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Utchgirl:ARE YOU THEN SAYING THEY DONT LIKE TO MARRY YORUBA MEN OR WHY SUGGESTING THE OTHER WAY ROUND? USING CELEBs AS CASE STUDY WONT MAKE PROPER ANALYSIS BECAUSE GOOD NUMBER OF THEM MARRY AND DIVORCE FREELY U said 2face LUV sumbo n pero and as a result planted his SEEDS on them n left dem 4 Annie right? Do u knw d meaning of LUV at all ? If dis is wht u call luv, wht then is lust?.Then in dt case he HATE Annie n dts Y he married her after she had only a kid( out of wedlock) bt left ur sisters dt hv 2 n 3 kids for him (all out of wedlock). If 4 e.g any of dem is ur biological sis, wil u stil say dt he luv ur sis by nt marrying her? This is whn u wil see d truth.plz leave arguement out 4rm disYES HE LOVE THEM. SOME PEOPLE MARRIED NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT THE PERSON BUT BECAUSE CULTURE OR PARENTS DEMAND SUCH. SO TO SATISFY THE PARENT THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WOULDNT HAVE DONE AND YET CONTINUE THE ONE THAT PLEASE THEM. IF THEY HAPPENS TO BE MY SIS, INASMUCH AS THEY ARE NOT COMPLAINING I CANT TEACH THEM HOW THEY SHOULD LIVE THEIR LIVES. I MAINTAINED, IF HE DIDNT SEE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THEM HE WOULDNT HAVE CONTINUE SEEING THEM. MARRIAGE IS GOOD BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN GET MARRIED. IT IS NICE HAVING YOU ON THIS THREAD. GOOD NITE AND SWEET DREAMS |
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Utchgirl:YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION, YOU ARE ONLY DERAILING FROM THE QUESTION NON OF YOUR POST ON THIS THREAD HAS GIVEN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IN THE MAIN THREAD. WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ON IS PETER VS LOLA CASE AND IM LETTING YOU KNOW THAT PETER SAW WHAT IS UNIQUE IN LOLA WHICH MADE HIM TO ALLOW HER STAY, NOT LOLA FORCING HERSELF ON HIM AS YOU CLAIMED. |
By Femi Aribisala I first observed the manifestations of the power of God in the ministries of J.T. Kalejaiye and Uma Ukpai. “While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ They answered, ‘No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.’” (Acts 19:1-2). I grew up in a Christian, church-going family. Nevertheless, I never heard of the Holy Spirit until I was 41 years old. The Anglican Church today is different from the Anglican Church of old; at least I hope it is. In my youth, I never heard anyone preach about the Holy Spirit. But then, glory be to God, at the age of 41, I finally received the Holy Spirit, and he changed my life completely. Therefore, I find it necessary to talk to others about this wonderful gift of God. The move of the Holy Spirit is so glorious; it is constantly subject to attack and forgery. With the Christian Church today full of con-men, many have chosen not to believe in miracles, or in the wonderful works of God. And yet, God is forever the same. He says: “I am the LORD, I do not change.” (Malachi 3:6). The same God of biblical yesteryears is the same God of today. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13: . Yoke-destroying anointing Jesus says: “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” (Acts 1: . When those called into ministry have spent time in the presence of the Lord, we receive the requisite anointing. This manifests in a number of ways and to different degrees. Its primary purpose is to heal the sick and to set at liberty those demonically bound and oppressed. The Lord himself explains this at the beginning of his ministry. Quoting from the book of Isaiah, he says: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.” (Luke 4:18-19). “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:21). Imagine a situation where a preacher is invited to your church and he declares that he has been anointed to declare that Christmas is now every day of the year. That is what it means to proclaim “the year of the Lord’s favour.” It means by the special grace of God, the blind will now see and the lame will walk; the lepers will be cleansed and the deaf will hear; the dead will be raised up and the poor will have the gospel preached to them. (Matthew 11:5). Today, there are so many counterfeiters of the power of God. However, for every counterfeit, there is the original and genuine article. When I first observed the manifestations of the power of God in the ministries of J.T. Kalejaiye and Uma Ukpai, I ran to the Lord to inquire about this. He confirmed