Gov. T. A. Orji action against non-Abians is simply not a welcome development and should be condemned by all. It’s unacceptable in the eyes of any right thinking person. The Governor should reverse this decision. Abia state is endowed with natural resources which a creative governor can harness to pay the so-called minimum wage for workers rather than depending on Federal allocation and this obnoxious policy of sacking non-indigenes. With a man as this, how can South East move forward when there is this kind of discrimination. Elders in the south East ought to call this man to order now before he does further harm

Ha nairalanders,

If Bokoharam declares a public holiday in nigeria tomorow instructing all nigerian to stay@home and Federal Government Kicks against it, advising nigerians to go about thier business,

please be sincere, whom will you adhere to his instruction

A nigerian lady in her early 40s, married to her husband for about 10 years without a child. From the result of recent lab results, it was confirmed that he cant make babies. She is left confused and helples.

What will you do if you find yourself in this dilema. knowing that menopause is fast approaching?

Read below and and be advised, This is a true account of an abduction experience of a close family friend.

The Story of my abduction.


I was traveling from Aba in Abia state back to PortHarcourt where I reside after a marriage introduction ceremony of my youngest sister Nene in my family house in Aba. I left the house at about 4pm that day 15/5/2010 with my small uncle Anayo and a cousin Maureen. Maureen dropped somewhere in Aba while I proceeded to Portharcourt with Anayo. We had barely traveled 11km when we met what appeared to be a routine Police check point at Ihie. Normally we were flagged down for routine check at about 5pm or even later. I was asked for my driving license which I produced, I was asked to come down and open my boot and it was at this point that I was told to enter a waiting Kia saloon car facing right and at right angle to the main express road. Other vehicles were stopped simultaneously for stop and search. An SUV that refused to stop was sprayed with bullets with apparent missing of targets and within about 5minutes the operation was over. About 2 vehicles carried the victims, a Kia saloon and a Pathfinder SUV. Some of us were loaded in the booths. After 5minutes drive into the village we were all blind folded and now driven through untarred bush roads to an isolated location which was a transit point. It took about extra 5minutes to get there. You know things were happening fast and it was so easy to lose tract of time. At this temporary site, we were thoroughly beaten with the butts and barrels of the gun. I never knew pains could be felt in quick succession after trauma to a particular point. When I was hit at the back with the AK47 assault riffle, I felt the first superficial pain and this was followed immediately by another crushing pain much deeper. We were about 15 people, men, women and children. After about 4hours, the women and children were driven back to the road to find their ways home. We the men, about 9 in number now waited for the next 1.5hours to be taken to their so-called police cell were they kept captives. In the transit camp where we were kept, there is one small house inhabited by a woman and some 2 or 3 children. The woman had normal conversations with our captors and her small baby was always crying. We left the temporary area in the same 2 vehicles and by 10minutes we were in the cell. The place was surrounded by bushes and harbored a roofed but un-completed block house with doors. A standby generator was on and I had lifted the scarf over my eyes a little long before we left the transit location. We were bundled into a dark room wit one window and with 8 captives inside already. The mode of capture of these previous 8 was targeted and not as random as ours. Example the councilor was visited by them as a Police team in a Police vehicle and informed that he was wanted in the police station in connection with certain matters. He followed them willingly. We could only sit or lie down with our eyes covered. We were 17 in number in my cell. These include 3 Royal highnesses (The Eze of Isuochi, The Eze of Omuma, and another very important Eze that I couldn’t quite identify well because he was taken away shortly for ‘special treatment’ and remained there after I left), the councilor representing a constituency in Omuma (hypertensive and diabetic), a retired NNPC manger (diabetic), a retired CBN supervisor, a PTI lecturer/pastor, 2 yahoo fraudsters, drivers, a tailor, and some others. Our cell phones, money and every other belonging were taken from us apart from our clothing. Food is never given to the captives and water is dispensed at extreme discretion of the captors and by my calculation this amounted to 500mls alternate daily. At a point the councilor drank my water as I moved a little out of my position to urinate. As it was close to midnight, the captors encouraged us to pray and came in periodically to check on us. I must tell you that we all prayed as never before till morning. We also continued to pray like that every day. For me it was as true as daylight. The next day was a Sunday and at about 9am, the captor in-charge of making contacts for the captives came into our cell enquiring for people needing to contact their people for early release. It followed the sequence from interrogation about yourself and work to brutality and torture, bargain for release and possible mortal injury following failure to reach an amicable settlement. One of the captive’s phone lines was always used for these contacts. The man in charge of the contact making is called a name. I figure he is the 3rd in command in the camp. He comes with aides who brutalize the captives mercilessly on failure to agree to a stated bill which runs into millions of naira. My initial bill was N10million even though it came down to N2m later. I was now asked to talk to my people. I talked to my people and returned the phone to the captors for negotiation with my people. The first bidding amount from my people was N100,000 which earned me the beating of my life in the hands his aides. I was hit with the gun repeatedly and while pointed close to my neck with the gun corked and uncorked severally and with several simultaneous kicks on the head and body, I was asked to talk to my people. The beating was temporarily halted when impressed it on my people of the need again to be ‘reasonable’ amidst my cry of pains. I was one of the youngest captive. One can now imagine the impact of the brutality on an elderly man and the sick people. On that Sunday the councilor was beaten blue and black on failure to accept the N10million request fast. This was a frail looking man with 10 children, a wife and with the whole extended family as dependants. He collapsed with repeated hits on the head, ribs, hands and every other parts of the body with the butt, barrel of the gun and woods measuring 2inch x 2inch in thickness. He was literally left helpless on the floor. He constantly bemoaned his fate and wished to die in his house where his corpse will at-least be seen