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Sergio should remember that karma will also come calling for him too one day.

Buhari often speaks from both sides of the mouth on the issue of armed herdsmen killing of innocent citizens. At times, he would say the herdsmen are not Nigerians; that they are from Niger, Mali, Chad and other neighbouring countries.

In the same breath, the president would say we should learn to live and cope with our neighbours, talking of the Middle Belt groups and that the crisis is an internal matter.

At another time while in the United States, he said it was the fighters from Libya that were behind the killings. So, if the Nigerian military were to act, it will be against the position of the president. Therefore, the military had to be careful."

Almost all politicians are double tongued people.

Kwankwaso still commands political followership in Kano.

CilicMarin:
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There is no morality in politics. Besides they didn't sign agreement to be together till death do them apart.

Moreover majority of them rode to the position they presently occupying through Buhari political waves in 2015.

They have been shouting that they are leaving APC since 2015, yet no movement.

90% of them are spent forces

You're absolutely right-Buhari have no morality.

CilicMarin:
Comedians!2019 has been won and lost already. Only deluded ipob imbeciles feel otherwise.

1000 Sarakis cannot stop President Buhari in 2019.
They should better leave early, let their opponents in their states assume full control of APC structures.

They tried to destabilize from within and he didn't work, now they are having clandestine meetings like criminals they are.

Useless thieves.

Meanwhile these bunch of renegades were APC darling brides when the woeful political experiment was in the making.Yeah-they were progressives.

No smoke without fire & vice versa.

Buhari,APC & their zombified followers can only deceive themselves as far as "change" is concern.

ashjay001:
Well, PMB is human. Something a lot of us, are discovering. No human will knowingly put his kith n kin, in harms way;DVery unfortunate, but that's d way d world rolls

And you think this your assertion makes sense? What is good for the goose is equally good for the gander.That is equity & justice.

Political desperation again as a compensation for his recent losses.Rochas have lost it.

No matter the scheming,the Buhari-led APC government remains a failure never seen in the histroy of our national life esp.as far as security & buck passing are concerned.

Nice thread @ OP.

muykem:
Yes now, drug barrons, kidnappers. Terrorist groups among others.

But if you flipped this, isn’t it an irony that the president has remained a very good business for some of his aides and cabinet members, who have been accused at different times for corruption-related matters but chose to look the other way?

Even those indicted for corruption have not been tried, because he’s believed to have provided the much needed shield.

How a president, who employs double standards in treating people, either for where they come from or their political affiliation, can be described as such remains to be seen in the fullness of time. In all of this, what is certain is that propaganda, which has formed the selling point of this government, is not sustainable in the long run.

Fine but did you read the afore part? Please do sai baba fanatism with some dignity.Corruption fight my foot.

The nPDP consists of former PDP members currently in the All Progressive congress..........had alleged that they have been sidelined by the current government under President Buhari and have threatened to quit the party.


There is nothing constitutionally known as nPDP.They're simply PDP renegades that became obsessed with getting power that they went over to the then "not all that glitters is gold" APC to try their luck.
However, the sojourn is still another ill fated adventure.Well karma is real.It was same Kawu Baraje then & now.Enjoy you political fate.

And truly Reeeeeeeeaaaal Maaaaadddddrrrriiiiddd wins.

RZArecta2:
....In a sane society, Amaechi and all those involved in this deal would have handed in their resignation letters or been sacked. It's even an indictment on the president for signing off on something so sensitive without asking relevant questions. Heads have to roll honestly but we know nothing will happen

Meanwhile "He was able to get the president to sign the contract, but it seemed the president felt deceived after learning that so many things were wrong with it.”

:Presidential spokespersons Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu did not return text messages and phone calls for comments about whether the president carried the minister along in the termination.

As you can see above the conspiracy to cover this scandal have already started.

Both APC & PDP are the problem with Nigeria but APC is worst ever seen.

"OBJ is a courageous patriot & stateman who tells the truth to those in power when he is convinced leaders are going wrong."
President Buhari-March 4th. 2015.
However just criticize the dullard & pronto himself & his lapdogs will suddenly remember that one have a dusty file that needs to be probed.

