People like you thanks to Previous God we know you with your propaganda. It is not working and shall never work again.
Now vomit the sniper you have taken. We still need you.
guysbewise: Odè Lovelive. Have you asked yourself if the Northern governor were the ones that came together to officially form Boko Haram to replace the police force? Obi's Jazz is working on all you his supporters that you now hate the truth when you are presented with proof.
And when Tinubu grabbed it and ran with it , who is saving us from ritualists and kidnappers ?
Odè, you can drink sniper if you like. But your life is so precious to humanity. Who knows tomorrow you may see the light 🕯️ , you may say the truth but don't let it to be too late.
I 💕 you sweet country man/woman
guysbewise: It was Obasanjo a yoruba man during his presidency that saved the Igbos from the bakassi boys imposed on them by their own South East governors. "it is their activities in Anambra State that has caused most concern." Obi's own state!
The bakassi boys are worse than bandits and boko boys.
Human rights campaigners have called on the Nigerian Government to disband state-sponsored vigilantes operating in eastern Nigeria.
In a report published on Monday, the US-based Human Rights Watch says that the vigilantes, known as the Bakassi Boys, have carried out scores of extra-judicial killings as well as hundreds of cases of torture and arbitrary detention.
It is good because they catch the criminals, then kill them and burn them
Local trader The report also warns that these groups are being used as a tool for politically-motivated violence in the run up to national elections.
Although the Bakassi Boys operate in three states across south-eastern Nigeria, it is their activities in Anambra State that has caused most concern.
There, they have been adopted by the state government as a crime fighting force - funded and officially sanctioned under a law passed by the state parliament two years ago.
They work independently from the police force in the state, and do not as a rule hand suspects over to them, a fact confirmed by the Abdul Bello, the Anambra state police commissioner.
"To the extent that they do not submit themselves to the control of Nigerian police force, they are not working with us," said Mr Bello.
And as for what they do with those they apprehend, Mr Bello said: "You had better ask them, because I don't know what they do. And that is where we part ways."
But there is no doubt that the activities of the Bakassi Boys, despite their methods, are popular among many of the traders in the sprawling town of Onitsha, home to one of the largest markets in West Africa, with an appalling reputation for armed crime.
In a world where the police had effectively abandoned law enforcement, the arrival of the vigilantes was very welcome.
"All that the police do is take bribes," one market woman tells me.
"When you tell them a crime has happened, they just run away."
These traders are people living day to day with theft and violent crime.
"Before the Bakassi Boys came, there were many problems with thieves and armed robbers. Now it is much better," says one shopkeeper.
But few have any doubts about the vigilante's tactics, and another man tells me: "It is good because they catch the criminals, then kill them and burn them".
Climate of fear
At the entrance to the headquarters of Bakassi Boys in Onitsha, two cars bear the vigilante logo on their bonnets: a skull and cross bones crudely painted in red.
By the door a young man in dark glasses sits on a bench studying his reflection in a highly polished machete.
Bakassi Boys car The Bakassi Boys have a fearful reputation Gun cartridge cases litter the ground.
Up a narrow staircase and into a darkened office, the local Bakassi commander, simply known as Okpompi tells me how his men work closely with the local police, how they hand over all criminals they catch, and how they possess no weapons.
Once these formalities have been dealt with, we discuss the guns I can see hidden behind the sofa, the man I saw tied up and being beaten when I had arrived unannounced the previous day and, most revealingly, the methods they use to extract confessions from the suspects they catch.
'Supernatural powers'
The Bakassi Boys have a reputation for possessing powerful magic powers.
The objects I see around the room all bear witness to the use of fetishes and juju in their daily work.
Bakassi commander Okpompi Bakassi Boys say they work within the law There are also crucifixes on the walls.
"Our powers come from God", Okpompi tells me.
"We are all Christians working with the power of the Almighty."
Hanging from the door is a carving of a shrunken human head, on the desk are a range of small wooden coffins containing devices to determine the guilt or innocence of suspects - but they are sacred and must not be opened in my presence.
"We don't kill anybody. If anybody tells you the Bakassi Boys kills anybody, it's not true," says Okpompi, "but we do make people confess to their crimes."
The most infamous of their techniques involves a machete, imbued with powerful magic charms.
It is held against the bare chest of a suspect.
If it turns red, the person is guilty.
But only the Bakassi Boys can see the change of colour, and it is for them alone to decide guilt or innocence.
Claims of torture
Their claims that those found guilty are then handed over to the police are not only denied by the police themselves, but also challenged by those who have witnessed the Bakassi Boys activities first hand.
