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Nellybii:
So you support the blowing of pipelines right?
This is too daft to be true.

go back to kindergarten 1 so u can be taught on how to read and comprehend.
I thought a new sheriff is in town. when you guys were provoking them by saying Buhari will crutch them you never reasoned the aftermath of your gullible belief that Buhari is Mohammed ko?
However, I condemn in its entirety what dis guys are orchestrating

allthingsgood:
Niger delta people sha. Na wa!

Keep destroying oil facilities and polluting your land, thinking u are punishing fg. Tomorrow its still same u that will beg fg to come clean up your mess.

Like you talk to Northerners for killing their people.
lol, though not in support but stop crying more that the bereaved. The fg has always abandoned us. Jonathan, Obj and Buhari are all failures

ogmask:
Balderdash.

This is just another avenue to chop money. If okowa wants peace he knows who to talk to. He hosted him in govt house 3 thursdays ago even when he knows the man is wanted by the Nigerian state. Okowa should just shut up and deal with his already over bloated cabinet.

DSS alert, this man knows more than u do. Arrest him he will tell us how he knew about it.

omooba969:
You have decided what you want to believe.
Enjoy.

*painment*

ba7man:
Jonathan didn't start Boko Haram but his actions encouraged it (Sharing the allocations meant for defence amongst his croonies through Dasuki ).

How did you conclude that Buhari is looking for ways to destroy the Southeast and south south?

Most of you guys are just paranoid which results irrational thinking and actions.

The enemies of your region are your leaders that collect bogus sums of allocations and have little or nothing to show for it. You guys never scrutinize them but scream "Buhari" because it's easier.

There's no amount of money pumped into the south south that will satisfy its average indegene until you start selecting leaders based on merit and not how well they opposed APC.

Hello ungrateful fellow, you guys are so funny and brainless. The alleged stolen money was during the election period, before then what used to be your comments toward Boko Haram and Jonathan? I make bold and without reservation that, Boko Haram was introduced to make Jonathan look incompetent.
I for one don't like to eulogise the new insurgent hovering the Niger Delta but when I remember how u guys tainted Jonathan with BH it calls for one's support. Do your worst, I tut you guys said there is new Sheriff in Town. Abeg gba gbe ja re

ZuzuMan:
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WHAT ABOUT THE 13 % OIL DF ?

that is inclusive dude

ba7man:
Then why were you guys shouting and crying all over then if it was "just" 20 people that died.

Keep supporting Gun carrying militants, the Nigerian military will soon come visit you to kill 20 more..... you think this is GEJ's administration that's begging them with money?

We in the Southwest are supporting industries, economic integration, peaceful co existence for a better society........... while dafts like you are supporting blowing up your industry to protest... very "smart" of you.

I don't want to see your refugee ars* in the Southwest when you finish helping to poison your air, land and water and nobody wants to visit or invest in your region.

Hello parvenu, I never supported militancy and will not. I v written some articles on the need to stop this nonsense because Buhari is looking for way to annihilate the entire south south and east because of the belief northerners have that Boko Haram was caused by Jonathan to reduce their population.
I am only kicking against Zombies threat of buhari ds and dat. What ignited this whole issue is your useless hyping of the dulapo as a new sheriff.

omooba969:
Everything is wrong with history as far as Nigeria is concerned because you haven't done your own research but relying on some concocted/ fabricated stories.

You have chosen to take comfort in the figment of some people's imagination which they call history.

Just imagine me saying Ken Saro-Wiwa was an ex-convict because he was tried by some idiotz who convicted & found him guilty.

Think about it.

Please for yo information, Awolowo was convicted by a civil court and not some sort of military court. He was convicted by civilian government.
Going by what you are saying, we shouldn't take all convicts likely to be made by Buhari as concocted trials and conviction? please try harder dude

ba7man:
GEJ Is the weakest.

OBJ, left alone would have loved nothing more than to level Niger Delta communities one by one till militancy ended..... just like he did to Odi.

