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2011: Prepare for war •Atiku supporters threaten to ‘cancel’ Nigeria
•We’re ready for Atiku, IBB - Ex-militants •Jonathan spits fire •I’m not intimidated - Atiku •SSS warns aspirants
Written by Our Reporters
Friday, 17 December 2010

THE battle for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) presidential ticket assumed a dangerous dimension on Thursday over a statement credited to former vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in which he alluded to violent take-over of government.

The statement by the former vice-president has generated hot reactions, further widening the gulf between the camps of President Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Abubakar.

However, in one of the reactions to Abubakar’s statement, some of his supporters from the North have declared that the office of the president of the country is North’s sole right and have threatened to unleash  mayhem of unimaginable proportions on the country, if Abubakar does not get the presidential ticket of the PDP.

Acting under the aegis of Coalition of Atiku Northern Supporters (CANSU), the Abubakar supporters said the crisis that would envelop the nation should Abubakar not get the ticket would be greater in proportion to the series of Boko Haram massacres that had engulfed the country.

CANSU, in a release signed on Thursday by its President, Mallam Abubakar Ibrahim and the Secretary-General, Dr Yakubu Ahmed, stated that it came to the conclusion because “Nigerians do not want  a peaceful change.”

“We wish to state that we support the position of our mentor, Turaki Abubakar, that what Nigeria needs is not a peaceful change.
“This is no threat. Boko Haram will be a child’s play compared with the action our members can take. We have been patient enough. And enough, they say, is enough.

“The presidency is our right. The fact that we bowed to pressure to allow a southerner, Chief Obasanjo, who has now turned to be a betrayer and a disgrace to us, to become president in 1999 does not mean we do not know what to do to reclaim our right.

“We are happy that Turaki has now seen reason with us that what Nigeria needs is violent change and not a peaceful one,” CANSU said in the release.

“Some individuals, especially former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom we gave our massive support because of our mentor and patron (Abubakar), do not want to respect the wish of the North for zoning and give Turaki Abubakar the PDP ticket.

“We wish to state unequivocally, without any ambiguity, that we, the Atiku supporters, are prepared for any eventuality should our patron be refused the ticket he has worked for.

“Our position remains: ATIKU PRESIDENCY ZA MU ISO WAJE KO WACE IRIN HALI  (We will get there by whatever means).”

The group, therefore, warned Nigerians to prepare for the consequences of Alhaji Abubakar not clinching the PDP presidential ticket, saying “may Allah, the Almighty not CANSU (cancel) Nigeria.”

Meanwhile, the controversial zoning debate appears to have taken a new twist, as repentant militants of the Niger Delta have warned that the nation’s disintegration is imminent.

The ex-creek combatants, besides the warning, alerted that the nation “would be surprised” if their acceptance of the amnesty offer by the late president, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, was taken for a ride.

The repentant warlords, under the auspices of the Ex-MEND Commanders Forum, were reacting to a statement credited to former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, and former Vice-President Abubakar, in which they  warned that “if Jonathan makes peaceful transition impossible, he should be prepared for the inevitability of a violent change.”

Babangida and Abubakar spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at the National Stakeholders’ Conference organised by the Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF).

But the ex-MEND commanders, in a statement signed by High Chief Bibopre Ajube (aka Shoot at Sight), ‘General’ Ezekiel Akpasibewei (ex-leader of the Niger Delta underdogs) and  ‘Commader’ Micah Kpenfi (aka Ota 1), described the position of the northerners as “a call for coup,” hence treasonable.

The statement said “while we hold firm the belief that the freedom of expression, as enunciated in the constitution, allows individuals to express their opinion on given issues, we view, in every aspect of their intents, the statement made by the two leaders who have served the nation in various capacities as very dangerous for the survival of this nation.”

Efforts to reach the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) of MEND, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), were not successful.

But his media aide, Paul Bebenimibo, who told the Nigerian Tribune that the ex-militant was in a “crucial meeting,” described the position of the two presidential aspirants as “most dangerous.”

In another development, President Jonathan has vowed to deal with any politician or political groups who threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria, saying that the government will not condone the culture of careless utterances capable of causing troubles in the country.

Apparently reacting to the statements credited to General Babangida and former Vice-President Abubakar, on Wednesday, Jonathan declared: “we will not allow anybody to take this country for a ride.”