to me that he was the author and then showed me their scriptural underpinnings in the bible. I have since seen all of them manifest in my own ministry. Pillar of Cloud I am sure you may have seen this before: an evangelist decrees healing or deliverance in the name of the Lord, and some people fall to the ground. That is the clean way of doing this because he does not touch anybody or, as some pretenders do, push them to the ground. The move of God comes at the instance of his voice, and some people are visibly and dramatically affected. There is no artifice here, except on those bogus occasions when charlatans plan with others beforehand to put on an act in order to deceive. The power of God fills the place as an invisible but discernible thick cloud: “As the priests came out of the inner sanctuary, a cloud filled the Temple of the LORD. The priests could not continue their work because the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple.” (1 Kings 8:10-11). This sometimes causes some congregants to fall down suddenly on their faces in a worship mode. Ezekiel says: “I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.” (Ezekiel 3:23). Paul also has a similar experience: “As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground.” (Acts 9:3-4). Slain in the spirit The power of God also causes some men to be so overcome that they fall back. When Jesus identified himself to those who came with Judas to arrest him: “they drew back and fell to the ground.” (John 18:6). In Christian charismatic circles, this is referred to as being “slain” under the anointing because the person appears momentarily to be dead. Again, there is scriptural backing for this. John says: “When I saw (Jesus), I fell at his feet as dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.’” (Revelation 1:17). As a matter of fact, the power of God sometimes puts people to sleep and they might not wake up for the entire duration of the service or fellowship. This again is scriptural. It indicates that the Lord is doing some operation or surgery on them. The same thing happened to Adam: “The LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.” (Genesis 2:21). Ditto for Abram: “Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him.” (Genesis 15:12). Once in my ministry, I quoted the scripture which says: “You have led captivity captive; you have received gifts among men.” (Psalm 68:18). Out of the blue, Bimpe Akindele was slain under the anointing. She remained motionless for the rest of the fellowship. When she recovered, she revealed that the Lord carried her to heaven and gave her an astounding revelation of his glory. Vomiting It is not always that glamorous. Sometimes the person overcome by the power of God goes into convulsions, and he might even start vomiting. When I first noticed this in the ministry of Uma Ukpai, I ran to the Lord to inquire about it. “Is this of God?” I demanded. “Yes,” the Lord replied, “it happens when people are undergoing deliverance from demonic oppression.” Then he showed me an example from his ministry in the scriptures. A father describes the condition of his deaf and dumb son to Jesus: “Whenever the demon is in control of him it dashes him to the ground and makes him foam at the mouth and grind his teeth and become rigid.” (Mark 9:18). When they brought him to Jesus: “The demon convulsed the child horribly, and he fell to the ground writhing and foaming at the mouth.” (Mark 9:20). CONTINUED. SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/the-move-of-the-holy-spirit-1/#sthash.2PYpTYz3.dpuf |
Utchgirl:MY DEAR YOU ARE JUST GIVING ME CHEAP POINT TO SCORE, IN MY THREAD I SAID DATE/MARRY 1. WAS THERE A DATE BETWEEN PETER AND LOLA? 2. WASNT THE MOTHER ALIVE WHEN THE DATE COMMENCE? 3. WHY DID PETER CONTINUE THE DATE AGAINST THE WISH OF THE FAMILY IF THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE IN LOLA? take d case of 2face.Two of d 2face's babymamas r yorubas.Although 2face is nt an igbo)IF YOU ASK HIM HE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TOO (2) somthing special in lola? If i hear.....it's lola dt saw somthing in peter dts Y she wont let him go.BE FAIR FOR ONCE. ARE YOU SAYING PETER IS SO LOOSE THAT HE NEVER SAW ANY EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY IN LOLA AND HE WENT AHEAD AND IMPREGNATED HER TWICES AND ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE TIED DOWN BY HER. ABBAH BE REAL NOW. (3)Dt u r desperate to get somtin dosnt mean u hv gotten it.ur yoruba sisters r alwaz desperate to get married to our ibo brodas.U can ask them , jus to hear 4rm d horse's mouth.JUST AS YOUR IGBO BROTHERS ARE DESPERATE TO MARRY MY YORUBA SISTERS BUT BEEN RESTRICTED BY YOUR CULTURE OR I SHOULD SAY YOUR PARENTS. BACK TO MY QUESTION. THE REASON WHY YOU LIKE TO MARRY ME OR ACCEPT MY HAND IN MARRIAGE DESPITE CALLING ME NAMES IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. OK! |
