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State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by waynetee(m): 1:45pm On Jul 16, 2023
A popular comedian, Okey Bakassi has called for the abolition of state of origin in the country, adding that it was a tool of division.

Speaking during the week, Bakassi said, “If we want to strengthen the unity of this country, we should all advocate the abolition of ‘state of origin’ and emphasise ‘state of residence’. I don’t see why in 2023, we should be filling out a form and asking people for their ‘state of origin’ or ‘tribe’. Is it the tribe one belongs to that will determine how the person will function in office? I think what should be more important to anybody should be one’s state of residence. It does not contribute anything to national development. We should push for that law to change. If a man lives in a certain place and chooses to make that place his home, then it should be so.”

Bakassi also maintained that politicians who had been charged with corruption should not be allowed to participate in elections. He said, “We need to push our lawmakers to make laws that will make this democracy work for us. One of such laws should be that if any politician has a case with corruption or fraud, whether they are cleared or not, that person should not be part of the next electoral cycle. Our political space cannot continue to be populated by people who are facing trial. There is no company that will hire anybody who has a criminal case in court. So, why do we elect leaders who have cases in court?”

https://punchng.com/state-of-origin-requirement-should-be-abolished-okey-bakassi/

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by TemplarLandry: 1:45pm On Jul 16, 2023
I suspect this is a BeerFraud agenda.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by lexylaw40: 1:45pm On Jul 16, 2023
What a joke

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by OloYeOfEgbE: 1:46pm On Jul 16, 2023
Noooo....

It's make the division faster

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Nobody: 1:47pm On Jul 16, 2023
It can't it'll render the quota system useless

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Corn247: 1:48pm On Jul 16, 2023
Hahaha grin.. Greedy fool, just because you want to live in Lagos.

All igbos and SS ethnic groups will be displaced off their gas and crude oil lands within 10 years.
They will wipe you all out if you fail to leave since everywhere will become no man's land.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Dreal1247: 1:50pm On Jul 16, 2023
Bombshell. No company is going to hire anybody who has a criminal case in the court.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Puss360(f): 1:51pm On Jul 16, 2023
Lol...

Strange but true...

But it's still important for statistical analysis

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Sweetrosie(f): 1:51pm On Jul 16, 2023
TemplarLandry:
I suspect this is a BeerFraud agenda.

Not possible...rara


So that ogbomoso and ilu aje descendants like TemplarLandry will claim lagosians

Everybody must bear their village tags

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by duro4chang(m): 1:51pm On Jul 16, 2023
I will just leave my state go to Abia and become their igwe.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by BabaO2: 1:52pm On Jul 16, 2023
waynetee:

A popular comedian, Okey Bakassi has called for the abolition of state of origin in the country, adding that it was a tool of division.

Speaking during the week, Bakassi said, “If we want to strengthen the unity of this country, we should all advocate the abolition of ‘state of origin’ and emphasise ‘state of residence’. I don’t see why in 2023, we should be filling out a form and asking people for their ‘state of origin’ or ‘tribe’. Is it the tribe one belongs to that will determine how the person will function in office? I think what should be more important to anybody should be one’s state of residence. It does not contribute anything to national development. We should push for that law to change. If a man lives in a certain place and chooses to make that place his home, then it should be so.”

Bakassi also maintained that politicians who had been charged with corruption should not be allowed to participate in elections. He said, “We need to push our lawmakers to make laws that will make this democracy work for us. One of such laws should be that if any politician has a case with corruption or fraud, whether they are cleared or not, that person should not be part of the next electoral cycle. Our political space cannot continue to be populated by people who are facing trial. There is no company that will hire anybody who has a criminal case in court. So, why do we elect leaders who have cases in court?”

https://punchng.com/state-of-origin-requirement-should-be-abolished-okey-bakassi/
Manipulators, identity of criminals must be known

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Iamgrey5(m): 1:54pm On Jul 16, 2023
The Target of this policy has always been Lagos because of the cosmopolitan nature of the state.

Well! I agree If Lagos is given a special status with an Extra state being created in the South West.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Sweetrosie(f): 1:54pm On Jul 16, 2023
duro4chang:
I will just leave my state go to Abia and become their igwe.


What are you waiting for?


You no get tfare? Wait till tilumbu starts sharing 8k so you fit save and travel

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by EcoNews: 1:55pm On Jul 16, 2023
Foolish fools of ipob origin everywhere.

If it is not the state of origin thay will determine performance in office is it the state of residence that will determine performance.

Oloshious fellow talking rubbish.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by SaiBABAhelinues: 1:56pm On Jul 16, 2023
Corn247:
Hahaha grin.. Greedy fool, just because you want to live in Lagos.

All igbos and SS ethnic groups will be displaced off their gas and crude oil lands within 10 years.
They will wipe you all out if you fail to leave.

The suspects were apprehended on Oke-Oyi/Jebba road in Ilorin during a stop and search patrol by officers of the Police Command.

A statement issued by the state Police Command’s spokesman, Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi, yesterday said: “On interrogation, the suspected ritualists, Wasiu Omonose, 35, of Abioye compound, Share, and, Akanbi Ibrahim, 32, of Sayo street in Share, stated that they were taking the fresh human head and hands to an Alfa in Ilorin for ritual purposes.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Corn247: 1:57pm On Jul 16, 2023
They think they will be doing others especially yorubas but they will end up setting themselves up.

Even their Lord, Hausa-fulani haven't been able to cross the boundary we set for them since almost 2 centuries.
What makes the fools think they can compete with yoruba and Hausa-fulani in a federal level??
They will be left with nothing within a decade if they are still around grin

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by duro4chang(m): 1:57pm On Jul 16, 2023
Sweetrosie:



What are you waiting for?