Speaking during the decoration of newly promoted naval officers at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, in Asokoro, Abuja, on Thursday, Jonathan warned that he would not allow a situation where the improving image of Nigeria in the international community would be dragged through the mud.

“I frown on people, especially politicians, who make statements challenging the sovereignty of this nation. Government will not take this lightly. We will no longer allow that kind of culture. We will not allow anybody to take this country for a ride,” he said.

According to him, Nigeria’s rating in the international community should not be sabotaged at this time, when the nation was consolidating its leadership role in the African continent and the globe, adding that it was the military and the police that bore the brunt in a crisis.

However, Atiku has rejected allegations of escalating tension over his widely reported comment on the consequences of resisting change.

In a statement in Abuja, by his campaign organi-sation, the former vice-president said his comment at a stakeholders’ conference in Abuja, on Wednesday, was borne out of historical reality, when the late United States president, John F. Kennedy, warned against the consequences of making peaceful change impossible.

He said the statement should be taken in its historical context, in terms of bitter experiences injustice had caused around the world.

The presidential aspirant said he and his supporters would not be intimidated or deterred in the commitment to ensure that the PDP abided by its zoning arrangement, in line with its amended constitution.

Atiku said accusing him of causing tension was like putting the saddle on the wrong horse, adding that no Nigerian leader, in recent memory, had caused so much bitterness, division, suspicions and animosity among Nigerians like President Jonathan had done because of his ambition to run in 2011.

He wondered how a president that tore the PDP apart and caused so much bitterness within his own party because of his alleged ill-advised ambition could turn round and accuse anyone else of causing tension.

Meanwhile, the Imo State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed a resolution rejecting the candidature of Abubakar for the upcoming  presidential primaries of the PDP.

The all PDP-member state legislature also warned Igbo governors and other sons and daughters against accepting the vice presidential slot being dangled before them by the former vice-president.

In the motion sponsored by Chief Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba of Oru West State constituency and Chief Bede Eke of Ngor Okpala state constituency, the House also resolved to reaffirm its support for President Goodluck Jonathan as candidate of the PDP in 2011.

SSS warns on reckless comments
The department of State Security Service (SSS) has warned presidential aspirants against making reckless and inflammatory statements in their quest to win elections.

In a statement in Abuja, on Thursday, the SSS regretted that certain comments by some presidential aspirants had gone beyond politics and freedom of speech, as they bothered on security of the country.

Apparently referring to comments credited to General Babangida and former Vice-President Abubakar at a stakeholders conference, on Wednesday, the SSS lamented that such comments posed grave national security problem.

The statement, signed by the Assistant Director, Public Relations of the Service, Mrs Marilyn Ogar, said “for sometime now, the SSS has noted with grave concern the unguarded, reckless and divisive utterances of some prominent politicians.

“The Service has also noted that these utterances, apart from being very inflammatory and extremely inciting, are of deep and grave national security concern.

“We are, again, reminded that democracy is about dialogue, negotiation and compromise. However, a situation where some of those aspiring to rule this nation have resorted, through their utterances, to make the country ungovernable, or calling for a violent change, is very despicable and unacceptable to this service.  This, to this service, is beyond politics.”

GBAM!

thats enough to jail him.[color=#006600][/color]

Atiku is worse than Jonathan,Nigerians should not give him attention at all.He has nothing to show for his eight years as VP.Its easier to criticise and point accusing finger when you're not in the system.

I just thought about it a while ago.Who is representing ACN,even Fashola is not showing much interest.For other parties I dont think I have idea.Can anybody feel me in.

GEAR ONE:WORST SONG OF THE CENTURY

I feel like flogging the guy if only I can see him.

nonsense

HTC phone is still d best !
My HTC s620 was stolen yesterday

fake

THIS IS A GUYS RESPONSE FROM AN ONLINE NEWSPAPER


Let's face it, we are a lazy lot- fairly united, but lazy! Mentally and, even, physically, we are no match for, say, the Chinese man ,who assidiously applies himself to OUR railway projects, while his Nigerian coworkers sit down by the roadside and complain about the hot sun!. We only daydream, but do not want the hard work required to fulfil our dreams. You award a road contract to a Nigerian and, if he ever gets it done, he does not take the pains to construct a perfectly smooth surface, not to talk of a road that will last! I am a surgeon working at a Teaching Hospital. Obasanjo renovated a few teaching hospitals in his time and commissioned his projects with much fanfare. The MRI machine installed in my centre has not not worked for one day! Yet, the contractor was paid in full! You take your car to a mechanic workshop and, rather than a thorough search for the problem and a systematic repair, he creates crude new ciruits and tells you they are better than the original ciruits. Laziness! It has permeated every level of our society and, until we unite against laziness and all sit ddown to think about our problems and come up with unique solutions, and apply them, we will remain backward and very, very poor!


