₦airaland Forum

NyamiriFlathead:
https://thenationonlineng.net/Obi-nothing-can-bring-sam-omatseye-down-reno-omokri

IPOB is indigenous people of Biafra, not a criminal organisation.
It's not seen as a terrorist organisation anywhere in the world, except by the Fulani who have raped and made desolate Reno Omokri and Sam Omatseye's SS region.

Foolishness of Reno to believe that if he links Peter Obi to the IPOB, he scores a political point. You can score the point only before the rapists of your SS region.

Ken Saro Wiwa for you and Sam Omatseye.

Akurakambe:
Joke taken too far. � APC won't see 2% of SE votes in 2023.

APC's Adamu was in overdrive here.

zukky79:
Not fake. Confirm from their official social media pages. This govt wants to silence any information that exposes their incompetence.

The government abuses power.
The government is a staunch supporter of the struggle by bandits and Boko Haram for a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws.

It's a government led by Islamists on Taquiya.

Daguga:
I never wanted to reply you but i think the time is now n i will await your response

The insurgencies have been on since 2003 and your likes by then were also blaming 'Islamization agenda'. Till date, the insurgencies continued, sorry is 18yrs not enough to achieve your so called Islamization? But No, Jonathan's era was Islamisation as well as Buhari's era.

Oga, your leaders have failed in all aspects of security intentionally because they are cashing out.
And your people told you that Islam has to do with danger, right? You are still sleeping.

Why is it now that they are wanting to impeach Buhari, why not before now but because the insecurities have cropped into Abuja whc will definitely threaten their own safety.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/168224-can-president-oritsejafor-admits-ownership-of-cash-stacked-jet-seized-in-south-africa.html

You forgot that the CAN President in 2014 admitted ownership of the cash meant for arms stacked in his jet seized in South Africa?

Better wake up from your slumber and face reality.

Between 1999-2001 was when political and religious leaders of the northern sharia states urinated on Nigeria's Constitution and adopted Sharia criminal laws.

Insurgency in the form of Boko Haram quickly followed a few years after the adoption of sharia criminal justice system in the far north. Boko Haram says that it's fighting for a country to be governed with Sharia criminal laws.

Learn history better.

AcuraZDX:
Source:
https://www.channelstv.com/2022/08/03/fg-confirms-purchase-of-n1-4-billion-worth-of-vehicles-for-niger-republic/

After building standard railway gauge to further enable terrorists to come to Nigeria through Niger Republic, he sends vehicles to the same region .

The desire for a Nigeria to be governed with Islamic Sharia criminal justice system has injured Nigeria


In 2001, Muhammadu Buhari vowed before a large crowd of Islamic faithfuls in Kaduna, that he would not stop until the whole of Nigeria starts to use Islamic sharia criminal justice system.
One of the first demands by the CJN, Tanko Mohammed, appointed by President Buhari, was for Islamic Sharia criminal justice system be included in the Constitution.

Military dictators from the north who supervised Nigeria's Constitution drafting refused any inclusion of Sharia criminal justice system in the Constitution, apparently because they knew the catastrophe its inclusion would cause in a country of plural religious faiths.

Sharia criminal laws include stoning women to death for adultery, stoning blasphemers to death, cutting the hands of thieves.

Oil money from the Niger Delta region taking cruise to Niger Republic.

The House Niggar from the Niger Delta canvasses for a continuous cruise through APC.
FOOLISHNESS IS INCURABLE.

TheRareGem1:
https://gazettengr.com/tinubu-not-part-of-buhari-regime-dont-blame-him-oshiomhole/

Adams Oshiomwhole danced himself to delirium while he was APC chairman.
He now exonerated Tinubu himself who cofounded APC with Buhari.

Tinubu travelled to Daura and invited Buhari to come out from self imposed retirement to oust then president Jonathan from Aso Rock.
Buhari won and made Fashola, a boy of Tinubu to be in charge of ministry of Power, Works and Housing, made Tinubu’s boy Fowler, be in charge of Internal Revenue dept, Nigeria's 2nd money spinning dept after oil,
How could any reasonable person exonerate Tinubu from Buhari administration?

Those drumming for continuation of Buhari's administration through Tinubu are enemies of mankind in Nigeria.
Below is one of the drummers.

