Orun reoo , Ma je okun, Maje ekolo; ohun ti nwon banje laju orun ni ko maa ba won je. Odigbere

Feel free, simple...optimistic

The art directing is top notch, the historical accuracy of the costume, building, cars and the general ambience are not unnoticed. Kunle Afolayan has set another standard. However, the colour grading aesthetic is not very reflective of the timing; is not particularly reflective of the era. May be a sepia not yellow/gold would have worked better, sepia has a way of transporting the audience back in time. Good Work Boss.

According to a source tweeting with the handle @AbiodunAkinsiku, there is a communal/cultist crisis on in Ebubu Community and three people have been reportedly killed despite the presence of security. There are heavy gun fire all over the place. If you have anyone around that area, it is advised that they stay indoor.

these are his tweets :

@AbiodunAkinsiku: We do not know where this is heading in Ebubu, though there are security guyz all around, yet the cultist have killed 3 today@NaijaCorpers

@AbiodunAkinsiku: #CrisisInEbubu#We now hear gun shots like birds chirping at night. Life becomes worthless in the face of violence in Ebubu@NaijaCorpers

@AbiodunAkinsiku: Why will NYSC officials be taking time before responding to this inhuman situation, are you waiting till they kill corpers?@NaijaCorpers

Kindly help notify the necessary authority about the carnage about to happen in Ebubu, River State

where is the estate located?

N_girl: Most of the people on this thread are not being reasonable. When did murder become bravery
Some people on this thread are mentioning how they're "proving" that they're not cowards.. SMH!
Everyone knows that the Fulani people are becoming unbearable but for me murder = cowardice.
Their farmlands were being destroyed and the only way they thought to retaliate was by taking human lives? and people on Nairaland are celebrating.
If you guys were living where this thing happened you won't be talking like this.
The massacre of Yoruba people could start at anytime. Those people will have to sleep with one eye open from now on.
They can live in peace any more. There's nothing about this thread to be happy about..

The state and federal governments need to do something about the situation so that people will not have to live in fear of being massacred and there wouldn't be any more retaliations.

There is nothing condemnable about this thread, it is the truth of our existence starring us in the face, and we need to confront it.

As much as murder is condemnable, the Fulanis can not go around maiming and killing and expect to go around the land unperturbed- violence is a two-traffic . BTW I am from that part of the country and I know the atrocities these savages have committed. They have wiped out many villages around Itesiwaju Local Govt, Iseyin Local Govt, Atisbo LG and so man yother local governments in oyo State. They killed farmers that tried to prevent them from grazing on their farms. They rape women and rob people. These things happen a lot that the people had to raise vigilantes.

I can't even start giving the list of evils committed by these bororo/fulanis.

Jakumo: The Fulani nation straddles international borders accross sub-Saharan Africa, but those cattle-rearing nomadic wanderers are all unified by language and culture. Known historically as a warrior tribe of great tenacity, bravery and ferocity, the Fulani took to military life as Nigerian soldiers, like ducks to water. To this day, much of Nigeia's top military brass comprises men of Hausa-Fulani descent, whose allegiance to tribal stock, and to the Islamic faith, easily supercede their sworn oaths to serve the Nigerian military establishment.

In other words, any organized killings of Fulani tribesmen, such as this recent ethnic cleansing of Fulani cattle herders in Oyo State, Nigeria, could before long lead to a disproportionate retaliation by invading Fulani gangs who have been covertly ARMED with infantry weapons, by upper echelon Fulani members of the Nigerian military.

The recent clashes between southern Christian Yoruba and northen Muslim Hausa beans traders in Ibadan, Oyo State, took place shortly before this latest killing of Fulani cattle herdsmen, so it is imperative that state and federal authorities act urgently to secure the area from a possible escalation in violent reprisals launched from either side of the conflict in Oyo State.

Nobody has monopoly of violence...if the Fulanis want to bring trouble, let them go ahead. People in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State have had enough. The Fulani atrocities around that area has been going on for as far back as I can remember. Did the farmers just wake up one day and decided to go on killing spree? These fulanis graze on people's land, rob commuters on the highway, rape women and so many others.