To me we are not only lazy but cowards

bullshit

wao

My concern is what will he be rememberd 4 ?

Anthony Enahoro, 87, the man who moved the motion for Nigeria's independence from Britain died this morning in Benin.

those guys are acceptin defeat with style
I DEY LAFU OOOO

POLITICAL leaders from the North have resolved to scuttle the forthcoming presidential primaries through the deployment of strategic suits that would be difficult to challenge by the party.

Insiders at a meeting of the Northern Elders Assembly (NEA) in Abuja confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that the Northern elders, in conjunction with the Alhaji Adamu Ciroma-led Northern Political Elders Forum(NPLF), had met to strategise on the way forward in view of the apparent failure of the group to get the court to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2011 elections.

Alhaji Sani Aminu Dutsima, who claimed to be a presidential aspirant of the PDP had filed a suit before the Abuja Federal High Court, presided over by the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Lawal Hassan Gunmi, asking the court to stop President Jonathan from contesting the next election on account of the zoning arrangement of the PDP.

The arrangement, contained in Article 7.2 (c) of the PDP constitution, 2009, as amended, indicates that political offices shall be open to candidates from all sections of Nigeria.

Dutsima, however, insisted that the zoning arrangement recognised by the PDP Constitution should ordinarily rule out President Jonathan since, according to him, the North should be entitled to two terms in office.

The court, however, declined to stop Jonathan from contesting the election, saying that zoning is an internal affair of the party.

Sources confirmed that a meeting held by NEA leaders, including Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, Bello Kirfi, Tijani Daura, Dalhatu Bashir Dalhatu, Amin Aliyu Dutsima, Isah Salami, Sani Zango-Daura and Fatima Balla, at Bashir Dalhatu’s residence in Abuja, concluded on the need to stop the PDP convention, following the North’s loss at the Abuja High Court.

It was confirmed that while Dutsima, who briefed the meeting suggested that he should quickly head to the Court of Appeal and secure an injunction stopping the PDP convention, other members at the meeting said that going to court immediately and securing an injunction now would enable the PDP to react and possibly vacate the injunction.

They then agreed that the injunction should be obtained very close to the PDP convention.

A source at the meeting stated: “Dutsima told the meeting that now that the PDP has come out with its election timetable, it would be appropriate that after they file the appeal, they should seek a court injunction. However, most of the participants at the meeting disagreed with this suggestion, but they posited that such an action would be too early at this point in time.

“They contended that such a move could easily be challenged by the PDP. So the meeting resolved that such a strategy would be better applied when it is close to the primaries/National Convention of the party.”

A source said that the meeting was also advised to set aside a huge sum to prosecute the suits.

It was also confirmed that the meeting agreed that besides the planned appeal on the Dutsima case, another suit should be filed by the camp of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to seek interpretation of the ruling of Justice Lawan Gunmi.

Although the meeting was held when Abubakar was out of the country on a trip to the United Kingdom, it was confirmed that the meeting resolved to meet with him when he returned to the country .

A source confirmed thus: “The meeting resolved that Atiku was being expected back in the country between December 3 and 4 and that when he returns, the committee will discuss with him on the possibility of him going to court for the interpretation of the PDP Constitution over the zoning issue.”

This will be different from the litigation on the same issue being handled by Dutsima. They believe that this suit could be faster than the appeal by Dutsima.

The source said the NEA, which is working closely with the NPLF, was strategising for the consensus option and the northern presidency option from 2011.

He added that the NEA and the NPLF had banked on the suit filed by Dutsima as the best option to ease out President Jonathan from the 2011 race, adding that the North was pained that the suit by Dutsima was lost at the high court.

It confirmed that some concerned people working from behind actually went to make further inquiries from a judge who assessed the case and declared that it was “a winning one against the president.”

It was gathered that based on the technical advice, the committee was already preparing appeal papers in respect of the Dutsima case.

The bid, according to sources, was not only to make the case water tight, but also to ensure that the two strategic cases being planned ahead of the PDP convention were “well assisted by this one.”

