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trendingnigeria:

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Elders like Peter Obi, Bishop Hassan Kukah, and Olusegun Obasanjo who have intervened in this matter must be commended, the best way out of this situation is for gladiators to sheath your sword

Liborous Oshoma, Legal Practitioner

yarimo:
Peter OBI refused to condemn IPOB terrorists and unknown gun men killing of innocent people in the east is that also commendable from him Mr OSHOMA?

givedemwotowoto:
Sign of strong leadership, very commendable. Politicians are like diplomats. Their job is to mediate and work with competing interests even within their own camps.

What is condemnable and embarrassing is having a minister under your government who corruptly uses federal institutions to fight personal issues he has with a sitting Governor. Sign of a very weak leader.

givedemwotowoto:
➜Sign of strong leadership, very commendable.
➜Politicians are like diplomats.
➜Their job is to mediate and work with competing interests even within their own camps.
➜What is condemnable and embarrassing is having a minister under your government who corruptly uses federal institutions to fight personal issues he has with a sitting Governor. Sign of a very weak leader.

trendingnigeria:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXO1Z2tN4W8

Elders like Peter Obi, Bishop Hassan Kukah, and Olusegun Obasanjo who have intervened in this matter must be commended, the best way out of this situation is for gladiators to sheath your sword

Liborous Oshoma, Legal Practitioner

Kobojunkie:
Huh? How so?

2. Where is the diplomatic angle to the visit? Did the Obi merely visit Babalola for a Photo op or something like that because that is about all the diplomatic I can think of all of this.

3. Mediate regarding what exactly? Babalola, by way of his connections to an abusive system, kidnapped Farotimi and has been seeking ways to use the courts to strip him of all possible — all manners of corruption have been unleashed against the kidnapped man. So, what is this Obi mediating here? Corruption? Extensive abuse of power? Disregard of... I don't follow.

4. The man Obi is smiling with is a SANS doing pretty much the very same thing, or are my missing something?

givedemwotowoto:
➜He showed up. A leader should show up when something like this happens. If he had political authority, I would expect him to reprimand or fire the IGP for allowing such police harassment happen under his watch. He has no such power at the moment, but he still showed up. It's a sign that when something happens under his watch as president, he will show up. He'll address the issue, and if under his power, he'll take action. That's what I expect of a leader. Afe can fight his fight without the po po overstepping. Burna should've done same with Speed Darlington.
➜People can fight even within their own camps. It was mostly democrats who called for Cuomo to step down when had scandal as Governor. PO did what he was supposed to do, hear them both out, show support, and I guess advice them to follow due process, that's all.
➜But let's also not forget that we're in a very dire situation at this point in the country where the ruling class will use institutional influence to enable opposing parties fight each other. Shouldn't the president have fired someone in the police department who allowed Dele to be treated in the manner he was? But will he? It appears Afe intimidating Dele is good for their political interest.
➜ Well, they are both his supporters if I am not mistaken. At the same time he has no authority to stop the use of an abusive system, in fact, the ruling class will actually want it to remain so, so that there can be division in the opposition camp. They have hijacked PDP and are doing same to LP. Abure was fighting with Apapa for LP leadership, only for Abure to be removed, then the court stepped in and restored him thereby deepening the crisis.
➜ I can only blame PO for what he does with power while he has the authority, not what others do with the corrupt system in place. PO is not the president of the police chief. He can only do so much especially at this point in Nigeria's seriously corrupt political climate

trendingnigeria:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXO1Z2tN4W8

Elders like Peter Obi, Bishop Hassan Kukah, and Olusegun Obasanjo who have intervened in this matter must be commended, the best way out of this situation is for gladiators to sheath your sword

Liborous Oshoma, Legal Practitioner

Kobojunkie:
1. I don't understand what you are insisting on at all. You claim he is a leader and a powerless one at that so what was the purpose of his showing up in this case? For a Photo OP opportunity? 😩😩😩😩

2. Hear who out? Is he a lawyer or a judge in this situation? Show support for what? The kidnapping of Farotimi? The violation of the Nigerian legal process by Babalola? What?