Did you just say, it was Christian Yorubas that clashed with Hausas in Bodija Market? Where did you get that information? Why are you spreading falsehood deliberately? Fulanis will launch reprisal attack? Is this 19th Century? If the Jihadist think they can do a repeat of Ilorin, they better think well. No Yoruba man will take it lying down.

If you want to be impartial, do be impartial but don't go around over-hyping these savages.

This is commendable, and coming from Mr. President, making himself available for the visit takes his acceptance among some folks a notch up. As an aside, what does NLers derive from deliberate misinformation and xter assasination. May be we need to remind ourselves constantly that eletronic evidences are now admissible in our courts.

Mr Nackson Omo Nacker...ahh ahaha that hilarious dude. There was one edition I read, where one dude and his wife were sabotaging a pipeline, meanwhile Nackson was hiding somewhere playing security, he pounced on them and bed the wife there and then, while he was in the act, a patrol team came...Nackson left the woman and escaped. The police decided to use a beautiful policewoman to lure him, when she got to Nackson's house, Nackson also nacked the police woman and escaped through the window. That guy was a crazy sex freak

PointB: Basically, there is nothing on these letters that indicated 'deportation' was eminent, let alone date, time, and venue.

The last letter invited Anambra official to come and identify 14 people who claimed to be from Anambra - including a certain Agboola. Why didn't Lagos State wait for this identification process to conclude, or write a reminder? Why nicodemusly dump Nigeria citizens in by the bridge, in the dead of the night.

Did anybody bothered to read the letter from AkwaIbom, which is very profession, and hard to fault. A genuine case of sick (mentally ill people) certified so by doctors. And only being repatriated because the genuinely need family care due to there mental state. The Akwa Ibom model is radically different, and very human in comparison to the nihilistic model adopted by the gra gra officials of Lagos State. They bungle a simple process simply due to aggravated intolerance and fascism.

Fashola is dead wrong to unilaterally dump Nigerians by the roadside, simply because they are considered poor and Igbos!

TRUTH IS LIKE AN OPEN SORE...JUST KEEP SHIFTING THE GOAL POST.

EasternLeopard: Already some lagosians are clamouring for a Xtian Gov and most preferable an indigene. Gov Fash's govt has unwisely angered the Igbos. My friends supporting Gov Fash pls do the calculation especially as UPN(OPC Party) sets to battle APC in Lagos.

THIS IS LAGOS! UPN? OKAY DREAM ON, WHATEVER MAKES YOU COME.

well, I live alone so for sahur, I drink water or tea or custard once in a while. I dont like cooking, so I dont bother. Sometimes I pray in the morning before I drink up whatever i resolved to take but not everytime sha. For iftar, I take date, orange and apple, and any other food I get, mostly Ghanaian food. Well, it is the life of a bachelor. Yeah I stocked food too, I bought a carton of indomie at the begining of ramadan. I will open it this evening.

2ru-talk:
Tribal sentiments apart. An average Yoruba man knows how to ignite a fight but will never participate when the fight erupts. I have many of them in the office. If you mistakenly agree with a Yoruba man to fight for your right in the office even when he initiated it, be rest assured that you are on your own (OYO) when the issue gets messier. They will quietly withdraw like a cold water. They are completely unreliable and chicken-levered.

Tribal war lords....I hail ohhhhh. How many Yorubas you don fight before self. How about you go and say this in Ojuelegba?

Alhamdulilah! It is Ramadan. Let's roll. Allah will give us piety and the favour to take all the advantage of the month. Masallah. Blessing blessing blessing to the entire Ummah. Ramadan Kareem to everyone. ;DAlhamdulilah! It is Ramadan. Let's roll. Allah will give us piety and the favour to take all the advantage of the month. Masallah. Blessing blessing blessing to the entire Ummah. Ramadan Kareem to everyone.

emekatimsu: After thie interview with Journalist, the DG got him self sackd from office by the Minister of Information.Mr Labaran Maku..
Am just sorry for the Old man, he might be regretting why he open hs mouth so wide knowing fully well that Naija is not a place where the truth is valued.

