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afrodoc:
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The guy used bikini standard. What he said was suggestive but what he left out was vital.

I understand his anger though. Having your property demolished by an unknown person, in your opponent's home base, is a bit suspicious. A more emotionally mature leader though would have been more tactful and circumspect in his statements.

It's this half attempt to gaslight that takes away your mask as an Obi hater.

For fks sake, who is the victim here that you expect to be circumspect in the way he cries?

You have not even condemned the idiotic bigoted response of the Lagos authorities. But let's crucify Obi because he cried.

Politics apart, what happened shouldn't have in a society where the rule of law is obeyed.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmaoooo

OH today it is well done David.

Atleast Peter Obi suppprters nor dey behave like zombie again wey dey always agree with everything David Hundeyin talk. 😁

Sir. David Onyemaizu is an active Twitter user and staunch supporter of H.E. Peter Obi, I wasn't referring to Hundeyin and I certainly wasn't telling anybody welldone. Seek medical advice from Unlimited22 before it is too late, Shalom. 🙏

TemporaryHansel:
First of all, I want to thank you for not avoiding the issues I raised and not focusing on agenda like the others.

You’ve raised valid points on paper, but let’s come back to reality—Nigeria’s reality.

Did I build the roads? No. But what condition are they in? Death traps. Half of the roads in this country are unusable, and the few that are manageable were either funded by foreign loans or built decades ago—then left to rot.

Waste disposal? Government only shows up in select areas. The rest of us either pay private collectors or live with refuse piling up.

Passports? Sure, I get a passport—after months of frustration, bribes, and "come back tomorrow." That’s not service, that’s extortion with national branding.

Schools? Overcrowded, underfunded, with underpaid teachers. Hospitals? A glorified waiting room if you’re lucky. Most people with means avoid public healthcare entirely. Legal system? Slow, corrupt, expensive. Police? A lottery—sometimes you call them, sometimes you run from them.

You talk like taxes fund services in a healthy democracy. Here, taxes vanish into convoy fuel tanks, luxury estates, and padded budgets. We already live in a system where we fund most things out of pocket. We're paying twice—once through official taxes, then again through personal fixes. And we’re still told to keep quiet and be “responsible”?

Let’s be real: this government doesn’t need tax evasion to collapse—it’s doing just fine ruining things all by itself. And while you're preaching “civic duty,” the people in power are busy pillaging the country dry.

So don’t come at me with morality while the system rots. I’m not the problem—I’m a symptom of a system that’s failed so badly that survival now looks like rebellion.

I’m not anti-tax—I’m anti-theft masquerading as governance.

You're being short-sighted and missing the bigger picture. True, the government has failed us in many ways, but refusing to pay taxes is not the solution. It only deepens the systemic rot, failure and worsens the situation.

Take the roads, for example. Whether funded by loans or budget allocations, the fact remains that government build roads. And through its agencies and public-private partnerships, it also handles regulation, maintenance, and oversight. Without this involvement, the roads would be far worse. Even those foreign loans you mentioned must be repaid which is largely through oil revenue and IGR, a big chunk of which comes from taxes, the same taxes you're advocating none payment.

As for waste disposal, yes, private operators exist because of the gap in service delivery. But who licenses and regulates those private waste collectors? Who allocates operational areas, routes and dump sites? Who monitors their operations to ensure the collected refuse is not dumped in residential areas, gutters, and waterways? Government. And how can government perform these tasks if everyone thinks like you and refuse to contribute their share?

I understand your frustration with the corruption and inefficiency in passport issuance cos I’ve experienced it too. But that's being greatly improved by the current Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. There’s now a contactless application process and even home delivery. These things cost money. And where do you think that money should come from if not from taxes?

Even the private schools and hospitals you prefer are not operating in a vacuum. They are licensed, regulated and allowed to operate by the same government you claim does nothing. They pay company taxes. So, in a way, the quality services you enjoy from them are still made possible by a functioning government structure through taxes.

You can bash the legal system all you want, but there’s no alternative. It's flawed, yes. It slow and corrupt, yes. But it still delivers justice for millions and provides jobs to many Nigerians. And when serious issues wear you sokoto, na hin you go still turn to.

Also, no dey bobo us say you no be anti-tax because na you post the emboldened below:

I go out of my way to avoid paying taxes to the Nigerian government—because funding these crooks is the same as sponsoring your own robbery.

Handing over your hard-earned money to this government is not civic duty; it’s daylight self-sabotage.