and given a burial unlike the camp here where our captors will bury him. He recovered a little by Monday but that never gave him any reprieve as he continued to receive thorough beating like the rest of us. Many of us all cried like babies. The councilor got his people to sell his new car, his lands, and several other belongings and all amounted to the sum of N450,000. He also sought to collect the month’s contribution among 10 of his colleagues amounting to N500,000 which never materialized by the time I left them. My brother it was pathetic for the diabetic and the hypertensive. It is noteworthy that age was no barrier to the brutality because we had 2 people who were above 70years of age, the Eze of Omuma and the Eze of Isuochi. The first received thorough but a moderated level brutality which increased sequentially with each daily failure to meet the captors’ demand while the second, though brutalized, had some significant consideration because he is 74years. His wife had to walk virtually the whole streets begging for money and he also had to sell lands. The rest received the same level of brutality and torture which increased with every passing day. I tried to get close to the retired NNPC man who is also a pastor because I felt he never understood the psychology of this group that prefer to call themselves Abia State Militants. He never agreed to any fixed amount and I felt he mistook the initial moderation of the brutality on him as a spiritual effect. He is a retired man and probably over 60yrs of age. However, he was soon to understand that his judgment was wrong. The mercilessness of the boys was un-paralleled because by the time I was leaving the camp on Tuesday night there was a special torture session carried out simultaneously by over 20 of the militants which I myself may have found difficult to recover from despite my good physical fitness. The captors had claimed that a cell phone had been stolen in the camp and all the captives that refused to bargain ‘properly’ were responsible. The captors appear not to have much interest on what they regard as poor fools like drivers, gaunt looking people, mechanics, tailors etc. Even though the ‘poor fools’ sometimes pay all their savings to the captors, they tend to receive good considerations in terms of length of stay only. I left the camp after the direct negotiation between my people and my captors went through. We left the camp at about 10pm on Tuesday. Those released that night were the Professor (Eze of Isuochi), one pastor, one driver and my humble self. Three of us were bundled into the booth of a Nissan Pathfinder SUV while Prof was given the privilege of sitting down comfortably inside the car. As we left the camp, one or two small boys were moving about close by and our captors questioned the supposed strangers in a loud voice asking “who be that” and the small boys (I say small boys from their voice on reply) answered “I beg na indigenes”. The Eze of Omuma was released a day earlier after paying the sum of one million two hundred thousand naira. After about 5minutes into our journey to freedom, the SUV stopped suddenly and refused to start again. After a few futile attempts to start the car, the four armed captors disembarked and called the camp for another vehicle. They identified their position as opposite the Nigerian Police Station. In less than 4minutes a new Toyota corolla arrived for us to continue our journey. I was asked to enter the booth with the pastor/PTI lecturer. They discharged us at Ihie junction and gave us transport money. We all walked bare footed because even our shoes were collected. I received N500.00. They also informed me that my vehicle was at the Police station. The Prof and the released driver proceeded to Portharcourt while I proceeded to Aba with the pastor. I arrived my family house at Aba at about 12:09am on Wednesday to the jubilation of my parents and every other person in the house and on the street. I am grateful to my relatives who contributed immensely for my release. They include my parents, my wife, my brother, my sisters, my cousin, my uncles abroad, my in-laws, my mother’s uncle, my aunt, the pastors who prayed continually, my local church, my genuine friends who acted promptly and several well wishers.
I did not involve the police and it was the best decision. The location of the camp is not hidden. The subdued villagers know them and also know all their locations. Again the terrain of the area consisting of thick bushes, well spaced houses and the bad nature of the road all combine to favor the use of those locations by the militants. The militants tend to wear military uniforms in the camp and police uniforms with police bullet proof vest outside the camp for their normal operations. They carry AK47 assault riffles and perform drills each morning in the bush around the cell building- the so-called camp. All the boys spoke the local dialect- asa/ngwa version of igbo language. The chairman/leader of the group who authorized each release has facial tribal marks, speaks same dialect. It may not surprise me if he is a northerner and security personnel. It is impossible that the security agents do not know their position. The joy of release subdued all the pains. I also forgot I had not eaten for 4days. I proceeded to Ihie Police station to collect my car as I was informed by my captors as my car was too old for an operational vehicle. I saw the vehicle at local police station at Ihie. I fulfilled their formalities, made statements and informed them of the release of Prof. In doing these I guarded my utterances because you never know who the insiders were. I also spoke with the DPO of the station. I also met some special police units who came on routine patrol to the police station and narrated my ordeal to them. On this visit to retrieve my car I also observed that the security agents concentrated their presence on the express road leaving the entire village empty. My brother even the people you are supposed to report to are scared and appear helpless. You also cannot rule out their support from politicians because of several boasts of installing candidates come 2011. Information flow freely in the camp there; it is unimaginable how the information comes without government/security insiders. It also appeared they were planning relocation soon based on the insiders’ requests; possibly because of impending raid by government forces. They claim to pay some insiders-the normal Nigerian settlement.
It is pathetic the level Abia state has degenerated to. It is a level just slightly above those of animals and the bottom line is greed, corruption, power drunkenness. I understand Imo-state is following closely.
I became ill on Thursday- the cumulative effects of the ordeal. My heart goes out to the innocent men still in captivity. I wonder if they will make it alive. They include the retired NNPC manger/pastor in Winners chapel (Yoruba), retired CBN supervisor (igbo), the councilor (Omuma), The Eze who I could not identify well.
What if these kidnappers were ritualists; what would have been our fate; it is all greed, corruption, power drunkenness. Until there is good and committed leadership everything will continue to go downhill.


