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Travel › Re: Pilot Shocks Many With His On Air Photos ...but It's Not What It Seems by obailala(m): 11:04am On Sep 06, 2017

People believe anything, reason why we ought to be careful of what we say. grin

Properties › Re: FG Must Take Over Empty Houses In Abuja And Sell Them - Obono-obla by obailala(m): 10:42am On Sep 06, 2017

"Another slimy attempt by the Hausa-Fulani establishment to take over Igbo owned houses and attack PDP (most houses in Abuja are owned by either hardworking Igbo businessmen or PDP looters)." lipsrsealed

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Properties › Re: FG Must Take Over Empty Houses In Abuja And Sell Them - Obono-obla by obailala(m): 10:38am On Sep 06, 2017

Politics › Re: Corruption Was Not Responsible For The Reccesion Afterall by obailala(m): 10:16am On Sep 06, 2017*

popez:
Through out Jonathan's administration Nigeria never slid into recession. Despite the "corruption and thoughtless policies" our economy was intact. Goods and services were affordable to the masses. Buhari then wandered into Aso rock,took six months to appoint ministers,enacted hopeless and unstable forex policies;Nigeria then slid into recession,and you have the conscience to blame jonathan and corruption for it?

If you cut a tree from the root, you dont expect all the leaves to dry out the same day you cut the root. I would have thought this was common sense?... Nigeria was already fast sliding into recession before GEJ bailed out. See my other (long) response above.

Politics › Re: Corruption Was Not Responsible For The Reccesion Afterall by obailala(m): 10:12am On Sep 06, 2017*

OLADD:
At virtually every forum and slight opportunity the govenment of Buhari through its spokepersons and image launderers had always cited corruption in the last administration as the main factor responsible for Nigeria sliding into recession. Now that the country has officially crept out of the doldrum within a spate of 18 months with corruption indices still on the upward trend, can we still attribute the recession to corruption? Contrary to the govt's claims, the inability of Buhari to form a cabinet 6 months after inauguration, multiple exchange rates, banning and unbanning of essential commodities and flipflop in economic policies were the major causative factors for the recession. With the govt now seemingly navigating through its learning curve, eschewing trial and error governance, reversing its own thoughtless and obnoxious policies, it was just a matter of time before the anomaly of post 2015 reversed itself, hence the 0.55% GDP growth.

@OLADD, I quoted you with a long response when you gave this same assertion about oil price not being responsible for Nigeria's recession. You either did not read my response, or you did but chickened out without a response. I will bore you with that long response again, I'd love an answer to the bolded question:

Nigeria had a GDP growth rate of over 6% up until 2Q 2014, oil prices began dropping from Q3 2014 and so did Nigeria's GDP growth rate drop correspondingly. As at Q2 2015 (when power changed hands), the GDP growth rate had dropped to roughly 2% (its lowest in decades). Nigeria's foreign reserves also dropped from almost $40bn to below $30bn just between Nov'14 and May'15; that is to say over $10bn was spent in roughly 6 months by the then govt to defend the Naira but the Naira still crashed nevertheless from N160 to roughly N230 to a dollar. Of course with reserves below $30bn, it became dangerous to keep defending the Naira further to avoid a total wipe-out of our reserves (Venezuela situation). Hence why the first thing Buhari did was to start forex restrictions which quickly killed the Naira further and chased away investors leading to further economic decline. In late 2014 when oil still sold for $75, NOI already warned Nigerians to brace up for impending doom (recession) if the oil price situation persisted; in February 2015, NOI had to borrow several billions of dollars to pay workers' salaries. If Nigeria had sufficient forex reserves prior to 2015, there would have been enough to defend the Naira through the period of low oil price and Nigeria wouldn't have fallen into recession; CORRUPTION was the reason why Nigeria couldn't grow its reserves even when there was oil boom.

