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Asari promised that there will be retaliation.
Here it is.

musiwa94:


The way it annex western Nigeria. The think that shock me the most is that you find some hypocrite denied that western Nigeria is a country. I am so shock.

Musiwa you are finished.

Nigerian Busybody too much. I wouldn't be comfortable with that either.

wazoboy:
In a normal society authority would have been called if the animals are disturbing, and the animal(s) would have been safely moved to the reserves! But here, because of our greed, everything is meat

Which authority would they have called?
Be realistic please.

The Agbaje Fashola described as old looks a lot fitter, younger and healthier than Ambode.

Caseless:
[s]And the pdp dogs want us to believe everything was right with shagari gov't until buhari truncated it. Nigerians were happy when buhari took over 30 years ago, and they shall be happy again when buhari is sworn-in as POFTFRON come may 29th 2015.[/s]

The article below was from the say New York times 4 months later when Nigerians realised that not all that glitters is gold.

NIGERIAN MILITARY IS SEEN AS LOSING SUPPORT By CLIFFORD D. MAY Published: May 1, 1984
LAGOS, Nigeria, April 29— Four months after seizing power, Nigeria's military leaders appear to be suffering an erosion of popular support. Last Dec. 31, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari led a group of young officers in a coup against the civilian Government of President Shehu Shagari, saying the takeover was necessary to save Nigeria, Africa's richest and most populous nation, from economic collapse. The military intervention appeared at the time to enjoy enthusiastic support from a broad range of Nigeria's population. Many intellectuals argued that the corruption and
incompetence of the Shagari administration had made drastic action both necessary and inevitable.
Traders, merchants and people in the streets welcomed the soldiers and looked forward to a quick improvement in their standard of living.
Growing Disappointment
Recently, however, there seems to be growing
disappointment with both the military Government's approach and pace. ''Since coming to power, this Government has not
found a single problem,'' said Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, a prominent lawyer and a longtime opponent of theShagari administration. ''But it has managed to
alienate the judiciary, the press, labor and students - all the groups that supported it just a few months ago.'' Critics of the military Government point out that it has yet to present its budget. Loan negotiations with the International Monetary Fund continue but
Western economists say that Nigeria and the I.M.F. appear to be further apart now than during the final days of the Shagari administration. Early indications that General Buhari would agree to devalue Nigeria's currency, liberalize trade and reduce domestic petroleum subsidies have so far not materialized. Prices Have Climbed In addition, prices for food and other essential commodities, which fell in the first weeks after the coup largely because of the presence of soldiers in the marketplaces, have now returned to or exceeded their levels before the coup.
Unemployment has been rising, and many of the imported raw materials and spare parts needed to keep factories running have been lacking. Critics note further that political activity and even debate have been banned and some students organizations have been outlawed. There has been a clampdown on Nigeria's press, and the country's traditionally independent judiciary has also seen its
role sharply diminished. ''At the moment we're looking at a clear movement toward authoritarian dictatorship,'' said Stanley N.
Macebuh, executive editor of The Guardian, an
independent newspaper that had often taken the Shagari administration to task. ''It's a trend that disturbs a lot of people, not least those who welcomed the change of government.'' Spokesmen for the military leadership maintain that they know what they are doing and refuse to be rushed. They deny the charges of inaction, saying that steps have been taken. Trials Being Prepared The Government, they say, has put much energy into investigating the corruption of the Shagari administration and in preparing tribunals to try the accused, close to 500 of whom are now under detention. Officials say about 2,000 illegal aliens have been ejected from the country and several thousandpeople have been detained in a crackdown on suspected criminals and Moslem extremists. They say Nigeria's bloated bureaucracy has been streamlined through the dismissal of thousands of officials and civil servants. Three weeks ago an agreement was reached in London on converting a part of Nigeria's uninsured trade debts into loans. The Government's critics respond that the economic initiatives treat symptoms rather than causes and aid the larger issue of how to restructure Nigeria's economy. A Western diplomat said General Buhari ''could have accomplished so much if he had moved quickly and boldly in the early days when his popularity was still so high and when he could have credibly blamed everything on Shagari.''
www.nytimes.com/1984/05/01/world/nigerian-military-is-seen-as-losing-support.html

PapiWata:
Were the hippos in Benue state gathered in herds like you see on Discovery Channel, or have they been hunted to near extinction in Nigeria ?