IPOB is seriously giving some deluded fellas more Attention Deficit Hyperkinetic Disorder.

“He was able to get the president to sign the contract, but it seemed the president felt deceived after learning that so many things were wrong with it.” Presidential spokespersons Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu did not return text messages and phone calls for comments about whether the president carried the minister along in the termination.
Nigeria is just a tragic comedy.

PDP can be defeated but never by APC as far Ekiti State is concern.

Defection loading again.

Good luck to all.

FIFA wetin be this nah

President Muhammadu Buhari, earlier this week, terminated a new defence procurement contract initiated by the members of his cabinet over allegations of fraud.

The contract, signed off by the Federal Executive Council in December 2017, would have seen the contractor, HSLi, net $195 million in exchange for an undisclosed number of special mission aircraft, special mission helicopters and 12 fast intervention vessels for the Nigerian Navy.

The Guardian later reported that the contract would see Nigeria acquire three helicopters, three aircraft, three big battle-ready ships, 12 vessels and 20 amphibious cars to secure Nigerian waters. Friendly offer?

The deal was midwived by Nigeria’s transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi. Critics described the deal as a classic defence contract designed to steal, with the transport minister playing the role of “The Government Guy”.

In the memo dispatched by the Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari, directing the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to terminate the contract, the president also ordered the National Security Adviser and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency to investigate how the contractor obtained security clearance for the job without an end-user certificate.

The president also ordered that the contractor should be made to supply items equivalent to the $50 million upfront payment which they received recently. The contractor, HSLi, passed around as an “Israeli company” by the transport minister is not a registered business entity in Israel, a PREMIUM TIMES’ investigation revealed.

They, however, hold close ties with Mitrelli, another Israeli Company which also holds close ties with the minister. In 2012, while Mr. Amaechi was the governor of oil-rich Rivers state, he awarded a $140 million contract to Mitrelli (aka LR Group) to develop a farm in Etche, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the state capital. LR Group recently rebranded as Mitrelli as it transitioned into an arms business. Mired in suspicion

But shortly after the contract was awarded, critics began raising questions about the administration’s hiring of foreign firms to secure Nigerian waters, saying it could undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty and national security.

The House of Representatives also launched an investigation into the contract following a petition from civic groups who complained that the contract was fraught with sharp practices.

[b]In March, the House Committee on Public Petitions, which probed the contract, said its findings revealed that the contract would violate appropriation laws because it was not in the budget and recommended outright termination. [/b]

The lawmakers said HLSi Security was not a registered company in Israel and Mr. Amaechi failed to supply them with documents even after they had conducted eight hearings on the matter.

At the time the committee’s investigation was ongoing, Mr Amaechi said some corrupt persons were working overtime to frustrate the contract because they were benefiting immensely from the status quo.

“I won’t say who they are until it gets out of control,” Mr Amaechi said at an event in Warri in February. “We are still battling for the contract to take place, but if it gets out of hand, we will name them, including the security people.”

“These are people who make billions of dollars from the waters so they don’t want security on the waters, because if we secure the waters, all this rubbish will go,” the minister added. He called on ship owners and other maritime operators to “behave like an activist” and petition the president to ensure that the contract remained in place as signed.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr Amaechi was referring to lawmakers at the time. Executive probe The recent termination memo lends credence to the lawmakers’ earlier assertions.

While the executive probe is underway, the Navy was directed to list its maritime security requirements for funding by NIMASA. Given the efforts Mr Amaechi put into the contract, its termination could be seen as a major blow for the minister, a military source said.

“The minister carried us along in the contract,” a senior naval officer told PREMIUM TIMES under anonymity Friday night.

“He was able to get the president to sign the contract, but it seemed the president felt deceived after learning that so many things were wrong with it.” Presidential spokespersons Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu did not return text messages and phone calls for comments about whether the president carried the minister along in the termination.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport, Yewande Shonaike, did not respond to requests for comments about how the ministry saw the development.

Mr Amaechi had long been considered one of Mr Buhari’s biggest loyalists in his cabinet, and he is largely seen as crucial to the president’s re-election efforts.

Late last year, Mr Buhari retained Mr Amaechi as the director-general of his 2019 campaign.



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