Dr Ohaka, MD.

man united all the way. we ll beat mancitey like we beat arsenal. LONG LIVE MAN U, LONG LIVE THE RED DEVILS. UNITED WE WILL ALWAYS STAND.

coolruler:

Hi nairalanders,
Im a technical person and I currently work in the IT industry. I would however, love to cross into the telecommunications industry if I have a chance. To this end, I would love to be put in touch with anybody who is willing to train me. He/she must work in the telecommunications industry as an RF Engineer or Base Station Engineer, and must be very actively involved in fault identification and resolution, antenna servicing, e.t.c

You can mail me at angelbabyng@yahoo.com

i currently work with one of the Telecom companies in the country. i may give you a refferal for your need cos av got some coleagues that are very good in your desired area of knowledge. hit me up on 08037892535

UNITED WE STAND, MAN WILL GIVE PEPSI(CHEKPSI) THE DISGRACE OF THEIR LIFE,

MAN U WINS 2GOALS OR EVEN 3 IF NEED BE.

UP RED DEVILS

@hayprof,

is this problem peculiar to you, or d you know any one having same problem in same location? whats your izap card no and the ESN HEX no?, i ll need to make some enquiries.

most the posts here correct about starcomms, but lets look at it from the other side,


1: if starcomms is the worst ISP, what will u say about the likes of multilinks, visafone, onet etc?

2: if you did not get great attention at the toyin street ikeja office ( due to much crowd ), have you tried their other offices ie hostel b/stop ikotun?

3: EVDO was rebranded as IZAP,  correct, but there is no Izap coverage in all the cities they are now.

4: if you are not getting the broadband speed as advertised, and even if you post your screen shot, how do nairalanders comfirm that you are actually posting them within the broaband coverage area?

