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Dede1:
The bottom line is those who joined Nigeria to precipitate a war against Biafra were foolish, idiotic and politically blind.

Err, Nigeria thrashed Biafra in the war and Biafra lost. Period. Don't attempt to rewrite history again buddy. Your commanders should have known that in a war, you use every means necessary to win, including assistance from friends. The tragedy here is that you people went to war unprepared, and did not surrender promptly.

sai Nigeria!!! sai Jonathan!!!

The Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in Abuja today has dismissed all charges against former governor of Lagos state, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Delivering his ruling, the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar said the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against the accused and no evidence of proof or affidavit was attached or issued to the court.

He ruled that in the circumstance, the Tribunal lacked the jurisdiction to hear the case and quashed the charges.

He had earlier agreed with the submission of the accused that he was not given the opportunity to explain about his forms at the Code of Conduct Bureau before he was brought to the Tribunal and dismissed the first and second charge for abuse of court proceedings.

Tinubu was accused of operating 10 foreign bank accounts in the United Kingdom and the United States in his name and in the name of his wife and children, maintaining the accounts and misinformed the Code of Conduct Bureau between 1999 and 2000 when he was governor and refusing to declare in his Code of Conduct forms.

The former governor, had challenged the jurisdiction of the tribunal to try him. His Counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN) also argued at the last hearing that his client was being charged before a tribunal which is unknown to the Nigerian Constitution. He argued that the mandatory conditions precedent for referral of complaints by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to the tribunal and the subsequent exercise of jurisdiction by the tribunal have not been complied with.

Olanipekun also described the amended charge filed by the prosecuting counsel, Alex Iziyon (SAN) at the last sitting, as abuse of court process since the initial one-count charge was still in existence at the time.

However, Iziyon urging the tribunal to dismiss the application saying the CCB had at various times invited Tinubu but he refused to appear and was evasive

http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148873:cct-dismisses-charges-against-tinubu&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

While Nigeria is pussyfooting, the Chinese and Nigeriens are well positioned to make money from our government's incompetence and irresponsibilities. The good news is that the Nigerien refinery adds nore fuel, so to speak, to the argument that subsidies must go. SMH

A Nigerian delegation representing President Goodluck Jonathan looked on in awe yesterday as Niger Republic’s brand new oil refinery was commissioned at Zinder, close to the Nigerian border. The refinery will immediately satisfy Niger Republic’s domestic requirements and leave a huge surplus for export, with one very likely destination---Nigeria.

The Soraz refinery near Zinder, some 900 km (560 miles) east of the capital Niamey, is a joint venture with China. Its 20,000 barrel-per-day capacity will be fed entirely by oil from the newly-launched Agadem oilfield, a further 700 km east.


The Soraz refinery will initially draw crude from three Agadem wells with reserves totalling 480 million barrels. Local consumption of refined products accounts for 7,000 barrels a day with plans to export the rest.

The Soraz refinery is 60 percent-owned by Chinese state oil company CNPC and 40 percent by Niger. It follows a $5 billion deal signed between the two in 2008 to concurrently build the plant and develop crude oil from Agadem.

CNPC President Jiang Jiemin said CNPC and the Nigerien government had agreed to begin a second phase of the project involving the construction of a pipeline to export crude oil to foreign markets. The pipeline is expected to be built by 2013 to 2014.

It was celebration galore in the Republic yesterday as the commissioning ceremony was taking place. The refinery was built by the Chinese following discovery of oil in the country’s far north. Zinder, the site of the refinery, is the capital of Damagaram region.

However, there were pockets of tension in the country due to a mild resentment over the pricing of petrol, which protesters last Sunday said was high since oil is now being produced and refined in the country.

