₦airaland Forum

Dis Guy:
Yup and I have done so several times

I hope you continue to do that more times or all the time because its good for us to show others some respect regardless of our pre-concieved prejudices which often times are misplaced.

@ Sagamite

It IS and SHOULD BE an arrestable offence if you INTENTIONALLY utter words that can directly instigate the toppling, killing and maiming of your government or democracy.

If you speak out of order even in the West, you would be arrested and charged.

You go to Trafalgar Square and utter your opinion that Muslim fundamentalists should kill British soldiers in Iraq and see how quick your arse will be clamped.

Well done SSS!!! Find a way to throw Nwodo's ridiculous, moronic and stupid arse in jail for some few months.

How many times has George Galoway been on National TV, Radio, Newspaper speaking ill of the British Government, inciting violence against British Soldiers stationed abroad in the middle of a war, accussing Goerge Bush and Tony Blair of all sorts in the world and yet he has not been arrested by the MI5

People have no clue what freedom of speech means, anybody has the right to suggest publicly that they will prefer a Military Government in the face of an ineffective Democratic Government. So long as he has not put his words into action and there is no evidence of coup plotting, nobody has any business arresting anyone.

Was it not recently that Glenn Beck accused Obama of being a racist, in essence inciting white people against the black President . . . ,  Has he been arrested by FBI?

I think most Nigerians still live in seige mentality where people think its a crime to hold an unconventional opinion. The first principle of Democracy is the ability of question the democratic system itself. If we can not tolerate that then we are as guilty as those who prefer Military rule over Democracy.

The SSS should look for better things to do, they will be of more help investigating terrorism within our country than arresting those who are open about their political opinions that they are happy to utter them in the glare of the media.

Dis Guy:
her daughter will be ashamed of her! she is really a local champion, these are not thing you should talk about in public!
i bet if her daughter had been married to another tribe she'll probably be saying the same thing!!

Will you ever be able to comment on Nairaland without making coments that has tribal and anti-Igbo connotations

wirinet:
Please explain to me where the Nigeria Economy is today. How many factories have soludo's policies create. How many production outfits have more money to to produce?. Soludo policies only created maga speculators (traders, oil and forex) and traders. So we were overly exposed to the vagaries of the international oil and stock market, while our factories and production capacity is falling. No economy can succeed that way in the long run.

I did not know that what was stiffling local manufacturing was CBN policies rather than lack of cost effective Energy Source.

I had always wondered why Sanusi is so obsessed with Foreign takeover of the only sector that seems to be working and which is actually homegrown?

He should go and get his Foreign Friends to come and take over the Textile and plastic manufacturing sector and leave our banks alone.

I new the tide will soon turn but did not know it will happen this quickly

Financial Times and Guardian UK will soon desert Sanusi and he will realise who he truly answers to.

Is EFCC still a Financial Crime Commission?

Is performance in office or lack of it a Financial Crime?

poster reflect on our post and tell us if you still believe in your argument.

no need to debate long story

breeze go soon blow fowl nyash go open

Nigerians never learn. . . . . . . .

It will be nice to start by telling us what you found out and why you changed you mind

this looks too good to be true, and probably is'nt

I think we just need a Government that works, Ideological paradigms don't make sense in this day and age.

the recession has made nonsense of ideologies and stretched its boundaries

what we have seen in this midst of the recession is a situation where the so called hardcore proponents of capitalism are happy to collect money from the state to bail out their banks when the banks fail. (the bailout sounds like socialism to me).

In essence what the world has done is to privatise profit and socialise loss

I think at this age people should be questioning the activities of Government policy by policy, and asking common sense questions whether Government is giving us the right deals. Ideologies don't mean much anymore, they are just frameworks used to favour a few over the many. And this includes both capitalism and socialism.

I am not exactly sure the NPF are anymore angry with Boko Haram like we are

I just smell a programme of cover up being sponsored by some people in high places. These guys will rather die as martyrs than submit themselves to a legal system they don't agree with in the first place. They may also consider the court humiliation and expose' too detrimental to the future of their movement hence they will rather bribe police to kill those involved in detention before they testify.

I think a proper investigation needs to be launched in which all dimensions are considered. This is not just an action born out of anger, quest for vengeance or some kind of extra judicial means of justice.

