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Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by ogelekpomgam(m): 3:18am On Nov 13, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Some people are not praising him shaa. A particular group of people we know
Lols..and na those people and their agbado master keep Nigeria the way it is.shame on them ooo!!!! angry angry grin grin
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Bluntemperor: 3:20am On Nov 13, 2025
AN Average Nigerian Army Things He/ She Is Above The LAW:
Rubbish and Very confused People :
1- that a Man in Uniform - is defending a Retired Personnel -Another Officer - Former' boss,who is given Directives To them to be Stationed At A Land he bought Illegally?
2•- Who is Paying The Salaries of those Army Station in that Abuja Land?
3•If it's in Britain ,
- Can this Army- Dare To Confront A Minister Or A State Governor - without Serious Consequences - From His Margesty Office?
•NO IT CAN NEVER HAPPEN IN THE WESTERN WORLD/ DEMOCRACY- the Army Copied For US( Nigeria)!
And we Accepted It- hook,line and Sinker
•NIGERIANS -Are Confused With Their Right In -The Constitution,as Many are Not doing Real Deep -Thinking -Analysis but are Watching Too Many Films,Bet- games and more into ethnic and religious gingost By Not Defending their Rights In A Democratic!
It is going to happen Again and Again - because we see it in From Partician lenses Now(today),it will happen Tomorrow ' .
Very Sad Indeed 😢!
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by ceejay80s(m):
I am using this soldier guy photo as my Whatsapp DP,
If I be woman I for nack the guy for free
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by CJStarz: 4:23am On Nov 13, 2025
As young David slayed giant Goliath in the Bible, Yerima humbled Wike, the Goliath of Nigerian politics.

Honestly,if this young man drops his khaki today as e dey hot and declares for presidency,the entirety of Nigerians, irrespective of tribes,will vote massively for him.

Yerima for president!
Yerima for president!!
Yerima for president!!!
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Bluntemperor: 5:33am On Nov 13, 2025
CJStarz:
As young David slayed giant Goliath in the Bible, Yerima humbled Wike, the Goliath of Nigerian politics.

Honestly,if this young man drops his khaki today as e dey hot and declares for presidency,the entirety of Nigerians, irrespective of tribes,will vote massively for him.
Yerima for president!
Yerima for president!!
Yerima for president!!!
Yinmu ☯️,as you can't even think 🤔 Deeply,a Soldier - is not trained in the Art of Managing a 'Bloody Civilians' like yourself!
•Please,show us how Many Buhari's,the IBB,the Abacha, even OBJ was mild,- have been Successfully in A Civilian Rule'?
•When A Slave Does Not Want His Chain ⛓️ to leave him,he embarks On macabre 😳 dance 🩰!
•Besides,an Average British Person, can never Wish A Soldier to turn to become a Civilian to Rule them,but here in Nigeria -because we Hate,with Bitterness,just because our Party lost an election or our Tribe is Not in Power,we allowed All Manners of Negative reasons!
Very Shameful, indeed!
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by davillian(m): 6:28am On Nov 13, 2025
Only Tinunbu has the power to order that boy out of that place.
any other person must follow the chain of command
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Hayaoga1(m): 6:49am On Nov 13, 2025
It's a pity that people are actually siding a soldier who is protecting a property that was not legally acquired by his boss. Soldiers are quick to act in such cases but they cannot protect innocent Nigerians from the hand of bandits. Useless soldiers.
FuglyGurl:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8672zyqpl8o?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&at_link_id=F1D1DF8A-BFD9-11F0-928A-FDDC867F5A54&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=link
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Alliswell248: 6:51am On Nov 13, 2025
Not Nigerians.
But bitter and sore losers praise him.
They did similar thing to fubara, natashi.

In your best interest, avoid them.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Mbanda(m): 7:12am On Nov 13, 2025
beerfraud:
Wike the slayer of Ipob in Obigbo doesn’t know law
God bless Kanu the great lion of the Eastern region.

The slayer of agbadohrian president and judge in their own court.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Mbanda(m): 7:32am On Nov 13, 2025
Ikaeniyan0:
Nigerians abi Igbo, IPOB members, Obidients and opposition members? We go dey here when the table will turn, make nobody sha start crying to Trump, USA, UK, UN, EU etc when it happens to their beloved politicians
So, the whole people attacking wike on social media are all Igbos abi?

