₦airaland Forum

poshestmina:
To think I even felt bad for them initially before seeing the video,what else were they looking for if not violence and death

No one has the monopoly of violence please .they got what they wanted

Absolutely.
Islam should never be synonymous with violence and aggression.

femu:
Welcome to your dysfunctional society and be ready to deal with the current and upcoming problems.

Right or wrong will no longer matter when the associated effects of the violence begin to occur.

we don't live for the moment alone.

Thank you and do have a nice day.

agriboom:
God bless you!

Amen.
I'm a practicing Muslim, but I would not be stupidd to defend foolishness.

gists:
That is not an excuse for the soldier to shoot unarmed civilians!!
Damn what are we in this country!!
I completely condemn the people for their stup!d acts but it does not justify shooting unarmed civilians.
Would you be happy for the army to shoot people blocking the road because of burial ceremony?
Granted they were silly to block the road but is that why you should wipe them off?

I think you all should stop these UNARMED CIVILIANS balderdash
Those guys were fully armed. It's not only when you carry guns that you are armed.

femu:
my dear always be deep in reasoning.


The orphans of this violence will not make good employees, inlaws, employers or citizens to the society.

The consequences of a dysfunctional society is unpredictable. Why do we want to create more unstable human beings because the army wants to pass. we have unleashed 100s of dysfunctional families through this act.

Like it or not we will interact and have to deal with them.

You could endup employing one as a maiguard and he can have a mental break down and damage you

Bros, I'm not a person easily sold on emotions. I will rather look at context, merits or otherwise of an action.
I doubt if you would be so foolish to threaten gun wielding and war weary soldiers with clubs, machetes, big stones and catapults and expect them to maintain their cool like those Senior army officers did, while restraining their men.

Absolutely.
However the way to drive such through is when government provides more houses and fund more mortgages .

FOLYKAZE:
I wonder what the miscreats were doing with machetes. Maybe they are now worship Mars the god of war.

The army were too soft on them. They should have killed more than 50 of them

Anyone blaming the soldiers should also go and wield machetes, huge planks, stones and catapults in front of Soldiers with the COAS present and see what becomes of him.
I wonder why people are trying to downplay the stupidity of those miscreants.

femu:
Wrong!!!

there are rules of engagement and soldiers are deployed for peace keeping and monitoring operations.

Do you mean in a UN operation Nigerian soldiers will slaughter their hosts when they protest?

Do you know it's illegal to use or deploy soldiers for internal operations without legal backing?

In the situation those guys found themselves, the rule of engagement is clear, do everything to protect yourselves and superior out of arms way..
I tell you, if this affront on the military by arms wielding thugs was in a place like Maiduguri, you would have been counting the deads in thousands.
They were not deployed for any operation, they were on the convoy of the COAS, which he is fully entitled to.
You guys are downplaying the serious breach of security and act of aggression of those thugs while ascribing the whole blame to the military guys.
You are entitled to your opinion, just like I'm entitled to mine. The army guys did the right thing to protect themselves in the face of clear and present danger.

After watching the YouTube Video, the only conclusion I Can make is that the Shi'a guys deserved what they got.

FOLYKAZE:
The soldiers are supposed to be battle ready and always ready to defend Nigeria territory.

No one know exactly how this started. But believe me, this soldiers would have firstly approached them even before tbis video was shot. Remember the pictures Ibnsultan released. The Army chief was with the protesting youth pleading for pass. The picture reveal some pleas were made and the protesters rejected the plea. This rises to soldiers forming wall. A look at the beginning of the video shows that the soldiers formed a wall protecting their convoy. This video is indeed showing second attempt by the soldiers to plea to the protesters.

The soldiers have done their best and are nowhere to be blame here. This protesters had on them weapons and are ready to attack. Think about it. If these gallant men were posted to defend you, will you be happy if some miscreants block your way and threatened you with stick, clubs, bow and arrow while your soldiers watch without doing anything. These nuisance even have cutlass with them. This is enough threat signal and enough reason for attack. The best form of defence is attack. I think they did a great job there

Absolutely.
The same people trying to blame the Soldiers would have been the ones to mock them if they've have been killed by those matchete and arms bearing miscreants.
Soldiers are not exactly trained to be civil, they are trained to be aggressive and kill if need be in the process of defending the integrity and sovereignty of Nigeria and the COAS is one of the symbol of Nigerian sovereignty .

It could have been worse for him elsewhere

African mentality

PDP is finished as far as Nigeria politics is concerned

Nigeria need light and very fast too.

Igbos should get Biafra,anything else, they are finished in Nigeria. I don't know how they can mend fences with yorubas or Northerners again

Euro31:
ur father is the main fool here

Your father is the fool for training you to become such an idiot
Y'all should lock down your shops from now till next year December, it will hardly affect Nigeria economy.

When a PDP foolish supporter starts giving advice to APC, know there is something mischievous in such advice.
We know your support for Bello is because is another Saraki.

“IPOB is looking up to the international community including the[b] United States, Russia, France and every other countries excluding Britain which is the enemy of Biafra.[/b] We are not talking about Igbo presidency; we are talking about an independent nation of Biafra. So, we are looking up to world leaders to help us actualize Biafra,” he said.

Just wait, they would soon be here to help you.

BAT is one man I can't wait to read his memoirs