₦airaland Forum

SmartProf:
So effectively the lawmakers don't have any integrity on their own to know what is good or bad for the country's democracy, and without your intervention they would have cashed out? If that's the case then the national assembly has always been full of cash & carry lawmakers. Right now they've upgraded to become rubber stamp lawmakers. What a shame!

Osoba is just telling stories.
Story for the gods.
Why did he fail to talk about Atiku who put his political life on the line to dabaru the 3rd term

Helpfromabove1:
THIS COUNTRY IS IN DEED SHIT

using Nigerian money to bribe Nigerian lawmakers just to destroy Nigeria , just imagine if the third term agenda had succeeded that means buhari will likely run for another term just five yrs an we are already praying to GOD for grace to overcome the remaining 3yrs , now imagine if the third term rule was active we will be waiting for probably 7yrs

If the third term agenda succeeded, Obasanjo would have tried to rule forever.
However he could not succeed since he is not one of those who own the Fulani Republic of Naijeriya, FRN, but one of Barawo Bubu’s 5% who generate revenue even though they have to beg to rule.


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PhockPhockMan:
It was on 13 October 2000, when words went round that General Muhammadu Buhari was leading the Arewa team to the governor’s office to confront the state over alleged killings of Fulani cattle rearers in Saki, Oke Ogun Area of the state. Buhari did actually telephone the governor that he was leading a team to his office.

In less than 30 minutes after the general informed the governor of his visit, we noticed that the entire secretariat was already filled with lorry loads of our brothers from the North. This created some tension but we kept our calm. At about 2 p.m., Buhari arrived in a long convoy at the governor’s office in company of the former governor of Lagos State, General Buba Marwa, Alhaji Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji Abdulrazak and Alhaji Hassan. They all wore long faces. In fact, the anger in them was palpable as all pleasantries extended to them were ignored. “This is trouble” was the expression on the faces of all of us in the governor’s office.
Shortly afterwards, the state Director of State Security Service (SSS) and Commissioner of Police arrived. But their presence did not change anything particular on the fears that had already gripped majority of us. The two security chiefs did not come with any operatives, they came almost alone.

The meeting was called to order after Lam walked into the Executive Chambers. Introductions over, Buhari spoke on their mission to the governor’s office. Emitting fire, the general accused Lam and the government of Oyo State of complicity in the killing of over 68 Fulani people in Oke Ogun area and perversion of justice.
His words: “Your Excellency, our visit here is to discuss with you and your government our displeasure about the incident of clashes between two peoples… the Fulani cattle rearers and merchants are today being harassed , attacked and killed like in Saki. In the month of May, 2000, 68 bodies of Fulani cattle rearers were recovered and buried under the supervision and protection from a team of Mobile Police from Oyo State Command.
“ That some arrests were made by Oyo State Police Command in the massacre with their immediate release without court trial. This was said to have been ordered by Oyo State authorities and they were so released to their amazement. The release of the arrested suspects gave the clear impression that the authorities are backing and protecting them to continue the unjust and illegal killings of Fulani cattle rearers…”
According to the general, they therefore wanted immediate stoppage of the killings, justice and compensation to the Fulanis.

As weighty and indicting as Buhari’s allegations were, Lam remained unperturbed. He fired back with his own well coordinated arsenals.
Lam identified all the points raised by Buhari and simply asked the heads of the organizations directly involved to respond to the allegations.
First to speak was the Commissioner of Police who debunked all the claims. Instead of the allegation that the natives were killing Fulanis, the commissioner said pointedly that the opposite was the case.
“ The killing of the natives by the Fulanis was duly reported to the police and, of course, we can’t make arrest because, as soon as they kill, they migrate to other areas. Who are you going to arrest? That is the problem”. On the killing of Fulanis, which he said was as result of “piled up anger”, the commissioner disclosed that arrests had been made and the suspects were in police custody.
Next was the Director of SSS, who equally debuked the allegations by Buhari. “The natives don’t have problem with the Fulanis who are resident but those who are coming in, they don’t care about anybody. They just go ahead and when they graze the natives farms, whoever cares to challenge them runs into trouble. You said 68 people were killed , and people driven away. I am not saying there were no killings but they cannot be more than five.
The petition is on the harsh side, there is nothing like that.”
Not done yet, Lam called in his Deputy, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun; his SSG, Chief Michael Koleoso, both from Oke Ogun, and the chairman of one of the affected local government areas, Mr Ademola Alalade. They stated the true position of things, corroborating the submissions of the security chiefs. At this point, all the tensions and apprehensions evaporated.

