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Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:15am On Dec 20, 2015
patches689:
So despite the fact that i have clearly informed you that no one is talking about the letter you are still unable to realize that no one is talking about the letter?
OK, two killer questions: 1)DID YOU ASK ME FOR PROOF OF MY EXCERPT? tell our readers your answer.

2) DID I SUBMIT ANY EXCERPT ON THE BORDER WAR?

Be man, take responsibility for your errors, own up , then wipe the stale _shit from your arse and move on.

That's what men do.

Hanging onto a Nigerian forum to rewrite the history of your life and that of your country marked by uncertainty isn't going to grow you into a confident person.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:25am On Dec 20, 2015
patches689:
Read my posts - it is glaringly obvious that i was not talking about the letter.

Read my posts - i did not refer to an "excerpt", i asked for the "source" of your "facts"

Read my posts and you shall avoid future embarrasment

Also, you quite obviously have no idea what dyslexia is.
It is the neurological inability to read albeit comprehend and write. Learning disabilities: Word-blindness You're a chief sufferer of this neurological/mental deformity.

Whenever you're exposed or pointed to the truth, you feel too ashamed to take correction. Your comprehension is base-level, it stems from your elelmntary reading ability.

Mr. Letter-boy. Do me the merry-go-round, that's your trademark here.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 11:26am On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
bwahahaaha. Then rhino poachers should be idolozed for dribbling the sandf in and out of south African boarders.

Your president didn't go all the way to Angola to praise a 'defeated' army. He went to there to acknowledge an army that fought your sandf to seek negotiations.
Post his speech!!
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by patches689: 11:30am On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
OK, two killer questions: 1)DID YOU ASK ME FOR PROOF OF MY EXCERPT? tell our readers your answer.

2) DID I SUBMIT ANY EXCERPT ON THE BORDER WAR?

Be man, take responsibility for your errors, own up , then wipe the stale _shit from your arse and move on.

That's what men do.

Hanging onto a Nigerian forum to rewrite the history of your life and that of your country marked by uncertainty isn't going to grow you into a confident person.
Where did i ask about the excerpt?

Last night i asked for the source of your "facts" and the posts in which i asked you specifically related to the border war

Its glaringly obvious, although you seem to struggle with the comprehension of the obvious
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 11:36am On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
@patchesagain, jnl115 etc, you all always hide in guestmode to read my scourging diatribes of facts from the saftey of the questmode. That way, you can prepare your responses without having the pressure of spontaneity. I have 5 bleeding guests viewing and we don't have that kind of numbers on this thread.

_fucking come to the ring away from the shadows.
Wow your fantasies, hahahah or could it be schizophrenia?

Just to ease your anxiety, I never log out of NL on my phone or Laptop, thus I'm on NL as jln115 or not on at all.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by patches689: 11:37am On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
It is the neurological inability to read albeit comprehend and write. Learning disabilities: Word-blindness You're a chief sufferer of this neurological/mental deformity.

Whenever you're exposed or pointed to the truth, you feel to ashamed to take correction. Your comprehension is base-level, it stems from your elelmntary reading ability.

Mr. Letter-boy. Do me the merry-go-round, that's your trademark here.
The only person whom is struggling to comprehend anything here is you

I asked a very simple question
You were completely unable to understand the question (let alone answer it)

Furthermore, the fact that you are focusing your energy on ad hominem attacks and not on advocating the merits of your argument shows me that you are aware (in some primitive way) that you infact have no real argument, or that whatever argument you intended on making will be unable to withstand my laser-like scrutiny

Thus, i can only conclude that you have tacitly accepted your defeate and thus my work here is done.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 11:40am On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
It is the neurological inability to read albeit comprehend and write. Learning disabilities: Word-blindness You're a chief sufferer of this neurological/mental deformity.

Whenever you're exposed or pointed to the truth, you feel to ashamed to take correction. Your comprehension is base-level, it stems from your elelmntary reading ability.