But people screamed to Amnesty International and other global bodies concerning his high handed approach before he calmed down.

Don't mess with those ex millitary leaders, a lot of them have seen real battle when militants where still sh*tting in their nappies.

Stop constituting internet nuisance. how many persons died in Odi, what is even wrong with you guys, for crying out loud.
We in Bayelsa we can't even remember any who died because it was all media hype. Pls pack well. Not more up to 20persons died in Odi in reality but in Yoruba and western controlled media, thousands of people died.
*spitting#
mind your business and I reiterate my standard that odi case was media hyping

cktheluckyman:
did OBJ crush the niger delta militants? you people seems to be ignorant of history.OBJ created militancy in the niger-delta,it vwas during his regime that full scale militancy developed

I just tire for these set of people, just live him to his sheer ignorance. As far as I am concern, Obj is d weakest among our former presidents when it comes to fighting insurgent. He believes in gragra just like Buhari and end up escalating Militancy to the level that it became uncontrollable. Let Buhari use force and see how they help crumble his already crumbling government.

otokx:
There is no reason under the sun or under water or under the earth for civil servants in Bayelsa to be owed any salary. It only shows you the kind of wickedness the political class in Bayelsa is made of.

Because you just stay beside your foam and spewing rubbish ko? Bayelsa problem is the indigenous fools there. They all depend on the government. even crayfish seller there is from Delta. All they do is to fold their arms and wait for salary from the government. Once salary is not paid, they languish in abject poverty. their IGR is second to only Ekiti in Nigeria. I don't blame the governor, the mentality of the people there is the problem

That's y I disagree with people insulting Yoruba people because of some unguided miscreants supporting Buhari's way of ruling here on Nairaland. 60% of Yoruba people are already tired of BUBU. It's the paid agents who come online to spew nonsense

Sheggy13:
Why are these Avengers not questioning people like Dickson who despite receiving 13% derivation and being the smallest state in the SS population-wise too, have refused to pay salaries for going to 6 months thereby impoverishing their people. Alas they will praise him instead, just like they praised Alams despite stealing their future away.

You are far from reality, I could remember how Dickson kick start this latest agitation when he said Bayelsa is receiving less than 2b whereas state who can't tell the colour of the crude is going ohm with more because of "population". How do u expect him to pay with just less than 2b or thereabout?

tigerclaws:
the ogwu oke king

Please please, stop dat before I laugh out my sense

land of hypocrites

omooba969:
History sha.

What is wrong with history? Is it because your hero was an ex convict?

So finally Awolowo people's hero was an ex convict too?