ThankGodFriday:
This is why we need restructuring and decentralisation of power

But far north refuse political restructuring of Nigeria democratically, far from the skewed and lopsided political structure and unitary government system, created by northern military dictators which favour Fulani that controls much of northern Nigeria.
Buhari dumped the recommendations of the 2014 CONFAB in the cooler.

FactBoyz:
You have brain, you are sane, you are not a mad person; now why won't these two young men have your vote?


Abi your children should continue to suffer like your parents and grandparents did due to bad leadership.


These photos show healthy, smart, techsavvy presidential materials who must be elected come 2023

If these two men are left to deal with Nigeria for 16 years, I swear, the country must come to become the most admired in Africa.
But will ethno-religious bigots of Nigeria agree to having Nigeria rescued from the hands of APC and PDP?

AfricanColumbus:
https://punchng.com/gunmen-kill-seven-during-shooting-spree-in-imo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1659451225-1

Sad the killings are now in Owerri, no more only in Orlu they turned to a killings field.

Terrorism and banditory shall cease to exist in Nigeria if the Labour Party wins the presidential race, but will multiply if PDP or APC wins.

Daguga:
Continue searching for excuses

As usual, anytime mention connects the emergence of Islamic terrorism in Nigeria with far north's adoption of unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal laws, the response from Taquiya people is usually: you don't know what you are saying.

TonyeBarcanista, Sam Omatseye, Asari Dokubor - today's Ken Saro- wiwa of the Niger Delta. For opposing anything from Igbo, they receive kickbacks or fire from whoever.

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

Since the commencement of the 2023 electioneering season, the term 'Obidient' is a slogan that has dominated the media airwaves, especially on social media. Subscribers to the Obidient slogans are Nigerians that are advocates of Chief Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party. Majority of his supporters are driven by rare display of patriotism coupled with the popular yearning for political change in Nigeria, a handful of his advocates have taken to the extreme of portraying him as an infallible mortal that is at par or a little lower than a sacred deity. To this set of people, it is abominable to criticise, question or express displeasure in Obi's credentials or candidacy.

Obi, a former governor of Anambra State who until May 23, 2022 was a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party and Presidential hopeful on the Party's platform, is portrayed by his promoters as the long-awaited messiah to deliver the country from the calamity brought upon the country by the Muhammadu Buhari led administration. He is marketed as one with a "frugal" personality in terms of spending (perhaps a miser) who will not allow waste of public resources as President, and will ensure that Nigeria has enough in its reserves like Anambra had under Obi's administration as governor of the state like he (Obi) claimed - though this claim is disputed by his successor, Chief Willie Obiano - but that is a discussion fot another day. Aside his supposed frugality, Obi is portrayed as an incorruptible public officer that has never engaged in financial misconduct while in office. We'll see how true this claim is!

While I agree with the Obi promoters that Nigeria needs a new political leadership that will rescue the country from its current woes and entrench a working system for sustained improvement of the lives of Nigeria citizens, I disagree with them on the choice of Obi as the ideal pilot to lead Nigeria to greatness. Here is an individual that relies in his personal abilities for leadership. Obi has not made mention of any team that he assembled to work with whether while as governor of Anambra state. Even as the candidate of Labour Party, he has no known campaign team (structure) aside Chief Doyin Okupe. Whenever he speaks, he is always about self. The implication here is that as President he will the typical 'Mister Know-it-all' leader, which will be counterproductive to the expectations of Nigerians. But that is not my biggest concern about Obi.

While most citizens are demanding for devolution of power to the grassroot through restructuring of the Nigeria political system, Obi does not come across as a President that believe in power devolution. His record as Anambra State governor shows a man that does not believe in the third tier of government; which is supposed to be the closest to the grassroot. While the Constitution of Nigeria empowers State Governments through their State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) to conduct council elections for this tier of government, Obi who became Anambra State governor in March 2006, wilfully elected to run the local government through appointees under the nomenclature of Caretaker Committee in flangrance disobedience to the Constitution. Obi's refusal to conduct council elections drew the anger of stakeholders within and outside Anambra state, including the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) that he was not just a member but the Vice Chairman. The NGF in its report on Peer Review Mechanism that was released on March 18, 2013 (Obi 7th year in office) decried the action of Obi as undemocratic. Mr. Afeikhema Jerome, who was the National Coordinator of the State Peer Review Mechanism NGF, went further to appeal to Anambra Government under Obi “to urgently set the machinery in motion and conduct credible local government elections”.
(please find Premium Times report on the story here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html).

inspite the scolding by NGF, Obi still refused to conduct Council election. He waited until 2 months to the expiration of his tenure (ten months after release of NGF report) to eventually conduct it. Specifically, the election was conducted on 11 January, 2014. In other words, Anambra State had no functional governments at the local government level for 7 years and 10 months out of the 8 years of Obi's reign. Many believed that the council election was hurriedly conducted by Obi so as to get necessary structures on ground to mobilize for votes for Chief Willie Obiano, his anointed candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election of the State.
(See PT publication on NGF report: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html). If Obi as Governor stifled the local government system in his state, what magic will he bequeath Nigeria as a whole with respect to power devolution?