I think that man got fired because he has demonstrated that he can't be trusted with authority. Jow can any grown up man wake up and utter such nonsense. Don't let the hatred of others led you to injustice. He deserve a sack for uttering that po. He is not telling any truth, he is a big fool

d citizen:
The outright war on the social miscreant is a welcome development. However, the ban on dis lazy minded idiot is belated and their actions are primitive and crude. They practically turn every bustop in lagos into garage extorting money from commercial danfo driver in the public even in the presence of police officers. Wen maruwa was the governor of lagos, he dealt ruthlessly with dis miscreant and the repented ones found one form of menial jobs or the other. Most of the social miscreats comes frm ibadan and osun states and sadly, they are muslims. Am not saying dat all muslims are social miscreants. Tunubu institutionalised area boys in lagos in 1999 becos he believed dat his bulk of vote came frm them. He is even described as the father of social miscreants and i doubt if the policy of the government will go down well with him. The situation in which a state continues to generate area boy and export them to lagos is unacceptable. It clearly shows weak culture, failed family institution and failed government at regional level. These set of social miscreats can borrow a cue frm igbo traders who are doing legitimate business in every state they found them selve in and contribute to the economic and social development of the host state tru commerce instead of involving in brigandage and hooliganism and willing tools in the hand of selfish and self centered politicians. We must stop the culture dat brings social miscreats now majorly in south west region and expose the wayward thugs to a civilised way of life tru commerce and engagement in vocational training or farm settlement bf they are radicalised into terrorism like micheal adewale and micheal adebanjo in britain becos of radicalisation induced dna

You were actually making sense until you bring in the Muslim angle and the legitimate Igbo traders... come on.

cyril83: Close that your mouth, how many of these children can afford the internet subscription on the said tablets or don't you know that computer tablet is just the same as calculator when you don't have internet connection on it.

Have you heard of Education Bundle from MTN? That's how it will work, you don't need internet to access the it.

Taunting Israel, Bashar Assad says in an interview prerecorded for broadcast Thursday night, May 30, that the first batch of Russian S-300 anti-air missiles has arrived in Syria and a second consignment is on the way. Wednesday, May 29, debkafile reported the landing at Latakia of a large Russian transport carrying 60 tons of unidentified freight. This was the first S-300 consignment. Fresh Hizballah forces entering Syria Thursday are heading for Deraa, the rebels’ southern stronghold 30 kilometers from Israel’s Golan border....

source http://www.debka.com/

we have been in total blackout for eight days non stop. Reporting from Randle Avenue, akerele extension, surulere, Lagos. I hate generators but at this rate i might just get one

adino: The governor of Nasarawa State al-makura should be held responsible, this is a man who hired Chadians and Nigeriens Fulani murderers to massacre Eggon people. The useless governor sacrificed this SSS men on the alters of politics. The SSS commander and police commissioner that sanctioned this illegal operation must be relieved from their job and prosecuted. Baba Alakio is just the spiritual leader of Ombatse that was formed to protect Eggon people from the fulani murderers. It is widely known that fulani militia's have a base in Nasarawa state, from where they launch their genocide in Plateau and Benue States, but cannot try such nonsense again in Nasarawa because of Baba Alakio and Ombatse. He is a Great Man, no harm must befall him or the fulanis will overrun middle belt and move down South (Starting from South West of course).

As much as I don't like to engage in a war of words with your type, it will be a disservice to objectivity and justice if I didn't comment. I don't know how true your assertion that Gov. Al Makura recruited Fulanis from Chad and Niger to invade Eggon Communities is. I do know when Fulanis have ever discriminated when attacking communities in Nassarawa State. They rob on a daily basis along Lafia-Obi Road, and just recently, a woman was murdered by Fulanis when they robbed a vehicle on that road. In 2008, Corp Member serving in GSS, Adudu was beaten to coma along the same road by Fulani armed robbers. They attack farmers from time to time in Nassarawa state. Alago, Tivs, Migili, Gwandaras and Eggons have always been the butt of these people's gruesome attack.