See ehn, refusing to pay tax doesn’t punish the political class. They’ll continue flying private jets and living large. What it does is further cripple the already limited public services that ordinary Nigerians rely on.

iamoyindamola:
See your partner, if them catch you ehn

This guy did such a great job of making Lucifer look like a boy scout in comparison.

You are a government worker that doesn't pay tax, only goes to work 3 days a week despite being paid for electricity , and then bypassed meter to avoid paying tax... Whilst at the same time complaining about Nigeria not working.

KingTom:
Sir. David Onyemaizu is an active Twitter user and staunch supporter of H.E. Peter Obi, I wasn't referring to Hundeyin and I certainly wasn't telling anybody welldone. Seek medical advice from Unlimited22 before it is too late, Shalom. 🙏

Ahh.. I assume this one wrong.
Yunno say you nor get bearing🙏

https://www.nairaland.com/8463005/alh-aminu-dantatas-long-term-wish

Iamoyindamola please what is the correct Islamic ruling on the number of hours within which a Muslim must be buried after demise?

I used to think it was 24 hours. Most of the Muslims I know growing up were buried within 24 hours of their demise

Semid4lyfe please unblock my last post

semid4lyfe:
You're being short-sighted and missing the bigger picture. Yes, the government has failed us in many ways, but refusing to pay taxes is not the solution. It only deepens the systemic rot, failure and worsens the situation.

Take the roads, for example. Whether funded by loans or budget allocations, the fact remains that government build roads. And through its agencies and public-private partnerships, it also handles regulation, maintenance, and oversight. Without this involvement, the roads would be far worse. Even those foreign loans you mentioned must be repaid which is largely through oil revenue and IGR, a big chunk of which comes from taxes, the same taxes you're advocating none payment.

As for waste disposal, yes, private operators exist because of the gap in service delivery. But who licenses and regulates those private waste collectors? Who allocates operational areas, routes and dump sites? Who monitors their operations tto ensure the collected refuse is not dumped in residential areas, gutters, and waterways? Government. And how can government perform these tasks if everyone thinks like you and refuse to contribute their share?

I understand your frustration with the corruption and inefficiency in passport issuance cos I’ve experienced it too. But that's being greatly improved by the current Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. There’s now a contactless application process and even home delivery. These things cost money. And where do you think that money should come from if not from taxes?

Even the private schools and hospitals you prefer are not operating in a vacuum. They are licensed, regulated and allowed to operate by the same government you claim does nothing. They pay company taxes. So, in a way, the quality services you’enjoy from them are still made possible by a functioning government structure through taxes.

You can bash the legal system all you want, but there’s no alternative. It's flawed, yes. It slow and corrupt, yes. But it still delivers justice for millions and provides jobs to many Nigerians. And when serious issues wear you sokoto, na hin you go still turn to.

Also, no dey bobo us say you no be anti-tax because na you post the emboldened below:

I go out of my way to avoid paying taxes to the Nigerian government—because funding these crooks is the same as sponsoring your own robbery.

Handing over your hard-earned money to this government is not civic duty; it’s daylight self-sabotage.

See ehn, refusing to pay tax doesn’t punish the political class. They’ll continue flying private jets and living large. What it does is further cripple the already limited public services that ordinary Nigerians rely on.

You keep talking like Nigeria is a textbook case. It's not. And until we start addressing it as it is, not how it’s supposed to be, we’ll just be reciting civic nursery rhymes while the country burns.

Yes, government is supposed to regulate, license, maintain, and serve. But we both know that in practice, they barely function unless there's personal profit involved. You say the government regulates waste disposal—yet refuse still floods the streets. You say roads would be worse without government—yet many are unmotorable, and the ones that work were often built by state governments, foreign aid, or private entities just trying to save their own necks.

As for tax funding all this? Let’s not pretend our taxes are going into service delivery. Nigeria’s budget gets looted at every stage—from inflated contracts to ghost workers to padded allocations. Even oil revenue, which should supplement IGR, is routinely mismanaged or siphoned. So when you tell me my taxes are "needed" to fix the rot, my honest question is: fix what? Or fatten who?

Yes, private schools and hospitals are licensed by the government. But that’s all the government does: license and harass them for levies. They're not being enabled, they’re being tolerated. The quality of service there isn’t a product of government support—it’s in spite of it.

And please, the "Tunji-Ojo passport reform" praise is premature. Fixing what shouldn't be broken in the first place isn't progress—it's basic decency. When people clap for that, it just shows how starved we are for competence.

You're saying my stance hurts the common man. But no, what hurts the common man is a system that forces him to pay tax, delivers nothing, and protects looters. You want to guilt me into funding that mess? That's not patriotism, that's Stockholm syndrome.