I am wondering if this is a cover up.

Eziachi:
I called you gullible not because we did not agree but for trying to give that Ohakim some sort of regitimacy because he was a commissioner during the army regime. When you consider the fact that even a person like Amadi Ikwecheghi made in as a governor, what is being a commisioner in Nigeria?
That is why I listed names of people that are far bigger than Ohakim but still are 419ers.
I am not one of them neither am I member of your SSS, a true Biafran don't get involve with Nigerian corrupt system let alone their agent of torture, intimidation and murder, the sss.
I am privy to all the information I have given you because, my brain still has some tissues in it and because NWOKE KA IBE YA.

That is why I am peeved when I hear and see people like you who decend so low in Igboland and forget our great superior heritage of how we usually recognise a leader, not just any thief or rogue with some questionable money in his back pocket.

Any Igboman that open his mouth and think that the likes of Ohakim is our leader, deserves nothing but a good kick to the backside forever.

Thanks for letting the world know that your accusation against Ohakim was based on nothing but your private beliefs that you have superior powers to assume anything.

That is really good to know.

asha 80:
As if it will yield anything

The status quo has not guaranteed the security of Southerners in the North.

I have seen attacks in the North and reprisal attacks in the South since I was born and yet the situation has neither reduced nor guaranteed the security of Southerners in the North.

each time we celebrate this babarism or try to retaliate it  we end up justifying the babarism and going into the gutter with these extremists

what we have to do is responding in a way that shows that this babarism has no place in the 21st century. We can only do that by ensuring that the fools and their sponsors are tried in the law court. Governors in the South can also send a stronger message by beafing up security around Hausas in their State to prevent any reprisal attacks.

WilyWily:
asha80, Gooooood picture i like it if they are Northern Moslems, they look like dead Goats.

Some of these comments are of no benefit to the South

We have our Southern brothers living up there and are always vulnerable in the face of crisis like these

I just wish folks will guard their comments sometimes

what we should be doing is putting pressure on the Government to investigate and prosecute the kingpins and sponsors amongst the political class.

Ohakim was a senior manager as First Aluminiun before forming his own company.

they don't build bridges they produce aluminium roofing sheets at First Aluminium

I honestly don't know what makes you think you know about the man than everyone else

But there is no need calling anyone gullible decause they don't agree with you.

You seem to know all the guys who you say we think are legitimate but they are not. How and why are you privy to such information? are u one of them? or an SSS? why have u not charged Ohakim to court as a responsible citizen? can you give us proof of those Ohakim defrauded?

It will help if you can answer these question in detail, no need to abuse others.

debosky:
@ OMO IBO

Kalu was charged to court.

This type of thinking is laughable - because some people who stole were not prosecuted, then EFCC was political. 

Do all thieves get prosecuted at the same time? You prosecute according to evidence and confidence in conviction, not based on emotions. This ridiculous thinking that because certain people were not prosecuted means the EFCC was a political tool is a joke.

It was used for political purposes, but in the overwhelming majority of cases the culprits were guilty, prosecuted and served as deterrents. In a matter of less than a year, EFCC under Yar'adua ruined that.

It is not just a joke!!! it is very troubling that that line of argument got any traction and became the household political narative for so long. Even now with the benefit of hindsight the likes of Chidicris still continue to make this tired argument.

All of these say a lot about who we are and who we want to be as a country.

If the 3rd term agenda had become full blown at the time Tafa Balogun was prosecuted, he will also claim to have been against 3rd term.

This is really unfortunate.
Now 2 years into a new Administration Farida Waziri will rather debate Ribadu's records than wade into the legitimate questions being asked of IG Mike Okiro. I guess she prefers to be a political pundit than be the EFCC boss.

chidichris:
balogun, the chief security officer of that place u call country stole funds and was jailed for 6 months but an internet fraudstar was jailed for 360 years in nigeria by ribadu. what a millenium joke?

does it matter to you that sentences are only passed by a Judge in a court of competent jurisdiction and Ribadu's duties stop as prosecution?