francizy:I NEVER SAID THEY ARE CALLED NAMES MORE THAN ANY TRIBE. Now let me clear you on this, a woman/lady can be bad or good and that has nothing to do with tribe, same thing for men. You can't just open up your mouth and conclude that it's the Igbos that like dating married Yoruba men. Women from every tribe date married men and it's not specifically attached to one tribe.IT WASN'T ONLY IGBOS I MENTIONED; INTERPRET ME ACCURATELY; DESPITE THE NAME CALLING OTHER TRIBES ESPECIALLY THE IGBOS Now you can go ahead and ask yourself what Yoruba men see in Igbo women despite tagging Igbo women as materialistic. There is this friend of mine that two of her sisters are married to Yoruba men. Now what do these guys see in the Igbo women? Ain't they scared that the Igbo women will help them get poor easily? Don't they feel like they may end up living in a parsimonious state just a few years after marriage? Or is it that these men are just naturally attracted to fair ladies? But if that is the case, then why do some still wanna date or marry the dark Igbo women? When you have answered all these questions then you may come to terms with the reasons why you guys like Igbo women.WHEN ONE SAID THERE IS NO REASON FOR WHAT ONE DID, THAT SHOWS THAT ONE IS NOT SINCERE. YORUBA MEN HAVE REASONS FOR MARRYING IGBO LADIES. 1. JUST AS YOU RIGHTLY SAID BELOW, WE YORUBAS ARE MORE AT LIBERTY TO MARRY FROM OTHER TRIBES 2. THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU MARRY AN IGBO LADY, THE TENDENCY OF THE LADY'S PARENT TO ACCEPT HER BACK TO THEIR FAMILY IF THERE IS ANY CHALLENGE IN THE MARRIED IS VERY SLIM. FAIR COMPLEXION IS OUT OF IT BECAUSE GOOD NUMBERS OF YORUBA LADIES ARE ALSO FAIR IN COMPLEXION Another thing you must know is that Igbo women love Igbo men more and the stressing on the fact that Yoruba people are not restricted to marrying a particular tribe while other tribes are is just another myopic observation from someone else on this your thread. Igbos are free to marry other tribes as long as the man or woman in question is from a Christian home. So my point here is, it is only religion that can stand as a barrier between an Igbo man/woman getting married with a person from another tribe. On the other hand, what makes it seem more like the Yorubas are more free is because of the diversity in their religious practice. Eg: Yoruba people have about 53-56% Christians and about 44-47% Muslims. Now these Muslims can comfortably marry Muslims from other tribes while the Christians can comfortably marry Christians from other tribes.MY THREAD NEVER SAID THEY DONT LOVE THEIR MEN. I hope you are cleared and next time, don't say things you don't know because you saw just two Igbo people doing something and then you conclude all Igbo people do it. Just like the way Igbos have been tagged names like drug pushers, ritualists, criminals, fraudstars, etc, just because a few Igbo men appeared on the news.THIS IS WHAT I KNOW, OK! EVEN YOU SAID WITH YOUR OWN MOUTH AND I QUOTE "There is this friend of mine that two of her sisters are married to Yoruba men." JUST ONE OF YOUR NUMEROUS FRIENDS, TWO OF HIS SISTERS GET MARRIED TO YORUBA MEN. WHAT MONKEY SURVEY DO I NEED AGAIN TO DRIVE MY POINT HOME? SO WHEN WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT OTHER TRIBES ESPECIALLY THE IGBOS LIKE TO MARRY YORUBA MEN? OR IS IT WHEN ALL THE IGBO LADIES ON THIS PLANET EARTH GOT MARRIED TO YORUBA MEN BEFORE YOU WILL ACCEPT? THE REASON IS WHAT I NEED MAN DONT MISINTERPRET MY QUESTION. I AM NOT RULING OUT THAT IGBO LADIES ARE GOOD TO MARRY, NEITHER WILL I DISAGREE THAT OTHER TRIBES ESPECIALLY THE IGBOS LIKE TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WITH YORUBA MEN AS WIVES. |
APGA BEGGING MY APC FOR SUPPORT, KAI I DONT BELIEVE |