I don't know about Benue but the ones saw used to come out in 1s probably the same one, but it was a real terrorist to the riverine community.

That animal constitutes a real nuisance.
I lived close to river Niger between Kwara and Niger state during NYSC, I know the kind of problems hippos cause for fishermen and boat transporters, they were responsible for a lot of boat mishaps.
So the reason for killing it might not be for its meat alone.

Who ever knew of the existence of such a group?
Next please..

Nonsense story from a useless website.

Rilwayne001:
Yes, but those who buhari visits he has never stepped on their toes.



And IBB endorsed him, is'nt it?

This is what real begging is, this is a man he jailed for no reason when he took over power.

Rilwayne001:
Why must he visit him if he not to solicit for votes?

Why must he visit OBJ after calling him a tout?


https://ketekete.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2023567_gejotueke_jpeg1f75712b1e9c99cb86db170ad18e35ce.jpg

This Valentine, it is Buhari/Osinbajo all the way!
#One General.
#One Professor.
#One Vote.
#One Nigeria.
#God bless Nigeria!

Courtesy visit.
Buhari does it too, he even visisted his nemesis IBB and OBJ who he has accused of rigging, corruption and incompetence in the past.

He didn't beg him, he only payed a courtesy visit.
Why didn't we see this headline when Jonathan visited traditional rulers in other states he has been to?
Is it because it is Sanusi this time around?

mrmetoo1:
If they shouldn't have been involved, why the press conference? Who asked them to call a press conference addressing the issue. The qualifications were already being released while the press conference was going on. It just seemed rush to create some type of confusion before the documents became public. Releasing those documents should have been enough, that was the only part the army should have played

They had to clear the air, their name was being mentioned all over the place and dragged to the mud thanks to Buhari.
If Buhari has simply applied for the said documents privately rather than going for the affidavit that went public, the military wouldn't have needed to make any public statement.
That is how things are done; they were mentioned publicly, so they had no choice but to issue a public statement, their pubilicity secretaries and spokesmen are there for issues like these.
Perfectly normal, infact anything other than that would have been abnormal.

sucess001:
You are sick..brain.less and sense.less for this comment.


wats the army's business in a candidate's qualification? have they turned INEC? should it not be INEC worrying? and shd it take the army 55 years to know his certificates are not accurate? did the army even say they dont have it but that they are not sure they( army) verified same?


you speak like reno... and u re mentally deranged for degeneratin into smearin people and dirty politics... try go find d missing screw in your brain cos its leaking seriously...

You are the biggest idîot on earth for blaming the army for this brouhaha. He could have simply presented his certificates like other candidates did.
Buhari was the one that got the army involved by mentioning them in his fake affidavit, he didn't mention his school or WAEC but the army. If you weren't so much of an asswipee you would have known that the blame falls squarely on Buhari's head.

sucess001:
[size=24pt]Do you now see why the Army cant win the war against Boko haram?


Cos they have been corrupted, politicised and made a laughing stock all under the present comander in chief...


How can an institution cast aspersions on its own record keeping or verification processes even if it was 100 years ago?

They think they are trying to chip away @ buhari's integrity not realising that they are tarnishing the image of their own organisation.


the present crop of leadership of the Nigerian Army should be ashamed.


Ordinarily, with the way Boko haram is disgracing us all over the place, and even recently captured a military base, they should have been resigning but no...they would rather take sides in an upcoming civillian election.


