₦airaland Forum

TonyeBarcanista:
Okupe should STFU....

ENEONWO:
LRNZH, thank you. I personally shudder at the prospects of an Ali Modu Sheriff chairmanship of the once famed Africa's biggest political party. Was it not the same PDP that vehemently accused him of sponsoring and dilly-dallying with Boko-Haram? Was PDP deceiving Nigerians with those grave allegations without having the foreknowledge that Sheriff would later become their national chairman? Could it be that they hope to deploy the full forces of Boko Haram to capture the North in 2019 elections? I shudder!

airsaylongcon:
Your post is littered with the words "claims", "claimed","believe" and "believed" all indicative of speculation. The same way the pussycat of ubima is believed to have been the chief financier of APC and Jagaban is believed to be the chief thief of Lagos. speculation. When you have concrete evidence bring it to the table not all this speculative hearsay

Iroh88:
Lalasticlala, this rejoinder deserves equal measure of publicity.

Nice job LRNZH.

Proudlyngwa:
You are blessed, PDP just can't wait to bury their selves

1. Mr. Sheriff’s alleged link with Boko Haram dates back to his days as governor of Borno between 2003 and 2011.
Multiple security sources, politicians from his home state and residents of Borno claim Mr. Sheriff was close to the group and and its leadership, and indeed appointed a member of the sect to his cabinet as commissioner.

A group known as Borno Patriots was set up to campaign for Sheriff's arrest. The campaign against Sheriff intensified after he took part in negotiations to release an arms-filled Russian cargo plane in Kano. According to reports, he courted the terror group during his campaign for the post of governor of Borno State. Sheriff allegedly courted Boko Haram for the mass appeal that they had in Borno and Yobe states, and for the militant, strong-arm tactics that the Islamists had to offer him to defend his influence.
Boko Haram in return received resources to buy weapons and were promised that a strict sharia law would be enforced in the state.
Sheriff eventually implemented sharia in Borno state after he came to power in 2003. But Boko Haram felt that it didn't go far enough.
http://www.theafricareport.com/West-Africa/nigeria-group-wants-ex-governor-arrested-over-boko-haram-links.html

Mohammed Yusuf rose to much greater prominence when he reportedly formed an alliance with Ali Modu Sheriff, the three-time Governor and Senator and wealthy businessman from a prominent Maiduguri family. The connection allegedly also generated resources for Yusuf and his followers. Sheriff and his associates have denied any alliance with Yusuf, and have accused the People’s Democratic Party, of which President Goodluck Jonathan is the head, of creating Boko Haram.
https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/research/3431260

3. In 2003, Australian negotiator with Boko Haram, Dr. Stephen Davies named SAS as one of the Boko Haram sponsors in 2014.
Dr Stephen Davis in an extensive telephone interview with SaharaReporters on August 30, 2014, also accused an unnamed senior official of the Central Bank of Nigeria as well as a man based in Cairo, Egypt whom he claimed operates as Boko Haram’s bagman as major players in the funding and continued existence of the deadly Islamist sect. Dr Davis who said he did not want to mention the name of the CBN official as this may affect investigation by Nigeria’s security service stated that his allegations were informed by discussions he had with several Boko Haram field commanders over a long period of time.

Dr Stephen Davis’ revelation is coming after ex-Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nasir El-Rufai also revealed on August 28, that Modu Sheriff, Gen. Ihejirika are Boko Haram sponsors. Speaking on El-Rufai and former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, being involved in funding or sponsoring Boko Haram, Dr. Davis said their names have not been mentioned to him by any Boko Haram connections. Dr Davis who explained why Mr Ihejirika, a Christain became a Boko Haram “sponsor,” Mr. Davis said: “Boko Haram commanders and some connected with them told me on several occasions Ihejirika was one of their sponsors.” He also disclosed that Mr. Sheriff always had the best military protection in Nigeria’s violence-plagued northeast, a protection he claimed the ex-governor enjoyed after he left office.
https://www.naij.com/283220-australian-negotiator-insists-modu-sheriff-ihejirika-boko-haram-sponsors.html