By Muyiwa Adetiba About 12, 15 years ago, when the issue of who is really a Lagosian was nothing more than a stimulating debate among friends, I had asked a friend to write an article on it for me. His was one of the more passionate voices when the issue was discussed at Ikoyi Club amidst banter and drinks then. He had every reason to be passionate. He was born and bred in Isale Eko, the ‘cradle’ of Lagos of Edo father and Yoruba mother. He bears his Yoruba name and his spoken Yoruba is rich and often laced with proverbs and idioms. He is also now a Chief in one of the suburbs in Lagos. Surely he qualifies to be called a Lagosian. Unfortunately, his surname gives him away. Another friend who was also born and bred in Isale Eko goes to the Campos area every fortnight to ‘feel the earth’ and identify with his roots. He proudly bears his Yoruba name but there is nothing he can do about his surname. Does that make him less of a Lagosian? Another, a colleague in my days at the Vanguard is an Ijaw from Bayelsa, but was born and bred in Lagos, and attended one of the popular secondary schools in Lagos. Even when he ventured out, it was to the University of Ife and it was to Lagos he came during breaks and holidays. He says proudly ‘omo Eko l’awa’. (We are Lagosians) despite his names which scream Ijaw. Is he in denial? Now, let me come home. My brother’s wife is from Akwa Ibom but was born and bred in Lagos and has a Yoruba middle name. Her Yoruba is more fluent than her Efik. My wife is Edo but born in Lafiaji in the heart of Lagos Island. She even has a Yoruba ‘oriki’ which she uses from time to time when she wants to praise herself. She has lived in Lagos all her life. Yet anybody who comes from a Yoruba hinterland in say 20 years ago, would feel more entitled and demand more ‘ownership’ than these people. When I, an ‘ara oke’, (upland country man) came to Lagos some 50 years ago, it was to a small city. Surulere, the middle class suburb, was walkable. The Island was also walkable and the only bridge that linked the two was Carter Bridge. I have since watched this city develop in leaps and bounds into a mega city. I feel I am part of the growth; I feel that I, with people like me, have contributed to the growth and therefore entitled to the dividends of that growth. But having said this, I have also watched people come in from different parts of the country to make a life and a living. A popular adage then was ‘Eko gba ole o gba ole’. (Lagos accommodates all shades of people). If it was true then, it is even truer now. Lagos State is easily the most accommodating State in the country and whatever contribution we have made therefore, is due to the accommodating system in Lagos. Many settlers have risen to top positions in Lagos and we treat it as of right. Many have become landowners and we treat it as of right. We are probably right under the constitution. But why is Lagos the only state where this happens? For example, my parents had lived virtually all their adult lives in Ilesha which makes the place the only other place I know outside Lagos. But If I attempt to go there for an elective post, somebody will tell me the full story of my father. Sometime ago, a couple of states from the Northern part of the country purged themselves of people from the civil service because they were not indigenes of the states despite being of the same tribe. The same thing happened in a state in the South East which purged itself of non-indigenes in government including Igbos. So if we feel Lagos State is not doing enough for those of us who believe we have contributed to its development, we should look around and we will see that no state has done half as much as Lagos to make its residents feel welcome. Now to my original question; who is a Lagosian? As a layman, I believe your length of stay or your financial contribution to a state confers some rights on you as a resident. But it does not necessarily make you a citizen. Citizenship must include spiritual as well as physical attachment along other prerequisites like ancestry and birth. Lagos for many is a place to make as much money as they can; a place to be exploited before they retire to their ancestral homes. A prospective citizen must integrate himself into the community. You cannot make yourself superior to the place or disdainful of the culture of the people you want to make your own. You must believe in the future of the place and be prepared to do anything necessary for the attainment of that future. For as long as you are repatriating the proceeds of your business endeavours to another place, then you are in the market and not at home. For as long as you are not providing schools, scholarships, hospitals in your place of residence or doing things that will improve the lot of the less