Shamelessness at its peak!!![/size]

You are an idiiot!
The army should never have been involved in this in the first place if not for Buhari's hide and seek games.

iconaus:
Most commenting here are just kids . yes high ranking officer were from the east with proper qualification but Abubakar and sauduna of sokoto urged northerners to join the army irrespective of their qualification because they believed with military the North can control Nigeria that was when the likes of Buhari joined the military with little or no qualification in the north .Majority of low ranking soldiers were from the north then after the war most of then rose rapidly to the top most ranks.

Again people who are arguing that for the fact that buhari attended school overseas shows that he had Waec or its equivalent are immature in the brain . Buhari was sent by the military institution for training hence he was covered and prevented from serious scrutiny of his academic qualification . And again , i live and studied in the western country . They don't ask for your weac to do higher studies like masters -and sometimes they look at your experience too in your field and overseas universities just want your money . Again bubari studied or trained in war college for 9 months and u cant obtaine ur Masters in 9 months . I think he just did 9 months training . Don't forget that he was a high ranking officer prior to the training

It is clear that Buhari did not have Waec and he was smuggled into the army in the usual way the north does their thing . we re in 2015 not 1960 . Promotion of mediocracy by the north has got to stop . Every body should be treated equally and be given equal opportunies in this country . This practice put Nigeria in this mess . Buhari should come out and tell us the truth then resign from the contest and another well educated person should take over in APC

Don't mind that Eziachi deceiving people with his age as if he knows all.
Even Colonel Alabi Isimi confirmed the preferential treatment given to northerners in his book. He was part of the recruitment team in the north in 1962 coincindentally the same year Buhari joined the army.

AnanseK:
[s]He didn't say that his certificate was with the military. But he referred any enquiries to the military . The explanation is clear that 6th form students in those days were drafted into the military in order to build up the officer cadre immediately after independence. The story is very clear although the military may actually have tampered with the personal file. You know that the desperation of the current office holders knows no bounds , the government could easily influence the military suppress full information. ( the despicable , gory front page PDP advert deriding the past leaders and wishing death to Buhari is very fresh on our minds).
When you look at his qualifications and also look at the constitutional requirement you know ,if you are honest, ( and I believe you are) that Gen Buhari satisfies the condition to contest and that's why he contested 3 times in the past. But Nigerians now can see thru PDP , can see how the country is being destroyed while a sitting president just sit and looks. So people are seriously asking for change. The panic from the ruling party is use all means of smear campaign and character assassination to destroy the opposing leadership. Health static fabrication, calling for death, certificate intrigues , as the Islamists extremist picture and arbitrary claim of funding terrorist painted earlier is falling apart. . So what next? Why don't they talk about real development issues instead of appealing to emotions of the gullible voters?[/s]

He swore under oath that his certificates is with the military board, which turned out to be a lie.
This your long post changes nothing.

The man they are presenting as President benefitted from state of origin and quota system.
Hypocrites.

oduastates:
The SW is packed with discarded poverty from other regions and more keep coming.
They create the elsewhere but send em over.
The question is, what are the doing with the money from less responsibility.

South west states and cities like Osun, Ibadan, Abeokuta with less people from other regions have far worse level of poverty.
Try another one.

They want to drag this issue longer in order to deflect attention away from Buhari's certificate saga.
Fayose didn't break any law with his advert, we should concentrate on the more important and constitutional matter of Buhari's certificate.

LastProphet:
Pls give dates and name of officers, my colonel friend just told me there was never any lie greater than this since he joined the army, but am still going to keep an open mind so i will simply ask for officers names and ranks. We are waiting

There was no press freedom then, neither was there freedom of information.
No one would paste those names for you.
Was your so called colonel in the army then?

Nigerians, are you ready for excuses?

To the Editor:

A correspondent of yours has informed your readers that Nigeria's military Government is now losing popular support (news article May 1). The evidence he uses to buttress his point derives from conversations in Lagos with individuals whose hands are scarcely on the pulse of the Nigerian masses.