Mr. Letter-boy. Do me the merry-go-round, that's your trademark here.
The hypocrisy in this post hahahah!!
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 12:11pm On Dec 20, 2015
patches689:
The only person whom is struggling to comprehend anything here is you

I asked a very simple question
You were completely unable to understand the question (let alone answer it)

Furthermore, the fact that you are focusing your energy on ad hominem attacks and not on advocating the merits of your argument shows me that you are aware (in some primitive way) that you infact have no real argument, or that whatever argument you intended on making will be unable to withstand my laser-like scrutiny

Thus, i can only conclude that you have tacitly accepted your defeate and thus my work here is done.
I call this post the grandest attempt at implicit admission of defeat. No argument that Obj wrote Thatcher on south Africa which added diplomatic pressure on Britain and the apartheid regime that the commonwealth of nations isolated Britain to move ahead with sanctions?

Or that south Africa did not leave Angola with shame after they were spectacularly humiliated? That Christopher who was the white house press sec. didn't lie to the world press to strengthen Americas interest in south Africa?

Have I not brought posts on these months back you claimed were blogs, or written by Russian military that wanted to claim victory? Yet you want us to accept the one written by your generals and American CIA.

Was not some part of the Angolan war classified in your military journals? Why _fuck would government then do that if not to hide the truth.


Dude, I laced you with insults because you are the embodiment of deceit and insecurity. You care so much of the opinion Nigeria holds on south Africa. You will lie to promote that oponino no matter what it took.


You're debate-unworthy. You haven't accepted any fact that stood against you on this thread.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 12:19pm On Dec 20, 2015
jln115:
Wow your fantasies, hahahah or could it be schizophrenia?

Just to ease your anxiety, I never log out of NL on my phone or Laptop, thus I'm on NL as jln115 or not on at all.
Your ghost then watches from the shadows. So convenient when you're not logged in quest number are plentiful. But when all of you are logged on we have just one or no quests.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 12:24pm On Dec 20, 2015
patches689:
Where did i ask about the excerpt?

Last night i asked for the source of your "facts" and the posts in which i asked you specifically related to the border war

Its glaringly obvious, although you seem to struggle with the comprehension of the obvious
You deny asking Austin for citation of his claims.

Now why did I quote you the entire letter? That was when you changed ground and said no one "cares about a letter"..... I just got home from my journey. After family hugs, I'll come knock you again.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Nobody: 12:44pm On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
Your ghost then watches from the shadows. So convenient when you're not logged in quest number are plentiful. But when all of you are logged on we have just one or no quests.
hahaha ok bro, I told you the truth, but if that's what you want to believe go right head mate!
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by patches689: 10:29pm On Dec 20, 2015
lezz:
I call this post the grandest attempt at implicit admission of defeat. No argument that Obj wrote Thatcher on south Africa which added diplomatic pressure on Britain and the apartheid regime that the commonwealth of nations isolated Britain to move ahead with sanctions?

Or that south Africa did not leave Angola with shame after they were spectacularly humiliated? That Christopher who was the white house press sec. didn't lie to the world press to strengthen Americas interest in south Africa?

Have I not brought posts on these months back you claimed were blogs, or written by Russian military that wanted to claim victory? Yet you want us to accept the one written by your generals and American CIA.

Was not some part of the Angolan war classified in your military journals? Why _fuck would government then do that if not to hide the truth.


Dude, I laced you with insults because you are the embodiment of deceit and insecurity. You care so much of the opinion Nigeria holds on south Africa. You will lie to promote that oponino no matter what it took.


You're debate-unworthy. You haven't accepted any fact that stood against you on this thread.
Provide these "citations"

There are no parts of the Angolan war that are classified - why would the ANC cover up the failures of the apartheid govt?
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 7:44am On Dec 21, 2015
agaugust:
So its no longer Mandela that is greatest leader? What made you change your confused half illiterate mind?
.
One is a greatest traditional king and another greatest political leader.

South Africans are always big in history.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m):
lezz:
Let me Zulu down to your level for easier comprehension.

Boers wanted the entire sandc to strengthen the hold of apartheid regime. Other countries especially Angola has been pushing for independence amongst southern African countries.

Your neighbours' anti-apartheid sentiments were growing stronger. Botha fears it is coming home and decided to quell the feud abroad before it spreads home and Zulus become wiser.