Should I even start talking of the 2015 budget which was purely a 'budget for salaries', little or nothing was contained for capital development, less than N20bn (Naira) was budgeted for the entire Ministry of Works and ALL ongoing projects were halted with several contractors laying off thousands of workers across the country (of course ignorant folks blamed Buhari for the abandoned projects and those job loses). This is not even to mention the fact that fuel marketers were owed their subsidies for 9 months prior to May 2015 due to the same oil price driven cash crunch. All of the above happened when oil still sold up to $65/barrel, but of course, to people who can't analyse situations beyond their nose, it is Buhari who brought recession MAJORLY by appointing ministers late; Buhari would probably have performed MAGIC or a MIRACLE even though oil prices fell further to $28 and oil production was cut by up to 60% in 2016.

Now guys, take a good look at the charts below comparing Nigeria's GDP growth rate with oil price:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/5411323_gdp_gifa9b921e6218c89d27c14de9cfcfe7d21
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/gdp-growth-annual

Obviously, the sudden free-fall of Nigeria's gdp growth rate from mid-2014 was caused by the oil price shock and the corresponding drop in the nation's forex income; these causative factors persisted and even got much worse beyond mid-2015 (handover) with oil prices dropping to as low as $28 in January 2016 (when Nigeria OFFICIALLY entered into a recession). It is obvious from the chart to any discerning (and non-blind) person that Nigeria's economy was already in a free-fall toward the pit of recession even before Buhari stepped in.

Now since you claim it was 'Buhari not appointing ministers' that caused recession and not oil price or oil sales volume, I am keen to know what explanation you intelligent economists have for the drop in GDP growth rate (from 6% to 2%) between 3Q 2014 and 2Q 2016 when the supposedly more qualified and brainy leaders still held sway?

cc: popez

Politics › Re: Motorists Groan As Federal Roads Turn To Nightmares In Igboland- News by obailala(m): 9:18am On Sep 06, 2017

Stingman:
Are you for real...What have got to say about the SEDC bill fought by the representative that was turned down? Are you not ashamed that SE, a small land area could have this number of federal roads? You know withinh your heart that the federal government has a punitive policy on the people in the area. A good government, don't need represeentative to ensure that all parts of the country have good roads...

Can you check if Ghana, Togo, Benin, Cameroun have a particular region, which is have these kind of roads? I don't think so....but you wicked people will be the ones carrying IPOB matter on your head...

The victim mentality which has made many Igbos believe successive federal governments (including even GEJ) had/have a punitive policy against Igbos, that victim mentality and 'persecution complex' which has existed since 1970 is the reason why roads in the SE are still so bad. The victim mentality entails that we dont hold our own leaders responsible but just believe their lies that "other big tribes" are the ones shortchanging the SE.

Firstly, it is a norm all over the world for representatives of regions to clamour/lobby/bribe/blackmail/scheme for projects to be brought to their regions. You cant sit down and fold your arms and expect good things to come to you. In a nation with limited resources for development, it only makes common sense for representatives of different regions to fight/scheme/lobby/blackmail for these limited resources. A big question is, what have Igbo leaders/representatives been doing for decades?... Lending Igbo support to different regimes for free?... Just recently, some Yoruba groups have threatened to withdraw support from APC central govt if the Lagos Ibadan road isnt completed, this is despite the fact that the Yorubas are part of the APC govt. The question is, what deals did Igbo leaders strike with OBJ and even GEJ to give those 2 men unalloyed support?

Something tells me Igbo representatives go to Abuja only to line their personal pockets, and when they return home, they have a convenient story they've always told the people to absolve themselves of blame; they know the people already have the ''victim mentality", so they simply just say, "Yorubas and Hausas" hate and are marginalising us. The last time a MAJOR federal road was built in the SE, it was OBJ building the Owerri-Onitsha road, do you mean to tell me that even GEJ hated the SE so much as not to have fixed a single major road in the region?... Naaa, I dont believe that. GEJ was more of a 'share the money' guy and every money shared to the SE seemed to have ended only in pockets of dubious people.

Regarding the SEDC, there is nothing wrong or unusual in it being declined; the bill to give Lagos a special status was also roundly declined. When such happens, instead of running about wailing and whining about how the world hates us bla bla bla, the wise thing to do is to do your homework, go around the floor, make new friends and allies, make new deals, offer people tangible things in return for their support, scratch my back and I will scratch yours, support my bill and I will support yours; if possible, bribe people to support your bill. Meanwhile, on a day you plan to present such a bill to the house, the smart thing is to arrange for all your brothers and loyal friends (and your bribed allies) to be present on the floor; the day that SEDC bill was presented to the house, there were less than 15 Igbo representatives present out of the almost 50 reps from the region and of course, it was a voice vote which killed the bill. The question we need to ask is, are our Igbo leaders and reps doing waat they ought to be doing? .. Crying solves no problem.