Trust Lam any day, he must rub it in. He spoke for about 20 minutes and the generals were at the edge of their seats for the entire period. They were like chicken that had just been thoroughly beaten by the rain.
Lam said: “ Before I thank you for this visit, you have come to tell me something. I also want to tell you something and that something is to make an appeal. General Buhari has been a former Head of State, Brigadier Marwa has governed Lagos for some time and with credibility… so you are national leaders of this country. Even though, by accident of birth, you are from the North, you can be born anywhere; may be next time when I am coming to the world, I will be born in the North or the South-South.
“My appeal will be that effort must be made to unite this country and that will be ïn the best interest of all Nigerians. I am appealing to the Arewa Consultative Forum, under which auspices our distinguished Nigerians are here; in recent times, they have been sending wrong signals to a number of us who believe in the unity and peace of Nigeria; you have been too critical of the efforts of the Federal Government. I am saying this because Nigeria, at this point, cannot afford to break and the words you northern leaders utter are very weighty, at the South here, we normally analyze them critically”.

On all the allegations, he said: “From what they have written in the petition, this government is completely blameless because we don’t interfere either with the judiciary or with the police functions. I always preach peaceful co-existence in Oyo State and Nigeria as a whole. We are all Nigerians and that is what we have been preaching all along and we shall continue to be Nigerians , no matter the present or immediate problems which will be solved by the grace of Allah.
“I want to say also that we really have to appeal to our people, the itinerant Bororo people, that they should observe less aggression. It is not good , it is not right just coming from somewhere then you just pass through farm lands cultivated may be with the person’s life savings and then over night everything is gone. That is not right, even Allah does not approve of that.

We even wonder when they talk about this people carrying dangerous weapons, I say do they really believe in Allah? When you just take life like that and go away! Are we not forbidden not to take human life? So I think General Buhari, General Marwa, you have to be educating them… It is my pleasure to inform you that at the Presidential Lodge, we have made some arrangements for refreshments so that before you go we can refresh together”.

Buhari and his team did not wait for any refreshments. They came in angry and left bewildered.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/day-lam-adesina-clashed-with-buhari-marwa-others/

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comos:
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday justified the arrest of only suspects of Yoruba extraction over the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which resulted in the death of about 46 persons. He said crime neither has tribe nor identity.

Idris spoke with State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of security situations in parts of the country inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The police had been in the eye of the storm for arresting and parading 20 Yoruba persons, including a monarch, over the clash while not a single Hausa/Fulani person was detained.

The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere; and the Oodua Peoples Congress are among groups and individuals that have been criticising the police over the development.

Idris however said the police would not hesitate to apply the law once criminal cases are established against individuals, irrespective of their tribe.

He said, “You know we are police officers. Crime has no tribe. If you are a criminal, you are a criminal.

“Crime has no face. We don’t look at crime in the identity of where you are coming from.

“As far as you are a criminal and the police find you wanting, we apply the law.”

He said investigation had revealed that the crisis started with a disagreement between two people selling food along the road.

https://punchng.com/ife-clash-igp-justifies-arrest-of-only-yoruba-suspects/

That is when Nigeria was working under Obasanjo regime! OBJ started money bag system in the National Assembly for his selfish agenda, OBJ in his eight years as President created chaotic situations for governors and states, change Senate President at will with serious money bags ( 5 Senate President) in eight!

What oshoba said was right, obasanjo threw enormous sum of money out for his third term bid and a lot of lawmakers took it especially in the East and the middle belt, they were the ones that kept quiet mostly about it, not that other regions did not collect it, and where did the money come from? Investigate the $8 billion they wasted on power and you will know. After failing to achieve it, he came down hard on those who opposed him; atiku, tinubu's Lagos, ladoke and many more using federal might.

