₦airaland Forum

Roland17:
This is my angle!

We need to drop the politics now and recapture a region of the country. Asiwaju is not beloved in the SE but that is irrelevant right now because he is the President of the entire country including those who did not vote for him or dislike him.

We are talking about an entire region held captive by criminal elements in the name of a struggle. Elected members of NASS from the SE need to speak out and push because lives and properties are being lost. Nobody should misconstrue my thoughts to say I am blaming Asiwaju, nooooo. But I would like to see some sense of urgency in tackling this matter from the Presidency and I believe he will.

JUST IN: IPOB/ESN invaded a community Primary School in Enugu- West, Enugu State today. The pupils and teachers were flogged by the terrorists implementing the Sit-at-home order. The pupils were in school cos they were writing exams.

😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/6PPpe3CuzM

— 𝕊𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕦 (@sirlablu) July 5, 2023

airmark:
Well, you have every right not to believe my position. You don't create nationwide problems trying to solve regional one. Not every Igbo person understands how to filter facts from fallacies, like you. Some are just waiting for that little opportunity to drive Tinubu's anti-Igbo's campaign and cause crises.

FG should make urgent and necessary consultations, including those failures masquerading as former governors, and find a lasting solution to the menace. Then Tinubu can wield the big stick subsequently, if no swift change. If anyone later cries foul, then nobody will dance to his tune.

Emaprince:
My dad normally get mad when he see people talking so highly about kanu or ipob. I would warn him to not talk pim..so he won't be seen as an enemy. It would put his life in danger.

Roland17:
As far as I am concerned, Nnamdi Kanu is a criminal element that has used Biafra to deceive the people of the SE because of our history. Neither speak for the people.

larride:
If Tinubu failed to rein in those guys and deal with them decisively after the end of his administration, it will impact his rating on security.

As the commander in chief of the armed forces, hes under oath to protect and secure the lives of everyone in the country whether they voted for him or not. As long as our security architecture is the way it is, the buck stops at his table.

Get everyone on board from the Governors to the elected NASS members and even the traditional rulers on how he plans to tackle the insecurity the region is currently facing, the stakeholders will be able to give input on how to make plan better, identify weak point in each state security apparatus and then launch a special military operation to rid the zone of these criminals.

A President must also make it clear that anyone among the stakeholders who harbors these criminals will be dealt with.

JUST IN: IPOB/ESN invaded a community Primary School in Enugu- West, Enugu State today. The pupils and teachers were flogged by the terrorists implementing the Sit-at-home order. The pupils were in school cos they were writing exams.

😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/6PPpe3CuzM

— 𝕊𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕦 (@sirlablu) July 5, 2023

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Your personal opinion. nigeria is a democracy, allow the judiciary to convict him. All dis una media trial no dey move sh!T.

OasisX:
.....can someone confirm this?!

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Your personal opinion. nigeria is a democracy, allow the judiciary to convict him. All dis una media trial no dey move sh!T.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]These guys will go to a police station and open fire there

Drive to checkpoints and kill the personnels there.

Even if anybody wants to tribalise it, at least pity the armed forces that are not even Igbo, and have been dying for nothing so far.

Those policemen and soldiers sef get mama and pikin.

BAT should for their sakes, intervene[/color]

Update on the earlier reported incident in Enugu State as IPOB members attack locals around Enugu Metropolis, Enugu State. pic.twitter.com/1GKhHjMw26

— Eons Intelligence (@eonsintelligenc) July 5, 2023

Roland17:
Baba, the situation is dire right now. A group has held a zone ransom, infringing on the freedom and sovereignty of the people. The people surrender their sovereignty to the authority (Government) in exchange for protection of their lives and property but this has been distorted by criminal elements. As long as the SE remains a part of Nigeria, it is time for the Government and the politicians of the zone to recapture the zone.

[b]Ekpa and his criminals do not speak for the people, neither was he elected to represent our interest. Watching the SE burn without any serious effort is betraya[/b]l. Tinubu is the president of THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA and as long as the SE is still a part of that republic, whether they voted PDP/APC is irrelevant. He has the responsibility to work with the Governors in securing the zone. This thing has gone on for too long. We are Republic and not a Regional government.