So yes, I avoid giving money to thieves. That doesn’t mean I’m the reason the house is on fire. I’m just refusing to pass them fuel.

Lmao.. This was such a funny day.
LASG go put spoilt buses for road to make commuting for Obi rally difficult 😂😂

BlueRayDick:
https://www.nairaland.com/8463005/alh-aminu-dantatas-long-term-wish

Iamoyindamola please what is the correct Islamic ruling on the number of hours within which a Muslim must be buried after demise?

I used to think it was 24 hours. Most of the Muslims I know growing up were buried within 24 hours of their demise

24 hours is the ideal way but 72 hours at most.

nihilistjnr:
This guy did such a great job of making Lucifer look like a boy scout in comparison.

You are a government worker that doesn't pay tax, only goes to work 3 days a week despite being paid for electricity , and then bypassed meter to avoid paying tax... Whilst at the same time complaining about Nigeria not working.

You sent the guy away

nihilistjnr:
This guy did such a great job of making Lucifer look like a boy scout in comparison.

You are a government worker that doesn't pay tax, only goes to work 3 days a week despite being paid for electricity , and then bypassed meter to avoid paying tax... Whilst at the same time complaining about Nigeria not working.

[color=royalblue]Please nau

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TemporaryHansel:
You keep talking like Nigeria is a textbook case. It's not. And until we start addressing it as it is, not how it’s supposed to be, we’ll just be reciting civic nursery rhymes while the country burns.

Yes, government is supposed to regulate, license, maintain, and serve. But we both know that in practice, they barely function unless there's personal profit involved. You say the government regulates waste disposal—yet refuse still floods the streets. You say roads would be worse without government—yet many are unmotorable, and the ones that work were often built by state governments, foreign aid, or private entities just trying to save their own necks.

As for tax funding all this? Let’s not pretend our taxes are going into service delivery. Nigeria’s budget gets looted at every stage—from inflated contracts to ghost workers to padded allocations. Even oil revenue, which should supplement IGR, is routinely mismanaged or siphoned. So when you tell me my taxes are "needed" to fix the rot, my honest question is: fix what? Or fatten who?

Yes, private schools and hospitals are licensed by the government. But that’s all the government does: license and harass them for levies. They're not being enabled, they’re being tolerated. The quality of service there isn’t a product of government support—it’s in spite of it.

And please, the "Tunji-Ojo passport reform" praise is premature. Fixing what shouldn't be broken in the first place isn't progress—it's basic decency. When people clap for that, it just shows how starved we are for competence.

You're saying my stance hurts the common man. But no, what hurts the common man is a system that forces him to pay tax, delivers nothing, and protects looters. You want to guilt me into funding that mess? That's not patriotism, that's Stockholm syndrome.

So yes, I avoid giving money to thieves. That doesn’t mean I’m the reason the house is on fire. I’m just refusing to pass them fuel.

Bros, I beg you in God’s name — at least try to pay your tax. You can’t be condemning those looting the country if you’re also part of the problem. You sef check am……you no fit dey shout “thief thief” when your own hand still dey inside the pot of stew, haba!

Temporaryhansel, congrats on the AA abi na AI?

Spy360:
It's this half attempt to gaslight that takes away your mask as an Obi hater.

For fks sake, who is the victim here that you expect to be circumspect in the way he cries?

You have not even condemned the idiotic bigoted response of the Lagos authorities. But let's crucify Obi because he cried.

Politics apart, what happened shouldn't have in a society where the rule of law is obeyed.

Obidient SPY, kudos.

iamoyindamola:
24 hours is the ideal way but 72 hours at most.

Oh, okay.

Thank You.

airmark:
Temporaryhansel, congrats on the AA abi na AI?

Fake news.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. This was such a funny day.
LASG go put spoilt buses for road to make commuting for Obi rally difficult 😂😂

Did this actually happen or it was just an assumption on the path of the person that posted the picture?

I mean, I've seen yellow buses breakdown countless times on Third mainland bridge causing traffic on a normal day. So, I find it difficult to believe this picture posted is not one of those regular breakdown/accident involving yellow buses on third mainland bridge.

iamoyindamola:
Eternal orgy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So dont drink in life so you can drink enough alcohol in heaven
Dont womanize in life so you can in heaven
I guess this is what the terror leaders use to feed the followers to make them want to visit heaven quickly

In all of these what do the women get when they get to heaven??

