₦airaland Forum

illusion2:
Good emphasis on this forum.

National politics is another matter,sentiments play a significant role.

Almost everyone agrees Buhari would probably make a better president than all the  in PDP, however  he has been successfully labelled  (unfairly) as a sharia proponent and thats why it will be very difficult for him to rule Nigeria. .  .ditto Sani Zamfara,Shekarau(a fine gentleman).

Thats the way life goes.

BTW I respect Jarus a lot,just offering my own 2 cents to him.

We are all largely influenced by our beliefs and not having any belief is generally not acceptable in our country.

The concern most non-muslims have is that 'conservative' muslims tend to believe their religion should transverse the moral side to the political,governmental & legal aspects of life. . . .and that is very concerning   

illusion2:
Hmmmm. I'm happy you have such lofty ambitions. However you need your Yoruba/secular side to come to the fore more as against the current impression I (& a lot of other NLers)have that you are unrepentantly pro-Muslim(sharia) . 

| By Sapa-AFP
Okah, the ex-leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which claimed responsibility for the twin car bombings, was arrested at his home in Johannesburg on October 2, the day after the blasts killed 12 people.

South African police say Okah played a leading role in the attacks, acting under the pseudonym Jomo Gbomo — the name signed to MEND’s statement claiming responsibility for the bombings, and to another statement released Friday saying a fresh attack was imminent.

“That’s ludicrous,” Okah, 45, told AFP by telephone from a Johannesburg prison on Sunday.

“If I was leading militant activities I wouldn’t be here in South Africa, I should be there on the ground with them,” he said.

“You can’t lead operations by phone. It’s impossible. I would have been there with them. But of course I’m not doing that. I’m more like a political leader of our struggle.

“I’m a voice that the people listen to. The real fighters in the Niger Delta listen to my voice.” Okah said he sympathises with those fighting to change the distribution of oil revenue in the Delta, the restive heart of Nigeria’s oil industry.

But he denied involvement in the blasts, saying his arrest on “terrorism” charges was part of a political plot by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, a native of the Delta, to discredit his opponents ahead of elections next year.

“It is about these elections and the Nigerian government’s belief that I’m working on the side of the opposition,” he said.

Okah says he received a text message from one of Jonathan’s advisors after the blasts asking him to have MEND retract its claim of responsibility for the attacks.

He claims the government planned to place the blame on the president’s political rivals from the country’s predominantly Muslim north.

“The president doesn’t want it to seem that his government is being fought against by people from his place,” he said.

MEND on Friday said Okah was a victim of “witch-hunting” by the Nigerian government, and threatened to carry out a fresh attack that would prove he was not involved.

Speaking two days after the warning, Okah said he did not believe in violence as a means to resolve the conflict in the Delta.

“Nothing is achieved except through dialogue. I don’t see violence as a means towards getting the crisis in the Delta resolved. Those who practice violence I believe are just simply trying to draw attention to themselves,” he said.

Okah said he feared Nigeria’s government could try to have him assassinated in prison. He said he had been refusing food for fear it could be poisoned.

“I fear for my life,” he said.

I’m not eating. I’ve never eaten. Sometimes I don’t eat for like two days, sometimes three days. I eat biscuits when I get them.” Three years ago, Okah was arrested in Angola and transferred to Nigerian custody.

He moved to Johannesburg after being released as part of an amnesty programme offered to militants in the Delta.

Okah has been in South African custody since his arrest. His bail hearing began last week and is set to continue Monday.

justwise:
I think he will be suspended, FIFA will throw the book at him to safe face.

Beaf:
You are not serious. Do you know how arms are traded World over? Arms producing countries actually directly lobby other governments.
There are things called arms fairs were jet fuighters, bombers, ships, tanks and all the latest hardware are displayed. Governments are the chief guests and buy direct and at far cheaper prices than criminals like Okah can dream off. People like Henry Okah can only sell to home users and those who buy off the black market; gangs, terrorists, mecenaries and armed robbers.

Abeg, be more imaginative when manufacturing funny angles to a straightforward story.

lalaboi:
changes every year

mukina2:
erm  wetin be beauty routine?

Wake up in the morning, brush  my teeth, take a shower,deodorant/lotion and am done oh
healthy breakfast, i try to eat fruits in the morning , then plenty water, day starts

at night: shower and then i apply repellent and its off to bed
as for my hair its always in one braid or the other, not a fan of combing my hair .

anyways rokia and co una try

ziddy:
All these guys are dangerous criminals, nobody is committed to any struggle among them.

It boggles the mind that they continue to move around like normal members of the society all the while freely giving accounts of their heinous crimes in the mass media, and the Government does NOTHING about it. It's just incredible!

Ibime:
Asari denounced the likes of Ateke as barefaced criminals, whilst castigating the likes of Fara and Tompolo in this article a year ago, but now dines with them calling Tompolo the leader of MEND.

This is an explosive article which reveals the blurred lines between criminality, armed struggle and factionalism. Whether the article contains some embellishment or not, no one knows. One thing is clear from this though, namely that Okah was the overriding shot-caller and undisputed leader of MEND. Asari had control of NDPVF, and JRC was an umbrella organisation to bring these two factions together to speak as one. GEJs proclamation that Okah is not MEND falls flat in light of this article from last year.

T9ksy:
Posted by: chosen04 on: Today at 06:09:46 PM
Y? R u offering a hand or two