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Politics › Re: Stella Oduah’s $1.5m London House Exposed By Sahara Reporters (Photos) by obailala(m): 8:16am On Sep 06, 2017

Reference:
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People own homes all over the world. Must you be a citizen of a country to own a house, own a business or eat a plate of garri at any location. Nigerians own houses in Ghana, Benin, Yaounde, South Africa, etc. Are they citizens of those countries. Buratai owns houses in Dubai. Is he an Arab from the Emirates. No be visa I'm go take go there.

Igbos can and do own property anywhere in the world. It has nothing to do with self determination. Nigeria breaks or not, those properties remain their own and if Nigeria is a lawful entity it will guarantee the security of such investments. Failure to do so will lead to massive disinvestment from all foreign investors, not just the Igbos. The proof is whether Nigeria remains a lawful entity breakup or not so let no one think it is an open and shut case. There will he massive problems on both sides.

Common sense tells me that the beautiful picture you paint above can only be the case if a separation is achieved through CORDIAL means. Today the semi-hunchback and his unintelligent supporters/worshipers have laid hatred and discord against the other two big Nigerian ptribes as the foundation of their secessionist campaigns. The last time I checked, he who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind; hate is also reciprocal, and that is why Nigeria is so charged up today.

After dividing Nigeria on the basis of hate and deep hostilities, I cant understand how any person still thinks that millions of Igbos wishing to remain in Nigeria would still be given a warm and cordial reception. People keep giving the "Nigerians have houses in Ghana" example, but common sense should have told us that the president of Nigeria and millions of flag bearing Nigerians dont run about the world calling Ghanians animals, pigs, idiots etc.; and of course we dont also go about openly preaching hatred against Ghanaians and threatening to kill them all should there be a disagreement.

It's still shocking how the entire ipob organisation is devoid of people with common sense. There's a reason the rich comfortable Igbos with any investment outside Igboland (even in the Niger delta) are very cautious about supporting ipob; it's because they are smart and understand the potential consequences of the foolish belligerent approach of ipob (their smartness is probably the reason they got rich in the first place). Ipob group is obviously populated with the poor hopeless people at the bottom cadre who believe Biafra is a Utopia which will change their fortunes; these folks dont give a damn about the trillions in investments which fellow Igbos already have outside Igboland and that is definitely the only explanation why they support the senseless approach. What I dont still get is why the educated ones cant guide the actions of the rest.

Politics › Re: Stella Oduah’s $1.5m London House Exposed By Sahara Reporters (Photos) by obailala(m): 7:44am On Sep 06, 2017

rozayx5:
i just tire for these people

ordinary abokey NNPC staff have houses all over the UK and send their children to IVy league schools

but its only southern trumpets that are blown

i dont just understand

the NEMA DG was queried for spending 13billion in one month

we did not hear anything about the case again cause na fulani crew

Oh yes, selective amnesia and selective 'sense' is what will kill most of us in Nigeria. When the same Sahara Reporters exposed the Dubai properties of Gen Buratai and even published purchase receipts, of course we did not see some of these sort of pointless ethnic/regional/tribal denouncements of SR by your likes; or maybe I forgot, Buratai at that time must have been a PDP man from the South East according to the warped logic of some people.

When Sahara Reporters also was revealing how Tinubu bought a second jet, and how he owned First Nation Airlines, the warped logic of some folks also interpreted it that Tinubu at that time was a PDP man from Onitsha.

No wonder some meaningless comments like the one above are being made today. Sahara must really be a useless outfit which is paid to expose the fuckups of south eastern Christians.