3. I am sorry, what? Obi—powerless to do anything in this case as you made clear— showed up to Babalola, the kidnapper of Farotimi, the one who took advantage of the abusive system in Nigeria in order to exert his revenge on Farotimi for calling him out for crimes he is accused of even by the U.S., to do what?

4. What in the world has PDP, and LP to do with this issue for Pete's sake?

5. But you don't hold back in commending him even in a situation as stewpid as this one for him? I mean what the heck was he doing butting into a situation that he had no power or really any personal business butting into? This literally seems like some desperate attention-wh0ring moves at this point.

givedemwotowoto:
2. Hear his allies out. This is politics. [b]I believe if you heard that your close friends were fighting and one intimidated the other, you'll go hear them out personally, or no? You'll go online and post about it? [/b]Again, why is the IG and President's name not being mentioned here? Who is in charge of the police that arrested Dele in such a manner?
3. To hear personally from them. The same way he visited PSQuare brothers who were both his supporters. As a leader, isn't that what you would do if you were in his shoes?
4. This case is following the same pattern with the Rivers, Kano, LP crisis. Wike's alleged use of police to intimidate Fubura, and even judiciary to stop allocation to Rivers. Use of the police and military and even the court to cause crisis in Kano between the deposed Emir and governor. Now this.
➜ Why wasn't anything done about the police brutality? The Commissioner of police and IGP should be fired or reprimanded, but because Afe's alleged abuse of the system is good for the ruling class to deepen the crisis within the opposition, nothing will be done about it.
5. The two people fighting are his allies. What is a leader and politician supposed to do when his allies fight? Post about it on social media, stay away from it, or show up personally? He did what was expected. It won't stop the fight, however, someone should be fired for how Dele was treated.

trendingnigeria:
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Kobojunkie:
2. Two lawyers is politics? Wait a second, are you telling us right here and now that Peter Obi is close friends with the corrupt including Babalola? 😏

3. Hear exactly what personally from them? Are you for real? Farotimi wrote a book that is in the public space detailing crimes he says Babalola committed and suggested that anyone who had a problem with their mention in it should take him to court. What in the world is Obi going to Babalola to hear? Why are you desperately trying to make this seem like it is not what it is? 😩😩😩

4. No it isn't! This is a case between two private citizens!😩😩😩

4b. So, because the corrupt leaders that Babalola used to forward his illegal acts against Farotimi were not fired, that was why Obi went to see Babalola? What the heck? 😩😩😩

5. These two people happen to be private f-king citizens. What has politics to do with this except for Obi trying to make this a political move and opportunity for yet another photo shoot? Call it what it is. The man there is attention-whoring!

givedemwotowoto:
2. Both Dele and Afe are Peter obi supporters. What was wrong with Peter Obi visiting Afe, ....

Kobojunkie:
Before we continue... where is evidence that Afe Babalola was or is a Peter Obi supporter? 🤔

givedemwotowoto:
➜https://www.pulse.ng/news/politics/afe-babalola-endorses-peter-obi-for-presidency/9y3rdn8

yarimo:
Peter OBI refused to condemn IPOB terrorists and unknown gun men killing of innocent people in the east is that also commendable from him Mr OSHOMA?

yarimo:
Peter OBI refused to condemn IPOB terrorists and unknown gun men killing of innocent people in the east is that also commendable from him Mr OSHOMA?

Kobojunkie:
Thank you! So, does this endorsement then mean that Obi equally endorses Babalola's history as a SAN in Nigeria?

givedemwotowoto:
➜You're welcome. If you have seen such endorsement from Obi please send me a link.
➜What I know is that Obi went to visit his 2 supporters and I don't see a problem with what he did. What I see a problem with is the government keeping mute and do nothing about police brutality and judicial influence, and that's where I see the political undertone in all of this.

trendingnigeria:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXO1Z2tN4W8

Elders like Peter Obi, Bishop Hassan Kukah, and Olusegun Obasanjo who have intervened in this matter must be commended, the best way out of this situation is for gladiators to sheath your sword

Liborous Oshoma, Legal Practitioner