privileged there, then you are not in your final home. For as long as the interests of another city is more important to you than the interests of the place you claim to belong, then your claim is shallow and exploitative. So a prospective Lagosian must be prepared to burn his bridge and adopt Lagos in its entirety- warps and all. He must declare like Ruth in the Bible, “Where you go I shall go. Where you live I shall live. Your people shall be my people and your God my God”. In other words, if your interests conflict with the interests of Lagos, then you cannot be called a Lagosian and Lagos must defend herself against such interests. Simple. Finally, why do people want to identify with Lagos? It is because Lagos is successful as a land of opportunities and possibilities. And Lagos is successful because it is cosmopolitan and inclusive. Those charged with the administration of Lagos must never forget that. The strength of Lagos lies in providing opportunities to all who come in contact with her. But the true Lagosians, those who have no other home to run to should there be famine or civil unrest, must be protected. They must not be squeezed out. SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/who-is-a-lagosian/#sthash.LLRei0w4.dpuf |
Ihuomadinihu:WHEN HAS IT BECOME A CRIME TO TELL SOMEBODY HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE PERSON; OR WHEN HAS IT BECOME A CRIME TO REFUSE SUCH LOVE? |
kambili999:IT MUST HAPPEN O, IM ALREADY EYEING SEF ![]() |
Utchgirl:YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING WRONG HERE: 1. CAN YOU GIVE THE REASON(S) WHY PETER'S MUM KICK AGAINST THE MARRIAGE 2. IF PETER HAVE NOT SEEN SOMETHING SPACIAL IN LOLA THAT YOU HIS IGBO SISTERS DONT HAVE, HE WOULDNT HAVE GONE AHEAD AND MARRY HER AGAIST THE FAMILY'S ( ESPECIALLY MOTHER'S) WISH. 3. THE WORD 'DESPERATION' IS USELESS HERE BECAUSE IF MY YORUBA SISTERS ARE DESPERATE TO MARRY YOUR IGBO BROTHERS BY NOW HALF OF THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF YOUR IGBO BROTHERS WOULD HAVE MARRIED MY YORUBA SISTERS BECAUSE THE SAME DESPERATION THAT YOU THOUGHT LOLA USED THEY TOO WOULD HAVE USED SAME. |
Psuedy:IT IS NOT ASSUMPTION, IT IS REAL. BESIDES, THE FACT THAT YOU AND MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE IGBO AND ALL OF YOU WANT TO MARRY IGBO DOESNT CHANGE THE FACT. IF I MAY ASK, ARE YOU AND MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AMOUNT TO 100000? WE ARE TALKING OF ABOUT 70000000 HERE; SO THE DECISION OF YOU AND YOUR MANY FRIENDS HOLDS NO GROUND HERE. |
kambili999:VERY SOON YOU WILL JOIN |
Utchgirl:ARE YOU IN THE SO CALLED FAMILY? OR IS IT POSSIBLE FOR TO TWO TO BE TOGETHER WITHOUT AGREEMENT? WHERE WAS THE FAMILY(ESPECIALLY THE MOTHER) WHEN THE TWO WERE JOINED OR ARE THEY NOT MARRRIED YET. MY QUESTION IS WHY .... ESPECIALLY IBO LADIES LIKE TO MARRY YORUBA MEN ( OR ACCEPT YORUBA MEN TO MARRY THEM) NOT WHY FAMILY (ESPECIALLY MOTHER) WANT A YORUBA LADIES TO DIVORCE THEIR IBO SON. BECAUSE I BELIEVED IF THEY HAVE NOT CONSENTED THE MARRIAGE IT WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN PLACE. AND YOUR SAMPLE IS NOT LIMITED TO IBO VS YORUBA; IT HAPPENS EVEN IN IBO VS IBO SETTING. |
LET'S BELIEVE THAT, THEY ARE NOW BORN AGAIN. |
Pelmet:OK, WHY DO THEY ACCEPT YORUBA MEN TO DATE/MARRY THEM DESPITE THE OBSERVATION STATED IN THE MAIN POST. |
[size=18pt] IT IS COMING TO REALITY [/size] |
kambili999:WHY DO THEY EVEN AGREED TO HAVE THEM AS FRIENDS AT ALL, A MEAN DATING THEM IF THEY DONT SEE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THEM. |
Ihuomadinihu:AND WHY ARE THEY ACCEPTING THEM |
Utchgirl:IF ONLY YOUR IBO SISTERS WILL LEAVE OUR YORUBA BROTHERS ALONE. IF YOU THINK IM WRONG, KINDLY ASK VICTORIA ELLIOT DESMOND |
sexyseun:SORRY O, ARE YOU FROM THE MARS? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IBO AND YORUBA INTER-MARRY FREQUENTLY THAN ANY OTHER TRIBES. |
frodobee:IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION VERY WELL AND YOU ARE FREQUENT ON THIS NAIRALAND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE WAY YORUBAS ARE BEING CALLED NAMES HERE, YOU WILL EXPECT THAT THESE TRIBES WOULD GO AT ANY LENGTH TO MAKE SURE THEY DONT HAVE ANY BLOOD MIXED UP WITH YORUBA BUT REVERSE IS THE CASE; SO WHAT IS THE REASON? |
NOTED, THANKS |
Chukzy001:HOW SURE? |