So the Boers backed regimes that promised to support apartheid in most southern African neighbouring countries, they interfered militarily and politically throughout the region for self-preservation.

When Angola proved unyielding, military option was the last resort for South Africa. The Angolans being so tiny only had teenage Cuban girls for pilots who shot the over hyped south African air force out of the skies.

You were backed by American mercenaries and amour. But you suffered defeat.

America pleaded on your behalf for negotiations, once the Angolan troops encircled the SANDF. In order to clear the last vestige of apartheid influence from the region, Angola demanded the independence of Namibia.

You can twist your points but it doesn't change history.

When Jacob Zuma went on a military parade and remembrance in Angola 2009, he acknowledged the facts and praised the Angolan military for humiliating the apartheid army.


Now whose report is more credible, Zuma, your president or that of a self-doubting, ego-haunting ,e-wanderer like you?
The ANC was founded in 1912 long before Nigeria could be established and that will be enough for you to be convinced that Zulus were always politically wise from ages ago.

You are truly lost and you really don't know the imperialist agenda behind the Boers for wanting to conquer the whole of SADC. Go and learn South African history under apartheid and stop your madness.

SADF never used american mercenaries. The war ended in stalemate.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m):
agaugust:
Britain was the WORST enemy of blacks and BEST friend of Apartheid, go read the letter Nigerian leader Obasanjo wrote to Margaret Thatcher warning herto stop blocking the freedom of blacks in South Africa.

Fool, you don't even know who your country's enemy was, fool !
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I beg to differ. The same Britain funded the ANC and educated many of its leaders. The longest serving President of ANC, Oliver Tambo lived in Britain when he was in exile and ANC bought his place and turned it into a museum.

Tambo lived in London from 1960 until political parties were unbanned around 1989. Some of his children were born there.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/oliver-tambo-the-exile-394806.html

ANC had offices in London and were bombed by apartheid forces in 1982.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/oct/16/chrismcgreal

It has even gone down the history of South Africa.

http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/bomb-blast-rocks-anc-london-office

Most of South African people who exiled abroad went to London, Britain. They worked and educated there.

http://www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=5695
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 7:44pm On Dec 21, 2015
UK troops to give lessons to Nigerian military just like a teacher giving lessons to a student.


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/21/uk-deploy-armed-forces-nigeria-advise-boko-haram
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by iblawi(m): 8:40pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
UK troops to give lessons to Nigerian military just like a teacher giving lessons to a student.


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/21/uk-deploy-armed-forces-nigeria-advise-boko-haram
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Boko Haram: Britain to assist Nigeria with additional military personnel
December 21, 2015 at 7:23 pm in News FacebookTwitterSMSWhatsApp
The British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Fallon, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers to Nigeria to help in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.
Boko Haram
Boko Haram
Fallon stated this while fielding question from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
According to him, the military personnel, who will be in Nigeria next year, will be offering training to improve the Nigerian Army’s resilience to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) left behind by Boko Haram.
· Cue in audio (Fallon)
“Britain and Nigeria are both democracies; we are free peoples, free to choose our governments.
“These terrorists – ISIS, Boko Haram – they are opposed to us, our ways of life and they need to be defeated.
“So, we have been discussing today what more Britain can do; can we step up our military effort with more training, more help in dealing with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and with dealing with medical evacuation and airfield defence.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/boko-haram-britain-to-assist-nigeria-with-additional-military-personnel/
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by iblawi(m): 8:45pm On Dec 21, 2015
That's enough to prove that NA have cleared Boko Haram from villages they were holding. They left IEDs everywhere and that's the major job the army is left with dummy.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 9:59pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
The ANC was founded in 1912 long before Nigeria could be established and that will be enough for you to be convinced that Zulus were always politically wise from ages ago.

You are truly lost and you really don't know the imperialist agenda behind the Boers for wanting to conquer the whole of SADC. Go and learn South African history under apartheid and stop your madness.

SADF never used american mercenaries. The war ended in stalemate.
ANC was founded 1912? What's that to do with anything? If any, it proves your political redundancy. You've been under subjugation for eternity and you only founded a political remedy in 1912? Smh.