You no get tfare? Wait till tilumbu starts sharing 8k so you fit save and travel
I will become the Obi of onitsha parasites.They have destroyed their land

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Sweetrosie(f): 1:58pm On Jul 16, 2023
duro4chang:
I will become the Obi of onitsha self.

I hereby declare you the obi of onitsha



Orishirishi

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Obinwenite(m): 1:58pm On Jul 16, 2023
See them above. Everything about them is tribalism.

Okey is not the first person that made that statement.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by SaiBABAhelinues: 1:58pm On Jul 16, 2023
TemplarLandry:
I suspect this is a BeerFraud agenda.

A middle-aged woman has been arrested at Kulende area of Ilorin by members of the community over the alleged ritual killing.

Speaking with Newsmen on the development of a resident Kulende community in Zango area of Ilorin, Mr Kudus said the suspect is currently being held at the state Criminal Investigations Department,(CID), Kwara State Police Headquarters for further investigations.

According to him, the woman who pretended to have had mental health issues has been living in a shanty on the roadside for about three years.

He alleged that members of the community became suspicious of the activities of the woman when she was sighted giving some items suspected to be human parts to a Motorist in a Jeep vehicle that parked near her in the middle of the night.

Mr Kudus explained that when members of vigilantes in the community tried to find out what she was giving the jeep driver, the occupants zoomed off.

He noted that when the community leaders searched her things it contained, a large sum of money, a knife, a bottle water container with fresh blood, as well as a complete children’s school uniform, bag, shoes and books were found.

Confirming the incident the Kwara State Police Command spokesman SP Okasanmi Ajayi said in a statement that the suspected ritualist, who appears to be mentally unbalanced, was arrested with a total of one hundred and sixty-six thousand and seven hundred naira (#166,700:00).

The statement said the suspect noted that the man met with her as at the time of the arrest came to have intercourse with her and give her water.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Ever8090: 1:59pm On Jul 16, 2023
E no go still change anything,.. tribalism had eaten too deep into our fabric of unity and I am afraid there is nothing to be done at this point because the masses are enjoying the suffering at least if someone from their own divide is incharge of dishing out the suffering to then in the name of president

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by seunmsg(m): 1:59pm On Jul 16, 2023
No way. We all know where we come from and we should be proud of our heritage. Even though I work and live in Abuja, I will never discard my Ekiti origin for Abuja. Gwari people are the indigenous owners of Abuja. I will out of greed and covetousness start dragging their heritage with them.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by SaiBABAhelinues: 1:59pm On Jul 16, 2023
BabaO2:

Manipulators, identity of criminals must be known

Operatives of Kwara state police command have arrested two young boys in their twenties for allegedly killing a young girl in Offa by severing her head and two hands for money ritual.



The victim, a young girl identified as Rianat Yusuf of Amuyo area of Offa had told her parents last week Tuesday that she wanted to go and buy “Kulikuli” with which to drink “Gaari” but never returned home.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by duro4chang(m): 2:00pm On Jul 16, 2023
Sweetrosie:


I hereby declare you the obi of onitsha



Orishirishi
I accept and so shall it be

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Sweetrosie(f): 2:04pm On Jul 16, 2023
duro4chang:
I accept and so shall it be

All agbado supporters hail the new obi of onitsha

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by SaiBABAhelinues: 2:04pm On Jul 16, 2023
EcoNews:
Foolish fools of ipob origin everywhere.

If it is not the state of origin thay will determine performance in office is it the state of residence that will determine performance.

Oloshious fellow talking rubbish.


Mr Afolabi said Mr Saliu conspired with two others, and killed his 14-year-old younger brother, Azeez Saliu, with the intention of using him for money rituals.
ByAgency Report September 25, 2021 Reading Time: 1 min read
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested lsmail Saliu, 25, for allegedly conspiring with a herbalist and one other, to slaughter his brother.

The NSCDC Command Spokesperson in Kwara, Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Ilorin.

The Spokesperson said that the incident happened on September 13, in Kosubosu, Baruten Local Government Area (LGA), of Kwara.

“On September 13, operatives of the NSCDC in Kosubosu Divisional Office, got a distress call from a neighbourhood about suspicious movement of certain individuals in the area.

“Some officers from the divisional office, with operatives of the Anti-Vandal patrol team in the area, swung into action and subsequently arrested a herbalist Ahmed Nkwe 44, lsmail Saliu 25 and Saliu Ahmed 30,” Mr Afolabi said.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by 2mch(m): 2:05pm On Jul 16, 2023
Ever8090:
E no go still change anything,.. tribalism had eaten too deep into our fabric of unity and I am afraid there is nothing to be done at this point because the masses are enjoying the suffering at least if someone from their own divide is incharge of dishing out the suffering to then in the name of president
Nigeria is a group of nations within a boundary. Tribalism does not exist if you look at it properly. It’s normal for all nations, ethnic or otherwise to defend their interest or boundaries and history. It is this colonialist mindset to want to erase a peoples identity and pretend they are one. It has not even succeeded in the US. Not to talk of Nigeria. The problem in Nigeria is a lack of respect for others, their lands and their history by a particular set of people who know they are at a disadvantage with what their ancestors left them. Plus their culture of greed and covetousness makes them seek for sneaky ways to steal like what Okey is suggesting. They are the most clannish and tribal, which is the funny thing.

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by SwissMass: 2:05pm On Jul 16, 2023
Ok

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Re: State Of Origin Requirement Should Be Abolished - Okey Bakassi by Nvestor02: 2:07pm On Jul 16, 2023
Biafra want to feel among at all cost. They know that none of their state has good name in the country as they don use criminal activities to scatter am.

So Dem want to use the opportunity of the dignity of other tribes to dey enjoy what's not theirs.

State of Origin is compulsory, it will make us know the difference between the good people and CURSED people.

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