past government tried to water down such approach and this allowed d people to see that even of all wasn't well, efforts were being made and most importantly, they could air their displeasure and grievances without fear.

Today, that tyrannical era is coming back and it gives people cause to worry. The long suffering of the occupants of this geographical space is one that naturally engenders really high and seemingly unrealistic hopes especially when one comes with so many lofty goals and ideas to whet their appetites. Especially when u create the appearance of a drastic departure from what was obtainable. Now all we see is hot air in spates of arrest without substance or an outright denial of promises made.

OP, expectations are high, Nigerians are impatient but they are not fools. They know when something is being done and when it's all motion and no movement or retrogressive movement like we have now.

I am glad people are beginning to wake up. This dead slogan called 'One Nigeria' is a sham and scam. This is what Nnamdi Kanu has been on about. Nigeria is not real and that us why there is no patriotism. The Yoruba for instance, will gladly betray and destroy one not of his tribe and so it goes around to all others. Now such evil has spread even among ethnic brothers.

The beauty of any communion or gathering is knowing that there is unity of purpose and within same, each person is acknowledged and respected in his own right and everyone can rest assured that he is guaranteed his full rights and entitlements no matter whether some others are bigger or not. No one here is regarded as minority or inferior to others.
Furthermore, in such gathering everyone works and contributes towards their common goal rather than one person bring bled endlessly and his resources forcefully collected and shared to others. This dangerouspractice leads to a sense of entitlement and comfort,never mind laziness and non innovativeness that will lead others to fight and oppress that one who supplies their need rather than look inwards to solve their problems. Still it is never enough because the satisfaction that grows from working for and feeding oneself is not there!

Until this balance is achieved there will be no real development and not everyone is interested in waiting for some elusive miracle. That is why Biafra has upped the ante to seek self determination. Each distinct group should call for same and we will all be better off. We will fave healthy respect for others in the safety of our distinct identities.

Thus is the madness I cannot understand. Mine is a one bedroom flat that has had a prepaid metre since August last year yet they brought a bill this month with arrears of almost 90k from August 2915 to February ds yr. The monthly bill for Jan-Feb was 14k plus while that for Dec-Jan was 18k plus.

I just moved in beginning of Feb, the flat has been unoccupied since Dec when d previous tenant moved yet they are still manufacturing bills for a flat that has a prepaid metre o!

Op! May your days be long! May u walk and never grow stumble. Waist pain will never be your portion!

This has been my thought exactly. Are the current fighting forces made up of only Muslims? How can someone who is supposed to be president of a heterogeneous country like ours make such a statement and someone still believes he doesn't have some evil agenda somewhere? One with such unbridled hatred for his countrymen simply because of their faith has no business being President.

One thing I know for sure is that Our Lord Jesus neither sleeps nor slumbers and He contends with those who contend with His people. Anyone who nurtures, permits or attempts to implement any wicked and demonic machination against the sons and daughters if the Most High, Jehovah El-Shaddai will be cut short and destroyed, both himself, family and co-plotters of evil.

StOla:
I wonder why the much touted republican Igbo suddenly want to be kings even on foreign soil?

Whatever happened to "the Igbo have no king"?

Yet the only culture that is being propagated by the Igbos is that of royalty and kingship.

So is the touted history a lie, or there's nothing desirable about that history such that a foreign culture is now embraced as tradition?

U misunderstand. The Republican nature of the Igbos basically means powers and laws originate from bottom up. There must be a representative whom family heads have endorsed which materialises as the Eze or Obi as the case may be.
The implication is that a leader cannot unilaterally give an order or law to be complied with. The opinions of affected persons must be sought through age grades, family heads and so on before any law is deemed binding on the people.

That is why a really functional republican system will favour the Igbo man more because he is a man in his own right and no one can just give him an order without his agreement. He will respect the consensus representative of his people but not revere him as lord and master because he is trained as an individual to stand for himself and follow the leading of his chi.