Niger Republic’s president Alhaji Issoufou Mahamadou, however went ahead to commission the refinery amidst pomp and pageantry with dignitaries from all over the world in attendance. Katsina State governor Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Shema represented President Jonathan while the Emirs of Daura and Gumel as well as many Nigerian business personalities were present. Katsina business mogul Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal signified his intention to invest in Niger’s oil project, especially in transportation of refined petroleum products from Zinder to Nigeria and other neighbouring African countries.

President Issoufou Mahamadou did not speak at the event in line with the country’s protocol, but he led a number of dignitaries right inside the refinery to officially commission it.

The drilling of oil wells in Diffa region and building of the refinery all began in February 2008 by a Chinese firm, SORAZ Engineering Company after the country’s then president, Alhaji Tanja Mahamadou, laid its foundation stone.

Speaking at length about the project, Niger’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum Resources Foumakoye Gado said with the commissioning of the refinery, the country has now joined the league of the world’s oil producing countries.

He said Niger’s search for oil began in 1958 and in 1962, oil exploration started with the digging of nine oil wells but the project was eventually abandoned because oil then was cheap and the quantity was also not that much. The construction of the refinery and digging of the oil wells, according to him, all started three years ago and he thanked the contractors for completing the projects in good time.

The minister said succour has now come their way with the multi-million dollar project as the Nigerien government will embark on several projects that will improve the lives of its people through the revenue generated from the oil proceeds. He said an agreement had already been signed between the country and a construction firm for the construction of about 150km road from Diffa to the oil town of Gegime to facilitate easy movement of people and products.

Earlier before he commissioned the refinery, President Issoufou Mahamadou decorated five Chinese nationals whose firms handled the historic projects with the country’s national honours for a job well done.

http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148716:niger-rep-opens-new-refinery-very-close-to-nigerias-border&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

[quote author=Kilode?! link=topic=812393.msg9643673#msg9643673 date=1322417801]Immortalizing Ojukwu through monuments and other ephemeral acts will not address any of the fundamental issues bedeviling Nigeria.

The best way to immortalize Ojukwu and the hundred of thousands who lost their lives during the Biafran war is to have an honest change-making conversation about our foundational problems.[/quote]Why are you so-called educated intellectuals afraid to have the said conversation through your institutions such as NASS? Do you not have representatives in both houses? If you are dissatisfied with your representatives why not organize and replace them or run for office yourselves? conversation ko, sovereign debate ni.

This thread https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-812272.0.html is in very poor taste. It is obvious that the thread's topic is false and its content is dispicable. I appeal to the moderators to do the needful and remove it from public view.

The report to moderator functionality has been timing out for me today. Thanks

^ +100

Actually the beards came during the war as a Biafran soldier.

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[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=811927.msg9637616#msg9637616 date=1322323840]There is nothing greater to me in life than gaining the whole-hearted admiration, loyalty and love of your entire people.

This is something that Ojukwu (along with a few other Nigerian and international leaders) have achieved that I hope to one day accomplish before I die.[/quote]+100

In my opinion, the man was one of the greatest Nigerian to date. No other Nigerian has the whole-hearted admiration and loyalty of his/her people in the manner Ojukwu did and still does. RIP Eze Igbo Gburugburu.

@Onlytruth, you are completely free to express your opinion. Unlike you, however, I will not jump into any conclusion about your motives for expressing the said opinion. It suffices to say here that  Ahmed Ezimakor is Igbo and belongs to a terrorist group, fullstop.

To equate all Christians or Muslims with the extremists among those religions is at the very least narrow minded, bigotted and dumb. When another Eziimakor, bombs one of your Abriba villages, you'll realize that we have a common enemy. olodo

#Relax101, I read it, lets hope Onlylies did the same.

Onlytruth:
alhaji ndu_chucks_mutallab_bin_al_zawahiri_bin_laden I wonder what you are up to now.
Have you bothered to find out the ethnicity of other Boko Haram suspects?
Every Nairalander already knows what you want to paint here: ANOTHER BOLD LIE.
Shame on you, dan banza!

nwannem, the story is true and court records are available for confirmation. Would you point out the bold lie in my post? Note that I provided a link to the story.