It is rather like assessing the political climate in America through conversations held with residents of Scarsdale and selected, unnamed U.N. ambassadors.

Nigeria's new leaders have been frank with our people about the problems we face. From the very start, General Buhari made it clear that things would have to get worse before they get better. If your correspondent lived in Nigeria, he could better appreciate the debate that has surrounded the measures that have been taken and the pace of taking them. And he might have understood the support that has come with the visible redistribution of the suffering. He might also have understood the context in which measures have been taken to curb the proclivity of Nigeria's exuberant press to level charges based on flimsy evidence and at times provoking baseless public agitation. Further, your correspondent seems unaware that the present leadership was part of a government much criticized in 1975 for excessive haste. The thrust of our policies is not to gain temporary popularity but rather to break the cycle of alternating civilian and military regimes and establish a firm basis for lasting political institutions that will secure economic and social justice. (Maj. Gen.) J. N. GARBA Permanent Representative of Nigeria at the U.N. New York, May 4, 1984

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/14/opinion/l-a-nigerian-government-looking-to-the-future-185653.html

wordsbase:
You call me a fool... no wonder you talk so much, and know very little.

Buhari has never claimed responsibility for the coup. He only has said he does not regret that it took place and he was put in charge.

Buhari said he does not regret organising the coup, stop lying on his behalf.
You are a fool dor doing so.

Fash20:
can you tell me the penalty for failed coup de tat? I can remember when a korean leader executed HIS UCLE Just because he planned to overthrow him.

So Nigeria should turn to a north Korea under Buhari?
What is the penalty for Mutiny?

LONDON, Dec. 20— The International Press Institute said today that press freedom continued to wither in 1984 as dozens of countries intimidated journalists with threats of expulsion, imprisonment and murder. In its annual report, the institute said governments
around the world further restricted free speech this year and many introduced laws to control or silence the press. ''Free speech is a dying right,'' wrote the institute's
director, Peter Galliner, in an introduction to the 18- page annual report, the World Press Freedom Review, compiled by the institute, which is based in
London and Zurich. The report, which covered 68 countries, said that
even nations with long- established traditions of
press freedom such as Britain and the United States
tried to restrict freedom of information and increase
official secrecy. Failures of the Press The report said the press itself shared the blame for
growing governmental interference because of its
failure to expose abuses of ''this most basic of
human rights.'' ''Today, journalism is looked upon by many as a
dirty word,'' Mr. Galliner wrote. ''Most newspapers
tend to sensationalize and trivialize. Many more
invade privacy to scoop up scandal and boost
circulation.'' ''In short, the press appears to be losing not only a
grip on its freedoms, but the trust of its readers,'' he
wrote. The institute, whose members include nearly 2,000
editors and publishers in 60 countries, said one of the most striking turnabouts in press freedom this year happened in Nigeria after the military coup Dec. 31, 1983. The rise to power of the new Nigerian leader, Maj.
Gen. Mohammed Buhari, ''severely restricted what was once the freest press in black Africa,'' the report said. Many journalists in Nigeria have been jailed under the Government's Decree 4, which calls for prison terms of up to two years for those found guilty of ''false publication.'' ''As such, any story that embarrasses the
Government is considered an offense and its
authors liable to imprisonment,'' the report said.
Hostile Literature Governments have imprisoned journalists they feel
have broken tough press-restriction laws such as
one on carrying ''literature hostile to the state'' in
the Sudan, or for criticizing the authorities in
Cameroon, Liberia and Haiti, the report said. The Uruguayan Government recently censored,
suspended or confiscated 28 of the country's daily
newspapers and magazines, as well as a radio and
television network, the report said. The institute says acts of repression against
journalists in Uruguay have assumed ''wholesale
proportions.'' The press remains under firm government control
in such countries as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Angola
and Bangladesh and in Eastern Europe, with stiff
censorship laws imposed in dozens of other
countries, particularly in the Third World. In Thailand, where at least 20 journalists were
believed to have been slain in 1983, at least two
have been reported killed in 1984. Two leading journalists were also shot dead in
Mexico, a country with a reputation for having ''a
varied and free media,'' the report said. Iran's Press
Policies In Iran, where more than 30 journalists were
executed by the fundamentalist Islamic
Government in 1982 and at least 200 were
imprisoned, about 100 reporters are still in exile,
although none have been formally charged or
tried, the report said. Iran's leaders ''continue to destroy any last vestige
of press freedom with greater vigor than anywhere
else in the region,'' the report said. Regarding the United States, the review said
''vigilance and determination'' by journalists
checked efforts of the Reagan Administration to
make significant changes in the Freedom of
Information Act. A bill rejected by Congress ''would have expanded
the exemption for investigatory records, allowed
the withholding of documents related to organized
crime and created a new exemption for technical
data,'' the report said.
www.nytimes.com/1984/12/21/world/press-freedom-withers-report-says.html