OasisX:
.....you are one of the reasons airmark, raumdeuter and co are calling for more consultations.

SMH.

Agadinaagwuofe:
Sometimes I come here to read and pass but I have to respond to the bolded. The bolded is just nothing but the truth. The FG isn't sincere or ready to allow the sit at home to stop. Every nook and crannies of that region has been militarized, there is no 2km distance out of any of the state without military sentries and police checkpoint, in some areas people had to raise hands like it is done in war zone and that begs the question why do this attack still sustained? The security issues in SE is multi-dimensional. There is this UGM angle, there is this political angle and also there are other criminal elements that has found a platform to commit heinous crimes unimpeded. Most people in the zone are helpless and that is the reason government needs to step up, all you need to make people continue to stay back home is to recruit a new cultist and ask him to do a keke drive-by shoot in the air and that alone will cause panic and people will recoil to their shell, just imagine after mouthing by the new Enugu governor and threatened to shut down schools and even show of force by air and land components, some unscrupulous elements can still shoot in a market place unchallenged, this alone should have led to sack of all the security agencies in that zone. The new Governor of Enugu state, even Soludo have met with PBAT and even pleaded with Buhari before he left to first release MNK so that the security fight will be narrowed (even though I am not his proponent) down to criminality. Even the Ekpa that was making noise in Finland can be rooted out and find his foot soldiers if the government is sincere.

Sometime last year before election a LG chairman was beheaded and everywhere, people attributed it to IPOB only for Uzodimma after having the "intelligence and knowing wetin dey" ordered the arrest of Ideato north/south constituency contestant (Imo ugochinyere), former deputy governor (Gerard Irona) during Ihedioha and another PDP member then it became public that most of that were political killings, infact it was rumoured the LG chairman was killed in retaliation for burning of the contestant (ugochinyere) house which led to the killing of his uncle. The guy ran away from Imo state and won his election while seeking refuge in Abuja and till now I don't think he has step his foot in that state. All the traditional rulers have ran away from their abode and residing somewhere else. A community (ISU) had to write petition to IGP that the policemen deployed to guard the chiefs meeting left few minutes before the traditional rulers were murdered in cold blooded even all the entreaties made by the traditional rulers to make the police change their mind fell into deaf ears until their attackers came in and murdered them in cold blooded. Why am I siting all the example? Is to let you know that it has other components aside the agitation anyday the FG wants the insecurity to stop, it will stop and he doesn't need any meeting and collaboration from the locals because he will have it. Even Abia state that is the headquarter of the ESN and IPOB doesn't experience the amount of carnage witnessed in Anambra and Imo state and that is simply because there is more to it.

Nevertheless Ifeanyi Uba has started on a good note by employing local vigilantes to be on ground for quick intervention and trust me very soon Nnewi will stop experiencing all these Monday sit at home. Let the government take that approach, I don't care if it will take the release of MNK or employing more locals to stop it but once the government show sincere and concerted effort to stop all that monday sit at home and the insecurity. Trust me it will be thing of the past.

Agadinaagwuofe:
Sometimes I come here to read and pass but I have to respond to the bolded. The bolded is just nothing but the truth. The FG isn't sincere or ready to allow the sit at home to stop. Every nook and crannies of that region has been militarized, there is no 2km distance out of any of the state without military sentries and police checkpoint, in some areas people had to raise hands like it is done in war zone and that begs the question why do this attack still sustained? The security issues in SE is multi-dimensional. There is this UGM angle, there is this political angle and also there are other criminal elements that has found a platform to commit heinous crimes unimpeded. Most people in the zone are helpless and that is the reason government needs to step up, all you need to make people continue to stay back home is to recruit a new cultist and ask him to do a keke drive-by shoot in the air and that alone will cause panic and people will recoil to their shell, just imagine after mouthing by the new Enugu governor and threatened to shut down schools and even show of force by air and land components, some unscrupulous elements can still shoot in a market place unchallenged, this alone should have led to sack of all the security agencies in that zone. The new Governor of Enugu state, even Soludo have met with PBAT and even pleaded with Buhari before he left to first release MNK so that the security fight will be narrowed (even though I am not his proponent) down to criminality. Even the Ekpa that was making noise in Finland can be rooted out and find his foot soldiers if the government is sincere.