TemporaryHansel:
You keep talking like Nigeria is a textbook case. It's not. And until we start addressing it as it is, not how it’s supposed to be, we’ll just be reciting civic nursery rhymes while the country burns.

Yes, government is supposed to regulate, license, maintain, and serve. But we both know that in practice, they barely function unless there's personal profit involved. You say the government regulates waste disposal—yet refuse still floods the streets. You say roads would be worse without government—yet many are unmotorable, and the ones that work were often built by state governments, foreign aid, or private entities just trying to save their own necks.

As for tax funding all this? Let’s not pretend our taxes are going into service delivery. Nigeria’s budget gets looted at every stage—from inflated contracts to ghost workers to padded allocations. Even oil revenue, which should supplement IGR, is routinely mismanaged or siphoned. So when you tell me my taxes are "needed" to fix the rot, my honest question is: fix what? Or fatten who?

Yes, private schools and hospitals are licensed by the government. But that’s all the government does: license and harass them for levies. They're not being enabled, they’re being tolerated. The quality of service there isn’t a product of government support—it’s in spite of it.

And please, the "Tunji-Ojo passport reform" praise is premature. Fixing what shouldn't be broken in the first place isn't progress—it's basic decency. When people clap for that, it just shows how starved we are for competence.

You're saying my stance hurts the common man. But no, what hurts the common man is a system that forces him to pay tax, delivers nothing, and protects looters. You want to guilt me into funding that mess? That's not patriotism, that's Stockholm syndrome.

So yes, I avoid giving money to thieves. That doesn’t mean I’m the reason the house is on fire. I’m just refusing to pass them fuel.

Carry on brother!! 99 percent of Nigerians are hypocrites who only condemn things they don’t benefit from. Almost everyone hates paying personal incomes taxes and if an opportunity presents itself, they will evade and also avoid paying them by any means possible.

Who will listen to Akpabio’s statement of “they should continue protesting while we continue eating” and go yes!! I want to hand over my taxes to such a system. Only restraint is keeping me from saying that every single individual in Nigeria pay personal income taxes unwillingly.

Most of the things that we buy in this country have already been taxed with some being taxed heavily. Considering the poor services we get from these people, I already consider such indirect taxes an unfair contribution from my part.

Same Nigeria that touts levy bikemen heavily just so they could carry passengers and suffer on death traps called roads. Same bike man will pass that tout’s levy to you while you climb his bike and the bad roads will shake your whole intestine. Heavily pregnant women who had just paid their tax through the bike man sometimes cry on top of bikes. Make we just dey play.

Lest I forget, around February, I paid 10k levied on everyone living in the estate to construct a strategic road leading to the estate. We are just jokers on this board.

raumdeuter:
So dont drink in life so you can drink enough alcohol in heaven
Dont womanize in life so you can in heaven
I guess this is what the terror leaders use to feed the followers to make them want to visit heaven quickly

In all of these what do the women get when they get to heaven??

Automatic BBL with moderate orange and everlasting virginity with strong sexual prowess to match any sheikh strength

TemporaryHansel:
Fake news.

Maybe Atiku will accept to go after Obi in 2031.

Obi : “If the agreement is one term, I will leave on May 28, 2031 — not even May 29. I am not desperate to be president. I am desperate to see Nigeria work,” Obi said, responding to a question from a user named Balactic.

This is the number for the week.

The number of people tinubu failed to protect.

BlueRayDick:
Did this actually happen or it was just an assumption on the path of the person that posted the picture?

I mean, I've seen yellow buses breakdown countless times on Third mainland bridge causing traffic on a normal day. So, I find it difficult to believe this picture posted is not one of those regular breakdown/accident involving yellow buses on third mainland bridge.

There were multiple buses that day.
They were not towed.
Nobody touched them.

It was too funny.

Amigoss:


But you denied your account because of ogbono banter

swiz123:
Carry on brother!! 99 percent of Nigerians are hypocrites who only condemn things they don’t benefit from. Almost everyone hates paying personal incomes taxes and if an opportunity presents itself, they will evade and also avoid paying them by any means possible.

Who will listen to Akpabio’s statement of “they should continue protesting while we continue eating” and go yes!! I want to hand over my taxes to such a system. Only restraint is keeping me from saying that every single individual in Nigeria pay personal income taxes unwillingly.

Most of the things that we buy in this country have already been taxed with some being taxed heavily. Considering the poor services we get from these people, I already consider such indirect taxes an unfair contribution from my part.

Same Nigeria that touts levy bikemen heavily just so they could carry passengers and suffer on death traps called roads. Same bike man will pass that tout’s levy to you while you climb his bike and the bad roads will shake your whole intestine. Heavily pregnant women who had just paid their tax through the bike man sometimes cry on top of bikes. Make we just dey play.