The Ezendigbo in diaspora serves as a rallying point for the Igbos within an area. This helps d Igbos replicate their culture wherever they find themselves cos u cannot expect them to lose their identities just because they are outside Igboland. It makes communication and relationships between the Igbo and their hosts easier cos all residents will not go enmasse to address an Oba or Deji or Emir for instance. So the representative is a replica of the leader back home to also command as well as pay respect to the leader or ruler of the host community.

Essentially, he is not interested in usurping another's power but carries d mandate and interests of his people in that area.

Unfortunately, GMB and handlers are illegality personified. From his antecedents to his current utterances and conduct, it's obvious he disregards d rule of law and has failed to assemble a sharp legal team together with d AG to enable him avoid constitutional breaches.

Naturally he infects those under him with this disease and will most likely not listen to counsel when advised.

Unbundling the NNPC or taking whatever steps required to make it more profitable and transparent is welcome but there are laws to be followed. It is just like unbundling/privatising NEPA. The NEPA Act was repealed by the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act and necessary legal framework for the existence of the DISCOS were done before the action itself.
Buhari needs to understand that he's not in d military era or a one man squad.

See foolishness. Old men cannot leave little girls, a sickness that runs thru the length and breadth of this hellhole called Nigeria. To further worsen the situation, an even more evil religion/tradition makes it alright for a 13yr old girl to have suitors! What about her life, education, personal choices and desires?

Your assertion here is myopic and ignorant. Did all Northerners vote for Buhari? Did all Igbos vote PDP? Did all Yorubas vote only APC? Is there a separate federal government for the Igbos? Do we run a parallel govt? Do policies of the government affect only those that voted in favour of APC?

In SE offices and establishments where the picture of the President needs to be placed whose picture is there? That of Buhari or someone else? Are Igbos part of the Nigerian federation or not at least for now? Do we have a one party state? Why should those who didn't vote the government in power not criticise and complain where they have to? Do they have a separate government? Did the President and crew swear the oath of office to represent only those that voted for them or all Nigerians? In fact, when the President and his party were campaigning were their promises only to those who would vote for them?

Answer these questions and cure ur self-induced myopia please!

NuhuIbrahim:
Sometimes I read newspapers and online news I do see my Ibo brothers complaining bitterly about our dear president that he is not working and I wonder why. In the first instance, did the East actually voted for PMB? if no then why complaining? I urge them to stop complaining because there did not vote for him and they should allow us to do the complain because we voted for him.

NgeneUkwenu:
But jonatha had done all the roads according to the IPOB Youths...

Quit ur bellyaching please. It's nauseating!

Perversion of justice just to achieve a demonic aim.

seunmsg:
The court should just allow a closed door trial of these guys. That's the only way to get over all these problems of suspected abduction and witnesses refusing to testify for fear of possible attack.

No reasonable person will want to physically testify against Kanu and his accomplice when Ipob thugs are everywhere in the court. The court should act now to protect the witnesses.

Have u asked urself how it is possible that the so called witnesses are already threatened when their identities are still shrouded in secrecy? Is the defendant entitled to a fair trial or not? Is it fair for him not to see and identify said witnesses who seek to testify against him?

Knowing the sentiments and emotions against people seeking a separation from Nigeria is it not within the realm of possibility that everything will be done to frustrate their quest including bringing people to testify falsely? You know very well these agencies and d Nig govt in particular are certainly not above reproach and will stop at nothing to achieve their aims so why should an accused person already stripped of his dignity in the eyes of the public be denied the opportunity to see those who testify against him and also question them?

How does the court evaluate the expression and body language of the witnesses if they are masked or not allowed to appear before an open court? After answering all those questions honestly put urself in his position and ask urself whether u will seriously advocate a secret trial. Note that it is a procedure alien to our laws as well.

PhockPhockMan:
The trial judge, Mr. Tsoho, who noted that events had taken a different turn from what was expected, added that if the parties to the matter felt threatened, the case might as well be handed over to the celestial order to resolve.