*Says Diya, Olanrewaju have suffered enough
*’The way out of Yoruba marginalisation’
Major-General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd), 85, is a former military governor
of the defunct Western Region in whose time Chief Obafemi Awolowo was
released from prison and made to join the General Yakubu Gowon
government as Federal Commissioner for Finance and Vice Chairman of
the Federal Executive Council. Adebayo, a civil war general and President,
Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), spoke, in this interview at his Ikeja GRA,
Lagos home, on how the release of the former premier of Western Region
happened, the state-of-the-nation, the security challenges facing Nigeria,
corruption and the South- West integration programme. Excerpts:
By Bashir Adefaka
You were in charge of what has today become six-states of the South-
West as military governor of Western Region and so should have an idea
of how to achieve the integration in the former Western Region without
necessarily breaching the unity of Nigeria against the insinuation of some
people. What is your take?
Well, you have said it all. It is true that I was governor of Western Region,
which is now split into six states. At that time when we were asking for
states, other regions were asking for states as well. We thought that
creating more states was a good thing because it would help the states
economically, spread the economy of the region and bring development
quicker, and then, it would enable the people to work harder for their
states. And I think this is what we should still do.
What we should do now is to develop the economy because, if we do, it
will give employment to our youths coming out of school and make people
work harder than before.
Continuing to do exactly what you have said has informed the move by
governors of the states of the South -West to integrate to be able to
achieving a programme which grows the economy of the region thereby
providing jobs for the youth. But some people are looking at it from ethnic
angle which they say is not good for one and united Nigeria. How do you
link the two?
People should think more of the development of the region/states via the
overall development of our nation than thinking about ethnicity. We have
gone far ahead of ethnicity in this country and that should be taken away
from our minds whenever we are talking about things that will help us
grow as components of the national entity. We must think about
development of our individual regional areas but we must also keep
ourselves together as a nation.
Major General Adeyinka Adebayo...
You have been much aware of the cries of marginalisation by leaders of
South-West where you are President of the Yoruba Council of Elders
(YCE). Some have blamed the reason for the marginalisation on you the
leaders of the race.
I think the people crying marginalisation are only Yoruba people now.
What I would say is that they should forget about whether or not we are
marginalised and face how we can develop ourselves as a component of
the national entity. We must develop the country and the way to develop
the country is to get the states to work. The first step to developing a
nation is to develop oneself, when you do that and some of your products
get to other areas, you then must ask for your entitlements from the centre
as a result of your contribution to the collective building of the nation.
We are in a federal system and we have states within the federation.
Therefore, whatever is due to each state must be given to it. I think it
would be unfair to the Yoruba people to be subjected to marginalisation to
the point that we shout that Federal Government has not given us our
entitlements whereas we are supposed to be part and parcel of the
government.
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, recently accused former
President Olusegun Obasanjo of taking the Yoruba to where they are. He
said he had the opportunity to do more than for his people while in office
but that was not done.
I am not prepared to comment on what Alaafin of Oyo said. Obasanjo was
President of the country. And as President, he was in charge of
development of the entire country. Obasanjo was not doing it all alone.
He had a team working with him and for the development of each area
within the federation and so, one should not be blaming Obasanjo now!
Why did you people not shout then when he was there, that he was not
doing the right thing for the Yoruba race?
I am not saying that Yoruba people have been given all their entitlements
but one must not put the blame on the head of Obasanjo because he was
a Yoruba man. At the same time, being a Yoruba leader and President of
the country almost concurrently, he should not be working on his own
tribe alone at the expense of others. That would have made it worse now
that the people are talking about it because he would have breached the
leadership trust that was put in him.
As a retired general…
(cuts in) But not tired (laughs).
Yes, retired (but not tired). You have other generals around you that
ordinarily should complement your efforts in moving the Yoruba race
forward: Generals Oladipo Diya, Tajudeen Olanrewaju and others. Yoruba
were said to be indifferent to their plight while they were awaiting pardon
as victims of the General Sani Abacha’s phantom coup. Now that they
have been pardoned but the gazette to clear them finally is being delayed,
what is your word to President Jonathan?
First and foremost, let me start by saying I am still a Major General, there
is no gainsaying that I am still respected in the society and so I can speak
