₦airaland Forum

Ah finally she don resurface; wondered what happened to her....

Some over-hyping an inconsequential act. I know former Governors/Ministers who prefer to ride bicycles or walk of foot while in the UK.

Chubhie:
For speaking up and standing for her truth, Aisha buhari has won me over. beauty with a knightish spirit riots my blood!

If Patience had towed a similar stance, then just maybe Jonathan may still be in power.....

gentlegenius:
Quite unfortunate that things didn't go the way APC wanted in the Niger delta.
Akwa Ibom is one state where PDP has become a religion and there's nothing APC can do about it except to keep using their renowned media house (Sahara Reporters), to wail, lie and mislead the public on how Governor Emmanuel came to rule Akwa Ibom state. This indeed is one of their antics.
Only the hardened fools will believe this story.

They should also focus on Kogi where the biggest heist took place....

AntiWailer:
Sack them and appoint new judges.


Can all bankers quit work because some bankers are under investigation for corruption ?

Can Nigeria Medical Association boycott work because some doctors were arrested interrogated and released on self recognition ?


Crazy nation with brain dead supporters.

What DSS did is constitutional.

1. Warrant of arrest was obtained.

2. THe constitution is clear that such arrest can be made any time of the day

3. There are provisions in the constitution for breaking ur door forcefully if you dnt give access

4. DSS can make arrest is it affects National security. Bribery in the judiciary can lead to anarchy.

I am with you on this. They can boycott the courts for as much as they want; after all their actions have heaped nothing but misery on the people of my dear state - Kogi.

Akinwerndey:
and why those the NJC exist or will you tell me all Judges are corrupt? Is the DSS an end to itself? Ma friend find another point...

The judiciary inclusive of the NJC is deeply rooted in corruption....

Akinwerndey:
is it a yard stick for this undemocratic act? Didn't PMB made an oath to uphold and protect the rule of law? Even though they are "guilty" they deserve fair hearing nd due process must be followed... PMB or the are not the court of law to declare anyone guilty!

A fair hearing using the same institutions they compromised? And what do you reckon the outcome would be?

Akinwerndey:
On what constitutional ground are these Judges are being arrested? Is there any warrant or evidence backing these arrests? This government is quenching the little light of hope some us are having in Nigeria....

You talk about constitution when dealing with individuals who traded the peoples trust on the alter of pecuniary gains? These same crooks summarily invalidated a subset of the electoral act in a bid to satisfy certain political interests. Had they placed the collective good of the country ahead of theirs, they certainly wouldn't be confronted by their current predicaments. The question is why these two and not others?

id911:
DSS now adjudges who's corrupt or not ba? A judge is appointed to take over a new case same day and he delivers judgement that same day. Chai! education...

Strict adherence to due process can't solve the problem of the judiciary. The system is filled with rogues whom have perfected the art of manipulating the law to the benefit of their pay masters. Yes the panel was changed the morning of the case; hence, the reason they were unable to provide a justifiable reason for their decisions on the same day. The end product was a flimsy justification which tended to indicate some form of compromise...

id911:
Their target is Justice Onnoghen who has been nominated as the New Chief Judge by the NJSC because they don't want him. They are testing the waters to see the reaction of the people down South before hitting their main target. They are looking for a way to frame him up.

What a country!!!

He is a crook; He changed the panel of judges initially constituted by Justice Mahmoud to oversee the Kogi Elections Case the morning of the case. Guess whom he appointed: the same corrupt Iyang and Agwuta whom the DSS have adjudged to be massively corrupt.

InvertedHammer:
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I have argued on many occassions that democracy is not good for Nigeria. It has been grossly abused.

In response to your position, there is no oversight. An institution cannot police itself as has been shown by the executive, legislative and judiciary arms of government in Nigeria. Democracy seems only good on papers considering the ways it is being implemented in Nigeria. Scandal after scandal, everything is swept under the proverbial carpet.

Nigeria needs a mix of democracy and dictatorship. As it is, the legislatures only challenge the executive only when their pockets are at stake. The judiciary is for the highest bidder. The executive wants to corner all the power. And in such a mess, nothing progressive has been achieved all these years.