If that is the case, what is stopping you ronubandits from defending wike massively so that, the number of Nigerians defending wike will triple and by so doing BBC will never come up with news like this.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by victorazyvictor(m): 7:33am On Nov 13, 2025
Sonnobax15:
lipsrsealed
Honestly,this was what the military used to be known for..

RESPECT,AND INTEGRITY!!!

Not until it was bastardized with corruption angry
Known for what, corruption?
A minister is on his duty BUT because corruption is everywhere he was blocked to carry out his work. I dey into building industry, the corruption there is enormous. Is a military personal above the law?
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by paba(m): 7:34am On Nov 13, 2025
AMINDA:
Wike has finally gone global. Albeit, this wasn't what he had in mind when he stormed the location with an intimidating convoy, complete with two outriders on motorcycles and a media crew. Gbadorians still begrudge Trump when he calls Nigeria under their tin-god, a disgraced country.

E carry media crew so dat dem go filmm d vawulence🤣
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by victorazyvictor(m): 7:37am On Nov 13, 2025
Hayaoga1:
It's a pity that people are actually siding a soldier who is protecting a property that was not legally acquired by his boss. Soldiers are quick to act in such cases but they cannot protect innocent Nigerians from the hand of bandits. Useless soldiers.
I tell you, it marvels me.
Is a shame people expecially youths can't think properly 😕
Disrespect on the minister is Disrespect against constitution. This is Nigeria, some entities are above the law.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by callthefred: 7:37am On Nov 13, 2025
When the IPOB and Obidients mob are against you, then you're probably doing the right thing..to imagine fools will be celebrating this nonsense makes me wonder what those educated illiterates understand about governance. They can blame Wike all they want for calling the officer a fool but in Yoruba adage when you abuse the kIngsmen you have abused the king and that's what Wike did. He simply called the retired chief of navy a fool and that's very right because if you're not a fool, you wouldn't have bought land without checked the papers but because they probably stole defense budgets and needed to hide the loots fast they buy all manner of things they probably don't need.

Take it or lease it, the land will be revoked and nothing absolutely nothing will happen..for those celebrating, when the man gets the David treatment by being sent to war front, they hopefully you will all be here to applaud him.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by AlphaTaikun: 7:45am On Nov 13, 2025
Fugly.Gurl:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8672zyqpl8o?
This young guy named Lt. A.M Yerima has been extremely careless in allowing his private pictures to be shared online by all kinds of secessionists and propagandists as seen right from Page 1. It shows how Yerima lacks foresight and security consciousness as a Navy personnel.

Besides, it's very CLEAR from watching 4 different videos and reading the transcript of the altercation that Yerima triggered the angered of Nyesom Wike by telling and countering Wike incorrectly that the land of the retired CNS was legally acquired which Lere Olayinka CLARIFIED on Channels Television with Maupe Ogun just yesterday was illegally got and Lere said the Ex-CNS was Scammed.

That was an IRRESPONSIBLE statement for Yerima to make and it's NOW obvious that Yerima was working for the ex-CNS.


However Wike has to go for urgent anger management therapy and these military guys MUST maintain proper conduct when dealing with civilians and others. Military men are trained with Nigeria's money and have NO right to intimidate innocent people like some of them have been doing. The illegal invasion of BANEX Plaza in the FCT about 3 years ago by some military officers to intimidate and brutalise some shop owners is a classic case study here.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Minjim:
I know many of us hate Wike but what that Naval officer did was illegal.
You are not obliged to obey every order from your superior blindly. You are entitled to examine the legality of such order before obeying it.
Those officers were detailed to protect the former Naval Chief but he reassigned them to a construction site . However Wike was just doing his job .
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by aliscomonaj: 7:58am On Nov 13, 2025
This the best thing i have read about this incident
LagosOrigin:
In this life, if everybody is celebrating your disgrace, then you need to check yourself and start doing the right thing.

If everybody isn't good with you, then God himself too isn't good with you.

The bible made us to understand that "Anything that is condemned on earth is condemned in heaven".

This is the right time for Wike to sit down in a very quiet place and think about all he has done that brought him hate all around the country and retrace his steps.