Once again, I offer you my sympathy for the ailment you are suffering from: insecurity and bigotry. Don't let it eat you up buddy. Hope you ate a lot of thanksgiving turkey yesterday. Dalu o.

Lets hope the boy's claim that he did not know the tools were to be used for mass murder is true.  But nna, of all items to trade in that part of the world, detonators should really not be on top of any list. I feel sorry for the boy.

A COURT heard yesterday how a man assisted the Boko Haram group to bomb the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Suleja, Niger State on April 8.

Ahmed Ezimakor told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he helped the sect to get detonators and cables that were used in the INEC bombing and the attack on the Christian Fellowship Mission, also in Suleja.

Ezimakor, whose parents are Igbo, was born in Niger Republic, where he grew up. He said he was approached because he is a trained miner. But he denied knowing the tools were to be used for mass murder.

The witness gave the testimony at the ongoing trial of six suspected members of the group before Justice Bilikisu Aliyu.

The suspects are Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana, Mohammed Ali, Umar Ibrahim and a spiritualist, Musa Adam.

They have pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge of criminal conspiracy and voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means slammed against them by the State Security Service (SSS).

The alleged offences are contrary to and punishable under Sections 97 and 248(1) of the Penal Code Law, and Section 15 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Establishment Act 2004.

Led in evidence-in-chief by the prosecution counsel, Thompson Olatigbe, Ezimakor said members of the group were trained in an uncompleted building in a market in Madalla, Niger State. He disclosed that he first met with the late leader of the group, Mohammed Yusuf, in Kuje prisons, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“When I first encountered him, he preached the philosophy of Boko Haram to me and I was convinced. Boko Haram was initially not conceived to be a violent group. It was meant to preach peace, the teachings of Prophet Mohammed and the Qur’an,” he said, adding:

“I believed Yusuf especially when I watched his debate with one of our leaders in Bauchi. It was a video debate and that changed my thinking and I became his apostle. I took an oath to remain loyal to him, but after his death, I broke the oath.”

According to him, the group turned violent, following the murder of Yusuf. He said members were illegally trained in weapons handling and using AK 47 assault rifle by Ibrahim Bashir Madalla, who is still at large.

“After the Maiduguri crisis in 2009, we were called by one Bashiru Madalla in Madalla that there was a message for us and that the message was from our new leader, Mallam Abubakar Shikau. I declined because I was no longer a member of the sect because I broke the oath I took with Yusuf, but the first accused person whom I know in Niger Republic where I was born led other members to Madalla.

“The message was to give them training so as to revenge what happened to their fellow members. So after the training at Madalla, we parted ways.”

In his own testimony, another witness, Mohammed Dalhatu, said he procured the detonators and delivered them to Abubakar (first accused).

Under cross examination by the defence counsel, Emeka Okoro and Nureini Suleiman, he told the court that he did not know the purpose for which the detonators and the cortex wire were bought by the accused persons.

The accused persons are alleged to be the brains behind the April bombing at the INEC office in Suleja, Niger State, where 16 persons including serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members died on the eve of the rescheduled National Assembly elections.

The accused persons also allegedly conspired with others at large to cause grievous bodily harm by unlawfully planting deadly substances which led to the death of another three persons at a political rally in Suleja.

They also allegedly detonated explosives which resulted in the deaths of three police officers in Dakna Village, Bwari.