Iraq, Libya, Egypt are classical cases to show that democracy doesn't always work. Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East figured it out a long time ago and they are progressing. No matter the best of intentions, put anything good into the hands of Nigerians in government and watch how it will be turned upside down for the benefits of the kleptocrats.
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I agree with you; democracy has grossly underdeveloped Nigeria. I am all for bringing these justices to book...

Pidggin:
Did you notice that there is no northerner amongst them and these are the same people that have previously ruled against FG/APC? I know you are entitled to your opinion but right now your comment is very annoying and insensitive

The Kogi verdict was the icing on the cake. If it's proven that both judges collected bribes for other cases involving PDP Governors, then I am all for a thorough judicial review of all the cases in the interest of the Country's Democracy...

Ngwuta and Iyang deserve what's coming back to them. When they were jocularly reading out the verdict of the Kogi Governorship Tussle in line with the aspirations of their pay masters, they forgot that karma is actually a bitc..h abi? Good riddance to bad rubbish....Jail the idiots!

Serves them right. They are both criminals who collected bribes to influence the outcome of the controversial Kogi Governorship Case.

From the way the President murdered the speech, even if Obama were to be listening, he wouldn't have realized that its contents were derived from his 2008 speech.

Hi biggest issue is to get the audience to understand the contents of his incoherent speech...

TheMascot:
you went to their capital.. And you came back with Good tales.. Who won't go to VI and come back with good tales?

That's not true; there is more to Kenya than Nairobi. Go to towns like Mombasa and see how they have been able to transform a moribund terrain into a tourist heaven. The problem with us Nigerians is that we tend to have this overbloated sense of misplaced importance and brilliance, which perhaps numbs us to our failings.

I am currently in Nairobi and do certainly concur with those who trump Kenya ahead of Nigeria for the following reasons:

1. There is constant electricity....
2. Cities and villages are well planned and integrated to the National economy
3. Transportation systems is very efficient
4. They seem to have a better appreciation of IT and it's ability to enhance overall efficiency for the benefit of society.
5. Stronger currency and certainly a stronger economy
6. Lots of tourist flock into the country from all over the world
7. Social life is a lot more fulfilling
8. Citizens are a lot more urbane and civilized
9. Kenya Airways is without a doubt the Pride of Africa
10 They have a modern President who speaks the language of progressive minds.

Progress has nothing to do with the number of "Cambridge Trained" individuals in your domain; but the ability to use the accumulated knowledge for the benefit of society. Frankly speaking, what we have going for us is oil and nothing else.

Joavid:
no one said funds are Missing.

we don't just want to continue paying ghost workers and godfathers like Wada did.

Wada has no achievement and he's a thief.

You have no facts to argue with besides resulting to name calling. If Wada was the so called thief you claim he is, why hasn't Bello been able to pin anything down on him?

Yoyostic:
Your contention with the Igalas ehn? As if the Igalas are the only one in the state. Wada did nothing, even the igalas were not happy with him that was why they voted Audu of which your Hero is benefiting from. Before you start screaming about the Igalas, remember they are still some Igalas that are benefitting from his Government just like you and with defend him come what may.And remember this, some Igalas have not been paid, yes, same as the Ebiras and the Okuns. Wada destroyed his political appointment due to inability to pay workers, that was why he became unpopular.Your hero, will destroy his too if he thread the same path. Only Ebiras will vote for him in his second tenure if continues this way.He just started o, before you know it, the four years will elapse.He should ask Wada.Kogi is a civil service state,they don't have any other source of income apart from their salaries,depriving people of that will not make him popular.

How many months salary did Wada owe?

Joavid:
so Kogi is the only state owing workers ba?

Tribalism is when Igala's have been in luggard house since the creation of the state and have nothing to show for it but ghost workers on thier payroll and when a man from another tribe enters luggard house, they want to paint him bad to the public and come up with petty reasons that he's messing up because he's reforming the state.