People are afraid to talk, they fear for reprisals
Chief Chike Udenze, businessman Human Rights Watch researchers have documented testimonies to scores of killings as well as hundreds of accounts of torture and detention.
"They usually use their knives to kill people", businessman, Chief Chike Udenze tells me.
"They then use tyres over their necks, fill them with fuel and shoot into the tyres to set them alight. That is their usual method".
Chief Udenze is not a neutral observer to the activities of the vigilantes.
He is a prominent local politician who accuses the ruling establishment in Anambra state of using the Bakassi Boys to silence opponents such as himself.
"People are afraid to talk, they fear for reprisals," he says.
"But the use of the Bakassi Boys against political opponents could seriously jeopardise the conduct of the upcoming elections."
Crackdown on crime
Not surprisingly this is a view strongly rejected by the government of Anambra state, particularly as the Bakassi Boys are authorised and financed by them.
Anambra state governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju The authorities turn a blind eye to the Bakassi Boys' excesses The staunchest supporter of their activities is the governor himself, Chinwoke Mbadinuju who tells me that crime in the state had reached such an appalling level that something had to be done.
Only you led by hatred will not support him, great. But we the majority, the masses ( those who are crying and seeking for Nigeria that is united and flourishing, Nigeria that benefit the poor too are with him with our votes.
Now go and hang yourself to the nearest transformer machine in your area.
kedeojo: Take it to the bank, obi will never be president of Nigeria. He is a tribal and religious bigot. Northerners and south westerners will not support that kind of character. Event that happens in south east and he turn blind and couldn't condermed it. He is ipob supporter.
They see Obi as good leader (President). They support anything good even if It comes from Tinubu, they will support him.
So please, leave all this your hatred aside.
proeast: Even IPOB supporters are now low-key supporting Tinubu while they see Obi as another Azikiwe who is ready to pander to the whims of North.
I see Tinubu granting Nnamdi Kanu bail towards the election to frustrate Obi in the East. Either way, the North has found itself in a very difficult position.
Careless attitude neh, We have neglected many things that will continue hunting us unless we zero our attitude and do the right thing.
Caicedo: Something that all of us should be doing in front of our street carry written cardboard to protest about the hardship high inflation of this new government,other African country are not sacred of there government but why we Nigeria are always afraid to talk
Biafra' people have chosen one day to commemorate something ( I don't care about that anniversary (ugly or beautiful) because as individuals we do and as nations all over the world, they do. So what is the obsession with biafans ?
You people should let them breathe in order for peace and harmony reign.
johnjose68: Why not continue to sit at home for 10 years, we want to check something 🤠
I am sure you are living in (or planning to move to) Tinubu's Lagos
Please grant us the permission to judge the f&f / c&c of the other 44.
I want to check something.
LegendHero: Submissions came in for Nigeria's new (Independence) Anthem, from all over the world:
USA, UK, Ghana, French Cameroons, Senegal, Algeria, Cyprus, South Africa, Belgium. The second photo below was where it was announced that miss Lilian Williams won the competition. She was a social worker employed by Nigeria government. She was selected from a shortlist of 45 entries from all around the world.
Biodun556: Governor Yusuf made terrible mistakes returning Sanusi.
Ganduje only made corrections to illegality but people saw it as politics.
According to Nigerian Constitution it is at least one traditional council per local government.
It is illegal for an Emire or Oba to rule over more that one local government. In Kano before Ganduje came in, Emir of Kano was ruling over six local governments.
Aside from Constitutional matters, other ethnic groups are eyeing the stool and are agitating for their own traditional ruler. For instance, Sanusi is a Fulani, other local governments dominated by the Hausas want Hausas Emir. Among the five Emirs entroned by Ganduje, there were Hausas and that balanced the equation.
Other cities where there are abnormal traditional rulers ruling over more than one local governments are Ibadan, Ilorin and Benin.
Governor Muhammad lawal of Kwara state was trying to correct that in Ilorin but it was reversed by Bukola saraki.
Governor Ajimobi also made corrections in Ibadan by making the local traditional district heads obas
Governor obaseki is also trying to do same in Benin but people don't understand. They thought it is a political move.
And HIS way is not like a common mortal injust being like you ...
See the pic below. Besides, Sanusi is the direct descendants of Usman Dan Fido, direct from royal family. Ado Bayero's father is the caretaker of the stool... And you are expecting Mother Nature to allow this injustice to stand. Remember this is not political position o where you can grab and run away with it.
God will humble you, just wait.
Thundafireseun: The day it happens… You can’t do more than a dead rat …
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Here:
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Get well soon and may your helper locate you.
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