my views to the top. President Jonathan has started well by pardoning
these generals and I can only advise him to complete it by ensuring that
the gazette regarding their pardon is published on time so that the grey
areas due to conflicting media reports as to who and who have benefited
will be cleared and the fine generals will be restored finally to their normal
lives with full enjoyment of their entitlements.
These are generals that have contributed their quotas to the building of
the nation. I mean, Diya lives near me here. He is a good man; a good
Yoruba man both inside and outside the military. The same thing is
General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, the late General Adisa and others.
In the first place, there was nothing they did that was bad so as to warrant
that sentence. But we thank God now that the President has done what is
necessary and pardon has been issued. But I am also aware that the
Army authority has not been able to effect the release of their entitlements
because of either the delay in the release of the gazette or that the
presidency has not officially informed them. This makes it necessary that
President Jonathan should see this as a major component of the laudable
effort he is making in ensuring that things get better in this country and he
should cause all those involved in the release of the gazette to do so
without delay.
Most Nigerians are not comfortable with the security challenges facing us
as a nation. If it is not Boko Haram, it is militants kidnapping people in
the Niger Delta or cultists killing police officers and, do not forget, that
Jos crisis has also not really subsided.
As far as security in Nigeria is concerned, it is the responsibility of the
Federal Government to ensure the security of lives and property and the
states to report whatever security challenges facing their respective
domains to the Federal Government as a way of putting a superb security
measure in place. By this I mean security is a participatory duty that,
even though it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure,
every good Nigerian has a role to play. The Federal Government will not
be everywhere; they will not be at the grassroots. What are those other
people doing? How are they taking proper care of their domains to ensure
that behaviours that are alien to their various communities are checked?
That takes us to the issue of corruption. This, apparently, has eaten deep
into the fabrics of our national life. Is it that government has not done
enough to tackle the scourge or the scourge has turned into a monster?
The fight against corruption is the responsibility of one, the government of
the federation; two, the governments of the states and the individuals.
Corruption is a disease that must be vigorously tackled by everybody.
The issue of power in 2015 is already heating up the polity: the Igbo are
clamouring, the Niger Delta megaphones won’t let go, yet the Northern
Elders Forum (NEF) has made clear its position that it must be North
come 2015. What do you think?
We do not know ourselves much yet and therefore we must continue to
work together. We should continue to bring everybody to work together to
get the right leadership. It does not matter where the leadership comes
from, but it must not come from one place all the time. At any rate,
leadership should go to the adequately qualified, efficient, honest person.
At the same time, we must not forget other areas.
Your government of Western Region faciliated the release of Chief
Obafemi Awolowo from prison after being convicted for treason. How did
you arrive at that decision?
We arrived at that decision because we discovered that there was no need
to put him in prison in the first instance. The old man did a lot of good
works for the country, for the Western Region and, when the military took
over from the civilian regime that put him in prison, it was the duty of the
military regime in power to release him. That was what we did. I worked
on the military on the need to release him and we agreed. Yes, we
brought him into the military government and he did a lot of good jobs for
us there.
So it was based on your recommendation that he became Federal
Commissioner for Finance?
Well, based on the recommendation of the government (laughs), he
became the Federal Commissioner for Finance and he did very well in that
position and improved the economy of the country.
I just want to be sure of the role you played in how Chief Awolowo moved
from prison to the office of the Federal Commissioner for Finance .
I recommended his release and he was released. And when we wanted to
bring some civilians into the military government, we felt he would be very
useful in the regime, and it turned out that he stood out of the pack. He
never disappointed us and we thank God he did not.
You just clocked 85 but still looking radiantly vibrant. What is your
birthday message for the younger generation?
One, you should be contented with what you have, with what you are and
you must put your mind on what you want to be in future. Then, if you do
not overwork yourself on what you do not need, on what you do not have,
then you would not have any problem.
You love the way I look at 85 because I have always lived my life as a
contented person. I am happy, simple and I look after my children and my
children look after me…
(cuts in) Including the former Ekiti State governor-son of the retired
general. (laughter)?
(Laughs) Yes.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/how-we-freed-awolowo-from-prison-to-join-gowons-govt-by-gen-adebayo/