Nigeria is plagued with insecurity, terrorism, banditory and insurgency that citizens cannot live their lives freely due to fear of the men of the underworld. The country is in dire need of a leader that will change the tide; but is Obi competent enough to handle such burden? Let's see how he handled similar issue in Anambra State.

As Governor, Obi faced the Biafra agitators under the banner of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and led by Mr. Ralph Uwazuruike. Obi's solution to address the MASSOB agitation was a declaration of an undemocratic "Shoot-at-sight" order on MASSOB members. The order, which which drew condemnation by many, was issued in June 2006 (3 months into his government), and also extended to members of NARD and "other hoodlums" in the State. As a consequence of the order, security forces combed Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, Ihiala and environs and were alleged to have shot, killed, and maimed anyone suspected to be member of MASSOB. On 20th January 2013, residents woke up to discover over 40 floating corpses in Ezu River located in Amansea, Awka, Anambra State. Following the discovery, MASSOB through its spokesman, Mr Uchenna Madu (now factional leader of MASSOB), released a statement on 10 February 2013, identified the corpses as that of its members that were arrested by DSS and handed over to Police on November 9, 2012 but disappeared afterwards. He identified some of the bodies as; Basil Ogbu, Michael Ogwa, Sunday Omogo, Philip Nwankpa, Eze Ndubisi, Ebuka Eze, Obinna Ofor, Joseph Udoh and Uchechukwu Ejiofor. Excerpt of the statement reads;

“MASSOB with deep sense of grief and sorrow wishes to inform Mr. Ban Ki Moon (UN Secretary General), President Goodluck Jonathan, US president, Barrack Obama, United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and Amnesty International about the gruesome murder of MASSOB members by the Special Anti Robbery Squared SARS, of Nigeria Police Force, Awkuzu Anambra State. Some of our disguised members and family relations of the detained members were denied access to them. Efforts by our counsel to secure their bail from the police were futile. Our demands for their arraignment before a competent court of law were frustrated by SARS officers. We got information from an insider at SARS headquarters, Awkuzu that armless MASSOB members detained at SARS were secretly killed alongside other robbery suspects. Our lawyers, who confidently waited for their arraignment in January 2013 did not believe that such barbaric, primitive and wicked act could happen because, according to them, a comprehensive police reform on Human Rights was being carried out by the new Inspector General of Police.”
(Ref YNaija: https://ynaija.com/bodies-floating-in-river-are-our-members-secretly-killed-by-security-agents-massob-graphic-image/)

Mr. Uchenna Madu again in November 2013 indicted Governor Peter Obi as being responsible for the killing of MASSOB members through his "Shoot-on-sight" order and even vowed to arrest him afer his gubernatorial tenure. In his own words: “We hold Peter Obi responsible for the killings. This reminds us about the 2006 shoot-on-sight order by Governor Peter Obi who massacred about 2,000 MASSOB members. We shall arrest him and pay him back in his own coin in our own way immediately he steps down as the governor because his recent action of killing MASSOB members will heavily affect APGA chances of winning this election.” Madu spoke on November 14, 2013 while reacting to killing of MASSOB members by security forces the previous day.
(ref: https://www.cknnigeria.com/2013/11/we-ll-arrest-peter-obi-after-leaving.html?m=1)

On April 12, 2014, Mazi Chris Mocha, the Deputy Publicity Secretary of MASSOB released a statement on behalf of Uwazuruike fingering Obi alongside Chief Achike Udenwa (former Imo state governor 1999-2007) and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of ordering killings of MASSOB members extrajudicially. An excerpt of the statement reads; “Mr. Peter Obi and former Imo State governor, Dr. Achike Udenwa, had ordered the killing of MASSOB members between 2003 and 2006 and would be tried in court in due course. Obi had on May 11, 2006 under the Presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo deployed over 200 federal troops most of who were of Hausa and Fulani tribes to Onitsha and issued a shoot-at-sight order to them. Thousands of our members were killed, including a pregnant woman and 65 others still missing,”

Clearly, Obi could not manage the insurgency in Anambra State as governor, how much more that of Nigeria that is more complex with religious and ethnic coloration?