wordsbase:
Buhari was not the leads man in the coup. He was appointed by the SMC as head of state.. learn your history.

All these children oh.

Useless lie, even Buhari himself has completely owned responsibility for the coup several times without regret, he was the masterminder.
You fool should stop lying on his behalf.

Fash20:
Coup de tat is a do or die affair. When you succeed good for you when you are caught the penalty is always death.

Buhari apologists always tell us that Buhari wasn't involved in the 1983 coup, that lie has since been busted.
They tell us that Buhari wasn't desperate to hang on to power that was why IBB overthrew him easily, but this killing of 40 soldiers for plotting a coup proves that he was indeed desperate to retain power. His cluelessness was what made IBB overthrow him easily.

homerac7:
@OP

Oga, abeg na which coup plot be that? Mention the major actors of the coup. I'm a Nigerian and find it uncomfortable that a foreign newspaper is telling me a bout a major coup plot in recent time that I never read about in recent history of the country. So Can you please educate us more on this phantom coup that occurred under GMB reign...I want to learn please. By the way, what date was GMB overthrown from power again?

bokohalal:
Only the New York Times and Observer of London have this news, abi?
Would be glad if Buhari wins and executes corrupt public officials.

The article was written on November 18 1984, Buhari was ovethrown in September 1985, less than one year.
There was nothing like press in Nigeria during Buhari's time in power so you don't expect Nigeria newspapers to have the gist.
See another article below

PRESS FREEDOM WITHERS, REPORT SAYS AP Published: December 21, 1984

The institute, whose members include nearly 2,000 editors and publishers in 60 countries, said one of the most striking turnabouts in press freedom this year happened in Nigeria after the military coup
Dec. 31, 1983. The rise to power of the new Nigerian leader, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, ''severely restricted what was once the freest press in black Africa,' the report said. Many journalists in Nigeria have been jailed under the Government's Decree 4, which calls for prison terms of up to two years for those found guilty of ''false publication.'' ''As such, any story that embarrasses the Government is considered an offense and its authors liable to imprisonment,'' the report said.
Hostile Literature Governments have imprisoned journalists they feel have broken tough press-restriction laws such as
one on carrying ''literature hostile to the state'' in the Sudan, or for criticizing the authorities in
Cameroon, Liberia and Haiti, the report said.

www.nytimes.com/1984/12/21/world/press-freedom-withers-report-says.html

WisdomFlakes:
@OP: it's quite unfortunate that GEJ and his team have become so desperate that they have stopped touting his achievements in office and have rather resorted to attacking Buhari's person.

Anyway, thanks but no thanks. Your garbage is DOA (Dead on arrival).

New York times article in far back 1984, nobody new who GEJ was then.
Attack the contents of the article or shut up.
Typical illiterate Buhari supporter.