You seem a tad honest than most of your little-minded compatriots here- at least, you admit the war ended in a stalemate. Mzilakazi the Zulu says the Russians prevented the SANDF from defeating the Angolans, Patrick, the LETTER boy, says the SANDF was victorious. Jln115 says south Africa withdrawal was as a result of the collapse of the soviet union. Clearly the madness is on you uncoordinated, disharmonious Zulus that lie from both sides of your mkoboti-reeking mouths.

Your military classified the war details for a very long time; they had a lot to hide. You made great concessions only a losing side should concede.

You lost that war.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m):
iblawi:
Vanguard News Search


You are here : Home » News »
Boko Haram: Britain to assist Nigeria with additional military personnel
December 21, 2015 at 7:23 pm in News FacebookTwitterSMSWhatsApp
The British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Michael Fallon, has said his country will deploy additional military advisers and trainers to Nigeria to help in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.
Boko Haram
Boko Haram
Fallon stated this while fielding question from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
According to him, the military personnel, who will be in Nigeria next year, will be offering training to improve the Nigerian Army’s resilience to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) left behind by Boko Haram.
· Cue in audio (Fallon)
“Britain and Nigeria are both democracies; we are free peoples, free to choose our governments.
“These terrorists – ISIS, Boko Haram – they are opposed to us, our ways of life and they need to be defeated.
“So, we have been discussing today what more Britain can do; can we step up our military effort with more training, more help in dealing with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and with dealing with medical evacuation and airfield defence.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/boko-haram-britain-to-assist-nigeria-with-additional-military-personnel/
Nothing out of the ordinary here. Standard military assist anywhere in the world.

Seems boko guys are fleeing faster than ever before, hence leaving IED's behind.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m):
lezz:
ANC was founded 1912? What's that to do with anything? If any, it proves your political redundancy. You've been under subjugation for eternity and you only founded a political remedy in 1912? Smh.

You seem a tad honest than most of your little-minded compatriots here- at least, you admit the war ended in a stalemate. Mzilakazi the Zulu says the Russians prevented the SANDF from defeating the Angolans, Patrick, the LETTER boy, says the SANDF was victorious. Jln115 says south Africa withdrawal was as a result of the collapse of the soviet union. Clearly the madness is on you uncoordinated, disharmonious Zulus that lie from both sides of your mkoboti-reeking mouths.

Your military classified the war details for a very long time; they had a lot to hide. You made great concessions only a losing side should concede.

You lost that war.
It shows that Zulus have always throughout history dominated politics. It is by no coincidence that they produced greatest politicians of all time. They have the oldest political party.

We all know that imperialists have oppressed us all from cape to cairo except Ethiopia. Nigeria is no exception.

About the Bushwar, it is correct. The Russians came to the rescue of Angola. Without Russia's intervention nobody would have stopped SA not even Castro. Russia helped to supply fighters (MIG23s)and other equipments to Cubans and Angolan troops while SA was under stringent arms embargo and could not procure any arms. It even provided troops and special forces.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:51pm On Dec 21, 2015
patches689:
Provide these "citations"

There are no parts of the Angolan war that are classified - why would the ANC cover up the failures of the apartheid govt?
The classified views of the apartheid government and the leadership of its armed forces about Cuito Canavale would make absolutely fascinating reading and will be vital in the future for balanced historical analysis, if there is any space left for that.


You will still entertain us with crafty denials and excuses, seeking to discredit the source and link. But I'll watch you humiliate yourself again. The aparthied government classified many details of that war.

http://granma.cu/ingles/international-i/28marz-13cuitocuanavale.html
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 10:56pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
It shows that Zulus have always throughout history dominated politics. It is by no coincidence that they produced greatest politicians of all time. They have the oldest political party.

We all know that imperialists have oppressed us all from cape to cairo except Ethiopia. Nigeria is no exception.