He possesses management consultancy experience that spans over twenty years and has a deep understanding and grasp of contemporary international economics with bias for market dynamics. For more than 15 years, he served in senior commercial and Executive Management capacity in two multinational Engineering and manufacturing companies in Nigeria – First Aluminum and Tower Groups. He received extensive management training both in Nigeria and overseas and rose to the position of first, Executive Director and later Managing Director and Chief Executive of Alucon in 1997.

He was the chairman of Mekahog Group of Companies, an integrated engineering group providing world class products and services for defense, security, construction, fabrication, oil & gas sectors. He was also the principal partner in Mekahog Consulting Group, a diversified management consulting partnership.

Ohakim served as a Commissioner (Minister, at State Level) for Commerce, Industry and tourism in his home state Imo between 1992 and 1993. He was a highly visible member of the State Executive Council and was instrumental to the designing, the first ever, State’s Industrial Development blue print and also organized the First Imo State Investment Forum in 1992.

Eziachi:
Of course your proud, because there so many like you not only in Igboland but in Nigeria in general, who had never witness a good progressive leadership ever, so whatever they are seeing is all they knew.
If Ohakim can be called a leader in Igboland, then Sam Mbakwe, Michael Okpara or Akanu Ibiams of this world are just Jesus Christ.
Ohakim is not an Igbo leader, let alone a perfect one. He is a rogue yester years and still is and is not in any position to educate any Igboman on any issue.

Ohakim is erudite, polished and good mannered? what next? he doesn't go to toilet like all of us.
What type of manners has a 419er (swindler)? I will have to guess that his polishness is the shine on his shoe and not his conscience.
When the likes of Ohakim, Orji Kalu, the Ubas are addressed  as our leaders, may the gods help us.

wow

if you don't know ohakim you probably did not want to know him

Ohakim was a former commissioner in Imo State

Ohakim was a former CEO of an engineering company which still exists today in PH

are those the qualifications for 419?

I am not sure I suggested Ohakim is as good as Mbakwe

but this is what I know, he is better than Udenwa and surely more civilised and a reasonable leader compared to Orji.

I did not say he is more popular than anyone, I am just saying that while folks can come here to say they dont like him, they can not say he is not popular because there also folks like me who like him.

I agree that the only way you can truly test a leader's popularity is through the ballot box. Regardless of what you make of the last election in IMO ohakim came out the victor and is on record as the elected Governor of Imo state. So by that we can only argue that he is more popular than everyone else, anybody who thinks his election was invalid can only credibly make that argument when the court rejects his election, otherwise these arguments are based on speculation.

On this issue of defection.

there is nothing wrong about defection, a Republican recently defected to democrats in america and was whole heatedly welcomed by obama. I don't know why people continue to cry about it.

I also don't know the basis of criticizing a politician for defecting from an opposition political party to pdp.
The very fundamentals of democracy get threatened when people can not respect other people's political opinnions and association. it does not matter whether you are in opposition, you can be a dictator while in opposition.

PM Ariel Sharon moved from Labour Party, to Likud and to Kadima party each time he disagreed with his allies on how the resolve the palestine issue. I don't think he is yet termed a criminal because of that and yet Israel is one of the countries where democracy works.

It is ok to attempt to criminalize the PDP and its members because they have been in power for 10years without achieving anything. but to diffrentiate them with other parties in such a way that suggests that everyother politician in any other political party in Nigeria is a saint compared to pdp folks is naive.
the other parties have not given me any other reasons to believe them, they have no programmes, no structure, no values, no principles, no manifesto, they don't even challenge the rulling party policy by policy.

so whats all the noise and discrimination against the pdp based on?

otukpo:
Mechris
I disagree with u. Ohakim cannot be described with those words u have ascribed to him. Go to Imo state, he is very unpopular. It is only enugu state governor, Sullivan that evryone is feeling his impact. Sullivan is the one u can place beside Fashola. Ask anyone dt knows enugu well.
Ohakim is a common criminal, a coward and we all know that.

depends on the Imo State you speak to.

if you speak to the imo state of Ifeanyi Ararume and Martins Agbaso then yes he is unpopular.

but surely not for the rest of us.

No politicain can or should have 100% support in a democracy.

I am proud of Ohakim

the guy is a concensus builder who knows his onions

for so long orji played the marginalization card whenever his private interests are at risk but yet as Governor for 8 years marginalised his own people and looted all their resources. Orji told the whole world on BBC hardtalk programme that the garbage in Abia State is not his responsibility.

