₦airaland Forum

aderonila18: .

Exactly these are the real questions we should be asking. What entitles one man to 200soldiers especially while we need more soldiers to fight the terrorists. Does this mean that any ex governor can get 200 soldiers?

cjrane: Good development. The plant would have been better sited in Lagos to avoid Boko Haram in the north. Anyhow, oyibo likes to take risk.

Gbawe2: Bro, don't bother explaining anything to these duplicitous charlatans. If Buhari was the quintessential Nigerian politician who looted copiously and used his stash to fund a business empire, spanning the universe, they will be the first to say he is coming back to "steal more" as they do with Atiku and others. Now they want to indict Buhari of a crime, by hook or by crook, because the man is not garishly materialistic and crookedly capitalist as most Nigerian Politicians are. Sad lot these Jonathanians. Always tripping over their own shoelaces.

barcanista: I had to use the pix

Collynzo17: You make no point, those 4 wives could have beein in 4 different households in the south, with 5 children each giving a total of 28 25 members for the 5 households.
You were the one circulating pics of Asari and Davies, I told you that the picture doesn't mean David is working for Jonathan.
What do you have to say now?

gratiaeo: What is your view on the continued insurgency in the North?

My position is widely known by everybody. My position is that this is a military exercise and a war rehearsal. The main war is not to capture Bama Gwoza or Mubi it is to capture Niger Delta oil communities, it is to capture Yenagoa, Bonny, Kalabari, Nembe , Escravos, Okrika. People are being deceived like a lot of people in Abuja that the war would end in the North. They wanted to wished it away rather than handle it with the se riousness it deserves, they did not do that and we are where we are. People should be prepared. We cannot wait for the military and Police to protect us. We should resort to self help, we should start preparing.

gratiaeo: Is that the Federal Government allowed the war to be prolong to what we have now

You see the government at all times want to balance the situation so that it won’t be accused of high-handedness. That is why we are where we are. Instead of handling it with seriousness and gravity which the insurgency is they want to wish it away but it is not possible. From the beginning some of us told them it is not possible to wish it away. I wrote a memo to the President in 2011 before his inauguration and I clearly stated that the war is more serious than it is. But I was called an alarmist and it was dismissed. I published it on my Face book page so that it would be on record. I said it would spiral out of control and this is what is happening now.

gratiaeo: 90 percent of Northern military personnel are sympathetic to the Boko Haram and that is why we have what is happening. They are sabotaging the war. There is no longer esprit de corps in the Army. What they want to achieve is to frighten people that would vote for Goodluck Jonathan in the North not to come out to vote. They believe that there are so much registered voters in the North- East and North- West so if people are scare they would be able to come back to power. But it won’t work. Would they tie our hands? We would be able to resist them.

gratiaeo: What is your take on the revelation by the Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis on those sponsoring Boko Haram

I know Stephen Davis very well. I know him to his family. I think he is economical with the truth. As somebody I know I was disappointed. I was the first person Stephen Davis negotiated with. I am totally disappointed in the politics he is playing.

gratiaeo: He negotiated with you how

He negotiated with me when I was in the creek on behalf of the European Embassies in Nigeria. He negotiated with me to cease fire and come out to meet with the then President Olusegun Oba­sanjo. He negotiated with me without paying any thing. We only agreed because we thought Oba sanjo would be sincere but it did not happen.

How can he say opposition is sponsoring Boko Haram and then the first name he would mention is Azubuike Ihejirika. When did Ihejirika start to sponsor Boko Haram, was it when it was formed in 2002 when he was never Chief of Army Staff of when their leader Mohammed Yusuf was extra-judicially murdered in 2009 or when did he start sponsoring if not that someone is playing politics.

When you bring pepper soup joint talk to na tional issues, it is sad. He has diminished himself as an International negotiator. I hold him in very high regard but I am disappointed.

He said former governor Ali Modu Sheriff is sponsoring Boko Haram and I ask when? What it when they accused him of allegedly murdering Yusuf’s father-in law who was his former Com missioner. Lest we forget one of the demands of Boko Haram in 2009 was that Sheriff should be put on trial, so when did he start the sponsorship.

Now all of a sudden, Sherrif who was a chief tain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was not a sponsor of Boko Haram until he defected to the PDP.

Now APC are not shouting. So when they are hobnobbing with him he was not a Boko Haram sponsor until now. APC is evil and they are hiding the truth from people. As far as I am concern, my friend Stephen Davis has totally reduced himself. All his comments are pepper soup joint talk. He did not name other members of the opposition but mentioned Ihejirika.

