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cool. Let me add that a group of Nigerians in Houston, Tx. engage in the same fun activity. The kit was originally designed by a couple of engineering students at Rice University in Houston. One Black and the other Asian

There is something unnatural about idol worshiping.

Rift in Boko Haram, ‘Ansaru’ Splinter Group Emerges, Calls BH ‘Inhuman’ To Muslims

This must be the ingenious work of the Israelis or the American friends     

There are indications that an ideological feud within the rank and file of the Boko Haram sect may have led to a breakaway faction.  The new outfit calls itself ‘Ansaru.’

In a statement circulated in Kano, Ansaru gave its full name is “Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan,” meaning Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa.  Its motto is “Jihad Fi Sabilillah,” meaning it is fighting and sacrificing for Allah’s cause.  The statement was signed by one Abu Usamata Al’Ansari, who claimed to be its leader.

Ansaru expressed displeasure with Boko Haram’s style of operations, which it described as inhuman to the Muslim Ummah.  It vowed to restore dignity and sanity to the “the lost dignity of Muslims in black Africa” and to bring back the dignity of Islam in Nigeria and the Sokoto Caliphate, founded by Othman Dan Fodio in 1804, which spread across Niger Republic, Cameroon and some West African countries.


Ansaru’s logo shows the Qur’an, with a gun on both sides; attached to the guns are black flags with the inscription, “There is no deity but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger”.

The statement said, “For the first time, we are glad to announce to the public the formation of this group that has genuine basis. We will have dispassionate look into everything, to encourage what is good and see to its spread and to discourage evil and try to eliminate it.

http://saharareporters.com/news-page/rift-boko-haram-%E2%80%98ansaru%E2%80%99-splinter-group-emerges-calls-bh-%E2%80%98inhuman%E2%80%99-muslims

[quote author=see*noevil link=topic=858722.msg10091622#msg10091622 date=1328036903]ADMIT THAT YOU ARE A  STARK ILLITERATE AND A F00L WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT NIGERIAN POLITICS . YOUR POLITICAL AWARENESS STARTED WITH NAIRALAND AND WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF TRIBALISM YOUR KIND LAID HERE ON NAIRALAND AND THAT'S WHY YOU THINK THAT ISLAMIC EXTREMISM STARTED IN THE 90'S . INSTEAD OF MAKING A F00L OUT OF YOURSELF ADMIT YOU MADE A MISTAKE AND STOP OPENING YOUR STÜPID  MOUTH TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT .[/quote]Please crawl back into the hole you came from. Flee flea.

[quote author=see*noevil link=topic=858722.msg10091365#msg10091365 date=1328034707]So in other words the Maitatsine religious crisis and riots in which more than 3,000 people lost their lives happened in the 90's abi ? How old are you Oga "chucks" ?[/quote]I don't have time to respond to intellectual midgets, kaji ko?

Eze gbuburu of NL - the coward,  nwanne, I'm sure you were not forced out of Nigeria by Maitatsine religious sect as suggested above because during the riots some people relocated to their native states while a vast majority remained in the North. Is the fool above correct that you ran away to America because of Maitatsine? If so, it is very hypocritical of you to be telling Igbos to stay put in Kano.

Onlytruth:
Does it occur to you that some of us living in diaspora were forced out of the country of our births by Islamic extremists who swore never to give us peace in our land of birth?

Eze, it appears that you are both a liar and a dolt. The extremists who you claim forced you out of Nigeria did not appear in Nigeria until the 90s, olodo. It appears Al Quaeda drove you out of Nigeria, ko?

Extremists ko, ra pists ni. abeg no make me laugh.

Onlytruth:
My name is Onlytruth, and I endorse this message.

endorse ko, expurgate ni. Cowards are endorsing millitancy from the comfort of their living rooms in diaspora. What a sisi! olodo

This story is not yet believable because such a big story should have been carried by the big media houses, as opposed to these fly-by-night sources.

This thread should be a confirmation of my assertion that various non Northerners, including Yorubas, people from SS and other non Igbos, participated in the house to house cold blooded murder of Igbos after Nzeogwu's coup and the killing of Sadauna.

In the thread, Araba - The Pre-civil War Massacre Of Ndigbo By Non-igbos In Kaduna I told you of non Igbos living in the North who actively participated in the said attrocities. Just read the hatred of Igbos from southerners who lived in the North in this thread and weep. SMH again.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=858162.msg10085454#msg10085454 date=1327971405]_chucks, you no well!!![/quote]Oh boy, get rid of that archaic keyboard of yours which prematurely truncates characters. olodo

Can't you people put your bigotry aside and allow Ikemba to be buried peacefully and allow the great Nigerian to rest in peace? This is quite shameful and troubling.