That's if he get sense o.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by chiboycue: 8:05am On Nov 13, 2025
FuglyGurl:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8672zyqpl8o?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_type=web_link&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&at_link_id=F1D1DF8A-BFD9-11F0-928A-FDDC867F5A54&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_format=link
LT Yerima: I request to enlighten you Sir, there is no such thing as a former Vice Admiral. A Vice Admiral is a Vice Admiral.

Hon. Wike: Okay, thank you very much.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by PDPdestroyer(m): 8:09am On Nov 13, 2025
Nigerians or Obidients? BBC should get their reportage right grin
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Dagger111(m): 8:10am On Nov 13, 2025
D00msDay:
God bless my comrade @ Lt. AM Yerima. We didn't spend 5yrs plus in the military school only to be answerable to a corrupt civilian.
You are a regular officer and exposing yourself to public affairs? What kind of training you undergone? You better wake up. Or you think there are not hundred of officers here who chose to be on stealth mode.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by AMI3(m): 8:13am On Nov 13, 2025
Ikaeniyan0:
Nigerians abi Igbo, IPOB members, Obidients and opposition members? We go dey here when the table will turn, make nobody sha start crying to Trump, USA, UK, UN, EU etc when it happens to their beloved politicians
No table will turn brother.
Everything is not gragra.
There certain times one need to use wisdom.

If an elder said to small child u fool, it without pain that small child but if a small child said to an elder u fooool it will pain the elder.

Wike could have not gone there to exchange words with the soldier guy because one a soldier sees a civilian as nobody.
And the boy will rather respect his superior in the office than to respect a senior civilian.

Wike could have tried to find out who owns the land.

Then he could have met the person one on one at least big man talk to big man.

Not to go an exchange words with a small boy that is taking an other from his boss.

Wisdom is very profitable.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by AMI3(m): 8:20am On Nov 13, 2025
Hayaoga1:
It's a pity that people are actually siding a soldier who is protecting a property that was not legally acquired by his boss. Soldiers are quick to act in such cases but they cannot protect innocent Nigerians from the hand of bandits. Useless soldiers.
Bros Wike could have met the man who acquire the land in person.
Not to go and exchange words with with that naval officer.
It makes no sense. Everything is not gragra big man talk to big man.
U Gerrit?

Wisdom is very good bros
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by TemmyT002(m): 8:26am On Nov 13, 2025
Nigerian leaders won't l worn from this.
If you do anything and people start supporting the opposite of what you do it do it to, they don't like you.
This means if a coup happens, Nigerians will support it.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by adamkkk: 8:27am On Nov 13, 2025
beerfraud:
Wike the slayer of Ipob in Obigbo doesn’t know law
ur obsession with these Igbo people is a sickening venture
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by delishpot: 8:49am On Nov 13, 2025
sent those that know wike to tell him that the old ones were displeased with him. That the elderly mothers have decided to turned their backs on him.
Wiké, calm down o. Serve your term well and retire with dignity. I hear that his son wants to carry the battle on his head
If you know his son, tell him to sit this one out or try to resolve this by easing the pressure on his dad's image.
Wike no get better advisers. I don't mean praise singers.
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by Duru009(m): 8:51am On Nov 13, 2025
What is saving wike is just TINUBU, the day he backs track. Wike will be in a big trouble......
Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by iamfraud(f): 9:00am On Nov 13, 2025
adamkkk:
ur obsession with these Igbo people is a sickening venture
see as I Dey look you

Re: Nigerians Praise Young Soldier For Standing Up To Powerful Minister - BBC by nedu666: 9:09am On Nov 13, 2025
callthefred:
When the IPOB and Obidients mob are against you, then you're probably doing the right thing..to imagine fools will be celebrating this nonsense makes me wonder what those educated illiterates understand about governance. They can blame Wike all they want for calling the officer a fool but in Yoruba adage when you abuse the kIngsmen you have abused the king and that's what Wike did. He simply called the retired chief of navy a fool and that's very right because if you're not a fool, you wouldn't have bought land without checked the papers but because they probably stole defense budgets and needed to hide the loots fast they buy all manner of things they probably don't need.

Take it or lease it, the land will be revoked and nothing absolutely nothing will happen..for those celebrating, when the man gets the David treatment by being sent to war front, they hopefully you will all be here to applaud him.
I guess all the northerners praising him on twitter are lgbos. Wike can revoke his land but what happens when a northern enters.
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