Why Are Ladies From Other Tribes Especially From The Ibos Like To Date/Marry Yoruba Men? I always ask myself this question yet I’ve not gotten a convincing answer. Good numbers of these tribes are fond of calling the Yorubas names but the same set of people will still see their daughters/sisters going out with a Yoruba guy and refused to raise objection. Many even allow their daughters/sisters to marry the yorubas. Is there anything hidden in these people (the Yorubas) that still motivate these tribes to marry them despite their yorubas are these, yorubas are that attitude? Please, I want you (Nairalanders) to help me out. |
Why Are Ladies From Other Tribes Especially From The Ibos Like To Date/Marry Yoruba Men? I always ask myself this question yet I’ve not gotten a convincing answer. Good numbers of these tribes are fond of calling the Yorubas names but the same set of people will still see their daughters/sisters going out with a Yoruba guy and will still allowed it. Many even allow their daughters/sisters to marry the yorubas. Is there anything hidden in these people (the Yorubas) that still motivate these tribes to marry them? Please, I want you (Nairalanders) to help me out. |
OP YOU ONLY SAMPLED THOSE THAT THEIR PREDICAMENT IS CAUSED BY THEIR PARENTS; WHAT ABOUT 1000 AND 1 THAT ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF THEIR NOT GETTING MARRIED DUE TO THEIR BEING MATERIALISTIC, FLIRTING AROUND AND LOOKING DOWN ON EVERY MAN THAT COME TO HAVE THEIR HANDS IN MARRIAGE. MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD STOP BLAMING PARENTS AND FACE THE REALITY. |
ivyT:YOU DEY VEX O |
IT SHALL BE WELL |
imbless:SPACE BOOKER, ![]() |
Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to flush them out, a civilian vigilante told AFP on Thursday. But soldiers were forced to retreat because of the extensive use of landmines in the area, one of which exploded killing a soldier and three vigilantes. . “Boko Haram are in large numbers in Sambisa,” said the vigilante, who requested anonymity for security reasons as he was part of the operation. “All their fighters who were pushed out of Bama, Dikwa, Gwoza and Damboa (in Borno state) all moved to Boko Haram camps in Sambisa,” he added. Details of the offensive came as a series of photographs circulated on social media accounts linked to the Islamic State group of heavily armed fighters, purportedly from Boko Haram. No independent verification was possible but some of the accounts said the images were released under the name “The Islamic State in West Africa”. Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to IS group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in March. The Middle Eastern militants responded by urging Muslims to support the rebels in Nigeria. A four-nation military operation launched in February involving Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon has recaptured swathes of territory previously held by Boko Haram in three northeast states. Last week, Nigeria’s national security advisor Sambo Dasuki said troops would storm the vast Sambisa Forest by the handover of power to incoming president Muhammadu Buhari on May 29. It has been claimed that the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped last April from the town of Chibok 80 kilometres (50 miles) away were being held in the area. Others have said they may have been split up and could be in Cameroon, Chad or elsewhere in northern Nigeria. - ‘Defying obstacles’ - On Wednesday, the military said an offensive was under way “in some forest locations”, claiming to have killed a senior commander as well as a number of militants who attacked a patrol. “The operations especially in forest locations are progressing in defiance of obstacles and landmines emplaced by the terrorists,” defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said in a statement. But the vigilante said progress over the last three days had been severely hindered. “Boko Haram have buried landmines all over the routes leading to their camps in the forest, which is no doubt a huge obstacle retarding the military offensive against them,” he said. Troops were forced to turn back just five kilometres (three miles) from Boko Haram’s main camp because of landmines. One soldier and three vigilantes were killed when their vehicle hit a mine, he said. “There are no soldiers in Sambisa right now. We all returned to Bama after the horrifying experience of manoeuvring through minefields,” he added. - See more at: SOURCE: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/boko-haram-regroups-en-masse-in-stronghold-area/#sthash.Yl214JuJ.dpuf
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