SMH

[quote author=Sam_Ikenna link=topic=855268.msg10071722#msg10071722 date=1327800449]People will always see grass root revolution from ethnic lenses depending on which ethnic group has their man as the president, thats why I have my reservations for that approach. [/b]But if you believe in it pls by every means keep hammering it until it draws enough following which will help build a huge capacity for a final showdown with the powers that be.

[b]For me I will invest my energy in bringing together the leadership of diverse groups with common interest with a view to forming a strong coalition that will be able to demand the simplest of God's gifts - freedom (if that freedom comes as Odua, Arewa, Biafra, Isoko repub then so be it).  By the way, when I say "leadership of diverse groups" I dont mean political crooks in Abuja, those people in Abuja are in bed with The Man so bringing them into any coalition is suicide, they will rat you out and deliver you to the devil.[/quote]Sam_Ikenna, the bolded in blue above is the reason why recent protests against subsidy removal did not evolve into the kind of grassroots effort Cap28 was talking about. We had an excellent opportunity to demand and obtain major concessions from the government but ethnic loyalty thwarted that effort. Your idea in green above would be an excellent solution if implemented. I am very skeptical about its implementation because I believe the Abuja  powers will again thwart such efforts unless you have a strong organization working outside of the country.

We may just have to get in bed with the devil in order to enjoy certain amount of security, even if its just temporarily. It has become very obvious that our government organizations - Army, SSS, Police, are grossly incompetent and cannot protect us from recent security challenges.

Sam_Ikenna, I'd be delighted to have people like you in a conference to discuss the future of this country. On the other hand, any conference, sovereign or not, which is arranged by the current crop of leaders, would have failed even before it started.


[quote author=Sam_Ikenna link=topic=855268.msg10071722#msg10071722 date=1327800449]Onlytruth my brother, I'm not Aguyi Ironsi. ndu_chuks was fair to me so I will be fair to him, in fact even if he wasnt fair to me I'll still be fair to him but that doesn't in anyway mean I'm blind or dumb.[/quote]You shouldn't be surprised by Onlytruth's comments.  A person who read all your posts and mine and chose that his most important contribution to the dialogue is to point out what he believes is the ethnic makeup of the contributors,  must not be very bright.

@musiwa, does the term vicarious governing ring a bell?

mikeansy:
I really dont know what the Government is waiting for

That's a very good question. The answer may not be unrelated to the fact that the US is awaiting the OK from the Saudis that everyone's interests will be served by an American invasion of Nigeria and the Muslim North in particular.

I have not yet read all the posts on this thread but it appears that people are jumping all over themselves at the sight of an opportunity to attack Sanusi. Anyone who believes that Sanusi's only explanation for the cause of BH is simply oil derivation, is outright dumb and dishonest.  

This Sanusi who you love so much to criticize, primarily because of your inferiority complex, may very well become your next President.

[quote author=Sam_Ikenna link=topic=855268.msg10069265#msg10069265 date=1327772826][b]When we finally let the core north have its country then we can decide what to do with ours. [/b]Yoruba dsliking Igbo or Igbo disliking Yoruba is not enough to keep our children in this hell-bound nation. Even the bible says - can two work together if they are not in agreement? Good! at least we in agreement. We agree Nigeria is heavy on our necks and we need a break so why not work together, when we get our result we can then say bye to eachother.[/quote]None of what you've stated above in achievable with the current crop of leaders who are hell bent on maintaining the status quo. These leaders do not have the will to do what you are prescribing. The Nigerian masses are not ready to make the requisite change either, so we remain screwed.

It is not enough to say we need a break and call for us to work together, when our common enemy retains power and control. If you have any concrete and workable plans of taking power away from these people, lets hear it. West African or  Nigerian spring is not in the horizon.  Academic analysis cannot replace practical solutions and so far, you have offered no practical or workable path towards achieving your stated goals. I must confess that I feel your pain.

[quote author=Negro_Ntns]Look at it now this work we just completed in Kano, even after we have finished completely, the police came deliberately and started shooting and killing citizens and blaming it on us. God witnessed it and we want it to be so, He is the only one that can punish us and he sees to judge if the ordinary citizens were killed by us or not.[/quote]The above is very plausible. It is quite easy to believe that after BH bombed those government installations, the untrained and undisciplined police went on a rampage shooting and killing anything in sight and mistaking ordinary citizens trapped in the area for BH members. In the meantime the real BH culprits had already left the location and accomplished their mission.

The same incompetence and indiscipline by the police was seen in Kano yesterday when citizens including pregnant women and children were killed because they violated the curfew and were thus suspected to be BH members! No one bothered to ask the police how they informed the residents of Kano, many of who do not have access to media announcements, what the curfew rules are.   SMH

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ndu_chuks nwanne, the most realistic and practical person you'll ever find is me. We are trying to find solutions with minimal casualties, thats all. There is no biggie in accepting the obvious - we are not one and never will. As long as I'm alive I will always look for solutions to poverty, misery, and carnage. Unfortunately core north has become the nucleus of the bolded and therefore I feel no shame in seeking for the solution.