Politics › Re: BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 2:39pm On Sep 05, 2017

OLADD:
Dude, this govt is the greatest enemy to itself. Nigeria went into recession largely because of the 6 months wasted on assumption of office contrary to their claims of corruption and plummetting oil price. The multiple exchange rates and banning of 41 imported items; all contributed to the recession in the first place. This latest development shouln't be a surprise since the govt is gradually coming to its senses by reversing its own obnoxious policies.

smartty68:
If you need sense, read this post @Obailala and stop spewing trash

Nigeria had a GDP growth rate of over 6% up until 2Q 2014, oil prices began dropping from Q3 2014 and so did Nigeria's GDP growth rate drop correspondingly. As at Q2 2015 (when power changed hands), the GDP growth rate had dropped to roughly 2% (its lowest in decades). Nigeria's foreign reserves also dropped from almost $40bn to below $30bn just between Nov'14 and May'15; that is to say over $10bn was spent in roughly 6 months by the then govt to maintain the Naira but the Naira still crashed nevertheless from N160 to roughly N230 to a dollar. In late 2014 when oil still sold for $75, NOI already warned Nigerians to brace up for impending doom (recession) if the oil price situation persisted; in February 2015, NOI had to borrow several billions of dollars to pay workers' salaries.

Should I even start talking of the 2015 budget which was purely a 'budget for salaries', little or nothing was contained for capital development, less than N20bn (Naira) was budgeted for the entire Ministry of Works and ALL ongoing projects were halted with several contractors laying off thousands of workers across the country (of course ignorant folks blamed Buhari for the abandoned projects and those job loses). This is not even to mention the fact that fuel marketers were owed their subsidies for 9 months prior to May 2015 due to the same oil price driven cash crunch. All of the above happened when oil still sold up to $65/barrel, but of course, to people who have refused to apply their intellects to analyse situations beyond their nose, it is Buhari who brought recession by appointing ministers late; Buhari would probably have performed MAGIC or a MIRACLE even though oil prices fell further to $28 and oil production was cut by up to 60%.

Now guys, take a good look at the charts below comparing Nigeria's GDP growth rate with oil price:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/5411323_gdp_gifa9b921e6218c89d27c14de9cfcfe7d21
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/gdp-growth-annual

Obviously, the sudden free-fall of Nigeria's gdp growth rate from mid-2014 was caused by the oil price shock and the corresponding drop in the nation's forex income; these causative factors persisted and even got much worse beyond mid-2015 (handover) with oil prices dropping to as low as $28 in January 2016 (when Nigeria OFFICIALLY entered into a recession). It is obvious from the chart to any discerning (and non-blind) person that Nigeria's economy was already in a free-fall even before Buhari stepped in.

Now since my gentle economic analysts claim that it was 'Buhari not appointing ministers' that caused recession and not oil price or oil sales volume, I am keen to know what explanation you intelligent economists have for the drop in GDP growth rate (from 6% to 2%) between 3Q 2014 and 2Q 2016 when the supposedly more qualified and brainy leaders still held sway?

Why do I even bother explaining this to people whom I'm sure really don't want to hear it?... People who are hell-bent on feigning ignorance for the sake of just having a political argument (cos I don't believe you guys are actually ignorant in real life).

Politics › Re: BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 1:04pm On Sep 05, 2017*

smartty68:
Daura zombie wailing in penury when actually where we are today is because of Daura master. If he understands what leadership is why are we in mess today

Nonsense

Mr Man go and sleep. If you cant, you can choke yourself in some hard drugs to force yourself to sleep. Your evil wishes and plots against Nigeria may only work for a while but God's Grace will always pull the country through irrespective of the opinions and ill wishes of unwise losers. Now bid it!

Politics › Re: BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 12:23pm On Sep 05, 2017

Arrester171:
Till we BUY 1 DOLLAR for 140/150 before you start posting this

By the time the current government took over, the Naira had already dropped from that 140/150 you quoted to about 220/230. So with this you comment, are you suggesting that Nigeria was already in recession when this govt took over?

Politics › Re: BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 12:20pm On Sep 05, 2017

smartty68:
Look at this;
https://www.nairaland.com/4033616/breaking-nigeria-officially-exits-recession#60144664

Even the mod confirms this news to be fake

smartty68:
https://www.nairaland.com/4033616/breaking-nigeria-officially-exits-recession#60144664

Confirmed by the mod to be fake

Chaii... So because a MoD earlier dismissed the yet to be confirmed story which came out this morning as false report, the MoD to you has now suddenly become an omniscient god who knows it all and makes no mistakes right?... Even though I clearly stated in my original post that the info has now been officially confirmed by the NBS? The tweet I attached above, do you know whose handle that is?... If you go back to that thread link you posted, are you aware the MoD has now realised his mistake and reopened the thread?