Another concern on Obi is his alleged abuse of office in the management of public funds and dishonesty in the forms with respect to failure to declare some assets that he had interest in before the Code of Conduct Bureau. Dishonesty is one character that is not expected of a President that is determined to effect change positively.

Peter Obi is among the public figures that were indicted by Pandora Papers of financial misconduct. Specifically, he was said to have of used the name of his daughter, Gabriella to set up discreet Company named Gabriela Investments Limited in 2010 (during his 4th year in office as Anambra Governor) in British Virgin Island through a local registered agent, Aleman Cordero Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Limited (Alcogal). Acces International, a notorious firm located in Monaco facilitated the deal. Peter Obi was also fingered to own other offshore companies that he hid in secrecy. He equally had interest in NEXT International (UK) 14 months into his term as governor: which is contrary to the law. Worse is, he didn't declare these assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau; a statutory requirement for public officers. As reported by Premium Times, Obi equally admitted to operate offshore businesses and maintained foreign accounts while as Governor - in disobedience to the Constitutional provisions.
(Read more on this: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html).

Penultimate to 2015 election, many refused to x-ray the suitability of Muhammadu Buhari because we were carried away by the "Change" slogan of APC, we cannot afford to repeat same blunder with the "Obidient' slogan in 2023. Sloganeering do not translate to good governance and better welfare for Nigeria citizens.


May God Help Us and Help Nigeria
TonyeBarcanista writes from Abuja
I can be reached at: @TonyeBarcanista on Nairaland, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

You House Niggars deserve pity.
A House Niggar is like a slave who refuses freedom because he receives handouts from the slave master. You never think of the future of your generations unborn, as Igbophobia drives the mindset of your likes including Omatseye from the SS.

Daguga:
Stop deceiving yourself bro

You are on TAQQIYA.

Angelfrost:
Even Mannabbq and others are tired of laying curses on phantom enemies of Nigeria...

Sycophants have all but disappeared from Nairaland!

They have changed monickers, and now writing for Tinubu/Shettima to win to continue with the legacy of Buhari.

LIVE08:
EXCLUSIVE: Inside details of how Nigerian presidential guards fell into terrorist ambush
The troops' proactiveness helped avert an attack on the law school but they fell into ambush due to apparent limited knowledge of the terrain.



PREMIUM [color=#000000]TIMES[/color]

If you take the excuse of unknown terrain, you can take anything.

For the umpteenth time, terrorists in Nigeria are fighting to get an Islamic Republic of Nigeria to be governed with Islamic Sharia criminal laws. Without sabotage of the armed forces by Nigerians who want to have an Islamic Republic of Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws, Nigeria's armed forces would have eliminated religious terrorism from Nigeria.

Demurray:
so you guys are glamoring for Igbo presidency not minding if he's the best man for the job? I'm a Yoruba man rooting for PO not because of IBO lokan, ( the turn of Igbo) . 'The turn of Igbo' may deter the chance of PO winning

... and Tinubu's "it's my turn" to rule ..shall make Tinubu win?

onuman:
Behind terrorists attacks in Nigeria is the adoption of unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal justice system by the political and religious leaders of the 12 sharia states of Northern Nigeria.

The terrorists fighting to get a Nigeria to be governed with Sharia criminal laws, shall close shops if the sharia states RENOUNCE their adoption of sharia criminal justice system.

Terrorists, armed Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram have the same objective: to get Islamic Republic of Nigeria to be ruled with Sharia criminal laws.
Sharia criminal justice system includes, stoning women to death for adultery, stoning blasphemers to death, cutting out the hands of thieves.

Military dictators from the north supervised Nigeria's Constitution. They refused to include Sharia criminal justice system in the Constitution, apparently because they knew the catastrophe its inclusion can cause in Nigeria of plural religious faiths.