About the Bushwar, it is correct. The Russians came to the rescue of Angola. Without Russia's intervention nobody would have stopped SA not even Castro. Russia helped to supply fighters (MIG23s)and other equipments to Cubans and Angolan troops while SA was under stringent arms embargo and could not procure any arms. It even provided troops and special forces.
Mandela wasn't a politician. In a country where aparthied and political and economic subjugation has existed for over 300, the ANC has been a failure. Don't colour the truth.



FOR 137 days in 1987/88 the internationalist forces of Cuba, fighting alongside the MPLA, engaged the South African Defence Force in Southern Angola and finally drove its troops back into Namibia which was under South African occupation.

At his inauguration Nelson Mandela reserved a bear hug for Fidel Castro and reportedly told him, "We owe this day to you." 
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 10:57pm On Dec 21, 2015
lezz:
The classified views of the apartheid government and the leadership of its armed forces about Cuito Canavale would make absolutely fascinating reading and will be vital in the future for balanced historical analysis, if there is any space left for that.


You will still entertain us with crafty denials and excuses, seeking to discredit the source and link. But I'll watch you humiliate yourself again. The aparthied government classified many details of that war.

http://granma.cu/ingles/international-i/28marz-13cuitocuanavale.html
Just read this credible source for once and stop your madness.


http://www.historytoday.com/gary-baines/replaying-cuito-cuanavale
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 10:59pm On Dec 21, 2015
lezz:
Mandela wasn't a politician. In a country where aparthied and political and economic subjugation has existed for over 300, the ANC has been a failure. Don't colour the truth.



FOR 137 days in 1987/88 the internationalist forces of Cuba, fighting alongside the MPLA, engaged the South African Defence Force in Southern Angola and finally drove its troops back into Namibia which was under South African occupation.

At his inauguration Nelson Mandela reserved a bear hug for Fidel Castro and reportedly told him, "We owe this day to you." 
So now you've come to your senses and admit for once that the Cubans contribution in fighting apartheid is just billions more than that of Nigeria.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:03pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
Just read this credible source for once and stop your madness.


http://www.historytoday.com/gary-baines/replaying-cuito-cuanavale
Another drooling Zulu with the same social malady as patchesagain. You discredit my source and wants me to take yours? You're silly.

Your sources are stemmed from your classified documents and falsehood told by your aparthied government to hide the truth back home.

Nelson Mandela went to Cuba and told the Cubans "we owe our freedom to you". Fidel Castro dubbed that speech the greatest accolade ever given their army internationally.

When Fidel Castro walked into the South African parliament, he was interrupted 33 times with applauses from the ANC for defeating the south African army.


Zulu, burn in blazes. I have knocked all you Zulus with your petty lies and fictional accounts of that war.

***Let the endless rants of futility begin***
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:06pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
So now you've come to your senses and admit for once that the Cubans contribution in fighting apartheid is just billions more than that of Nigeria.
I have always maintained Cuban teenage pilots chased the south African pilots out of the skies. Do you always do selective reading, or your infant diet was devoid of basic nutrients that amount to memory loss?

South Africa had US mercenaries and logistics support too.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 11:13pm On Dec 21, 2015
lezz:
I have always maintained Cuban teenage pilots chased the south African pilots out of the skies. Do you always do selective reading, or your infant diet was devoid of basic nutrients that amount to memory loss?

South Africa had US mercenaries and logistics support too.
Russians flew the fighters man, disguising as if they were Cubans. You cannot tell me that Cubans could be so perfect to fly MIG23s in just short space of time.

That is a big lie. SADF never used any US mercenaries apart from militias.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m): 11:16pm On Dec 21, 2015
lezz:
Another drooling Zulu with the same social malady as patchesagain. You discredit my source and wants me to take yours? You're silly.

Your sources are stemmed from your classified documents and falsehood told by your aparthied government to hide the truth back home.

Nelson Mandela went to Cuba and told the Cubans "we owe our freedom to you". Fidel Castro dubbed that speech the greatest accolade ever given their army internationally.

When Fidel Castro walked into the South African parliament, he was interrupted 33 times with applauses from the ANC for defeating the south African army.


Zulu, burn in blazes. I have knocked all you Zulus with your petty lies and fictional accounts of that war.