Sometime last year before election a LG chairman was beheaded and everywhere, people attributed it to IPOB only for Uzodimma after having the "intelligence and knowing wetin dey" ordered the arrest of Ideato north/south constituency contestant (Imo ugochinyere), former deputy governor (Gerard Irona) during Ihedioha and another PDP member then it became public that most of that were political killings, infact it was rumoured the LG chairman was killed in retaliation for burning of the contestant (ugochinyere) house which led to the killing of his uncle. The guy ran away from Imo state and won his election while seeking refuge in Abuja and till now I don't think he has step his foot in that state. All the traditional rulers have ran away from their abode and residing somewhere else. A community (ISU) had to write petition to IGP that the policemen deployed to guard the chiefs meeting left few minutes before the traditional rulers were murdered in cold blooded even all the entreaties made by the traditional rulers to make the police change their mind fell into deaf ears until their attackers came in and murdered them in cold blooded. Why am I siting all the example? Is to let you know that it has other components aside the agitation anyday the FG wants the insecurity to stop, it will stop and he doesn't need any meeting and collaboration from the locals because he will have it. Even Abia state that is the headquarter of the ESN and IPOB doesn't experience the amount of carnage witnessed in Anambra and Imo state and that is simply because there is more to it.

Nevertheless Ifeanyi Uba has started on a good note by employing local vigilantes to be on ground for quick intervention and trust me very soon Nnewi will stop experiencing all these Monday sit at home. Let the government take that approach, I don't care if it will take the release of MNK or employing more locals to stop it but once the government show sincere and concerted effort to stop all that monday sit at home and the insecurity. Trust me it will be thing of the past.

Roland17:
This is why I said "as far as I am concerned" and I am not hesitant about being public about my position, my history on this topic speaks for itself and they are littered on this forum.

OasisX:
.....I like what Hope Uzodimma is doing in Imo State, especially in Orlu. He is keeping it hot, fire for fire and unlike rest SE States, sit-at-home seems no longer effective in the State.

I like Soludo but he needs to stop barking and take strict actions. He has tried dialogue - failed. Tried church intervention - failed. I hope he aligns wih reality that only wikesque style gonna work.

Ebueagu has failed woefully. It is not gonna work. Uba strategy ain't gonna work either, rather it may beget another militia group(s). Arming people anyhow in the name of fighting insecurity is a recipe for disaster.

Tinubu should deploy both Airforce and Army to the region. We have drones to serve as eyes in the sky. We also have JF-17 and Tucanos to bomb them to hell.

Our Army are well equpped with big-foot MRAPs and light Tanks - PBAT should give the order NOW.

raumdeuter:
Shebi we saw how Abaribe and his fellow senators were falling over themselves to act as guarantor for Nnamdi Kanu , Osita Chidoka acting as his personal driver that time. We saw how Peter Obi was swearing that these guys are innocent saying "I see them everyday. I know them, I walk past them everyday in Onitsha, they are not terrorists"

All the opposition including non Ibos like FFK were doing pictures all around with Kanu visiting his country home to pay solidarity and to spite the Buhari govt

Now that the matter don tie wrapper, how many of them don relocate into the that Country home or the environs now?

Its easy for them to stay in their Abuja and Lagos mansion while a poor innocent teacher, pupil, trader, farmer, keke rider in Ebonyi Enugu Abia dey collect bullet and cutlass

https://www.nairaland.com/7753616/reactions-torture-man-enugu-violating

https://www.nairaland.com/7753574/ipob-beat-school-children-teachers

if to say na FFK Abaribe, Peter Obi Fayose and Chidoka all those doing photo ops that time dem dey flog like this, I for dey clap

OasisX:
Airmark, rumdeuter.... I am not sure you guys are following what's going on right now in SE.
Click the link below to perhaps get a tip. Pure madness is happening and must be stopped NOW!