tempest01:
Cone oh....But seriously...bayelsa population is one of if not the smallest in the country....and they are about the 4th out 5th largest oil producing states....what have they been doing with their 13% derivation?

The federal allocation for Bayelsa has been less than 2b in the past months. how can you develope and pay workers with that amount? Their major problem is their people and not the government. The people don't invest so as to attract employment. everyone there depends on the state government for survival. The highest business there is keke and hotel.
Do you know they import bread and sachet water from Delta State?

hmuhammad:
These oil workers na thieves, what about teachers? How much will b their minimum wage?

Some of you find it difficult to comprehend English language. peruse the write up once again to see if their demand was for their members or only. No member of PENGASAN was receiving paltry minimum wage before the increment.

Businessideas:
Who's the innocent man o? Akpodoro or Tompolo or GEJ?
Your analogy bears no relationship to my post nor does your title of innocent fitting of any of the three characters. My own prayer is that my country defeats all her enemies. Shikena.

Face your insurgent and live Jonathan alone, BUHARI a.k.a The New Sheriff is the C in C so do your worst. Don't forget the way Jonathan came and left so shall Buhari come 2019 or 2023. So enjoy the charade while it lasts just as Jonathan did.
Power is transient so no one lives on the thrown forever. Let Buhari jail whoever he feels like after all he was once a prisoner

kITATITA:
Formermeet in Yenagoa, threaten war should Jonathan lose presidential election
January 24, 2015

Prominent Niger Delta militants have vowed to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the February 14 presidential election.
Mr. Jonathan is of the Ijaw ethnic stock, and the only member of a minority tribe from the South to have ever governed Nigeria.
The former militants, who said any attempt to dethrone the President would be seen as a direct attack on the Ijaw nation, threatened to unleash violence on the country and take back Niger Delta oil should Mr. Jonathan lose re-election.
According to them the President’s victory in the election is not negotiable.
The former militant leaders took the position Friday in Government House, Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, at an enlarged meeting that was attended by all the former militant leaders and their followers across the Niger Delta region.
Among those in attendance were Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force; Victor Ben Ebikabowei, aka, Boy Loaf; and Government Ekpudomenowei, aka, Tompolo.
Also in attendance were the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, and chairman of Amnesty Implementation Committee, Kingsley Kuku; Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson and his deputy; President General of Ijaw Youth Council, Udengs Eradiri; among others.http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/175532-niger-delta-militants-meet-yenagoa-threaten-war-jonathan-lose-presidential-election.html

What are u trying to say? go for them if you can

Businessideas:
If he was bundled out of the meeting where such a highly treasonable action is being plotted, why did it take him over a year to alert the Nigerian public?
All I see is that the Niger delta is about to become a theatre of hostilities and I am sure that the Nigerian Armed Forces will tackle those who want to sabotage the government whether Tompolo or/and GEJ.
Nigeria will overcome her challenges and will be great again!

A student who failed to read for his exams will always blame a poor tutor. Keep blaming d innocent man

By Chris Ochayi
ABUJA - The National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, has
alleged that the renewed hostilities being witnessed now in the region were
planned in January last year ahead of the March 2015 presidential
election.
The National President of NCNDE-A, Israel Akpodoro, who made the
stunning accusation in a statement issued in Abuja, however, called on the
former President to call members of the self acclaimed Niger Delta
Avengers, NDA, to order describing them as his boys.
Akpodoro was reacting to the renewed hostilities in the Niger Delta
spearheaded by members of the Niger Delta Avengers who claimed
responsibilities for blowing off oil and gas facilities in the oil-rich Delta
state in recent times.
He noted that the hostilities witnessed now were planned by the
immediate past administration in January last year before the presidential
election.
According to him, “the Niger Delta Avengers is a creation of the ex
president aimed at thwarting any efforts made by successive
administration especially that of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All
Progressives Congress, APC, administration.
Akpodoro revealed further that the threat was hatched at a well attended
meeting called at the instance of a governor from the South South States
in in January last year with all the prominent ex-militants including himself
and senior officials of the former president.
The Urhobo-born ex-militant further stated that the message from them
as delivered by the a Special Adviser to the President was that all ex-
militants from the region should return to the creek preparatory for action
should Maj. Gen. Buhari win the then coming election saying; that includes
“what we are witnessing today in the actions of the Niger Delta Avengers.”
Akpodoro averred that he stood up to make his contribution by advising
that the region and it's people shouldn't be thrown into crises as a result
of one man's ambition saying whoever won the then coming presidential
election should be supported by all adding that at that juncture, rather
than allow him continued his speech, he was ordered to be bundled out of
the venue by the conveners of the meeting.
“I was bundled out of the meeting but then that is realities of what
Nigerians are witnessing today.”
“The former President created the monster-Niger Delta Avengers, NDA,
and he alone can call them to order and that is what my group is asking
him to do.
“Nigerians should hold the Ijaw leader responsible for any possible
collateral damage that may be incurred in the process of exterminating
that destructive rag tag group with all its sympathisers in the region.
"Our common enemies in the Niger Delta region are those governors,
ministers, Special Advisers, Director Generals, Senators and other
representatives from the region who participated in government and use
their offices to enrich themselves at the detriment of general good.
“We must redirect our anger to those who cornered the dividends of
democracy in the region buying fleet of aeroplanes, building mansions in
choices cities of the world...while their people live in abject poverty.
“President Buhari isn't our problem but our leaders from the region,”
Akpodoro said, urging that “President Buhari should not relent in his
military actions against those he described as enemies of peace in the
region.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/ex-president-boys-behind-n-delta-avengers-ex-militant-leader-alleges/