But in 1999, leaders of 12 far north states adopted Sharia criminal laws. They literally carved out a new Islamic country for the sharia states, but clutch tight to one Nigeria because of lucre.
In 2001, Muhammadu Buhari vowed before a huge crowd of Islamic faithfuls in Kaduna, that he would not stop until Islamic sharia criminal justice system is used in all the states of Nigeria.
One of the earliest demands of Alhaji Tanko Mohammed, the CJN appointed by president Buhari, is that Sharia criminal laws be incuded in the Constitution.
Islamic terrorism cannot stop in Nigeria until the country becomes Islamic Republic of Nigeria, or the country is divided into more manageable countries.

What is the difference between PDP and APC in Nigeria?
Osoba group merely jumped from Pot to Kettle.

maasoap:
Stop being delusional. It is the inhabitants of the geographical area, people like you and your family who will go under because that's what made the country, not the word "Nigeria".

So you want APC to continue. You must be prepared to have your own country ruled by APC. Your lot must not continue to hide under one indivisible Nigeria to retarrd the progress of others. Enugh.

Abfinest007:
Nothing is cheap not everything is expensive.most product has reduce d quantity

Even electric shock now don use to shock as before .if u think I'm lying ask buhari ,when last did he use d word "shock

But nothing shocks Buhari;
not even a situation of Islamic terrorists taking over Nigeria.

Guess why they fielded Tinubu/Shettima candidacy.

Millimann:
You people shouting which ethnic group dominates area, which ethnic group owns Lagos etc, is it no longer about competence?

Must you vote for your kinsman even when you know he's not fit and competent?

Lol. Competence? An Almajiri in Kano will win a Barack Obama from the south of Nigeria, in Nigeria's presidential election.
Nigeria's skewed and lopsided political structure is there to guarantee that.
Seeing Tinubu and Obi in the race while their supporters behave as if the presidential election is between Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu, is laughable.
At the last minute, Kwankwaso shall declare support for Atiku. That's Atiku succeeding president Buhari.

SugarGirl44:
Who is obi?
Me and my people can't queue being an ibo person, it's an abomination, especially a mediocre like obi.

Heresy.
And you write Biafraaaud if some Igbos say they want Biafra restored.
Your shame de catch normal people in Nl.

tamdun:
Wow, so know the minds of Yoruba people

Are Yoruba people not modern humans who will take to holidaying in the moon, if given the chance?

Which modern Yoruba person who is not infested with the disease of ethno-religious bigotry, will vote Bola Tinubu or Atiku Abubakar, when a Peter Obi is on the same ballot paper?

If south can vote one presidential candidate, the candidate can get 25% of votes in the 6 middle belt states to emerge winner of the presidential election.

Anything other than this, neither Tinubu nor Obi can win. Atiku wins.
Let Tinubu step down for Obi who is more popularly accepted than Tinubu.

Let APC continue. So that the country shall quickly go under.


TonyeBarcanista, Asari Dokubor, Reno Omokri

elhafeez:
His supporters are one of the most hateful followers ever. If you say you are voting for someone else they come for your head. They are not diffe t from Bokoharam. Beaches some of them have promised to go violent if they see posters of other candidates in their states. It's democracy I am entitled to my choice. Live and let's live.
Look at his VP candidate he can't even give details of reforms or policy they are going to implement.

The most hateful persons are those who knew it was the turn of the Igbo to present a president for Nigeria, yet they jumped into buying APC and PDP presidential tickets.

You hit some people badly, they cry out against you. You turn around to say they are hatefilled.

deeva2:
Illusion..
Dnt assume biafran/ipob to be Nigerians..

Yoruba Nation agitators sponsored by Tinubu, or Arewa Sharia Republic literally formed when Atiku was VP, are they Nigerians?

TonyeBarcanista:
By TonyeBarcanista

Since the commencement of the 2023 electioneering season, the term 'Obidient' is a slogan that has dominated the media airwaves, especially on social media. Subscribers to the Obidient slogans are Nigerians that are advocates of Chief Peter Gregory Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party. Majority of his supporters are driven by rare display of patriotism coupled with the popular yearning for political change in Nigeria, a handful of his advocates have taken to the extreme of portraying him as an infallible mortal that is at par or a little lower than a sacred deity. To this set of people, it is abominable to criticise, question or express displeasure in Obi's credentials or candidacy.

Obi, a former governor of Anambra State who until May 23, 2022 was a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party and Presidential hopeful on the Party's platform, is portrayed by his promoters as the long-awaited messiah to deliver the country from the calamity brought upon the country by the Muhammadu Buhari led administration. He is marketed as one with a "frugal" personality in terms of spending (perhaps a miser) who will not allow waste of public resources as President, and will ensure that Nigeria has enough in its reserves like Anambra had under Obi's administration as governor of the state like he (Obi) claimed - though this claim is disputed by his successor, Chief Willie Obiano - but that is a discussion fot another day. Aside his supposed frugality, Obi is portrayed as an incorruptible public officer that has never engaged in financial misconduct while in office. We'll see how true this claim is!