The alleged offences are contrary to and punishable under Sections 97 and 248(1) of the Penal Code Law.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/27522-i-aided-boko-haram-to-bomb-inec-says-witness.html

This is another case of folks burying their heads in the sand like doggone Rakumin dajij. You people are in denial of the fact that you have brutal robbers and murderes among you and conveniently blaming Boko Haram, ko?  I'm sure Boko Haram is also the police men who kill you randomly in the state for refusing to pay bribes and other minor offenses. SMH

aribisalao: i am afraid i must respectfully disagree with the logic of this assertion.
there is nothing unconstitutional, illegal, treasonous, and undemocratic about the call. it may not be wise and  indeed maybe foolish even but certainly NOT unconstitutional, illegal, treasonous, and undemocratic.
in the first instance it is constititutional to advocate changing or completely jettisoning the constitution perhaps you care to share the relevant portion of the constitution that prohibits such advocacy. perhaps you care to share any statute that forbids such a call.  how is it treasonous or undemocratic.
i think the use of all these words is rather bombastic and ill informed. treason is defined explicitly in our statutes to cover violent acts against the state or the assistance of foreign powers against the state. here a citizen is calling for a Discussion and even if such a discussion challenges the subsisting constitutional or sovereign order it is totally democratic and by no means treasonous as long as it does not entail violence.
all of that is about the nature of the call. its substance is an entirely different matter and i shall reserve comment on that for now

You people don tire me with unnecessary and unproductive emotionalism. Why must a call for dialogue be prefaced with the word sovereign? Why inflame the discussion by instigating conflicts with potential national security concerns by the unnecessary inclusion of the word “sovereign” in the conference?

Do we not have the NASS who is charged with enacting legislations and amending our constitution as needed? The democratic thing to do is to work within our constitution to achieve our goals.  In fact,  GEJ already has eminent Nigerians working on constitution review. This call for “sovereign” national conference, has historically been used by closet secessionists as a way of achieving their goal of dismantling our dear country. 

The good news is that some of us will fight you secessionists until we blow you into smitherinees and run you off into the Atlantic if need be.  You are well advised to thread softly and let us make our young democracy work.  Sovereign national conference ko, constitutional convention after American style tea party ni.

Last week Tinubu called For New Thinking To Resolve Indigene/settler Question, this week he calls for SNC. He spoilt everything by adding "Sovereign" to the national Conference because "sovereign" just rendered his suggestion unconstitutional, illegal, treasonous, and undemocratic. The only way I'd support a so-called national conference is if the participants in such a conference do not include a single former or current politician, including Tinubu.  They want to share the rest of the country among themselves. all of dem be onye ara.

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said only a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) would save the weakening pillars of Nigeria as a federal entity.

He spoke at the first Anthony Enahoro Memorial Lecture at the Benin Club, Benin City, Edo State, yesterday.

Represented by Ekiti State Deputy Governor Mrs Funmi Olayinka, Tinubu said: “I submit to you today that because of the multiple issues surrounding our skewed federalism and constitutional flaws, the Nigerian nation is weak. 

“Unless we move to strengthen it through dialogue and equity, we will remain a nation in mere words.”

The ACN leader said fixing the national pillar would entail a robust people-driven debate, insisting that any artificial tinkering of the present constitution would fall short.

He said: “The 21-member Presidential Committee on the Review of Outstanding Constitutional Issues (PCROCI) recently set up by President Goodluck Jonathan falls short. 

“It is a backdoor approach to the issue of national conference. In memory of Chief Enahoro we must convoke a national conference.  It would provide a platform to address our pressing concerns.”

He said it was ironic that Nigeria once a product of dialogue at independence now has leaders who avoid robust dialogue state policy.  But he stated that free and unfettered dialogue holds the key to Nigeria’s rebirth.

“The people ought to be consulted on the issue of subsidy.  We ought to have a referendum on the question, not only of oil subsidy but also on sovereign wealth fund as well as the proposed one-term of seven years proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan,” he said.

Tinubu said federalism as a development paradigm for a multi-national country was no mere labelling, adding that it assures both economic and political fairness.

“Our economic system is supposed to be open and fair.  But it is even more slanted and biased than the political system,” he told the audience.  “We do not operate a free and fair merit-based economy.  We operate a feudal economy, where those in power decide by the whim of the moment who becomes rich and who stays poor.”