Meanwhile, the Northern Governors’ Forum, in Abuja, on Monday, condemned the move by federal legislators to pass the controversial Electoral Act, saying that “it is very dangerous to democracy.”

The chairman of the forum and Niger State governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, addressed the media after the meeting, urging political stakeholders in the country to be wary of the antics of the federal legislators.

However, the House of Representatives insists it was yet to pass the Electoral Act as being insinuated by the governors, adding that the passage of the amendment proposed to the Electoral Act would only be passed today if members unanimously agreed to do so.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on the issue, the chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Bussiness, Honourable Ita Enang, said state governors were entitled to their own opinion on matters arising.

According to him, the protest by the governors on the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act was part of the general views required in passing the amendment, stressing that the House was not in a position to oppose them.

The northern governors’ however, called on Nigerians “to be vigilant, to protect and defend democracy and avoid political bickering that will give room for those who do not wish the nation well to take advantage of the differences and disagreements.”

Out of the 19 Northern governors that make up the forum, only nine governors and two deputy governors attended the meeting. The nine governors were those of Niger, Kwara, Adamawa, Kaduna, Jigawa, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kogi,Taraba, Sokoto and Zamfara, while the two deputy governors in attendance were those of Kano and Kastina.

Governor Aliyu, however, debunked the news doing the rounds that the meeting was held in Abuja as a result of insecurity in Kaduna, adding that “the meeting was held in Abuja for convinence and not due to insecurity as alleged in some national newspapers.”

http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

The guy is high on 'gegemu'.

His brain needs formatting/resetting

You might not believe this, but it’s true. In a desperate bid to become rich, a young man in Calabar, popularly known as Udo Mbakara, has sliced off the heads of two young girls who are his nieces.

Mbakara, 28, told police detectives in the Cross River State capital that he beheaded his two young nieces so that he could sell the heads. Each of the head, he said, was to be sold for one million naira.

The suspect lives with his mother, his younger brother and two nieces at 65, Edim Otop in Calabar. His elder sister and mother of his nieces is said to live in Lagos. The sister only comes from time to time to visit.

Narrating the incident at the police station where he is being detained pending his arraignment, Mbakara said: “On that fateful Saturday morning at about 9 am, Princess, aged nine and Rachel, aged six, were all at home when I offered to cook rice for them. But unknown to the children, I had drugged the food and did not allow my own younger brother to eat the food.

“After consuming the food, they fell asleep. Then I carried them to the inner room where I started hacking off their heads. I was offered the sum of one million naira for the head of a virgin. I was to be paid two million naira for the two heads.”
Investigations by Daily Sun revealed that Mbakara, who has since refused to disclose the proposed buyer of the sliced heads, might not be a first offender. Many people believe he has for long been in the business of selling human heads to ritualists within the Calabar metropolis.

“It is even rumoured that he’s behind the sudden disappearances of most of the missing children in the town, and that he has been fronting for those in the business. It was also gathered that his elder brother is serving a jail term in the Afokang Prison for rape,” a resident told Daily Sun. Police sources said that in the last three months, the command has received reports of missing children and has even gone on air to announce the particulars of some of them.

A family source confided in this newspaper that it was Udo Mbakara’s younger brother that raised the alarm on what the suspect was doing inside the room. According the source, who pleaded anonymity “due to family considerations,” the younger Udo claimed that he heard the children screaming inside. The source continued: “So he went and peeped and saw his elder brother mopping blood on the floor.

His entire body was also very bloody. At the gory sight, he rushed out and informed neighbours that there was something going on in the house and the girls were screaming. At that moment, some neighbours went in to see what was going on. They then alerted men of the Airport Police Station who responded promptly and arrested Udo Mbakara.”
The slaughtered kids were pupils of Holy Family Nursery and Primary School, 34, Otu Ansa Street in Calabar.

At the children’s school, the headmistress, Mrs. Rosa Samuel Edo, described them as very brilliant, saying it was a pity that the school has lost them. According to her, it was as if the unlucky children had known that something would go wrong, noting that they both developed fever on Thursday and Friday. Princess’ class teacher, who would not disclose his name, was crying profusely when Daily Sun sought to speak with him. He said he was close to the girl who he described as “very brilliant.”

Mbakara, who is presently being interrogated at the homicide department of the state police Command, Diamond Hill in Calabar, would soon be charged to court.