While I agree with the Obi promoters that Nigeria needs a new political leadership that will rescue the country from its current woes and entrench a working system for sustained improvement of the lives of Nigeria citizens, I disagree with them on the choice of Obi as the ideal pilot to lead Nigeria to greatness. Here is an individual that relies in his personal abilities for leadership. Obi has not made mention of any team that he assembled to work with whether while as governor of Anambra state. Even as the candidate of Labour Party, he has no known campaign team (structure) aside Chief Doyin Okupe. Whenever he speaks, he is always about self. The implication here is that as President he will the typical 'Mister Know-it-all' leader, which will be counterproductive to the expectations of Nigerians. But that is not my biggest concern about Obi.

While most citizens are demanding for devolution of power to the grassroot through restructuring of the Nigeria political system, Obi does not come across as a President that believe in power devolution. His record as Anambra State governor shows a man that does not believe in the third tier of government; which is supposed to be the closest to the grassroot. While the Constitution of Nigeria empowers State Governments through their State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) to conduct council elections for this tier of government, Obi who became Anambra State governor in March 2006, wilfully elected to run the local government through appointees under the nomenclature of Caretaker Committee in flangrance disobedience to the Constitution. Obi's refusal to conduct council elections drew the anger of stakeholders within and outside Anambra state, including the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) that he was not just a member but the Vice Chairman. The NGF in its report on Peer Review Mechanism that was released on March 18, 2013 (Obi 7th year in office) decried the action of Obi as undemocratic. Mr. Afeikhema Jerome, who was the National Coordinator of the State Peer Review Mechanism NGF, went further to appeal to Anambra Government under Obi “to urgently set the machinery in motion and conduct credible local government elections”.
(please find Premium Times report on the story here: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html).

inspite the scolding by NGF, Obi still refused to conduct Council election. He waited until 2 months to the expiration of his tenure (ten months after release of NGF report) to eventually conduct it. Specifically, the election was conducted on 11 January, 2014. In other words, Anambra State had no functional governments at the local government level for 7 years and 10 months out of the 8 years of Obi's reign. Many believed that the council election was hurriedly conducted by Obi so as to get necessary structures on ground to mobilize for votes for Chief Willie Obiano, his anointed candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election of the State.
(See PT publication on NGF report: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/127070-ngf-scolds-anambra-ekiti-16-others-over-non-conduct-of-council-polls.html). If Obi as Governor stifled the local government system in his state, what magic will he bequeath Nigeria as a whole with respect to power devolution?

Nigeria is plagued with insecurity, terrorism, banditory and insurgency that citizens cannot live their lives freely due to fear of the men of the underworld. The country is in dire need of a leader that will change the tide; but is Obi competent enough to handle such burden? Let's see how he handled similar issue in Anambra State.

As Governor, Obi faced the Biafra agitators under the banner of Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and led by Mr. Ralph Uwazuruike. Obi's solution to address the MASSOB agitation was a declaration of an undemocratic "Shoot-at-sight" order on MASSOB members. The order, which which drew condemnation by many, was issued in June 2006 (3 months into his government), and also extended to members of NARD and "other hoodlums" in the State. As a consequence of the order, security forces combed Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, Ihiala and environs and were alleged to have shot, killed, and maimed anyone suspected to be member of MASSOB. On 20th January 2013, residents woke up to discover over 40 floating corpses in Ezu River located in Amansea, Awka, Anambra State. Following the discovery, MASSOB through its spokesman, Mr Uchenna Madu (now factional leader of MASSOB), released a statement on 10 February 2013, identified the corpses as that of its members that were arrested by DSS and handed over to Police on November 9, 2012 but disappeared afterwards. He identified some of the bodies as; Basil Ogbu, Michael Ogwa, Sunday Omogo, Philip Nwankpa, Eze Ndubisi, Ebuka Eze, Obinna Ofor, Joseph Udoh and Uchechukwu Ejiofor. Excerpt of the statement reads;

