₦airaland Forum

Beaf:
I keep laughing at the political dunces that make these silly statements.
While they are engaging in their usual neanderthal politics, the true strategists and masters of the game are outwitting them in ways they cannot fathom! Lol!

Every knee shall bow.

Onlytruth:
Be careful of what you wish for, 'cos you might get it.

Buhari clearly is still living in the past.

One advice to him: The world has changed; anything can happen.

For instance, nine out 10 people spoken to tipped Okorocha to win in free and fair election. But others said Ohakim might bring his power of incumbency to bear.

Written by Soji-Eze Fagbemi Monday, 25 April 2011

The Minister of Labour and the Supervising Minister of Interior, Chief Emeka Wogu, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that improved and adequate security of life and property of the citizens is maintained during and after tomorrow’s election.

The minister stated this at the inaugural meeting with the management and staff of the Ministry of Interior, including various heads of parastatal agencies of the ministry, comprising the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), Federal Fire Service (NFS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Chief Wogu, who expressed concern over the internal security in the country, especially after the last presidential election, said that the government would continue to pursue strict border control policy.

“One thing I will want to achieve within the short period of time is to continue to pursue strict border control and patrol and we need to start doing something about it in order to come up with strategies on how to go about border control in the subsequent elections because of the challenges we had.

“I believe that if the boarders are shut, we might not have influx of miscreants from our neighbouring countries that could equally be capable of unleashing mayhem on Nigerians,” Wogu said.
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On the issue of expatriate quota, the acting Minister of Interior expressed delight that the ministry would soon commence a programme to ensure that expatriate quotas were not given to foreigners to come and take up jobs where there were qualified Nigerians to take up such jobs.

Beaf:
Take a look at the alert from the ICC Prosecutor below, it really neglects to mention the AG or ask if anyone ordered the riots. I wonder why?

http://www.icc-cpi.int/NR/exeres/FFAB57D5-3986-4208-8BC3-CEF1971629E7.htm

I wonder why anyone should be scared of Buhari and Bakare clearing their names before an incorruptible court. Leaving aside their understandably jittery supporters, I'm certain beyond doubt, that the "two honest men" will jump at the chance to defend their integrity in a court with impeccable pedigree such as the ICC.
I see little to worry about, rather all hands should be on deck to make the trial possible and bring the date closer.

History

The establishment of an international tribunal to judge political leaders accused of war crimes was first made during the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 by the Commission of Responsibilities. The issue was addressed again at conference held in Geneva under the auspices of the League of Nations on 1–16 November 1937, but no practical results followed. The United Nations states that the General Assembly first recognised the need for a permanent international court to deal with atrocities of the kind committed during World War II in 1948, following the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals.[3] At the request of the General Assembly, the International Law Commission drafted two statutes by the early 1950s but these were shelved as the Cold War made the establishment of an international criminal court politically unrealistic.[21]

Benjamin B. Ferencz, an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the Chief Prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the twelve military trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, later became a vocal advocate of the establishment of an international rule of law and of an International Criminal Court. In his first book published in 1975, entitled Defining International Aggression-The Search for World Peace, he argued for the establishment of such an international court.[22]

The idea was revived in 1989 when A. N. R. Robinson, then Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, proposed the creation of a permanent international court to deal with the illegal drug trade.[21][23] While work began on a draft statute, the international community established ad hoc tribunals to try war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, established in 1994, further highlighting the need for a permanent international criminal court.[24]

Following years of negotiations, the General Assembly convened a conference in Rome in June 1998, with the aim of finalizing a treaty. On 17 July 1998, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted by a vote of 120 to 7, with 21 countries abstaining. The seven countries that voted against the treaty were China, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Qatar, United States, and Yemen.[25]

The Rome Statute became a binding treaty on 11 April 2002, when the number of countries that had ratified it reached sixty.[4] The Statute legally came into force on 1 July 2002,[4] and the ICC can only prosecute crimes committed after that date.[5] The first bench of 18 judges was elected by an Assembly of States Parties in February 2003. They were sworn in at the inaugural session of the court on 11 March 2003.[26] The court issued its first arrest warrants on 8 July 2005,[27] and the first pre-trial hearings were held in 2006.[28]

During a Review Conference of the International Criminal Court Statute in Kampala, Uganda, two amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court were adopted on June 10 and June 11, 2010. The second amendment concerns the definition of the crime of aggression.

Beaf:
The ICC is independent from the UN, so the basis of your argument is wrong. Nigeria is a signatory to the ICC and there are Nigerian lawyers involved in its activities.
As long as we are fully signed up to the ICC's charter, we must avail ourselves of its services if need be.
The beauty of the ICC, is that you and I can invoke powers of judgement on every and anyone where the circumstances are right. The ICC is already investigating, so all we need do is lubricate the process.

Beaf:
"The serial numbers of the notes were taken?"
Dishonest people always try to fill the air with noise so it seems they are attacking when in reality they are running away and talking crap.
The statement about serial numbers is so nonsensical that one wonders if Tunde Bakare is actually a lawyer or if he didn't buy "University of Toronto" documents. How can a graduate say something so uniquely daft?

Beaf:
Lol!

The vast majority of the good people of Nigeria urge Tunde Bakare to shut up and take his so called evidence to court. It really can't be that difficult.
In the meantime, I suggest to all Nigerians that we find ways to haul Buhari and Bakare before the International Criminal Court. The prosecutor has already expressed interest and only needs evidence that the violence was planned.

vedaxcool:
I dey laugh too Oh! They easily betrayed their own presidential candidate then now they are trying to hold their head high without shame.

MAYOWAAK:
I just dey laugh oh! He who dines with the devil must be prepared to pay the price. ACN looked the other way when PDP was rigging the presidential election. Now that PDP wants to use the same tactic for the governorship election they are crying.I pray that PDP takes lagos from them, that would be the ultimate price they can pay

jason123:
PDP might just have Lagos. It depends on who outrigs who

Rossikk:
UN To Investigate Buhari For Possible Crimes Against Humanity

http://nigerianbulletin.com/2011/04/23/un-plans-probe-of-post-polls-riots-the-guardian/


Full Text

UN Plans Probe Of Post-Polls Riots – The Guardian
EMU, CAN, JNI, South-South Leaders Deplore Attacks

THE United Nations (UN) is taking the post-election violence in Nigeria beyond the realm of the country’s internal affairs.

Without encroaching on the powers of the Federal Government to maintain law and order, the UN through the International Criminal Court (ICC) says it will investigate the crisis to determine whether crimes against humanity were committed.

In a statement from the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said it was following the mayhem in Nigeria from the National Assembly to the presidential polls to determine whether crimes abhorred by the global body had been committed.

At home, ethnic, religious, social groups and individuals yesterday condemned the unwarranted attacks on Nigerians by thugs believed to be championing the cause the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who lost the election to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan.

Among those who deplored the violence and demanded the probe of its masterminds are the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), South-South Elders Forum, the Eastern Mandate Union (EMU), and the Youth Adolescent Reflection and Action Centre, (YARAC).
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed yesterday that over 8,000 persons had been displaced by the crisis in Bauchi State.

http://nigerianbulletin.com/2011/04/23/un-plans-probe-of-post-polls-riots-the-guardian/

texazzpete:
http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/akingbola-offers-refund-n225-billion

Where are all those Nairalanders that were defending this thief tooth and nail last year? Where is naijaking1 et al? Does an innocent man offer to hand over billions of Naira?

I implore the EFCC, FG, CBN and all other concerned parties to reject any plan that will allow this thief escape a lengthy jail term. It's time we exposed all these crooked pastors in Nigeria.
My heart goes out to all his former employees who must be seriously traumatised to find that the same man who led them in morning prayers in the office was a heartless crook in disguise.

Odunnu:
To NL's Gen.Buhari you are wasting time. He is convinced without doubt on his position.
Thats a great post Koruji. I just bookmarked it.

wole123:
Going by the statistics of the last two elections in Oyo State, the people of Oyo State have been advised not to waste their votes instead they should cast them for the PDP so that the vote can have meaning.

In a statement by Governor Akala's Spokesman Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Communications, PDP was the only party that had the required 25 percent in all the 33 Local Governments in Oyo State. While it also led in 16 Local governments leaving the ACN and Accord to share the rest.

During the National Assembly and Presidential elections, the statement added, PDP led by 22000 and 240,000 respectively with the widest spread. Thus the pattern of last two elections have clearly shown that the gubernatorial race is all but decided.  It stated that the ACN that traded off its Presidential flagbearer Ribadu by posting a meager 2m votes cannot be trusted by our people.

The statement revealed that the main reason for the sour relationship between Senator Ahmed Tinubu, Mimiko of Ondo and Oshiomhole of Edo was their refusal to engage Tinubu's company, Alpha Beta to manage and milk the revenue in their States like he's doing in Lagos State to the tune of 3 billion naira. Unfortunately Ajimobi, its guber flagbearer in Oyo State has already conceded Oyo State treasury to Tinubu even before he got there!!!

Prince Dotun Oyelade,
Special Adviser to the Governor
on Public Communications.