Orji's claim to leadership amongst Igbos is based on nothing.

Ohakim on the other hand makes sense at least when he speaks. He challenges the Igbos to exploit our history as a reminder to why we must be our brothers keeper and he is also one of the few Igbo politicians who has had the guts to criticize discrimination amongst our midst in the name of OSU CAST system.

Folks may want to argue but Owerri has won the award of the cleanest capital in Nigeria so many times, while there are big projects in the pipeline which if implemented will create jobs going forward, these include IMO airline, State owned Refinery amongst a few.

He may not be such a perfect leader but the guy gives me a reason to hope.

We are better than playing the marginalization card forever, we are as Nigerian as everyone, we are not immigrants.

Nigerian journalist need to learn gramma

did he pledge a crime free society or assure of one?

no country has achieved that yet, Nigeria may be first.

this is akin to catching a little kid pants down by the bush corner trying to poo and he begins to alternate between standing and squating all in a bid to disguise the fact that he wanted to poo.

Keep responding to yourself, you are only confirming what I thought. And unfortunately you are not smart enough to disguise anything as your choice of words will always betray you.

Egwuofor:
McKren how long have you been on the internet, you have become an addict and making you see things.

that sounds like a first step to admission

finish up! finish up!! finish up!!!

tayo4lif:
McKren were are you buying the hemp from, I was told it is N100,000. How did you pay for it. You dont dey crazy for computer. Egwuofor one of the names you listed is me.

just log back in as egwuofor and tell me what the name means

Eziachi:
After the bruising from the Nigerian marriage, you want another marriage, especially with Yorubas? You must be joking, no more marriage, let each one be on their own. We can form an economic union corporation.
As an Igboman, you need your head examined, looking for another marriage after this Nigerian nightmare experience of a marriage.

I dont think you need a rocket scientist to figure out egwuofor is becomerich and is tayo4lif

just watch how smart what egwuofor says going forward, statements like that can only come from a particular Nairalander.

Egwuofor:
Eziachi, you must be stupid to insult me. Tell me what other option do we have? you must 18 years. Did you know what happen in biafra. i will rather be with the yorubas than be with oyi hausa. And can you tell me you stupid person were we igbo have resource that we can have a nation. is it the dead coal mines of enugu you want us to return to? or oil palm?.

the bit in bold should confirm my sentiments

ok sounds pretty much like I will add Egwuofor to the previous list

becomerich = nigeriaone = tayo4lif = egwuofor

not sure why you added an Igbo name to your user names

can you tell me what egwuofor mean? dont take forever to answer please

please how many log on does becomerich = nigeriaone = tayo4lif have ?

Eziachi:

Surprise surprise!!
What is the difference between PPA AND PDP? Both has two Ps each and has A and D respectively, apart from that, I don't even think that the Ohakim himself knew the difference.
On 14 April 2007, Martin Agboso won a landslide victory of which Ohakim came behind in fourth, until Agbaoso refused agreeing selling Imo state to Maurice Iwu and Achinike Udenwa. Then Iwu decided that the election was marred by violence and cancel the election but recognise the house of assembly election that was held simultaneously with Agbaoso's election. Miracle!!!!

And two weeks later, Iwu went to work and by the biggest miracle of swing vote ever, With Ohakim jumping from distance fourth into landslide victory. The appointed all Udenwa's men as his commissioners and endless advisers and Maurice Iwu's younger brother as the secretary to his government. So why is anyone surprise that he will be joining PDP as if he wasn't a member in the first place and Udenwa's desperation to keep another rogue called Ararume away from the Owerri governement house.

Please can you produce any leaked memo which detailed how Agbaso won the election and Ohakim came 4th?

Thanks you!!!

well unfortunately the Sultan is not Nigeria's head of State

I doubt if anybody will treat Yar'adua the same way.

A Sultan who happens to be a general and a defence attache to a foreign country should have known this better than anyone else.

The Nigerian police requires total re-engineering

It will only take a man with insatiable zeal to deliver on that.

While I may have found that zeal in Ribadu, I dont think it exists in ONOVO.

I hope ONOVO proves me wrong.

I wish Nigerians in Italy will hold out placards asking him to stop encouraging corruption