“MASSOB with deep sense of grief and sorrow wishes to inform Mr. Ban Ki Moon (UN Secretary General), President Goodluck Jonathan, US president, Barrack Obama, United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) and Amnesty International about the gruesome murder of MASSOB members by the Special Anti Robbery Squared SARS, of Nigeria Police Force, Awkuzu Anambra State. Some of our disguised members and family relations of the detained members were denied access to them. Efforts by our counsel to secure their bail from the police were futile. Our demands for their arraignment before a competent court of law were frustrated by SARS officers. We got information from an insider at SARS headquarters, Awkuzu that armless MASSOB members detained at SARS were secretly killed alongside other robbery suspects. Our lawyers, who confidently waited for their arraignment in January 2013 did not believe that such barbaric, primitive and wicked act could happen because, according to them, a comprehensive police reform on Human Rights was being carried out by the new Inspector General of Police.”
(Ref YNaija: https://ynaija.com/bodies-floating-in-river-are-our-members-secretly-killed-by-security-agents-massob-graphic-image/)

Mr. Uchenna Madu again in November 2013 indicted Governor Peter Obi as being responsible for the killing of MASSOB members through his "Shoot-on-sight" order and even vowed to arrest him afer his gubernatorial tenure. In his own words: “We hold Peter Obi responsible for the killings. This reminds us about the 2006 shoot-on-sight order by Governor Peter Obi who massacred about 2,000 MASSOB members. We shall arrest him and pay him back in his own coin in our own way immediately he steps down as the governor because his recent action of killing MASSOB members will heavily affect APGA chances of winning this election.” Madu spoke on November 14, 2013 while reacting to killing of MASSOB members by security forces the previous day.
(ref: https://www.cknnigeria.com/2013/11/we-ll-arrest-peter-obi-after-leaving.html?m=1)

On April 12, 2014, Mazi Chris Mocha, the Deputy Publicity Secretary of MASSOB released a statement on behalf of Uwazuruike fingering Obi alongside Chief Achike Udenwa (former Imo state governor 1999-2007) and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of ordering killings of MASSOB members extrajudicially. An excerpt of the statement reads; “Mr. Peter Obi and former Imo State governor, Dr. Achike Udenwa, had ordered the killing of MASSOB members between 2003 and 2006 and would be tried in court in due course. Obi had on May 11, 2006 under the Presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo deployed over 200 federal troops most of who were of Hausa and Fulani tribes to Onitsha and issued a shoot-at-sight order to them. Thousands of our members were killed, including a pregnant woman and 65 others still missing,”

Clearly, Obi could not manage the insurgency in Anambra State as governor, how much more that of Nigeria that is more complex with religious and ethnic coloration?

Another concern on Obi is his alleged abuse of office in the management of public funds and dishonesty in the forms with respect to failure to declare some assets that he had interest in before the Code of Conduct Bureau. Dishonesty is one character that is not expected of a President that is determined to effect change positively.

Peter Obi is among the public figures that were indicted by Pandora Papers of financial misconduct. Specifically, he was said to have of used the name of his daughter, Gabriella to set up discreet Company named Gabriela Investments Limited in 2010 (during his 4th year in office as Anambra Governor) in British Virgin Island through a local registered agent, Aleman Cordero Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Limited (Alcogal). Acces International, a notorious firm located in Monaco facilitated the deal. Peter Obi was also fingered to own other offshore companies that he hid in secrecy. He equally had interest in NEXT International (UK) 14 months into his term as governor: which is contrary to the law. Worse is, he didn't declare these assets before the Code of Conduct Bureau; a statutory requirement for public officers. As reported by Premium Times, Obi equally admitted to operate offshore businesses and maintained foreign accounts while as Governor - in disobedience to the Constitutional provisions.
(Read more on this: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html).

Penultimate to 2015 election, many refused to x-ray the suitability of Muhammadu Buhari because we were carried away by the "Change" slogan of APC, we cannot afford to repeat same blunder with the "Obidient' slogan in 2023. Sloganeering do not translate to good governance and better welfare for Nigeria citizens.


May God Help Us and Help Nigeria
TonyeBarcanista writes from Abuja
I can be reached at: @TonyeBarcanista on Nairaland, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Obi WAS SAID TO HAVE set up an offshore company ...


that's what Barcanister could write for the only allegation worth considerstion against Peter Obi.
Vanity writing.

Reno Omokri, Asari Dokubor, and now TonyeBarcanister, House Niggars of the SS who shoot themselves on the feet:
is Peter Obi not most qualified than Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu?