duni04:

So twas Buharis fault that the judge didn't buy Felas excuse\defence? You're arguing like it was Buhari that tried the case himself and sentenced FELA to prison.

sukkot:
I think this quote alone makes buhari the ideal candidate for nigeria. its like how a supposedly civilized country which all you sell out negros love so much jailed wesley snipes for his own hard earned money without tempering justice with mercy even after wesley paid all his back taxes. the point being for nigeria to be a civilized nation like america we need people like buhari who apply the laws irrespective of who you are or how mundane you crime seems to most unlawful people

slimmy05:
and you think in military regime judges won't be compelled to judge in their favor?

sukkot:
I think this quote alone makes buhari the ideal candidate for nigeria. its like how a supposedly civilized country, america, which all you sell out negros love so much jailed wesley snipes for his own hard earned money without tempering justice with mercy even after wesley paid all his back taxes. the point being for nigeria to be a civilized nation like america we need people like buhari who apply the laws irrespective of who you are or how mundane you crime seems to most unlawful people. so if buhari is a sick man for jailing fela then america must be a sick country for jailing wesley snipes because they were both jailed for their own hard earned money

In the 1970s, Kuti began buying advertising space in daily and weekly newspapers such as The Daily Times and The Punch in order to run outspoken political columns, bypassing editorial censorship in Nigeria's predominantly state controlled media.[19] Published throughout the 1970s and early 1980s under the title Chief Priest Say, these columns were essentially extensions of Kuti's famous Yabi Sessions —consciousness-raising word-sound rituals, with himself as chief priest, conducted at his Lagos nightclub. Organized around a militantly Afrocentric rendering of history and the essence of black beauty, Chief Priest Say focused on the role of cultural hegemony in the continuing subjugation of Africans. Kuti addressed a number of topics, from explosive denunciations of the Nigerian Government's criminal behavior; Islam and Christianity's exploitative nature, and evil multinational corporations; to deconstructions of Western medicine, Black Muslims, sex, pollution, and poverty. Chief Priest Say was cancelled, first by Daily Times then by Punch, ostensibly due to non- payment, but many commentators[who?] have speculated that the paper's respective editors were placed under increasingly violent pressure to stop publication.

Orikinla:
[size=18pt]OBJ DID WORSE THINGS TO FELA.AND NOBODY REMINDED US OF THAT WHEN HE CONTESTED AND WON THE PDP ELECTION.
THE GENERALS IN POWER WHEN DELE GIWA WAS KILLED WITH A LETTER BOMB ARE ALL IN THE PDP.
SHOULD I CONTINUE...[/size]

dastranger:
General Muhammadu Buhari # GMB said: “World Bank and
IMF wanted us to remove the so- called petroleum subsidy, to devalue the Naira, I told them we are not going to. By the time we were removed [the IBB coup], one Naira was equal to 1.2 or 1.5 dollars. The Naira was run down to N80 to a dollar by IBB. I refused to remove the petrol subsidy. I signed contract for Warri and Kaduna refineries, 20 depots, laid over 3200km pipelines. And then pipes were laid over 3,200 kilometres.
Nigeria didn’t borrow a Kobo. When I came as head of state,
we stopped [illegal] bunkering, Nig was choked with product.
We were exporting 100,000 barrels a day We Turned Around
Warrri, Kaduna and Portharcourt refineries and built new
ones.” About being a fundamentalist/bigot, the one-time
military head of stated lucidly stated that: “In 2003, I chose
Chuba Okadigbo as my running mate. He was a Roman
Catholic. He was an Igbo. In 2007, I picked Edwin Ume-
Ezeoke. He was a Roman Catholic. He was an Igbo. And in
2010, I chose even a pastor. Pastor Tunde Bakare. “Honestly,
what do Nigerians want me to do? If they don’t believe I’m not
a fundamentalist, what else can I do?” And Aliyu Bala Aliyu
said: "It is an irrefutable fact that prominent portfolios such as Defense, Finance, Petroleum, Health, Information, Works and Justice were under the control of Christians. In addition,
during his short stint as Head of State, 11 out of the 19
Military Governors were Christians, 7 were Muslims, and 1
was peculiarly an Animist. How can a supposedly religiously
intolerant dictator appoint an Animist as the Military Governor of the capital of Nigeria? The Military Governor of Lagos, Gbolahan Mudashiru refused to his oath with either the Holy Qur’an or the Holy Bible during Buhari’s time as Head of State. These appointees are well documented for anyone that wishes to objectively dissect the allegations against General Muhammadu Buhari. Furthermore, out of his 4 Service Chiefs, Only Ibrahim Babangida (Army) was a Muslim. The trio of Domkat Bali (Defense), Augustus Aikhamou (Navy) and Dominic Bello (Airforce) were all Christians. It is also significant to note that General Buhari did not require the persuasion of the Senate, the contentious zoning formula, or the obligation of the Federal Character Act of 1996 to approve these appointments. " Still shaking my head!

duni04:

Abi. Don't mind those PDP. They think Buhari is like Jonathan that grants presidential pardons to exconvicts and drops corruption cases for political reasons.

barcanista:
When General Muhammadu Buhari came to power, there was wide corruption in the Second Republic. A decree was passed that nobody take out or bring in foreign currency into the country. Offenders are liable to 10years in Jail. This decree was to curb money laundering by politicians and corrupt businessmen.

FELA KUTI
Fela had performed abroad, he was paid in foreign currency in cash and had it on him on his return to Lagos. He was subsequently arrested for breaking the law and was prosecuted, found guilty and jailed.

PLEA:
There was a plea by human right groups to Head of State Buhari to "pardon" Fela, he refused because he believe that the law be served to the letter.

THE OFFENSE, GMB AND FELA:
First, there was an existing law/decree.

Secondly, Fela bringing in cash means it contradicts the law/decree, however, the money is from hard work.
Morally, he's justified! Legally, he is not.

Buhari had refused to grant pardon, because the law was broken. If he grants pardon, some section of politicians will accuse him of preferential treatment. He didn't because he believes in absolute discipline.
By law, he is justified. Morally, he is not, considering that it was Fela's sweat(my opinion). The law does not work with emotion unfortunately.

MY OPINION:
GMB should have pardoned Fela. The law should have made for exception. Buhari should have tampered justice with mercy

HonourablePomk:


Oh my . . . Bro you don't get it he asked and i gave him an unbiased answer i didn't support anybody

duni04:

So open a thread and post evidence there detailing how the judge was forced to convict Fela.

tit:
Otox,
is there light in uniport?

berem:
On-going research indeed. You're so jobless that you now research on Buhari and his arrest of Fela which happened decades ago. Why don't you channel your research on Boko Haram and suggest possible ways of ending the insurgency as a saTANist and tell us what JonaTAN has to offer in 2015.

Yeye dey smell!

KA24DETT:
The problem with the youths of Nigeria is that they do not understand what is their right. They have never experienced good governance .
Anybody that has travelled and lived outside this country will tell you that jonathan is doing a horrible job .
Corruption is Nigeria problem . Tackle it and everything falls into place . No amount of transformation will work without tackling corruption. We have to start holding Jonathan accountable. He has to tackle corruption . Another 4 yrs of this guy and this country will never recover from it .

slimmy05:
Have you exhausted your free MB. When you get credited you can do that.

akpanikpe:
Op I sure say u be pdp abi? Una no ask all dis question since, na now wey the old man want knock una out abi?

berem:
There are thousands of people like Fela who violated the law and are walking freely today. It's either they are given presidential pardons or they wipe out their case from EFCC all for re-election in 2015.

This is why Buhari must be voted as our next president to kill corruption.

Enough is enough!!!

duni04:

So twas Buharis fault that the judge didn't buy Felas excuse\defence? You're arguing like it was Buhari that tried the case himself and sentenced FELA to prison.

duni04:

Nah sorry I don't roll with una PDP masses. I'm on swift 4g. I have plenty of data to tackle you. When you come up with your evidence mention me.

Mogidi:
The Buhari leader in Fela's albulm.

noblezone:
Buhari was tyranny personified!

An over ambitious soldier who who led fellow rascals to destroy destinies!

Nigerians are hoodwinked that jailing people is the same as fighting corruption!

Buhari shed innocent blood just for the fun of it!

We must do what we have to do: Buhari must not smell that sit again!

Mogidi:


You failed in your attempt to interpret what he said, Buhari was on a vengeance because of the song Fela wrote in 1978 criticizing Buhari for the missing $2.5bil stolen under his watch at the petroleum ministry.

Acidosis:



Thanks for this piece. I have highlighted some key words

slimmy05:
I don't have time for trolls.

ggrin:
Just imagine what will happen if the angel who
as been holding the trumpet to christ's second
coming For over 2000yrs decide to test if the
trumpet is still working...

duni04:

Did Feel break the law or not? Well according to the judge he did. Buhari stealing whatever and whenever doesn't even count. All those beer parlour conversations people cook up. If someone stole 2billion dollars in 1978, would the person be borrowing money to buy nomination forms in 2014?

anonimi:
Right here on NL from not so long ago =>



The name of the "pressurised" judge

Justice Gregory Okoro-Idogu

omenka:
They said "Obama", erepoerter added "Barack". Is Barack Obama the only one in the world who bears the name "Obama"

Crappy journalism.