5: Starcomms Do not have broadband coverage all over lagos per-say, but they have the broadband and 1X coverage maps pasted in most of their offices, isnt it our responsibilities to verify our individual locations correctly before buying their data terminals? afteral we are the ones parting with our hard earned money,

6: do we lso realise that " another isp ( aside starcomms ) is using same sierra wireless 580 terminal ( as EVDO ). " so how do nairalanders differentiate which ISPs' AIr card watcher snapshot is bein posted, since the sierra wireless cards are show exactly same wathcer when in use?

7: its quite unfortunate and fustrating when we are not getting the best from Starcomms as an ISP, but in the naija of today, do we have a better alternative? i have lots of friends that has roamed round all the ISPs, and at the end concluded that starcomms happens to be the most reliable.

8: here we have people saying lots of trash ( even lying ) about starcomms on this thread while same people recommend/prefer starcomms to multilinks, visafone etc.

i am using starcomms IZAP and its working well for me and lots of my friends.

the question that needs and anwer is, Is It Really Fast As Starcomms Claim?

my candid answer to this quetion is, YES if you are withing IZAP coverage area.

NB: If its not fast go back to their office so they can check it up.



There is no EVDO/IZAP coverage in Ibadan, all you have there is 1x ie dialup, for more enquries call

*123---for voice complaints
*121---for Data complaints, though you may need to be very patient to reach them



i can give you more helplines if only you request "nicely"

need a gurl friend too, anyone available? am young, working class, just moved to a new location and yet to make new friends, hola me on 08037892535, if u r interested.

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Happens that the head of the first one we sent him to is a Man Utd fan
If he is rejected again, I'm sure we can get a room for him in Yaba left
He's been shouting Vidic! Vidic!! Vidic!!! since yesternight
Roman is now stable in the special health facility we had him transfered yesternight
He now understands what Wenger stands for --------- Money can't buy trophies
Scholes won't come around to have his nose checked 'because he is still celebrating
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DR. DRE, TRULY YOU ARE A DOCTOR. 'MORE LENS TO YOUR STETOSCOPE'

WHERE ARE D BIG MOUTHS OF CHELSEA? PLS GO LEARN HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL MAN UNITED.
RED DEVILS FOR LIFE. SHAME TO THE FOOTBALLER TURNED FIGHTER , DROGBA

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. GOOD Bleep TIES THE MAN TO YOU. IN MY YEARS OF AV NEVER BEEN bleeped REAL GOOD BY A LADY.

FOR THE BOOKSELLER, PLS TRY AN AVDVERTISING COMPANY,

Ladies find me very interesting and funny to be with. on this note i'll approach her soon as i notice she is enjoying my companion.

wel it has happend to me wen i was much younger, then i was too shocked to react.

but with my level of exposure no lady tries that with me, i'll slap her 20times for 1 slap from her.

na so her mama dey slap her papa for them house? which kind play be that one, ?

hey stop the fight pls, why fight over just a simple psyche by seun, u dont have to get personal with this ok, u babes are more matured than trading words/insults over this.

Date whoever pleases u, its ur life.

business man: buying and selling of goods and services

i am a young man in my late twenties, i have a good job and doing well. But the only problem i have is that i don't have a steady gurlfriend, most of the girls in my life just come around for the fun they could get and not for steady steaming relationship. if you are a female, cool and goodlooking ready for a steady and long lasting relationship. hala me on 08037892535.

U r welcome. The best way to enjoy this life is doing that which pleases you, not minding whose ox is gored. like minds they say, think alike, i guess we are like minds & am happy meeting you here. though its my firstime but am really catching fun and you are making the stay here whortwhile. Bigger thankyou for your repplies.

Remember, what ever you do (good or bad), tongues will always lash. But you knowwhat you want, and going for it is the ultimate thing.

cucchi
It doesnt really matter, black or white. the most important thing is your happiness with the man, if he is nice, caring loves you the way you love him then you go ahead. am black and am a nigerian. i really want to have a relationship/ married with a white girl. if any is interested then here is my email. oj62002@yahoo.com.
Ojay

Its a free world, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. but i also know that you attract who you are. We can make this world better than we found it by being open to ourselves and learn to forgive people. Wether guys or girls, we all have hearts, we feel the hurt when things go wrong. but how many of us are working on making things right? the truth is we can experience true friendship with each other if both parties take time to communicate thier fears and understand each other. If you realy want, you can fall in love with the same person over and over again. ask me how?

Hi Fellas.
Thumbs Up for the good works here!!!

Am OJAY, (BSC) Statistics/Computer Science
UNN.
I wont mind a career in Information Technology though.