The same Ihejirika, El Rufai and others said should be taken to International Court for War Crimes, now he said he is a sponsor of Boko Haram.

Davis is Obasanjo’s friend. Obasanjo brought him to Nigeria and he is playing Obasanjo‘s script. He is playing Obasanjo’s agenda. Whoever introduced him to the government should have done a background check on him.

gratiaeo: But the Federal Government has denied engaging him

Yes they did but when it was belated. Just like I just read that the Bring Back Goodluck Jonathan signpost should be removed. Why is the government pretending that some girls are missing No girls are missing. They should not play politics with this thing. Nobody is missing. It is a scam

You still want to believe this your argument that girls are not missing

There is nothing like I still want to believe. There was no time girls were kidnapped.

But the International community, government agencies believe girls are missing

Which International community? The international community that went to Iraq and said there were weapons of mass destruction, till today they have not seen any. The International community that went to Libya to kill Ghadaffi and today have totally destroyed Libya. Which International community are you talking about the international community with vested interests? They came since with goggle map and co, so why have they not located the girls. It is a disgrace. Why have America soldiers not rescue the girls.

gratiaeo: What is your view over the brewing controversy over the creation of addition al polling units by INEC


President Jonathan should stand up and call Jega to order. From the voters registration it was found out that millions of Northern votes were dubious. More votes were lost in the North so it was believed that the North would lose more poll ing units but out of over 30,000 new polling units 22,000 was given to North while a paltry 8,000 was given to the South. It is an insult. This is a ploy to rig the election.

The President should not think that his interest outweighs the interest of every other person. Naturally the North is not as populated as the South. We have been calling that non partisan people should come and carry out a census. Let United Nations come and carry out a census. Where in the world is the arid north more populated than the South, economic indices does not even support that.

Collynzo17: [s]Summary of Wole Soyinka's write up.
Allegation on Ihejirika: Theory
Allegation on Sheriff: Fact[/s]

MalcoImX: "I am therefore compelled to warn that anything that Stephen Davis claims to have uncovered cannot be dismissed out of hand. It cannot be wished away by foul-mouthed abuse and cheap attempts to impugn his integrity – that is an absolute waste of time and effort.

Sincere9gerian: Now that is 450,000 votes from 450,000 grateful farmers already in the bag from Kano for GEJ in 2015

whatlyf: What is wrong in being a fisherman? Is that why you are bitter against him?
By this you mean?
I say BIIIGGGGG Amen to the emboldened but I want him KICKED OUT

Ngwakwe: Let me make this clear, I wasn't part of the decision to move the thread to Travel Section. However, examining the initial title of the thread (Lagos State - the Pride of South West), one would definitely conclude it is not a misplacement in Travel section.

Again, comparing Enugu State thread with the thread in question is illogical.

The Author of Enugu State thread opened the thread last two years and has and is still maintaining it without unnecessary redundancy.

We have countless developmental projects of Lagos State Government by the same author (complainant) with frontpage status that can be built upon without resorting to duplication.

Moreover, we have a similar thread on this section opened on 5th Sept 2014 titled
The Legacy Of Fashola's 8 Year Leadership In Pictures - Politics - Nairaland
www.nairaland.com/1888482/legacy-fasholas-8-year-leadership


There is need to maintain thread of same message and status by same author at all times.

This is my submission.

Gbawe1: Make no mistake about it. My main handle of Gbawe has been banned for 2 days now, with no explanation, immediately after I made the post below criticising Seun for what Aressa now complains about. Seun or the mods cannot intimidate me. They can ban this handle too (which will likely happen after this post) but I really don't give a toss. I was on my way out of Nairaland for good anyway and planned to bid 'sayonara' after the elections next years. It is now too much to ask grown men to act with a sense of equity and fairness always while refraining from dictatorial conduct because they own or moderate this forum. Shior. Anyway, If you guys don't see me post any more, you know why. I have no time for childish and cowardly behaviour .

https://www.nairaland.com/1896245/what-exactly-nairalands-problem-apc/1#26181368


Gbawe wrote:

blizard44: I'm afraid either the dead man on self-deception is riding on your skull here. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan contested and won the Nigerian 2011 presidential election.

AMvanquish: What of Sarkin Yaki rd and Zungeru rd? Your drug sellers that are selling fake and expired drugs and also supplying Crack to Kano youths. The sellers should have been prosecuted, but if he does that, your ilk will still come out and scream tribalism.