Whether you like it or not we all need our spaces and we will get it, enough of you breathing down our necks like we are your little children. I believe the whole core north is not involved in Boko Haram. However, it is my understanding that only core north can solve it and that's why we should allow you guys to solve it Arewa Republic way.

I may be delusional to you but not to people from my own side of the divide because they are the ones smelling your breathe around their necks. Like I always say, I love you and I want the best for you but its time for me to pursue my destiny without you as my country man. We've been in the same ship anchored in the pacific with no navigation equipment for over 50 yrs, I'm tired of it and nothing will stop me from jumping into the next available ship be it canoe or tuketuke. Whether you are the cause of this ship's predicament is immaterial at this point, save your energy and i'll advice you look for the second available canoe and jump in to.[/quote]I maintain that you suffer from a disconnect from the realities on ground and are delusional in your pronouncements. Your idealism is only good for college term papers, sadly. It suffices for now, to point out that the "core North" who you claim is the nucleus of poverty, misery, and carnage in our land could not have carried out the acts of becoming this nucleus successfully, without their co-conspirators in the South. You have dishonestly refused to acknowledge the active participation of these southerners. My question to you is why?

The issue at hand is completely related to power and control. The Nigerian elite, who hail from North, South, East, and West currently have the power and rule you people. In order to achieve your stated goal, power must first be wrestled out of the hands of these people. You had a chance to make some progress with recent protests but the powerful elite castrated you before you could gain any ground. It is essentially impossible to tear this country apart peacefully without first wrestling power away from the government.

Your next option is the intervention of the military. Here again, you will fail woefully. A coup is not possible in Nigeria at the moment because all the officers around the country who can carry it out have been bought and paid for, the rest of them have been retired by OBJ.

The future is looking more and more like a Nigeria controlled by 3 competing interests (1) USA (2) Saudi Arabia (3) China.  We are basically fcked for now. Sam Ikenna,  you are delusional, don't take my observation as an insult, biko nu.

auwal87:
[size=18pt]IBB IS THE MOST USELESS PERSON ON EARTH!! WAWA, MAHAUKACI KAWAI! ALLAH YA TSINE MA, YES NA FADA, ALLAH YA TSINE WA IBB!

So, to him, let us even spend 1000 YEARS trying to Unite a country that never really existed!

To him, let all people living in Nigeria just DIE, just to keep the useless Unity?

IBB is an EVIL that is benefiting from the riches of NIGERIAN SETUP. EVIL, EVIL, EVIL. He doesn't care if Nigerians DIE to keep the useless Unity that will never happen!

Let me ask IBB one simple question? Can HE force his daughter to marry someone she never love?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! I just wish MASSOB can recruit me to fight for them wallahi, frankly, I can assasinate this EVIL IBB when giving the chance. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! I just wish Boko Haram can declare Arewa Republic now now now.

IBB dan banza, wawa, dolo, mahaukaci, mara kishin.

I am not use to above words, but I am annoyed!!![/size]

That man is not well liked in my neck of the woods either. We stoned him in Zaria a few years ago.       

Fact 1:

A few days ago there were massive protests in Kano because of the removal of fuel subsidy.

Fact 2:

These protests were stopped cold by purported "BH attacks"

Fact 3:

The masses, majority of who were participants in the said protests are now being killed willy nilly by the same government who is supposed to be protecting them.


SMH

Quite a few delusional posts here. Negro_Ntns and Sam_Ikenna suffer from a very negative disconnect from the realities on ground. I dey laugh o.

Dede1:
I had rather have Nigeria divided into nation states than see American troops in the country. It is funny that liver-hearted punks who claim nationality of Nigeria are already yarning for external protection from USA.

kai Mallam Dede1!

You have to remember that without the help of foreign friends among other strategies, biafran troops would have lasted longer during the civil war. I submit to you that we are at war and any help to defeat the enemy should be more than welcomed.

df2006:
^^^^what has come over ndu shehu this days? he seem to be saying the right things? see what boko haram has caused ur words are right on the money.

My interest is Nigeria, unlike you whose loyalty lies with a non existent nation. olodo. Nigeria is at war and we can't afford to lose the war.

BTW Happy New Year.

tyson55:
The calls and warnings were made in a press statement signed by an elder statesman and former Minister for Steel and Petroleum Resources in the First Republic, Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

On the dangers of defence pact with the US, Monguno, in the statement said: "it is unconstitutional to deploy foreign troops in Nigeria; it would certainly be to the detriment of Nigeria to do so. Let our own forces truthfully, sincerely, humanly handle our security challenges.