He regretted, however, that the military’s over-centralisation had arrested growth and stunted development.

“This has not only stalled development, it has affected recurrent and capital expenditure. 

“This fuels corruption at the centre and makes the system a mockery of development.

“It gives a winner-takes-all quality to the presidential election.  This is wrong.  That is why progressives have been calling for fiscal federalism,” Tinubu said

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/27491-tinubu-calls-for-sovereign-national-conference.html

@Onlytruth, I understand that you people celebrate "Thanksgiving" tomorrow. So nwannem maramma, happy Thanksgiving.

Onlytruth:
Posted by: ndu_chucks @bolded
I am deeply offended and insulted by your idiotic conjectures.
You ( a desert rat who made my life HELL in the land of my birth) is not in any position to question where my heart lies. To insult the USA -a land that has given me much much more than your murderous land- deeply offends me.

Watch your steps aboki! You are WAY out of line now.

nwannem, I am tempted to question your brightness o. Apparently you are ignorant of the fact that you could have elected to recite the Oath which does not include the bit about renouncing your Nigerian citizenship.  That to me is carelessness to say the least.  Your newfound emotional states is dumbfounding - I may need to grab you by your Ojukwu look alike bear bear and biatch slap you back to reality. olodo.

I don't understand your rants at all, were you born in the east? If so how in the world did I make your life hell - what da heck are you on about?

Onlytruth:
Posted by: ndu_chucks
Yaya aiki megida?
You know that I am a VERY PROUD American.
About Naija citizenship, the Biafran question has not been answered to my satisfaction yet, so grab a cool aid.
Always remember that the world is not a zero sum game.
Smart countries know that they can share smart people with just one other country.
So, work hard and fix naija up to attract me back, else, I would advise you to shove your citizenship where the sun never shines. The burden is on YOU. dan banza.

Contrary to what you may believe, I actually think that the idea that dual citizens should be prevented from contesting for political offices in Nigeria is dumb.

What I find objectionable is the idea of giving a naturalized US citizen like you, who carelessly took the said oath, the right to run for office and potentially rule the same country, who’s citizenship he/she has renounced under oath, in a court of law in the USA.

Stop claiming to be an American - you are a bloody unrepentant Abriba Biafran at heart.

Onlytruth:
@violent
You taught ndu_chucks some serious lessons in LAW. Thanks bro.

nwannem, kedu kordi? How body na?

I hope you are bright enough to understand that the supreme court has the final say on the interpretation of our constitution. I believe violent implicitly agrees that the supreme court will clarify soon enough, whether your renunciation of Nigerian citizenship(olodo, I know you took the said oath) has rendered you a foreigner in your father's land.

violent is not a childish unrepentant abriba biafran like you. Learn from the exchange of views we've had on this thread. Now run along and return to the hole from which you crawled out. By the way, Okwute Egyptians piafuka gi isi along the way. dan iska 

violent: In the eyes of the Nigerian government, you are first and foremost a Nigerian citizen, especially if you are one by birth. . .and since the constitution allows for dual citizenship, the Nigerian government is obliged by its own constitution to recognize your naturalized citizenship, and not just that, it has laid down procedures for individuals wishing to renounce their citizenship. . . it states clearly that this must be approved by the President and also recorded,. . . . . only then do you cease to be a Nigerian citizen (in the eyes of the Nigerian government, by the Nigerian constitution).

The above is factually correct for the most part. The bolded above has not yet been fully tested in our courts, the supreme court is yet to rule on whether a Nigerian who renounces his citizenship abroad remains a Nigerian citizen despite the legal renunciation. Until this is tested, and we hear from the supreme court on this issue, I remain in disagreement with you on the matter.

Olalekan 0:
Attorneys would always have something to say even when they clearly know they're on the wrong side. The issue of dual-citizenship is already a forgone conclusion as it's explicitly and unequivocally stated in the statutes that you cannot hold a citizenship of another nation and remain eligible to contest and/or occupy a political office in Nigeria.