By the way, why do I sense a sort of frustration in your tone over this news?... I could clearly sense the glee in your tone when you claimed the story is fake. I should have known I was conversing with one of the enemies of Nigeria's progress. huh

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Politics › Re: BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 10:38am On Sep 05, 2017

DanseMacabre:
Kai I don't think so o. I still bought kulikuli three for ten naira yesternight.

inscreAF:
Keep deceiving yourself.

smartty68:
Don't bother posting the details here Bro as its fake news

Statistical facts and figures don't lie! Be patient guys, the benefits of this will get to you eventually... wink

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Politics › BREAKING: Nigeria 'officially' Out Of Recession! - NBS by obailala(op): 10:17am On Sep 05, 2017*

BREAKING: Nigerian economy ‘out of recession’ — Statistics Bureau

The Nigerian economy is out of recession, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Tuesday.

According to the NBS, in the second quarter of 2017, the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.55% (year-on-year) in real terms, indicating the emergence of the economy from recession after five consecutive quarters of contraction since Q1 2016.

“This growth is 2.04% higher than the rate recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2016 ( –1.49%) and higher by 1.46% points from rate recorded in the preceding quarter, (revised to –0.91% from –0.52%). Quarter on quarter, real GDP growth was 3.23%,” the NBS said.

“During the quarter, aggregate GDP stood at N26,986,005.20million in nominal terms, compared to N23,547,466.91 million in Q2 2016, resulting in a Nominal GDP growth of 14.60%,” the report added.

An economy is said to be in recession after contracting for two consecutive quarters.

The Nigerian economy slipped into recession in early 2016.
https://i2.wp.com/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/leadersandco/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/07032847/National-Bureau-of-Statistics-NBS-.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/242391-breaking-nigerian-economy-recession-statistics-bureau.html

Officially confirmed by the Statistician General of the Federation/NBS!
https://twitter.com/sgyemikale/status/904967993385525248

Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Seun

Politics › Re: Biafra/IPOB What Exactly Is The Fear Of The Fed.govt.? by obailala(m): 6:48pm On Sep 04, 2017

gnss:
Yes I am a Noise Maker , I repeat what is the Federal Government afriad about granting referedum /the Yearnings of Biafra Agitators ,it does not start today ,it never started with Nnamdi KANU ,its not about a single person ,with or without Nnamdi KANU the struggle for Biafra Continues ,Take time and read clearly ,do be patient a bit and at least for a minute do not let Sentiment,Tribalism and ethic interest rob you of Objective reasoning .I am a Yoruba person and will never take sides ,Self Determination and Referendum is non Violent ,The Federal Government could go ahead to pick Nnamdi KANU today off course subject him to Life threatening conditions ,He may die in Prison that does not put an end to the struggle .What is the fear of the Federal Government in regards to Biafra Agitation or granting a Referendum .Probably the Federal Government is afraid if Referendum is held there will be more YES to let Biafra go than NO among the Igbo's ,My personal thought though.

No leader anywhere in the world would sit back and allow the size of the kingdom he rules be reduced.

Politics › Re: Patience Jonathan Recovers Her Hotel From EFCC In Abuja by obailala(m): 9:44am On Sep 04, 2017

wizygreat2000:
miss mama peace is bigger than Nigeria Constitution just like Tunubu, Amachi, Okorocha and many more APC Zombie...............

You mean "more like the PDp losers"?

Politics › Re: Patience Jonathan Recovers Her Hotel From EFCC In Abuja by obailala(m): 9:11am On Sep 04, 2017

Nigeria's constitution needs serious amendment. Meanwhile according to the Omokris of this world, Aunty Patty has joined APC.

Politics › Re: Nnamdi Kanu: "Buhari Is Not In Nigeria, Man From Sudan Impersonating Him" by obailala(m): 9:09am On Sep 04, 2017

Femjonsonn:
This Nnamdi is becoming too shallow.