In recent year, it's on record that the Eggon people have become more militant- On June 2nd, 2012, Assakyo Village was attacked by Eggon militia, Assakyo is an Alago settlement in Lafia East Development Area. Unfortunately for the villager, they were nested in the middle of Eggon village, such that all roads were cordoned off. The town was burnt to ashes and 17 people lost their lives. The people of the town had to move to Lafia en-mass. That Town is yet to be rebuilt. In 2007, there was a clash between the Alagos and Eggons in Assakio. Not long after this, the same group also attacked Agyaragu town inhabited by the Koro (Migili) ethnic group, killing so many people and burning down all structures belonging to the elites of this ethnic group, including the palace of their paramount ruler, a second class chief. This same group also engaged the Fulanis, killing most of them and their cattle – the reprisal attacks from the Fulanis are now history.

They also attacked Kwandare, the home town of the governor, killing and razing houses. Other places affected by the activities of Ombatse group are Rutu, Burum-burum in Doma Local Government, where the village head lost his life in the process, and Kokona Local Government. From April 30, 2012 to May 1, 2012, this group invaded Assakio, a town established by the Alago ethnic group which is part of Lafia Local Government. During that invasion, more than 40 people were reported to have lost their lives, while properties, both residential and business interests, worth millions of naira, went up in flames.

The Eggons have several grievances in Nassarawa State, they are the majority in Nassarawa State, though they have just two local governments; Akwanga Local Government and Nassarawa Eggon Local Government. According to unconfirmed rumour, they wanted more local governments as Alago people who are not as many as them have 3 local governments; Doma, Obi and Keana Local Governments.

Secondly, The Eggons are yet to produce a governor in Nassarawa state since the beginning of the 4th republic; Abdullahi Adamu, the governor of Nassarawa between 1999-2007 is an Ankwei man from Keffi, Aliyu akwe Doma is an Alago man from Doma while Al Makura is Gwandara man from Kwandere.

There are so many things wrong with Nassarawa State, however wanting to pin all the blame on Al Makura is not justifiable.

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Mavor: Am a Lagosian, but seriously, Lagos needs to be de-centralized industrially. What of Calabar and Uyo?

are you sure? oya quit smoking that hashish

Uncanny Genius: Nonsense. Every mosque should be destroyed in the South East and South South.

I hope you'll lead this mission? lolzzzz

These Fulani marauders should be dealt with; every community with some sense of self should constitute vigilante group to check the action of these vandals. When the time comes all the aliens in Kwara and Kogi shall be sent packing, in fact in all the middle belt. Fulanis have made murdering innocent people their chosen pastime. Their leaders use politics and religion to divide the people in the South. Yoruba, Ijaws, Igbos, Edos, Itsekiri, and all the other nationalities in the South must come together and resist their onslaught

Just like WS...I am 50% Muslim, 50% Xtian...100 % Ifa Worshipper...Swaggalicious Yoruba Son. Let the days of the Gods come back...Ase Orisha l'enu mi. Ase Orisha l'enu, eyi ti mo wi ni Irunmole o gba...Ase Orisha l'enu

Sincere 9gerian: “The 36 state governors are demanding a truer federal system in terms of fiscal and political federalism. I associate myself with this demand in its entirety”- Fashola

See WICKED and NAKED LIE. Oga BRF can LIE. A beg which 36 state governors? Does the 36 state governors also include northern governors? A beg we know say BRF na smooth talker but make him dey tell believable LIES.

What's wrong with demand for true federalism? Why not tackle the issue and leave the messenger? Is that demand illegitimate?

Mallam Shehu Sani is president, Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRCN). In retrospect, Sani, a peace and rights advocate led former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the Boko Haram enclave in Maiduguri in September 2011, an epochal visit that served as a launching pad in subsequent efforts to practically broker truce. Speaking in this interview with Aza Msue in Kaduna over the proposed Federal Government amnesty to Boko Haram, Sani said only a freelance journalist, Mallam Ahmed Salkida, who has constantly had interviews with Boko Haram leaders, will be able to mediate and bring about true amnesty. According to him, big names like ‘security chiefs’ and ‘the Sultan’, listed as potential arbitrators will not solve the insurgency. His submissions on the amnesty saga are in their entirety, illuminating. Excerpts:

What is your take on the recent Federal Government’s proposed amnesty for Boko Haram?