Lawyers in the house, abeg Wetin be celestial order


Lalasticlala, obinoscopy

Basically means if they cannot set up a decent prosecution then the court can do nothing so they might as well let the heavens judge.

The folly of the actions of this government will continue to haunt them especially regarding d continued incarceration and kangaroo trial of Nnamdi Kanu. They knw they have no viable or credible witness to substantiate their watery case; a case only instituted due to the personal bias of Buhari.

The heavens will vindicate Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and all those who desire a better lot on the grounds of equity, fairness and common goals naturally set by the unique culture and intelligence of umu Chineke!

AZeD1:
He is President, the country pays his kids school fees, not him.

So, the country can afford to maintain his wards in affluence and luxury of foreign education and all other entitlements but he so callously disregards those who now find it practically impossible to do same for their kids because of his dated economic n fiscal policies?

He actually sits with a sense of entitlement that he can afford it while it is our common wealth that is frittered away to cater for him in this period of supposed austerity! His manner of approach is galling! There are better ways of putting issues through and it is foolishness on his part not to find a modicum of diplomacy and tact in his position as president.

Ah! Now they wake up!

Does the President source his forex at black market rate or at CBN rates? If the former is the case that's fine but if the latter is then he proves even more his evil and destructive tendencies which must certainly haunt him in every aspect of his life from today onwards.

It better not be that CBN can subsidise forex for him and a privileged few but not for other ordinary Nigerians who make honest money and want to give their kids better alternatives than we have here.

Ummm...does he get his forex at the CBN approved rate or he sources it from the black market like others some of whom can no longer afford it?

Best decision ever. That is what Nigeria needs...to separate so that people of like minds, culture n religion stay together and separate from divergent ones...

ayoaces:
See you...no where wey mad man no dey o. Na who comot cloth dey show himsef

My dear! Kam kwuo ginizi? Ike gwuru biko....it's really tiring and irritating.

fatymore:
..am a Yoruba lady.....

Then why have u been screaming all over the place? Yoruba muslims are fairly sane. It is d eejits up North that are sick in following d dictates of their religion.

fatymore:
Elegible to..if she doesn't want to
.nobody can force her...Am a muslim..a female..in my Early twenties...am not yet married..
I am eligible to be...but I am not

If she doesn't want to? Nobody can force her? What is the age of consent? A child should not have to be worried about such a choice and that is why every decent society has laws that protect such under the age of 18. So all those small girls of 14,15 older or younger but under the age of 18 'chose' to be married? They chose to forfeit a chance at education and some independence and a good life in order to be a 4th or 3rd wife to one useless pedophile abi?

You are not married because ur family is probably enlightened and understand d need to have make ur decisions as a mature adult or u probably did not grow up in the core North. It is certainly not because one alhaji approached you at 13 for marriage and u exercised the power of choice to say No. If a child cannot vote then no idiot should deem her marriageable because she has had her period.

fatymore:
....Please since all this saga have been unfolding..where was it stated that it was in the Qur'an that says a girl should be kidnapped...forced to convert and Married off....Individual perspective is different..Islam doesn't teaches that...and lastly..
If a girl has reached puberty stage she is Elegible to get married but not Forced or Kidnapped to get married...

U're just a little dense but I have your time. The fact that ur religion tells u it is alright to straff a girl because she's had her period tells the slavish mentality u all have because that is what u believe hook, line and sinker. U now top it off with the belief that a person or female in this case who is not a muslim is kaffir and therefore war booty to be carted away and treated anyhow.

If u ppl pay attention to the biological damage that can be wreaked on an immature female rather than looking for blood between her thighs; and if u understand the principle of live and let live cos we must not all believe in ur god, then u will see some sanity and u will not even countenance that useless proposition that a girl can be married once she starts having her period. It will awaken a sensibility to understand that you are hurting and damaging a human being and not a chattel.