My man abeg quit biafra agitation make you start your stand up comedy my career m... You go blow.
Funny clown

No he has actually always been this shallow. The fascinating thing is how serious he looks and sounds when making such stupid assertions to the admiration of his crowd of dumb gullible flock.

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Politics › Re: You Can Be The Next State Governor, Reno Omokri Advises Evans (kidnapper) by obailala(m): 9:06am On Sep 04, 2017

Firefire:
Is there any difference between kidnappers and looters

APC professional pardon for high profile looters could as well be extended to professional kidnappers like Evans.

If apc corruption fight isnt good enough for you, what do you have to say about your own 'stealing is not corruption' hero who rewards the corrupt with national honours and state pardons for those who were convicted outside Nigeria?

Politics › Re: You Can Be The Next State Governor, Reno Omokri Advises Evans (kidnapper) by obailala(m): 9:04am On Sep 04, 2017

FrankFrenzy:
The former presidential media aide and online sensation Reno Omokri has a word of advise for renowned kidnapper kingpin aka Evans.
He threw shades on the ruling APC and and their purported double standard in fighting corruption and dishing out justice.
See the extract below

Hit or miss?

Reno truly represents his surname very well:
Omokri = He-goat

If Reno thinks the fight against corruption under APC isnt strong, what does the mumu pastor have to say about the corruption fight under his 'stealing is not corruption' boss?

Politics › Re: Nnamdi Kanu And IPOB In Aba When Jonathan Was In Power (Video) by obailala(m): 8:45am On Sep 04, 2017

wirinet:
Don't mind these IPOB touts, they think every one will fall for their lies. Who was president on May 30th 2015?
Kanu is just an opportunist who used the disappointment, frustration and anger of Jonathan loosing the elections to exploit the Igbos for his political relevance. Before the 2015 elections, KANU was a unity beggar, a day after Buhari was sworn in he became a secessionist.
Even though Jonathan was weak, if he had tried this rubbish during his reign, Jonathan would have dealt with him severely.

Well, Kanu didnt exactly start the secessionist campaings in 2015, he actually started sometime in late 2013 and was even interviewed by Sahara Reporters sometume un early 2014. But until the 2015 elections, he was largely unknown, unpopular, disregarded and even considered to be insane by all; same way in which the folks of MASSOB were also disregarded as old hungry folks by all.

The results of 2015 elections however changed the game for Kanu. With the disappointment, frustration and anger of Jonathan loosing the elections, a lot of people began to renounce their Nigerianness; and automatically, Kanu's previously disregarded weird ideologies and wild preachings suddenly started sounding like a heavenly gospel music... The anger reached a peak in May 29th 2015 after Buhari was officially sworn-in; Kanu himself as a bad sharp opportunist took the pains to visit Nigeria personally on the May 30th Biafra remembrance day celebration and was greeted with a hero's welcome by a crowd who began to see him as the only alternative to a Buhari presidency which they had rejected.

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Politics › Re: Nnamdi Kanu And IPOB In Aba When Jonathan Was In Power (Video) by obailala(m): 12:32am On Sep 04, 2017*

menmen20100:
This thread is in response to this thread "Why Was There Little Call For Biafra When Jonathan Was In Power?". Here is an evidence below of nearly half a million people with Nnamdi Kanu in Aba in honor of Biafra fallen heroes and heroines on May 30th, 2015 while Jonathan was in power. This evidence nullifies that thread. So since Mod pushed that thread to front page without evidence, I'd appreciate it if they would push this counter thread WITH EVIDENCE to front page. Let's make Nairaland a judicious and fact-based forum devoid of propaganda.

IPOB May 30th, 2015 while Jonathan was still in power. The movement has been going on under GEJ except he used wisdom,meaning he IGNORED HIM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYG7BK2GPbo

Lalasticala
Seun

If the rally in the video you posted occured on May 30th 2015, how exactly does it nullify the other thread?... As at May 30th, it was already two (2) months after GEJ lost the election and it was even a day after Buhari was sworn in to the disappointment of millions of GEJ supporters. So I ask again, what exactly does this thread or this video nullify?... A video of an Nnamdi Kanu rally prior to the 2015 election should have made more sense.