Lest I forget, around February, I paid 10k levied on everyone living in the estate to construct a strategic road leading to the estate. We are just jokers on this board.

I’m sorry to say, but you’re not making any sense with the position you’ve taken. Yes, it’s true that most people may not want to pay taxes, but you can’t just ignore the fact that taxes fund many of the things we all rely on — no matter how deadbeat or broken some of them may seem right now.

We’re talking about:
- Public schools and hospitals
- Roads, bridges, and transport systems
- Salaries of civil servants, police, security officers, teachers, doctors, and more
- Clean water, electricity, and essential infrastructure

Even if the system isn’t perfect, and not everyone enjoys all the benefits listed above, refusing to pay tax doesn’t help — it only makes things worse.
If you want to complain about how public funds are being spent, you should at least be contributing. That’s how you earn the right to hold leaders accountable.

No be only to shout “corruption” — we all have to carry our share of the load. That’s how real change begins.

It's very easy to spot a post that has been edited by Chatgpt.

swiz123:
Carry on brother!! 99 percent of Nigerians are hypocrites who only condemn things they don’t benefit from. Almost everyone hates paying personal incomes taxes and if an opportunity presents itself, they will evade and also avoid paying them by any means possible.

Who will listen to Akpabio’s statement of “they should continue protesting while we continue eating” and go yes!! I want to hand over my taxes to such a system. Only restraint is keeping me from saying that every single individual in Nigeria pay personal income taxes unwillingly.

Most of the things that we buy in this country have already been taxed with some being taxed heavily. Considering the poor services we get from these people, I already consider such indirect taxes an unfair contribution from my part.

Same Nigeria that touts levy bikemen heavily just so they could carry passengers and suffer on death traps called roads. Same bike man will pass that tout’s levy to you while you climb his bike and the bad roads will shake your whole intestine. Heavily pregnant women who had just paid their tax through the bike man sometimes cry on top of bikes. Make we just dey play.

Lest I forget, around February, I paid 10k levied on everyone living in the estate to construct a strategic road leading to the estate. We are just jokers on this board.

The bold is not peculiar to Nigeria alone.

In almost all countries of the world, most people don't like paying taxes in General (Not just personal income tax , but all forms of taxes), yet it is a well-known fact that most governments can't function effectively without taxes as a form of revenue. Even countries where they don't pay income tax, living as a migrant in those countries is not cheap.

I can relate with ur vexations that taxes get misappropriated by public office holders and politicians like the loose-mouth Akpabio, but what one should not be encouraging is evasion of tax which is actually a criminal offence.

Have u ever wondered what will happen if everyone is allowed to evade tax? Do u remember the chaos that followed the EDNSARS protest in Lagos when police stopped working and most male adults had to form vigilante groups in their respective community depriving themselves of sleep just to guard their community for fear of being attacked by robbers and kidnappers? What would happen will be worse than that because we won't have a functional security system and we will all be at the mercy of criminals.

Tax evasion is not the flex u think it is. We can complain about multiple taxation and misappropriation of taxes paid, but refusing to pay tax won't do anyone no good.

swiz123:
Why am I not surprised. You are just not smart at all.

How does that irrelevant journalism hurt Tinubu’s reelection? A man who is accessible and known to be in good health.

Can anyone here say that the problem they have with Tinubu is that he is ill and not fit to oversee his duties?

At what point will you finally see things for what they are?

If he was in good health, then why the constant medical trips to France? Sowore has been exposing this, but the Pit Obi that will wait till 100 days to election to scatter opposition is the one not helping Tinubu

Which of the two are practically and materially helping Tinubu? That's how you will be sweeping floor focusing on Sowore while Obi is burning the roof

I pity who carried Simi matter for head, from the way the guy is licking vomit just to have 2 more years with his snout in the public trough

BlueRayDick:


Anytime I remember how Alhaji Monerozi held it down for Buhari and our resident APC apologists stood with him, I go just shake my head. I mean those same people now claim Tinubu inherited a failed country after Buhari's 8 years.

Omo! Anybody that allows APC people gaslight him in the present day definitely has a very short memory about what has happened in this country from 2015 till date.

It was Buhari's idea but Hadi Sirika mismanaged the funds. Someone with his level of education in aircrafts and all should have done better.

Ibime:
I pity who carried Simi matter for head, from the way the guy is licking vomit just to have 2 more years with his snout in the public trough

his political career is over

better he chops what he can