Well, amnesty is one of the many proposals that have been voiced by Nigerians as a way out of this insurgence and violence; but it is not a magic formula. It is not going to lead to the end of the insurgence, neither is it going to end the violence. That President Jonathan Goodluck has announced amnesty and has constituted a committee does not mean that people will take train from Yobe and Borno states to Eagles Square in Abuja waiting for amnesty.

Secondly, there are many categories of persons who want this amnesty; there are those who want amnesty because they want peace, there are those who want amnesty because they want to save their necks from the insurgence, there are those who want it because they intend to milk this country dry from the billions of money that will be given out for the programme and there are those who want it because it is the way out but they do not know how possible. And you cannot have amnesty and the next day you have all the guns and bombs submitted. What I have seen about this proposed amnesty is an attempt to scam Nigeria and raise false hope; those who think amnesty is all about bringing peace the next day are simply wasting their time and they are elements who simply want to profit from amnesty. With an amnesty the government will be in the position to pump billions of naira in the names of unemployed persons from Northern Nigeria and then parade them as being insurgents and give them the money.

This proposed amnesty by the Federal Government will not work. Number one, the Boko Haram group did not say amnesty is one of the conditions to which they will end this violence. Secondly, this committee that is set up by the Federal Government is not different from all other committees that have been parading themselves and engaging in dialogue with the Boko Haram group, and it has never worked.

The only viable contact with the Boko Haram was the one facilitated by me that took former president Olusegun Obasanjo to Maiduguri for peace talk and the one by a freelance journalist, Ahmed Salkida, which brought Dr. Ahmed Datti. Other dialogues apart from the two I mentioned were simply scams. There were series of false peace talks in Saudi Arabia, false peace talks in Maiduguri and false declaration of ceasefire which I have consistently debunked which have come out to be true and I’m saying there is every likelihood that the insurgents will debunk the amnesty.

There was the committee by the northern states’ governors, the one by Ambassador Zakari Ibrahim, the one by Borno State Government, and now one by the Federal Government. Nigerians have continuously been fooled with series of ceasefire. It is another road to deception; Nigerians should be worried because billions of tax payers’ money is about to be siphoned for a fruitless fight that is going to lead us nowhere.

So, how can the Federal Government tackle this insurgency once and for all?

I have already said that there are two ways of tackling this insurgency;the use of force and the use of dialogue. Well, government has consistently deceived itself that force can end the insurgency, they are not wrong in the sense that the insurgency has ended in some countries using force; unfortunately, it did not work here. Secondly, there is the option of dialogue. Before an amnesty, you need to have a committee and this committee should be seen to be independent and must have the representatives of the Federal Government and it must have the respect of members of the sect.

It is only when they have the respect of the sect that they will have the chance to work things out but if you set up a committee that is made up of the Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Naval staff, D.G SSS, in fact all security chiefs and some sweethearts of the president, do you think the insurgents will listen to you? It is just a simple logic; the very fact that the committee will serve as the mediating body should make it independent and have the capacity and the respect for whatever is going to be the outcome. And this committee should be credible, it should comprise first and foremost, the leaders of different Islamic sects in Northern Nigeria and then you also have representatives of JNI, Ahmed Salkida, a freelance journalist. Now Nigerians should ask themselves why dialogue has continued to fail.

It has continued to fail because they have continued to do the wrong thing. No matter the high level committee set up, as long as that committee cannot reach out to the leader of Boko Haram, it is technically and virtually impossible to pin down on this insurgents.

The committee that I have suggested that should comprise all these should ensure a ceasefire from the side of the Boko Haram for at least seven to eight months; they should also extract commitment within this period to end arrest and harassment .There should be no shooting, bombing and killings of innocent persons so that there would be a period of silence for eight months. Then the root cause of this insurgence will now be tabled, the killing of Mohamed Yusuf, several Boko Haram members will table their demands and make reasonable contact to their families, aiming for reconciliation over what happened. This committee should reach out to all those people who are in detention, this committee should 100 percent, take stock of victims of Boko Haram who have been killed in all those places. You sit down with them, hear their own story, the orphans and see how justice could be done to them before you talk of amnesty. We simply wake up one day and declare amnesty and think that the next day, amnesty will calm everybody down.

That committee must have reached out to the leader of Boko Haram, followed by a ceasefire and then do justice to victims of Boko Haram. Boko Haram is different from Niger Delta militants.