Alexander Okere, Benin
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday, described the lingering crisis in the state chapter of the All
Progressives Congress as the handiwork of enemies of the state and the party.
He also said the crisis was being blown out of proportion.
Oshiomhole said this at the Government House in Benin, when he received the members of the fact-finding committee set up
by the national secretariat of the APC to assess the internal wrangling rocking the party in Edo State ahead of the state’s
governorship election on September 10.
The national leadership of the party had, on May 10, inaugurated the five-member reconciliation committee, led by a former
governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to look into the immediate and remote challenges affecting its Edo State
chapter.
Other members include Senator Osita Izunazo, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, Hajiya Fatimah Mohammed and Alhaji Ahmed
Abdullahi.
The Edo State chapter of the party has, for several months, been battling with internal crisis ranging from the reported fallout
between Oshiomhole and his deputy, Dr. Pius Odubu, over his (Odubu) decision to contest the governorship election.
The recent impeachment of the former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Edoror, by 17 lawmakers, has also
been linked to the crisis in the party in the state.
But Oshiomhole noted that the state had been put in a bad light by individuals who claimed to be members of the APC but
remained committed to the opposition party.
He added, “The more dangerous enemies are those whom people purport to have joined the APC but their soul is in the PDP
(Peoples Democratic Party). By the choice of their language and style and tactics, it is clear that they wish to be in the APC
while working in futility hoping that they can discredit the APC so that their own party that they have grounded, dismantled
and rest can hopefully be revived.
“So maybe in seeking to settle us, you will also need to settle Abuja. Otherwise, we might just be shedding a crocodile tears.
The headlines that you refer to are credited to people who purport to be in this party. When you see their language in the print
and electronic media, you wonder if this is a Hiroshima war.
“They are now the ones, having benefited from my labour and accomplishment, using the most uncouth and violent language
to describe my person. The official attitude seems to be, ‘reconcile everybody.’ That is fine.”

http://www.punchng.com/saboteurs-behind-edo-apc-crisis-oshiomhole-tells-oyinlola-panel/

Dicta444:
The main reason why the Yoruba speaking states voted for Buhari is because they in their own human nature and thinking thought that what happened to Yar'adua will occur again unfortunately the president is waxing stronger and am happy. Let us all enjoy change. They are even feeling it more.

stop spewing nonsense on my thread. I am a free born of the Ijaw nation and more Jonathan than u, live trash for LAWMA. Yoruba is the number1 nation when it comes to rejecting their own, so stop saying what you don't have idea of.

can't u guys for once contribute to a thread intelligently without name calling and mauling each other's tribe? I am an Ijaw and I v been in Lagos for years, I know little about Yoruba people voting pattern. It is only in Yoruba land you can't predict who will win election I love them for that aspect. You can be their father and if you are fucking up, they won't vote for you. They rather prefer their enemy to climb that seat that see you who is their brother clinching the ticket.
How many of you are aware that Ade Farati, Fayemi and co lost their respective towns and wards in their second term bids?