Odunnu:
You should have spoken out. Gained supporters and form a mob, if the police decide to take the guy to the station, go with them and make sure he is charged for the right offence. Call a human rights lawyer.

Interesting!
so when served a query letter in the office for coming late,what do you expect me 2 say?

Being patriotic right

@bluetooth
Its not funny

Whats the problem of Nigerian police.

I witnessed a scene this morning on my way to office
in Abule Egba b/stop,Lagos.Two police men (not in uniform)
were trying to arrest an okada rider for carrying two passengers.
Can u believed that the guy was stripped completely naked in the process with handcuff in his hands.
Some women comming from church wearing white gament were pleading with the police
but they refuse to allow the guy to put on his cloths.They pushed one of the women
and she fell on the floor.I couldnt take a snap shot because if they see me,I will
be made a replacement for the guy.The guy was seriously beaten.
Im very sure they will charge the guy with robbery if they get to their station.
Is their anything the masses can to to avoid this humiliation even when ure accused.

so painful

WE HAVE MANY UNPATRIOTIC NIGERIANS ON THIS FORUM

CLICK ON THE LINK OF THE ARTICLE IN QUESTION,
THAT NEWS IS DATED DEC 2008,
THAT MEANS THE ADMIN,THE MODERATORS ARE NOT DOING THIER JOBS
B4 U MAKE A TOPIC APPEARS ON THE HOME PAGE,IT IS BETTER TO INVESTIGATE,
I GUESS THATS THE JOB OF A MODERATOR.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK YOU WILL FIND THIS AT THE TOP

LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 3, 2008
Rights Group: Nigerian Military Raid Kills 150
National Troops Hunting Rebel Leader Have Killed Dozens of Civilians in 3 Day Raid, says Human Rights Group

SEUN,I WANT YOU TO BAN THE GUY THAT POSTED THE ARTICLE AND CHANGE THE MODERATORS.
IM WAITING!!!

WE HAVE MANY UNPATRIOTIC NIGERIANS ON THIS FORUM

CLICK ON THE LINK OF THE ARTICLE IN QUESTION,
THAT NEWS IS DATED DEC 2008,
THAT MEANS THE ADMIN,THE MODERATORS ARE NOT DOING THIER JOBS
B4 U MAKE A TOPIC APPEARS ON THE HOME PAGE,IT IS BETTER TO INVESTIGATE,
I GUESS THATS THE JOB OF A MODERATOR.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK YOU WILL FIND THIS AT THE TOP

LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 3, 2008
Rights Group: Nigerian Military Raid Kills 150
National Troops Hunting Rebel Leader Have Killed Dozens of Civilians in 3 Day Raid, says Human Rights Group

SEUN,I WANT YOU TO BAN THE GUY THAT POSTED THE ARTICLE AND CHANGE THE MODERATORS.
IM WAITING!!!

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says it is set to launch fresh offensive, taggeted at oil companies and installations located in the region.
It said this was a direct response to the latest offensive launched by the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in its bid to rid the Niger Delta region of those it described as criminal gangs masquerading as militants.

MEND, therefore, declared that it would commence destruction of oil installations to cripple the nation’s economy.
In an e-mail signed by Jomo Gbomo, MEND threatened that JTF’s continued offensive would only compel them to be more decisive in their reprisal attacks.

The email further confirmed that MEND was with five hostages, including two US nationals, kidnapped recently. It said the hostilities against oil facilities in the region would be a massive operation and a payback for alleged indiscriminate bombing of communities in the Niger Delta suspected to be hosting militant camps.

The statement reads in part: “In the coming weeks, the MEND will launch a major operation that will simultaneously affect oil facilities across the Niger Delta. This decision is based on the indiscriminate bombing and strafing of communities in the Niger Delta and locations in the creeks and swamps suspected of accommodating militia camps by the Nigerian military. At about 1400hrs on November 15, 2010, the Nigerian army carried out such an attack as described above, in the general vicinity of one of our camps in Rivers State in the Niger Delta.”

“The Nigerian government should be mindful of the fact that these activities are endangering the lives of these hostages who otherwise, would come to no harm in our custody. No amount of military activities will secure the release of these hostages. They will be released at our time.”
MEND accused the Federal Government of deceiving the world into believing that there was peace in the region, noting that the only successful thing President Goodluck Jonathan had succeeded in doing was bribing a few miscreants who called themselves freedom fighters.


The sun news paper

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