Ajimobi vehemently refuted holding american citizenship and the PDP's suit against him was dismissed by the presiding judge based on the inability of the petitioner(PDP)to discharge their burden of proof as the onus is on them(PDP)

As soon as the PDP's able to lay their hands on some iron-clad evidential proof,the matter would return to the appelate court.

Ben Bruce on the other hand opted not to waste his funds on needless litigations apparently after having consulted the land's most renowned and respected jurists and legal luminaries whom must have told him he's actually ineligible!

I completely agree with the above post.

@violent, there are too many holes in your last post. For now, I'll simply agree to disagree with your position.

For the information of readers, let me state here that many years ago, I attended a friend's naturalization ceremony in the USA wherein, passports of the old countries of participants were collected after the said oath was taken - food for thought.

looker:
Smart countries like China etc know the value of their citizens that live in advanced societies like the U.S and Europe, that is why they persuade and offer incentives for them to come home to help build their nations. In Nigeria people like Ndu- Chucks and co. cannot with stand somebody that has more knowledge than them.

o boy, how did you reach the conclusion that i cannot stand somebody that has more knowledge than me? I love such people, I employ them, olodo. Who are you re? and why did you chose your very second post to attack me? i hope you are not the husband of the lady who ran off with me last week. dan iska.

@violent,

I'm tempted to conclude from your write-up that the Nigerian government can also choose not to recognize your naturalized citizenship since the Nigerian constitution does not pay allegiance to foreign courts. This conclusion ignores international laws. No?

[quote author=ekt_bear link=topic=807029.msg9600241#msg9600241 date=1321870053]It has been hashed out time and time again.

ndu_chucks clearly has a nefarious agenda.[/quote]I admit that I do not have any soft spot for traitors who swear under oath, in the presence of a judge, that they absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to Nigeria, but how does this equate to having a nefarious agenda. Kindly move on if you cannot contradict my points - this shrink methodology of yours is unbecoming. olodo

Tinubu Calls For New Thinking To Resolve Indigene/settler Question



I am with Tinubu on this one, particularly the bolded text.

Unless Nigerian policy makers, researchers, and political leaders come up quickly with bold and new initiatives, Nigeria will remain in a developmental quagmire perpetually on the path of aspiration. This, according to former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, is the challenge before our Nigeria. “To free ourselves of the old mental shackles, we must discard old thinking. The problem is that we have not produced an alternative world view. People must think and act on something.  Before they leave the old, you must offer them the new, which is superior or more preferable…”

In an address at the 2011 Distinguished Annual Lecture of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kuru last Friday, titled, “Managing Nigeria’s Pluralism for Peace and National Development” Asiwaju Tinubu warned against the tyranny of dead and unworkable ideas and how they slow the country down on the path of peaceful co-existence and national development.

“In several areas, Nigeria is stuck in the past, applying decadent policies to new, and more virulent problems. At moments like this, the nation turns to the National Institute for new ideas that should make us break from the moribund past’. Tinubu then went on to throw a challenge at the National Institute, the participants and the Alumni to serve as incubators of new thinking and bold initiatives as Nigeria’s foremost policy think-tank. “I ask that you develop new ideas on the three issues I will set before you today; agricultural revolution, indigene/settler question and power generation-after developing them, forward them to the Federal Government to test the sincerity of the national leadership in accelerating national development and promoting peace”. On agriculture, Tinubu said, “The Agricultural sector presents Nigeria her surest escape from the ball-and-chain of unemployment and low economic activity. The shop-worn idea that the federal government must import fertilizer belongs to the junkyard. Fertilizer importation remains a vehicle of corruption bleeding the country of billions of naira yearly.  The over 400 billion naira fertilizer subsidy can be channeled into new agricultural initiatives, commodity boards and support for farmers”.