***Let the endless rants of futility begin***
Oh! I have read your source and I don't discredit it but read the latest source and be informed about the facts.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by lezz(m): 11:30pm On Dec 21, 2015
FighterPilot:
Oh! I have read your source and I don't discredit it but read the latest source and be informed about the facts.
You dont discredit my source? Then we have no contention. My source detailed the driving away from the sanf that led to the independence of Namibia and the military embarrassment of the South African military. Nelson Mandela travelled to Cuba and acknowledged they owe Cuba alot. Zuma went to Angola and said as much. We're done with this. End of story.

What's your next topic of contention?
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by FighterPilot(m):
lezz:
You dont discredit my source? Then we have no contention. My source detailed the driving away from the sanf that led to the independence of Namibia and the military embarrassment of the South African military. Nelson Mandela travelled to Cuba and acknowledged they owe Cuba alot. Zuma went to Angola and said as much. We're done with this. End of story.

What's your next topic of contention?
I have taken your argument, then read my source.

Both sides proclaimed themselves as winners.
Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by iblawi(m): 9:20am On Dec 22, 2015
LAGOS — The Federal Government, yesterday, said it would neither be cowed nor threatened by MTN’s court action against the N1.4trn fine which was later reduced to N780 billion, insisting that the telecommunications company risks another fine if it fails to pay on deadline.
Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, made the statement yesterday in reaction to the suit instituted by the telecom operator at a Lagos High Court, weekend.
The minister, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Victor Oluwadamilare, however, admitted that MTN had the right to seek court’s interpretation if it feels unsatisfied with the action of the regulator but made it clear that nothing would stop the government from imposing additional fine on the operator, at the expiration of the deadline.
According to the minister, “it is the right of MTN to approach the court but there was an infraction, which MTN admitted to have committed before it pleaded for leniency that led to the reduction of the fine from N1.4 trillion to N780 billion and the subsequent December 31, 2015 deadline to pay.
“If it has decided to go to court, it is still within the ambit of the law. I will not intervene, since they have gone to court, we will allow the court to decide if it is right for MTN to commit those infractions and breach the laws of the land.”
He, however, said that “it is unwise for MTN to go to court after the Federal Government had magnanimously reduced the fine. It will surely be fined for violating the rule at the expiration of the deadline, should it fail to pay the initial fine.”
Why we are in court —MTN
Meanwhile, MTN, yesterday, also insisted that its action was induced by commitment and belief in the long term sustainability of its business.
According to the company’s Human Resources & Corporate Services Executive, Amina Oyagbola, “the N780 billion fine has potentially dire consequences for the company, its employees, partners, stakeholders as well as the entire Nigerian telecommunications industry.
Being a significant contributor in Nigeria, MTN has an obligation to protect the interests of its ecosystem of millions of Nigerians who are directly and indirectly affected by its business operations and continuity.
According to Oyagbola, “the decision to seek judicial determination was reached after careful consideration of all factors, including extensive attempts at a sustainable resolution. It is important to state that seeking judicial determination was a last resort. We hold the Nigerian Government, its national objectives, laws and regulations in the highest regard.”
She, however, added that notwithstanding the action, the company will continue to engage with the Nigerian authorities in an effort to reach an amicable resolution in the interest of all stakeholders.
The NCC sanctioned MTN for refusing to remove over 5.1 million unregistered telephone subscribers from its network.
The regulator fined the telecoms operator N1.04 trillion, but later reduced it by 25 per cent after the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, amid pressure and negotiations from the company’s parent body in South Africa.
The NCC also reviewed the deadline from November 16 to December 31, 2015.
Ahead of that date, the MTN Group, last Thursday, said in a statement from Johannesburg, South Africa, that it was taking legal action over the matter and subsequently filed the suit at the weekend, lining up about six Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs.
According to the firm, since its previous advice to its shareholders on December 4, 2015 that all factors relating to the sanctions were thoroughly and carefully considered, including a review of the circumstances that led to the fine and subsequent reduction by NCC, there were enough grounds upon which to challenge the fine in court.
Claiming to act on legal advice, MTN queried the manner the fine was imposed, describing it as “not in accordance with the NCC’s powers
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