Are you aligning yourself with other Nigerians who opposed Federal Government’s decision of amnesty?

I have not opposed amnesty and I do not support a bogus amnesty that is simply aimed at defrauding Nigerians. If we want an amnesty that will end this problem…it looks so simplistic to say that there is an amnesty; so people will come out and lay down arms and collect money. We must also understand that there are some acts of violence that are different from the North and Niger Delta. The Niger Delta militants want a fair share of resources from their region; they also want money to be given to them, and some of them have openly come to say they want money as a condition to end the violence. Boko Haram has never made any monetary claim, nobody should go and allocate billions of tax payers’ money for them and I am saying it very clearly, when I led President Obasanjo to Maiduguri, I took onlyN20,000 for fuel; nobody should come and defraud Nigerians in the name of lining up some street boys and misinforming Nigerians that they are militants, then give them some millions and also give some Islamic personalities contracts like they are giving Tampolo and others in the Niger Delta.

Are you totally opposing northern leaders who are clamouring for amnesty for Boko Haram?

Look, what I am just telling you is this; all these elders, most of them are for amnesty because they want to save their necks so that the fire will not reach them; but many of them are part of what has led us into this mess. If they have spoken out against corruption and mismanagement when northerners were in power, we would not have been here, which has made it so easy for the insurgents to recruit millions of our young people who have been abandoned by government.

The leader of Boko Haram did not say he needs money like the Niger Delta leaders, Tampolo and Asari Dokubo. So, am still emphasising on this so that nobody will defraud Nigeria. I am for amnesty but not for scam.

You talked about Salkida a freelance journalist, but from report I have read, Salkida has fled Nigeria over security threats. What do you say about this?

Nigerians should ask themselves questions. Why should such a person flee when he has made sacrifice and even offered to arrange the first meeting directly with the Boko Haram group. Such a Nigerian should be encouraged if he has access to Boko Haram and these people trust him, why don’t we bring him and make him Chairman of the committee? Must he be a billionaire? Must he be a politician or is it because he is a journalist? Didn’t they know that sometimes, a solution to a problem may just be before you? I know the kind of effort and sacrifice that man has put in.

You kicked against the Sultan of Sokoto as the chairman of the amnesty committee, what is your reason?

First of all, the Sultan is a leader of Muslims in Nigeria, despite that the Boko Haram sect has not recognized him or respected him. Apart from making statements, what other efforts has he made? He might have made efforts but without any result.

I am talking to you today not because I am an activist or a commentator, but I went to Maiduguri, and I have proved to you what I have been doing. Why has the Sultan not gone to Maiduguri? So, you see he would have solved a lot of problems but this one, he is ineffective. So, making him the chairman of an amnesty committee will not work. For example, during the postelection crisis in 2011, people like him were targeted and even the Emir of Kano, an old man was also targeted, the Shehu of Borno was also targeted.

So, how can you bring somebody who is being hunted to chair an amnesty committee?

The only thing the chairman of the committee will do is to submit a proposal to Goodluck Jonathan requesting for billions of naira to settle the sect, and some rascals from Sokoto, Katsina, Kano, Maiduguri and Jos will be brought in and money will be given to them and some Islamic leaders will be given contracts as much as they are giving Tompolo. But what connection do they have with Shekaru, or what connection do they have with entire members of Boko Haram?

Do you have any regret for taking expresident Obasanjo to Maduguri after which concrete suggestions were made to the Presidency but might have been ignored?

Well, today, the only pain I feel is the killing of Baba Fugo. Fugo was a man of peace and determination. Both of us sought the permission of the Boko Haram group to organise a reconciliation. But the group came up openly and denied that they were the ones that killed him.

I have to believe them because they killed so many people and admitted but why did they reject this one? Our suggestions to the Presidency were buried by the late General Andrew Azazi because he believed his way was the only way. Azazi misinformed the president to go to South Korea and said Nigeria will end Boko Haram by June last year. So, our efforts were sabotaged by no other person than Azazi, and this is to show how some people who think they are security experts think they can stop Boko Haram, using security formula but they do not know the economic, political and social aspects of it and that is why the problem is persisting. I will continue to say in my own way how to solve this problem. When all Nigerians believed that a peace talk was going on, I said it was not and it came out to be true, and I’m saying that this amnesty will not go anywhere because the committee members, no matter how highly placed they are, if they do not reach out to the sect, it will not work.