And then again, stop deceiving yourself with this empty "Jonathan ignored ipob statement," NO leader (not even a weak Jonathan) will sit back and fold his arms watching while anybody tries to divide the kingdom he rules; even Kanu rejected a Biafra without Benue and Rivers state grin

Under Jonathan's leadership, several members of MASSOB were arrested and some even killed (Ezu River massacre) and nobody gave a damn about it. The head of the Biafran zionist movement (Chief Ben Onwuka) who declared Biafra during Jonathan's reign was also arrested, locked up and the key thrown away for several months without any trial and that happened under the government of GEJ. See picture of how the zionists were humiliated below:
www.nairaland.com/attachments/5913315_paradedbiafraarmy2_jpegd2eedd3b0ec60dbf967c05d184ed69b3

The simple reason Jonathan did not arrest Kanu was because during Jonathan's time, Kanu was a nobody who was based in the UK making noise to his very insignificant audience, nobody took him serious then. How many people knew Kanu before April 1st 2015? Did YOU even know him yourself?... and how exactly was Jonathan meant to arrest an 'unknown' person living in far away the UK?

People started paying attention and following Kanu only after GEJ lost the election because Kanu at the time seemed to be the only alternative left for millions of disgruntled Jonathan supporters from the south east who could clearly smell the potential political consequences of the poor politics played by the Igbo nation in 2015. 99% of IPOb and Kanu supporters today only declared support for Kanu/IPOB after the 2015 elections. This is a fact that cannot be wished away, everything about the explosion of IPOb is deeply rooted in politics of 2015. But unfortunately, Buhari with his actions and inactions keep lending validity to the ipob distractions.

cc: cjrane, Zikaviirus, richeso

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Politics › Re: Why Was There Little Call For Biafra When Jonathan Was In Power? by obailala(m): 11:01pm On Sep 03, 2017

mazimee:
Jonathan ignored them, but Buhari didn't.
He arrested Kanu, that worsen the whole issue.

Stop deceiving yourself with this empty "Jonathan ignored them statement," NO leader will sit back and fold his arms watching while anybody tries to divide the kingdom he rules; not even a weak Jonathan would have folded his arms. Under Jonathan's leadership, several members of MASSOB were arrested and some even killed (Ezu River massacre) and nobody gave a damn about it. The head of the Biafran zionist movement (Chief Ben Onwuka) who declared Biafra during Jonathan's reign was also arrested, locked up and the key thrown away until recently and that happened under the government of GEJ.

The only reason Jonathan did not arrest Kanu was because during Jonathan's time, Kanu was just a nobody who was based in the UK making noise to his very insignificant number audience who didnt even take him serious. How many people knew Kanu before April 1st 2015 and how exactly was Jonathan meant to arrest someone living in the UK?

People started paying attention and following Kanu only after GEJ lost the election because Kanu at the time seemed to be the only alternative left for millions of disgruntled Jonathan supporters. 99% of IPOb and Kanu supporters today only declared support for Kanu/IPOB after the 2015 elections. This is a fact that cannot be wished away, everything abouy the explosion of IPOb is deeply rooted in politics of 2015. But unfortunately, Buhari with his actions and inactions keep lending validity to the ipob political distractions.

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Politics › Re: Why Do IPOB Members Support PDP? by obailala(m): 1:30pm On Sep 03, 2017*

Basic123:
And the two great tribes and other minorities voted against hausa fulanu man buhari in 2011 and they never cry marginalizion or called yoruba muslims and north central betrayers like our yIGBO brothers

yIGBO are serious bad loosers

Too bad, but there's this song we used to sing back in the days as kids "first to do, e no dey pain; second to do, eye dey red." No doubt, the election of 2015 was more intense and people were much more passionately attached to it; hence the emotional pain from the outcome.

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Politics › Re: Why Do IPOB Members Support PDP? by obailala(m): 10:43am On Sep 03, 2017

unohbethel:
see ur reasoning..
smh

i want u to answer this question :when was ipob formed?

The answer to the question you're indirectly asking is contained in the quote below.

PStacks:
IPOB gathered more steam after PDP lost to APC.