The statement further said: "To the best of our knowledge Nigeria has never entered a defence pact with any nation. Nigeria does not need any defence pact, to protect her. Our Armed Forces and the police, who did serve wonderfully well in various peacekeeping operations, are very much capable of protecting our country.

"If they are sincere and truthful in discharging their responsibilities, we have no doubt in our minds that they can effectively handle any situation confronting the nation. Unfortunately, their rules of engagement seem to give them away. They seem to be losing the love, confidence and support of the people, because of the way and manner they execute their operations, i.e. the amount of killings either by hanging, starving and or shooting of innocent citizens in the so-called interrogation centres."

Are you kidding me?? Ali Mungono should be arrested immediately and placed under arrest with other captured BH members! How dare he second guess the government in this matter? Our armed forces and police are capable of protecting our country the way the've protected Kano, Abuja, Bornu, and other areas ko?

I suppose the funds he looted when he was Petroleum Minister has not yet been exhaused. I'd place the man under investigation and arrest his A$s if I were GEJ. Nonsence and ingredients! 

Our nation may be going to hell in a hand basket o.

The country home of the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, in Ogbubagbene Community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, was on Tuesday morning bombed by suspected armed robbers (Boko Haram  ).

It was gathered that the riverside community was stormed by armed gunmen in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Residents of the town said they heard a loud explosion and felt the tremor from the explosion at about 12:45am.
Sources in the town nevertheless said only a tiny portion of the mansion was destroyed by the explosion, which was obviously carried out using Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

The Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Ibrahim Tsafe, who was briefed on the incident on Tuesday morning, hurriedly dashed to the riverside town with a number of detectives for instant information.
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, hinted that the invaders apparently believed that they could hit a goldmine in the minister’s house, “saying everybody know that the minister is a big (wealthy) man so maybe the boys believe they will get a lot of hard currency from the house.”

It was however unclear if the hoodlum’s mission was successful or not although indigenes of the area told our correspondent that the house was ransacked and turned inside out by the hoodlums who successfully blew open the main gate to the house.

Reports of sporadic gunfire resulting from a clash with armed security men at the building and the attackers could not be independently confirmed.

Another source in the Ijaw community said the attack may not be unconnected with disaffection with the minister’s style of leadership, especially among angry Ijaw ex-militants, who have accused him and the Kingsley Kuku-led amnesty committee of neglect.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/34395-orubebe%E2%80%99s-home-bombed%2C-looted.html

I'm very interested in the thoughts of a NLer, FACE, in this matter.  I wonder where he disappeared to, hope he is not stuck in Kano?  

Dede1:
Of course, Biafra's experience has set peaceful disintegration of Nigeria unreachable. This is not because of unbearable humans cost as you have adduced but actions of certain people during the Nigeria/Biafra civil war.

There is no doubt in my mind if Nigeria will split contestably but when.

I'll appreciate some explanation of the bolded above. Please expantiate on the 'certain people' and their actions during the war.  I know you never shy away of speaking the truth.

PapaBrowne:
Indeeed! Defeated in under a month indeed!
America, the world's greatest power is only now beginning to defeat Alqaeda after 10 years and 3 Trillion Dolllars!
Any you say 1 Month!! Thats delusional! The nature of terrorism is such that you can only fence it out of your territory, you can hardly defeat it!

Let me remind you that Boko Haram is no Al Quaeda. Our government simply succeeded in embolden a bunch of thugs and terrorists by letting them kill Nigerians with impunity hence turning them into the monster they've become.  I maintain that they can be significantly weakened within 1 month.  Unfortunately, fighting corruption and guiding the nation towards true federalism has to take a back seat to defeating BH.  The government is completely crippled and must fight these terrorists using all the intelligence help she can obtain from friends such as the French, USA, Israeli, and others.

We need offensive moves from the C in C- the cat is already out of the bag!! Helloooooo, we are at war! 

@Kuroji, I find it difficult to disagree with your post.

Beaf:
Wole Soyinka avoided the most important issue. In his brilliant writeup, he is correct that there are both “unwashed masses” (almajiri's) and the " the polished face of fanaticism." He has not told us the factors that watered the ground that these societal weeds have flourished on. That is a gaping hole in the article and a yawning gap in his thesis.

Yes, boko haram must be neutralised as a military force, but the answer is in restructuring the nation along the lines of true federalism and true representation of the citizen. After that, we must grant an amnesty to their elite to sink into the background and let new blood come forth; also we must unleash a programme of massive education in the North (how to all win these? Their federating units will remain dependent on the South, thats a vital bargaining chip).
This window is open to GEJ right now, but it cannot be achieved in a mere 3 years. It is more of a long term thing.

Welcome back from the delusional world. I agree with your post but you must agree that none of the prescriptions you've offered can be implemented without first defeating these BH thugs and bring back peace and civility to the nation. I wonder what is preventing GEJ from doing what seems quite obvious to most people.