5. Senators Zanna and Sheriff have traded bitter exchanges over Boko Haram connections:
On Thursday, October 18, 2012, shocking news filtered that the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State had besieged the Maiduguri residence of a ‘serving Senator’ and arrested one Shuaibu Bama, an alleged top member of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram sect, who had been on the wanted list of security operatives.
The JTF did not mention the name of the senator when it issued the statement, but pundits quickly noted that the only senate member that has a house on Damboa Road is Senator Ahmed Zanna Khalifa (Borno Central).

“At about 11 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012, a high profile Boko Haram commander, one Shuaibu Muhammed Bama, who has been on the list of wanted terrorists operating between Bama and Maiduguri, was arrested by the task force troops in a serving Senator’s house along Damboa Road, GRA, Maiduguri. He is in the custody of the JTF and assisting in the investigation and has since made startling revelations,” the statement, which was signed by its spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, said.
And sensing the veracity of the allegation, Senator Zanna granted an interview to the Hausa service of the BBC on Friday, October 19, 2012, where he stated that Bama was actually his nephew, but that he was not arrested in his house.
The senator alleged that Bama was arrested at the house of “an ex-governor” along Rabi Road, GRA, Maiduguri. The allegation put a question mark on the head of his political opponent, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Zanna alleged that the JTF was just acting a script to discredit him, an allegation which the JTF denied.
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/top-stories/11845-boko-haram-now-senators-sheriff-zanna-clash-on-the-truth#pmStFgcTpxBZlJpm.99

modath:
The joke is actually on you ... no comment, Just making jest of you , dazall!!! ...

Cc, anonimi , can we get a forro over hia to felicitate with SAS? .. SAS is the game what? From game changer to game "looser"!

Firefire:
Nigeria is a joke.

TonyeBarcanista:
1. When an accusation is made, the onus is on the accuser to prove the allegation and not the accused to prove otherwise. The accused will only respond to whatever is presented by the accuser and set record straight. I have looked at the whole thing and yet to see anywhere linking SAS.

Note that before now I was one of those that put up a straight face when the announcement was made. I know the importance of image.

2. Yes, Reverend Davies made allegation but again he's yet to tell us what links SAS. I implore APC government to revisit the allegation that was made on Arise TV.

3. PDP caucus have their reason behind Sheriff. Perhaps they want a "strongman" from the NE but whatever the reason is, only time will tell whether or not it is spot on. Beside was he lacking credibility when he was ANPP BoT Chairman?

TonyeBarcanista:
BH Sponsor as in how? You should at least show us how he's linked to sponsoring BH.

PS: I will never absolve anyone from BH activities when/if indicted, and I think we all should work with fact on ground and be fair to people

Aisha Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 February 1971) is the wife of Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria, who assumed office on May 29, 2015 after defeating the then-incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. She is a Cosmetologist and Beauty therapist.

She is a women's right activist and child right Advocate. She is one of the Nigerians who criticized child marriage and homosexuality.

Aisha Buhari is a vocal advocate of women's rights and children rights and this was a focal point during her campaign for her husband's election in 2015. She has, on several occasions, emphasised the need for young girls to get Primary and Secondary school education before getting married, saying that she believes no girl should get married before the age of 17.

On July 2014, She advised Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to resign from office as President of Nigeria, following a suicide bombing and an alleged assassination attempt on her Buhari.

In May 2015, on the sidelines of the Global Women Conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she stressed the need for Nigerian laws that will protect the women from forced early marriages, sex trafficking and other issues Nigerian girls and women contend with. She raised concerns on Child sexual abuse in Nigeria, sex trafficking and the need for Legislation against early marriage.[22]

On June 12, 2015 Aisha Buhari met with some mothers of the abducted Chibok Girls, a meeting she had wanted to hold for a long time.

Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has been described by many Nigerians as a classy woman. She surprised Nigerians when she made it known that her role as wife of the President of Nigeria will be limited to whatever is Constitutionally recognised, as she promised not to overstep

Happy Birthday to the Wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Ecoterrorism:
If at this age this boys can't identifiy the alphabets before they were taught then there is a big problem in the north.


What has the elites in northern Nigeria been doing with the wealth they embezzled from Niger delta

Abubakar Goni and his little brother Mustapha come here daily in search of food, they get Lessons as well.

Interestingly, they both can now identify all twenty six (26) letters of the English language.
I am thrilled at the pace of their improvement and can bet with the trigger of my weapon, if I am still here and the bullet does not take me, they'll be reading news papers in no distant time.

TippyTop:
Were you joking when you said we're seeing results?

TippyTop:
During the time of Ihejirika, they used to share military intelligence not bottled water in the fight against BH.

The Nigerian Army troops in the various sectors of the fight against terrorism and insurgency in the north east on Friday, February 12, made tremendous progress in the fight against Boko Haram.

According to a statement released yesterday by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman:

“A patrol team from 5 Brigade, traversing Dogon Gida and New Marte stepped on an undetected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) buried by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Unfortunately, 4 soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries and their vehicle was badly damaged. The wounded soldiers have since been evacuated by Nigeria Air Force. Nevertheless, the team has been reinforced and have continued their patrols until they fish out the perpetrators and neutralize them.

Similarly, to further buttress the collective resolve in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists between Nigeria and our neighbouring countries, troops of 25 and 26 Task Force Brigades in conjunction with Cameroonian forces carried out clearance operation against the Boko Haram terrorists around Ngoshe village.

While the Cameroonian troops carried out the clearance, their Nigerian counterparts provided blocking forces at strategic points where they decisively dealt with fleeing terrorists that tried to escape. Consequently, troops of 121 Task Force Battalion also advanced to Mararraba, Angwan Fada, Dale, Wizha, Bokko Timit, Bokko Nasanu, Bokko Hide, up to Ngoshe village where they linked up with the Cameroonians.

During the operations all Boko Haram terrorists enclaves within the area were cleared. In the process, the troops killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists and also rescued 45 persons which included 17 women and 28 children. The troops also discovered that the terrorists cratered the road linking Pulka, Mararraba and Ngoshe and safely detonated 5 IEDs buried by the terrorists. In addition, they also destroyed an IED manufacturing workshop in the village. They also cleared Sino village.

The Cameroonian forces have also knocked out Boko Haram terrorists gun trucks, raided and cleared several IED making factories along the border towns.

Fourteen months after a U.S. army-led combat training for Nigerian soldiers was aborted, American authorities have announced a resumption of the programme.

The American Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said, Tuesday, that the training would resume this February.
Speaking on U.S. strategy against Boko Haram at a meeting in Washington DC, Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said U.S. expects would “inaugurate the first round of training for an infantry battalion later this month.”

The resumed training program is part of a broad U.S. strategy against the terror group and, part of the new deal the Obama administration entered with President Muhammadu Buhari during his official trip to America last July.
“Our counter Boko Haram Strategy is an integrated, interagency effort to help Nigeria and its neighbors in their fight to degrade and ultimately to defeat Boko Haram”, said Ms. Thomas-Greenfield adding that the Obama administration engaged Mr. Buhari’s military leadership “to draw up a range of new and continued security assistance”.

“We have stepped up information-sharing efforts, we are jointly evaluating new efforts to counter improvised explosive devices, developing better tools to assess harm to civilians, and assess the potential for U.S. advisory assistance”, the Assistant Secretary of State said.

One of the reasons the Jonathan administration gave for terminating the previous U.S. training program in December 2014 was America’s reluctance to share real-time intelligence with the Nigerian military and refusal to sell Cobra helicopters to Nigeria.