₦airaland Forum

Aderostock: The governor regretted his decision not to modernise the 4.2 km road when the idea first struck him, recalling that his plan was to expand the road, provide service lanes and introduce tolls for motorists who opted to use the fast lanes.

4bobo: Honestly,I used to Criticize GEJ before, until about a year ago, i could see some of his works progressively. Don't ask me where.
He may be very gentile and slow , but He is moving forward, his administration may not be perfect, but I can bet it that it is better than Obasanjo eight years put together. I think he has a very good heart to develop this country.The only problem I have with his administration is that I thought he should have stopped or limit exportations of crude oil, having come from that region that knows who and how is being stolen, he should have limit their oparations (unless He is part of them). He should have built 2-3 refineries by now and lets feel the benefits of belonging to a country that has crude oil as part of his natural resources just like the arabs and the wests.
With the portrait that Tinubu, my former governor has displayed in IYALOJA SAGA, I believe that he is not better than any PDP LEADERS. He is just looking for many ways to exploit common man. It is a simple as that.

This is my opinion and that is final to me.
GEJ is really working but gradually and better than many past leaders we have heard, though He has a unique leadErship style we are not used to, but he is working, yes, he is working BYE.

juman: Federal government is perpetual liar.

kokoA: Wike chose to bite the finger that fed him. Not a good move by him in my opinion.

Sincere 9gerian: FRESH AIR everywhere you turn!

dabrake: the job look so whack and dirty. more like a 200L civil engineering student assignment.

wirinet: And who is not allowing peace to reign in our communities? Have you ever heard itsekiris attacking an Ijaw community before? If we have issues we go to court, we do not go around shooting people and burning villages. You people are always know to cause conflict wherever you reside. If you say you people are warriors, why do you always bring in mercinaries whenever you start your trouble?

fidinwala: I A not againt FDI investments,but ASUP alone ve been on strike since 2 month plus and there seems to be NO headway.yet our president will be traveling to CHINA by monday wth a host of governors,ministers to mention but a few.WHat do u think nairalanders?

wirinet: The most annoying thing is if the itsekiris in warri north is left to slug it out with Ijaws in warri north, the Ijaws stand no chance, but the ijaws in warri north would import mercinaries from Warri south, bayelsa and even rivers just to fight in warri north.

BlessedFellow: At this point, I don't think there is anything like *civilian* JTF. Anyone who engages his/her enemy with a deadly weapon (AK47, AK49, AR15 or whatever) is no longer a *civilian*.

My greatest worry is that the use of *civilian* JTF may boomerang and become a thorn in the flesh of Nigeria if this war against boko haram eventually ends!

CrazyMan: I thought they were fighting with sticks, bottles cutlass...etc.

They now have guns?

So what happens after boko haram is defeated, would they (civilian JTF) hand over the guns to the JTF or will they keep it for themselves, divide into various sects for personal interests, and become the same terror they fought so hard to destroy...

By Michael Olugbode

Members of  the Civilian JTF, a vigilante group in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and those of the outlawed Boko Haram sect, Wednesday  clashed, resulting in the death of unspecified number of people.

Members of the vigilante group, comprising youths which was formed in the wake of the military expedition occasioned by the declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States,   have in recent times  launched a manhunt for the insurgents, forcing many to flee the troubled town.

However, worried by the activities of the group, which have led to the exposure of the many suspected terrorists, Boko Haram had warned them to stop exposing its members or risk death.

The outlawed sect carried out its threat Wednesday, as it attacked the youths, who had invaded the Jajeri stronghold of Boko Haram, in search of the insurgents.

The clash between the two groups led to the exchange of gunshots, while other weapons, including locally made bombs, were freely used.

According to some residents living close to Jajeri ward, who ran for safety to some of their relatives in GRA, there were several gunshots and bomb explosions at Jajeri, behind Baga Market at about 1.15p.m.

They said the  problem started when the youths confronted the insurgents at Jajeri, during which many people were either killed or injured in the gunfight between the two groups.

"You know the JTF have since being  giving a supportive hand to the Civilian JTF; now there was a serious stop-and-search operation along Baga Road where the Civilian JTF arrested not less than six suspected Boko Haram members," a source said.

There was no way to get across to the Joint Task Force (JTF) spokesman, Lt. Col Sagir Musa, to confirm the story as communications by telephone have been disrupted since the military ordered the network operators to shut down their base stations in the state.

Also Wednesday, three men who dressed in women's cloth and attempted to smuggle explosive devices into a police station in Maiduguri were shot dead by vigilant troops from the JTF.

It was learnt that the men had dressed in  hijab, worn by Muslim women, and made to enter the police station as if they were visiting somebody.

It was gathered that the insurgents resorted to such a method because   women were given lesser scrutiny by security agents in deference to Islamic  tenets that specified that women be respected.
However, the sect members have taken advantage of this as they have devised the strategy of dressing like women to avoid detection.

A source said the three suspected Boko Haram members hid their weapons, which included  AK-47 rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers, under their clothes as they attempted to attack the  Ibrahim Taiwo Police Station in Maiduguri.

The source said there was exchange of gun fires during the incident, which took place at about 2p.m., making many people to run for safety.

He said the JTF had  learnt through  intelligence report that the terrorists might struck at the police station and troops were on the lookout for them.

"It was when we killed three of them before we realised that all those killed are men but in women dresses," the source said.

CrazyMan: I read somewhere that a budget was made to expand that road to a 10 lane express way...It would be great if the government can actualize this goal so the tankers and trailers can have a lane reserved for them and refrain from colliding with commuter buses, and it would go a long way in ensuring that the lives of law abiding citizens are protected from any reoccurrence in the future.

RIP to the dead.