But I miss obj Sha wish he succeeded with lifetime presidency sef

slivertongue:
PDP legislators who were two third killed it not you fair weather characters

I smell political sentiment in your comment. PDP and APC are they not the same? Some have crossed -carpeted more than 4 times and you are still talking about PDP...the masses are the problem of themselves.....

Obasanjo the initiator and Father of corruption in Nigerian's democracy.

It is funny that a former governor in Yoruba land cannot understand that Obasanjo's agenda for third term got nothing to do with agitation for Oduduwa Republic.

slivertongue:
PDP legislators who were two third killed it not you fair weather characters

slivertongue:
both are hedonist. APC are in the habit of changing the narrative to make it look like they are giving Nigerias the best of life. PDP failed Nigerians, APC upgraded it yet they want Nigerians to hail them for being an unmitigated disaster never seen before.

Sense will fall on you one day and you will wake up to reality. Continue your shouting of PDP is better than APC

Do we have Saint among them?


The answer is NO

Only God can deliver us

The fact is that it was SENATOR IFEANYI ARARUME THAT KILLED THAT MOVE,WE ALL KNOW THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT THEIR ENEMITY

Hambivert:
Sparogatively, every democratic administration that has ruled Nigeria have sought for tenure elongation one way or the other.

OBJ - 4 years for 3 Tenures

Yar'adua - Death came too early

GEJ - 6 years for 1 Tenure (which would have inadvertently made him rule for 12 years)

PMB - 4 years for 3 Tenures (which he later downplayed as non-existent due to agitations from different quarters)

Power intoxicates! However, the average Nigerian is just like her politicians. Extremely corrupt! Don't blame the leaders, blame everyone including you!

At what time did PMB scheme for 4 years of 3 tenures? Show us news links or screenshots.

demmie1:
What oshoba said was right, obasanjo threw enormous sum of money out for his third term bid and a lot of lawmakers took it especially in the East and the middle belt, they were the ones that kept quiet mostly about it, not that other regions did not collect it, and where did the money come from? Investigate the $8 billion they wasted on power and you will know. After failing to achieve it, he came down hard on those who opposed him; atiku, tinubu's Lagos, ladoke and many more using federal might.

Stop typing rubbish what you don't know

Baloranking:
Chai.

If we are not fighting for emancipation, how come the Third term agenda was killed? Where were they? Did they have any representative in any of the chambers?


please intelligent Nairalander please from the man's statement. I really want to know when did we become slaves in our lands that we need emancipation from ??

Helpfromabove1:
THIS COUNTRY IS IN DEED SHIT

using Nigerian money to bribe Nigerian lawmakers just to destroy Nigeria , just imagine if the third term agenda had succeeded that means buhari will likely run for another term just five yrs an we are already praying to GOD for grace to overcome the remaining 3yrs , now imagine if the third term rule was active we will be waiting for probably 7yrs

You dont realise this but third term was the first step to life presidency and the death of democracy in Nigeria.

Obj would probably have handed over power to the north after 4 or 5 terms.

strangest:
SO Buhari till 2023... we want him back... IPOBs and Afonjas take note

And you nko? Aboki.

Oracleforce:
I smell political sentiment in your comment. PDP and APC are they not the same? Some have crossed -carpeted more than 4 times and you are still talking about PDP...the masses are the problem of themselves.....

my take is on what osoba said. the record is there for all to interrogate. third term was a PDP project and failed as a PDP project. it was PDP fighting PDP . In as much as I have condemned and will continue to condemn the shambolic governance process under the PDP I can't pretend that PDP and APC are one and the same. those that populate these abstracts are both hedonist but those in APC are retrogrades who will rather support their party to do evil than speak out for the good of all.

God will expose every hidden secrets in the country in Jesus name..Ebora Owu denied to no avail that he did not plot third term even when we saw Senator Mantu jumping up and down to mobilize for its realization ..it was such a sad story of a deceptive leader ..

Helpfromabove1:
THIS COUNTRY IS IN DEED SHIT

using Nigerian money to bribe Nigerian lawmakers just to destroy Nigeria , just imagine if the third term agenda had succeeded that means buhari will likely run for another term just five yrs an we are already praying to GOD for grace to overcome the remaining 3yrs , now imagine if the third term rule was active we will be waiting for probably 7yrs

PDP brought us this style.