JUST IN: IPOB/ESN invaded a community Primary School in Enugu- West, Enugu State today. The pupils and teachers were flogged by the terrorists implementing the Sit-at-home order. The pupils were in school cos they were writing exams.

😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/6PPpe3CuzM

— 𝕊𝕚𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕦 (@sirlablu) July 5, 2023

author=OasisX post=124237639][font=serif].....you are one of the reasons armark, ramdeuter and co are calling for more consultations.

SMH.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]If the government has militarised every nook and cranny, to the extent that for every 2km, there is a Checkpoint, what ways do you want them to step up?

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Theflint1:
This position, is it post the madness that has become IPOB or the IPOB in the era where the madness was restricted to Radio Biafra?

OasisX:
......Uzodimma ain't a Thug either nah. Seankafor, is your Governor a Thug?

Ellexy:
Lol what are you talking about? Orlu has been observing lock down all this while and it's very intense there. They're even currently observing 2 weeks lockdown.

seankafor:
I was feeling reluctant to answer this but I have to step in now

You see, what hope is doing has its own side effects too, those thugs hope employed in orlu and imo state in the name of joint task force are nothing but hardcore ex convicted thugs in the disguise of police..

Those guys has been gunning down youths at sight, whether ugm, yahoo boy or a good looking young guy..
Hope has breeded new form of legalized militarized thugs in the name of task force..

This is a clear case of ana agwo ibi, afo na eto( if you re curing syphilis, stomach ache keeps growing)

Hope in the effort to curb UGM, has breeded an arm of legalized police/military thug who has gone awol and are ready to pull the trigger if you don't do what they say..


Those guys are the "original" UGM. There is a report Uzodimma went to Asari to employ those guys in particular for that purpose even Asari himself mentioned it in one of his videos though indirectly

It's a loose loose situation

seankafor:
I was feeling reluctant to answer this but I have to step in now

You see, what hope is doing has its own side effects too, those thugs hope employed in orlu and imo state in the name of joint task force are nothing but hardcore ex convicted thugs in the disguise of police..

Those guys has been gunning down youths at sight, whether ugm, yahoo boy or a good looking young guy..
Hope has breeded new form of legalized militarized thugs in the name of task force..

This is a clear case of ana agwo ibi, afo na eto( if you re curing syphilis, stomach ache keeps growing)

Hope in the effort to curb UGM, has breeded an arm of legalized police/military thug who has gone awol and are ready to pull the trigger if you don't do what they say..

It's a loose loose situation

Agadinaagwuofe:
If they are sincere, there is no way the crime can go unabated because police or army or even airforce personnel will be questioned and sacked. For the past 3 weeks I learnt that helicopters have been hovering with police and army showing force, then go back and watch the video posted by Oasis. How could such amount of time be wasted flogging students and teachers in a city surrounded by army, helicopters and police and still the attackers went home unchallenged? it only shows one thing the fight to stop that isn't a serious one or the armies and securities are just joking. Isn't that enought to sack all the head of security agencies? In 3 months time watch what will become of Nnewi

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Your personal opinion. nigeria is a democracy, allow the judiciary to convict him. All dis una media trial no dey move sh!T.

Emaprince:
As far as I am concerned, all this blood shedding started because of Nnamdi kanu. All the threats and order to the people are from Ipob. Whether it is Ipob that are carrying out the Killings or not is not my business. They made threats and some one executed them. I also understand some criminal elements have hijacked the opportunity to perpetrate all manner of atrocities, from kidnapping for ransom and killing for whatever reason. In the end, the perpetrators are igbos like you and I.

If Ipob weren't making any threat in the beginning, it would have been hard to pin it on them. They are dealing with their own people. They are not even fighting their perceived enemy which is Nigeria, but their own people. Nonsense!

This needs to be condemned and these criminals, wiped out.

raumdeuter:
izzou you and your Ekiti people don start again

Na for Nigeria that Guinness Book of record go tear

https://www.nairaland.com/7753843/kiss-a-thon-govt-bans-planned-72-hour