On Indigene/Settler question, Tinubu said, “The anachronistic and false distinction between indigenes and settlers has cost so many lives, destroyed so many communities and marred our national identity.  We must apply the constitutional guarantees in this kind of situation. If we must deploy tanks and armed soldiers for peace, we have already lost something.  Government must give meaning to these words of our first anthem,”O God of all creation, Grant this our one request, Help us to build a nation, Where no man is oppressed… I call upon NIPSS to further interrogate the ‘settler” issue within our constitutional and legal framework and be bold enough to come up with a policy paper on this matter to be presented to Abuja. No Nigerian should be discriminated against on the basis of religion, sex, ethnicity, place of birth or the place he or she chooses to reside.  Unless we do this, Nigeria’s pluralism is mere talk”.

Tinubu examined how Nigeria’s pluralistic nature has served it well and how it can further advance Nigeria’s search for peace and accelerated development if well managed. According to Tinubu, Pluralism connotes diversity and should be used for the promotion of harmonious relationship, prosperity of the commonwealth and the development of knowledge irrespective of political or religious inclinations.


http://sundaytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8514:tinubu-calls-for-new-thinking-to-resolve-indigenesettler-question&catid=54:lead-stories&Itemid=127

violent: In theory, Yes!

If you've killed someone in the US and you've managed to flee back into your country, the Nigerian government will not prosecute you based on a crime committed in the US.  You've simply broken a law in the US, not in Nigeria!  What the US government will likely do in this case, is to request for the Nigerian government to extradite you based on existing bilateral agreements. It's entirely up to the Nigerian government to choose whether or not to accede to this request.

@violent, I’ve  enjoyed your posts so far and agree with the one above. Indeed a criminal who committed a crime in the US cannot be prosecuted in Nigeria and an extradition is necessary for proper prosecution.

Renunciation of citizenship is however not a crime but is a process recognized internationally. Thus if a dual citizen of the USA/Israeli, committed a crime in Nigeria and escaped to Israel where he went through the legal renunciation process to renounce his USA  citizenship, I submit to you that this criminal will no longer qualify for extradition based on any agreement between Nigeria and the USA – assuming no such agreement exists between Nigeria and Israel.  If you renounce your citizenship of any country, that renunciation is recognized internationally, unlike committing a criminal act.

@pokur, indeed there is a process of renouncing your Nigerian citizenship in Nigeria.  That process does not preclude you from going to another country and doing a renunciation. Renunciation is recognized under international law.  BTW no vex if e be like say, I was hard on you in my first post

Katsumoto:
Emotional? What is my own?

So you are now rooting for Akala? You are not championing making your incompetent and corrupt one citizenship leaders accountable; instead you are awaiting a decision from the court nullifying Ajimobi's victory, just so Akala the bleacher can return to the people of Oyo I tire for you Nigerians.

    me rooting for Akala? oti o, God forbid bad ting. I want the supreme court to rule once and for all on the issue of whether naturalized US citizens who took the afforementioned oath have in effect given up their Nigerian citizenship. That's all. It would appear on the sufface that naturalized US citizens want to eat their cakes and have it at the same time.

Katsumoto:
I don't care about the oath; my post was to correct that factual inaccuracy in your post. Making that oath does not lead to the surrender of a previous citizenship.

Besides, what have those having only Nigerian citizenship done for Nigeria except bleed it dry?

Stop being unnecessarily emotional. The truth of tha matter is, you swear under oath in the presence of a judge that you entirely renounce and abjure all allegiances to Nigeria, as a condition for your U.S. naturalization. This kind of oath is not required in many other countries. If and when the Nigerian supreme court gets a chance to rule on a case such as the Akala's, many may find out that they lost their Nigerian citizenship long ago.

Only a joker or someone in severe denial will believe that a person who entirely renounces and abjures all allegiances to Nigeria under oath, before a judge, has not surrendered his/her Nigerian citizenship. We await the supreme court.