IPOB existed before 2015 but only as an insignificant group despite all the preachings and threats from Kanu on Radio Biafra. 99% of IPOB's current followership pledged to the group after GEJ lost the 2015 election and the hitherto disregarded Nnamdi Kanu suddenly became a god...

In summary, IPOB is just a gathering of angry Jonathanians, hence why they're still deeply attached to anything PDP and hate anything APC (including core Igbo members) with a passion.

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Politics › Re: Why Do IPOB Members Support PDP? by obailala(m): 10:32am On Sep 03, 2017

99% of IPOB followers pledged support to IPOB after GEJ/PDP lost the 2015 election; the driving factor and origin of their hatred and disgust for Nigeria was the loss of their chosen candidate and the fact that their candidate lost because the other two big Nigerian tribes voted against their candidate. With all these, I suppose the reason behind the attachment of IPOB members with PDP is clear.

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Politics › Re: Real Hate Speech & Those That Said Them by obailala(m): 5:59pm On Sep 02, 2017

Dead brains everywhere... Just conjure nonsense out of the abundance of their dumb imaginations and begin to preach it as fact.

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Politics › Re: Over Our Dead Bodies Will Anambra Election Hold – BSS Leader, Ezekwesiri by obailala(m): 5:31pm On Sep 02, 2017

Confused miscreants calling for unnecessary bloodshed. Like I always say, the only way the election boycott by IPOB will work is if they forcefully enforce it by disrupting the polls, intimidating or even mobbing willing voters and generally unleashing chaos across the state.

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Business › Re: Nigeria To Reduce N6bn Fx Spending On Tomato Imports by obailala(m): 12:45pm On Sep 02, 2017

400billionman:
Dan Gote tomato policy.

Dan Gote tomato isnt producing now, and Dan Gote doesnt have the largest tomato paste producing capacity; hope you know that?

Travel › Re: Fuel Laden Tanker Crushes Man's Car Along Onitsha-Enugu, He Walks Away Unhurt by obailala(m): 12:12pm On Sep 02, 2017

zionmade1:
And let me give a little education too, u can hardly (if not never) find a federal road in a condition like this in the north WHY?
must u think everything is about pdp and apc or pmb and GEJ.
So because gej(whose govt too is a failure) did not construct the road pmb too should not construct the road
tomorrow u will condemn people following kanu, why won't they agitate seeing the state of their region

The bolded part of your message is a big riddle. The roads in the north are clearly in better shape than the ones down south, what really could be the reason?.... I think it's high time we sat down and debated this particular issue.

Could it be that funds are only released for roads in the north?... or could it be that contracts for roads in the north are awarded to reputable companies whilst those down south are awarded to quacks?.... Could it also be that contract funds for roads down south are usually embezzled by those in power in connivance with the contractors while funds for those in the north are used judiciously?...Or could it just be that roads in the north are not only cheaper to build and maintain, but also last far longer than roads down south (probably due to terrain, weather etc)?...

There very few major federal roads in the SE and over the last few decades, the only major road which has been built properly and completed seems to be the Owerri-Onitsha road. Why is this the case?... Why is it rocket science to fix the PH-Enugu road and the Onitsha-Enugu roads?... Those with the responsibility of clamouring/scheming/blackmailing for these roads to be fixed, have they been doing what they ought to be doing or do they just fold their arms, engage in peppersouping whilst waiting for a miracle?... There are just to many questions begging for answers regarding these 2 roads.

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Politics › Re: Market Demolition; Owerri Elders Visit Graveside Of Their Founding Fathers. PICS by obailala(m): 9:10pm On Sep 01, 2017

Kiakia:
Only if the market was really relocated for meaningful development! Who will complain if that is the actual intention? Nobody!

The end story of the story is yet to be known, so it makes no sense to judge anything now.

Politics › Re: Market Demolition; Owerri Elders Visit Graveside Of Their Founding Fathers. PICS by obailala(m): 6:16pm On Sep 01, 2017

SalamRushdie:
Another proof that the APC is actually an anti people's party from Aso Rock to Owerri govt house

Which people exactly?... For meaningful development to take place, things like this (i.e. shifting market location) are inevitable; and there would certainly be people opposed to it. The relocation of this particular market is long overdue to ensure sanity in one of the most important roads in the centre of owerri.

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