The mindset of a leader determines his approach to Governance. You can fault Wada (and Igala man) as much as you want to, but it's fair to say that he wasn't a tribalist and believe in running an all encompassing administration. Bello's failure doesn't lie in his tribalistic tendencies but in his parochial and vindictive approach to handling issues, which is why he is struggling to cope with the realities of governance.

jelal007:
U're unbelievable. People were paid part salaries. My friend's mother hasn't being paid a dime,his dad got 60% of all the money he's being owed. Does that sound competent 2u? I don't care about governors,I care about other governors,I care about mine. U wonna knw wats incompetent about him some more? I'll give it 2u....has he unveiled his plan 2d state after 8months in office? A:NO. Has he settled all workers pay? A:NO. Even after 8months. Is he in tune with the reality in his state?A:No. How can sm1 be buying jeeps 4 his aides/loyalists when d economy is bad? His C.O.S has a bullet proof jeep,purchased in less than a 100 days in office. The recent occasion of the 25th anniversary celebrated in d state (I hear 2 face was invited) up2 N300million was spent and yet people are hungry. Does that make sense 2u?

Don't mind him; He sees nothing wrong with paying 2 months out of 8 months....

Joavid:
Wada did nothing for state. he did nothing in ebira land. absolutely nothing! we ebiras didn't throw stones at him.

infact he did nothing for his Igala people except paying them(ghost workers).

Bello is reforming the state, and Igala's are angry because of what exactly? An ebira man is governor?

That's blatant falsehood: Who commenced work on the so called Lokoja township road Bello brags about? Wada was constrained by funds, which is why he went to the capital market to raise funds for projects he deemed critical to unlocking the potential of the State. As things stand, Bello has stopped all these projects, but has also failed to replace them with any of his.

Also remember that despite the paucity of funds, Wada placed a premium of staff wellfare, paying backlog of benefits to both pensioners and current employees. It was only after Kogi's monthly allocation dropped significantly that he then proposed the famous Imo formula of the 80's, which labor vehemently kicked against. As at when Wada left office, he was owing months worth of salaries, but also left behind two months allocation - the questions is what happened to those funds?

What do you all expect from a Governor whose only form of Foreign Direct Investment is to be importing babes from South Africa into Government House.....Let him show up in my LGA and see if CNN wouldn't carry the stonning incident.

Governor whose only form of Foreign Direct Investment is to be importing women from South Africa to Government House....

Grossly incompetent individual. My agency recently held a meeting with him and were baffled at the fact that Kogi would allow such a vacant individual mount the saddle of leadership. As much as Wada was labelled as an under performer (which was dependent on context), one thing you certainly wouldn't take away from him was the fact that he was highly cerebral and had a vision for the state. This one is empty, and certainly devoid of a vision whatsoever...

She had to make this move to save her marriage.....

laparry12:
was she d only senator in that meeting, she acted more like a spoilt brat, I'm not sure she respects her husband at home. Male senators were there, she is untouchable abi? Good riddance to bad rubbish. Both are at fault.

Agreed; Tinubu is a novice at playing politics at the Center. The fact that He calls the shots in Lagos doesn't mean that he can't be dealt with by small boys in Abuja. I am sure that the past one year would perhaps be Tinubu's worst year of his political life, as his relevance appears to be waning by the day...

anigbajumo:


It is only few people here that can decode yer say which is true...may be Dino has forgotten that smart Adeyemi has decamped to APC ( former PDP senator from kogi west)...I dnt know how dino will play his game by 2019 coz am not sure APC will give Dino senatorial ticket by 2019.With what is going on now and the present of smart in the party who will by now doing everything he could to gat back to senate ...


Yes,u are right.The happiest man on Earth now is senator Smart Adeyemi...

Smart can't win election in Okun land.

SONofYORUBA:
You. Your ignorance is glaring.

How have the Ezes in your redmud region contributed to the development of their region?

It's now derailed into a tribal commentary I guess? Perhaps the followership is a reflection of the throne itself - certainly not surprised a bit.

SONofYORUBA:
If you're NOT Yoruba and you claim that the OOni of ife will be removed from "office" (Whatever da fuckkk that means), you must be more foolish than your father thought.

So only Yoruba's have the right to comment about an Oni whose frivolous trips to the US was funded by the efforts of taxpayers like myself? Wonders shall never end...

Femich18:
What do you know u this kid....its better to ask questions rather than saying what u ignorant of.

Who comes across as a kid? The man who retorts with insults? Or the man who expresses his opinions devoid of insults?