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porka: May be you should take a look at this...

http://www.punchng.com/news/northern-crisis-jonathan-to-ignore-reps-summons/

I like clever people like you madam.

Btw, have you ever heard or seen any summons without a date?

bayooooooo: Will Senator Ndume be part of the closed door session? What if he insists on being part of the meeting but the president disagrees? What if the president says several Honourables and senators like Ndume are still in NASS and that their patriotism is in question?

Ultimately if the president declines the invitation what trouble awaits him? Impeachment, Loss of goodwill?

porka: No, I am not claiming to be smart.

I am only learning from you and you are proving to be a difficult teacher.

There would not have been any need for all this if you ponder with me that the consequence of issuing the summons is graver than what it intended to address.

1) Jonathan will not obey the summons. He won't because no president has been issued such summons. He won't because obeying will put future presidents at jeopardy, setting a precedence for any useless summons. He won't because his attendance will jeopardize security and intelligence efforts, even when they say it's a close-door session, anything he says there will find it way to the social media and the MSM the next minute.

2) Tambuwal's house might try to compel him through impeachment threats, since a Nigerian president cannot be arrested.

3) Impeachment threats will aggravate the security challenges that Tambuwal is "trying" to address, because Niger Delta militants will read ulterior motives into it.

4) If he refuses and there was no consequence(s), Tambuwal's House of Representatives would simply look funny in the eye of the public.

Those were my points ab initio but it seems you wanted us to go round and round.

bayooooooo: They don't have any choice than to accord the president deserved respect. [b]What exactly is "hearings" in this case? Public or Private? [/b]It does not make sense to call public hearing on national security issue. Besides the president can not discuss such an issue when a sitting senator is implicated and answering charges on terrorisms? If such meeting ever take place, it can't be frank and sincere as it is inherently adversarial in nature.

bayooooooo: NASS can't order any governor to appear before it. Governors are answerable to various Houses of Assembly in their respective states not NASS. So NASS has no such powers.

However, they can ask the president or a cabinet minister, etc to appear and clarify some issues. But when such matter borders on National Security and taking into cognizance our peculiar environment where some honorable members are sympathetic to the cause of Boko Haram, where a senator is facing prosecution for his links with the Islamic sect, such an appearance is a pointless waste of time. Nothing useful can come out of it.

Obiagu1: I will like to agree with that but to use the stability of his presidency as an excuse is silly.

DaRapture: You don't negotiate with terrorist, you either eliminate them and or force them to succumb to your demands.

Kobojunkie: How did Colonel Sambo Dasuki become Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki? Is this a case of "they have the same last name so they have to be the same person"?

bakila: If indeed that statement is in anyway from Azazi, then Nigerians are in soup. The office of NSA is very strategic to National Cohesion that GEJ employed Azazi in that place at all shows that the man has an idontcare attitude to very serious matters.

koruji: So now BH would be ready to negotiate a ceasefire? I wonder why?

What has changed so much to move a bunch of blood-hounds who blew up more than 3 christian churces just last weekend and declared even deadlier bombings ahead to the negotiating table?

More fundamental, what are the items to negotiate with BH?

Wondering minds want to know!!!

Media spokesman to Azazi Mike Awe

The government appointed him and has asked him to go. The President is under political pressure and not everything is classified and made public. When NSA asked that Buhari be invited for questioning, Jonathan kicked against it. When he suggested that some people be brought in and questioned, he kicked against it saying it is a ploy to scatter his government. So, really, it’s all about the president’s softness (weakness) but he appointed him and he has removed him.

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The new NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (RTD) is a one-time ADC to former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babanginda.

[b]Col Dasuki is a Prince of the Sokoto Caliphate. [/b]He was retired from the Nigerian Army during the era of the late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

The announcement was made shortly after the President summoned an emergency security council meeting with all the security chiefs upon his arrival from Brazil.

Prior to the president’s departure for the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, Kaduna and Yobe States witnessed series of suicide bombings and violence between security operatives and members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

The radical sect which seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate in states across northern Nigeria, has been raging violent insurgency in the region, claiming hundreds of lives and destroying government properties, schools, military formations and Churches.

The Special Adviser to the president on Media and publicity, Dr Reuben Abati announced the dismissals and appointment on social media network, Twitter, posting that the “NSA Azazi dropped, Col. Sambo Dasuki (RTD) new NSA. Minister of Defence also dropped. Further details later.”

The two sacked security chiefs were in the security council meeting, earlier in the day with the president.

Dr Reuben Abati in an interview with Channels Television, stated that the president summoned the national security council meeting to evaluate the security situation of the country after his arrival.

He added that “the decision (dismissal of the NSA and Minister of Defence) that was announced is a follow-up to the meeting this afternoon.”

When asked whether the dismissal was as a result of the inability of the security chiefs to handle the state of security in northern Nigeria, Dr Abati, dodged the question, saying that “I will not tell you that the decision Mr President has taken was a judgement on the performance of the two gentlemen that are involved.”

“What I can tell you is that the decision that has been taken, is part of an attempt, in the series of attempts by the president to ensure that Nigeria people are further re-assured and that also, every step is being taken and where there are lapses, efforts can be made that those lapses should be corrected and possible efforts will be made to reassure Nigerians, that the administration is on top of the situation and President Jonathan is determined to ensure the safety, the security of lives and properties.”

The president is expected to send the name of yet to be announced Minister of Defence to the National Assembly for appropriate screening.

It is however unclear whether the Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada is affected by the shake-up of the security chiefs.

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Onlytruth: ^^

, I still want "Igbo presidency".

Pat Obahiagbon: At a time when the nation is on the periphery of noxious paralysis, it is perplexing that Ebele revels in brazil. I phlebotomize for Nigeria. @ the bolded

The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on drugs, narcotics and financial crimes, Adams Jagaba on Tuesday denied being in possession of the $620, 000 bribe money offered the former Chairman, House ad-hoc committee that probed the management of subsidy fund, Farouk Lawan.


The suspended Chairman of the Subsidy probe committee, Farouk Lawan

Mr Lawan, in his statement, claimed he formally wrote Mr Jagaba, informing him of moves by oil tycoon, Femi Otedola, to bribe the subsidy probe panel and attached the sum of $620,000 which Mr Otedola paid.

in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, titled “Re: investigation activities: request for handing over of exhibits in connection with the case of criminal conspiracy and taking gratification to prevent the course of justice”, Mr Jagaba wrote,

“I wish to categorically and unequivocally state that there was never a time I was in possession of the sum of $620,000 USD or any other exhibits (in my personal capacity or official capacity as chairman house committee on drugs, narcotics and financial crimes) relating to the subject matter of the above investigation.

“I hope this explanation lays to rest once and for all the claims that I or my committee is in possession of the sum of $620,000 USD purportedly given as bribe to the ad hoc committee on monitoring of fuel subsidy regime.”

On Monday, Mr Lawan had reportedly pleaded with the investigators handling the bribery allegations against him to allow him attend the plenary session of the House of Representatives on Wednesday so that he can retrieve the money from Mr Jagaba.

With this letter the Chairman of committee on drugs, narcotics and financial crimes sent to the Speaker of the House, it is unclear how Mr Lawan will retrieve the bribe money from him.

Source

In the same vein, cases have also been thrown out where there are truckloads hard evidence, with the cash deposited at the CBN no less (ref. James Ibori); even having the cash does not provide much further assurance of a successful conviction.

As long as those in power are willing to subvert the judicial process, it is easily achieved regardless of the evidence.