Who is that one person that can guarantee the effectiveness of this amnesty?

There is no person. If you ask me of two or three persons, the first person is Ahmed Salkida, but that does not mean there are no other persons who can equally reach out. Those kinds of people will not want their names in print. Everybody thought it was going to the Sultan and when the Sultan failed to deliver, then they have nowhere to go.

As it is now, what will happen if the amnesty fails?

It means we have failed, the Federal Government has failed. The government must reach out to those people who are respected by the sect so that the crucial issues will be properly resolved.

PDPwayoo: All because of 72 virgin?. The govt should offer them 72 virgins now than amnesty. Im pretty sure they will accept the offer sharp sharp.

Do you have evidence for this? In as much as we all like to defend our belief blindly, we should use some common sense. I have heard a lot about 7 virgins, 21 virgins and 72 virgins...are these true or mere fabrication to spite Muslims

As the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) appears to grow increasingly fragmented, a faction describing itself as being “under the leadership of Comrade Henry Okah” has disowned the spokesperson named Jomo Gbomo and the activities called “Hurricane Exodus” and “Operation Barbarossa.”

On April 14, MEND, in a statement signed by Jomo Gbomo, announced “Operation Barbarossa,” a crusade it said will begin on May 31 “to save Christianity in Nigeria from annihilation.” It said the campaign will comprise bombing of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics.”

Gbomo also said that “Hurricane Exodus” would continue, saying it was responsible for the April 13 destruction of Oil Well 62, belonging to Shell Petroleum, in Ewellesuo community,Nembe, Bayelsa State. The police immediately denied that claim.

In today’s statement signed by “Comrade Timi Azizi,” MEND said that neither members of its high command nor loyal foot soldiers of “MEND-OKAH” are associated with the operations referred to by Jomo Gbomo.

“Our primary objectives at present are as follows (a) to secure the release of our leader (Comrade Henry Okah) and other members of our fraction in various detention centers in the country, Compensate families of our members killed by the security agencies, Withdraw all military personnel (JTF) and tanks in the region then hand over the control (total) of our resources back to us.

“As the spokesperson to Comrade Henry Okah, I wish to assure Niger Deltans and Nigerians at large that the operation Barbarossa is an imagination of the “old brigade” trying to gain relevancy hence we strongly advise this so called Jomo Gbomoto desist from this acts and stop using the name of Henry Okah as a reason(s) for their criminal activities or else we will fish them out and hand them over to the law enforcement agencies for prosecution,” the statement warned.

Turning to Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, the statement warned that Henry Okah owes him nothing and that he should be grateful for all Okah did for him. “Before you came in contact with him, you were a no-body, we are watching, mind your utterance as we might come for you someday for our pay cheque,” the statement said.

“For those saying that MEND no longer exists, we all know it's not true; MEND is strongly rooted in all the Southern States of the Federation and beyond, soon we will take decisions against those that betrayed the struggle and the region.”

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/hurricane-exodus-operation-barbarossa-mend-denounces-mend

Localtrouble: Asari is indeed daft and am happy to say it. So BH has been promoting religious Unity? Those I.dio.ts have been hiding under Islam to kill Christians all in the name of fighting the GEJ led administration. He's such a PhooooooL!! Seriously, these people have a really screwed up mentality. The minute you mention anything about their religion, they turn vampires!!

I hope you are ready for that war you called for...I will be here donating to the red cross

kingoflag: Wow....

Nigeria, a nation run by gangsters, and the citizens are just confused, looking in awe.

SMH

It\s very unfortunate bro...war is no child's play

emmasege: I disagree wt u, if asari was a christian, he would have since called for the bombing and killing of muslims in the south. He's double-mouthed. If he had his way, he would islamize the south/south. Thank God he's not in the s/west, his combination with rauf would have heighten religious tension in the s/west.

Do you people just type cos of the need to reply, or your points are based on some logic? SMH!