₦airaland Forum

Abagworo:
What is happening now would have been avoided by not falsifying electoral results.I expect a spread after the gubernatorial.

Rubbish spread! You are just a typical of your type, wicked and heartless! You are talking of spread, search through NL for all posts on that day of 16th from the SE or SS and you will see the results at the polling boots match the state results. You buhari is only popular at those states where they are killing innocent ppl and babies cause he is their KinC (Killer in chief).

Kenyy:
Have you ever ask yourself what would have happened to the VP-Sambo(a Muslim and a Northerner) if they have met him alone in his family home immediately after the Ridiculously Rigged Presidential Election? We(a Core Niger Deltan myself and majority of Northerners) had expected  a Diplomatically Rigged Presidential Election where everybody would go home happy and not a Ridiculously Rigged Presidential Election?
Here is the Diplomatic Rigging we had expected:
NW-GEJ(20%), Buhari(75%)
NE-GEJ(25%), Buhari(70%)
NC-GEJ(26.5%), Buhari(69%)
SS-GEJ(75%), Buhari(5%)
SE-GEJ(76%), Buhari(9%)
SW-GEJ(77%), Buhari(6%)
GEJ & Co. would have won and Buhari & Co. would have gone home happy.

Eya sorry Kenny, but the SE results are not rigged and the SS too. In my polling unit it was GEJ 256, Buhari 8. its a pitty you guys cant swallow the truth.
[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=651969.msg8179735#msg8179735 date=1303457773]Hopefully Buhari is not killed sha.

That would be another Nigerian war.[/quote]There will be no civil war if Buhari should die/ be killed! Though no one wants him dead, he should live and see we have moved on.

An indefinite curfew has been imposed on the North West state of Kano over rising cases of violence. The violence according to reports, is a fallout of the announced results of the presidential election held, Saturday, across the country.

State governor and Presidential candidate of the ANPP, Ibrahim Shekarau invoked the curfew on the state, Monday, in the state capital.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/breaking-news-indefinite-curfew-imposed-on-kano/


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/04/breaking-news-24-hr-curfew-imposed-on-kaduna/

@KoboJunk get it right, Buhari did not tell them to start riot yesterday or today i assume, but when you tell your followers to lynch and use violence to register their protests. You should at least be reasonable enough to say he incited his followers to put it in a mild way.

Kobojunkie:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201104180825.html


How does that now get bent to read Buhari started it??

So madam KoboJunk, what u just said above happened when?? today?? yesterday?? or two days ago?? or did Kaduna hold their own election today or yesterday?? I said it your reason ,

Kobojunkie:
How did you link this one to Buhari? Buhari is not from Kaduna. His party lost out in Kaduna during the NASS election. The papers claim there was a clash between CPC people and PDP people since that is Sambo's State, and CPC already won in that state.  So pray tell, how did you come about linking this one to Buhari himself? This is pretending this has nothing to do with ethnic bigotry of some sort.

Must i explain it to you?? sometimes your arguments and talk defy reason. So please madam Kobojunk why are they rioting?? Tell me why they are rioting then i can show you the link to buhari. Dont say you dont know cause you are obviously Buhari supporter and i guess its the ones you and Buhari mentored that are burning houses.

GenBuhari:
Elections were clearly massivley rigged

Buhari is the true president:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-585935.0.html

You are a reflection of your General my backside. I did vote in Enugu, at my polling unit it was ACN: 1, ANPP:2, CPC: 9: PDC: 6 PDP 265.
Go hug transformer if u like. It was not rigged and ppl here hardly even know which party Buhari is under.

There is 24hr curfew in Kaduna state now. I was told helicopters are all over the skies there. My brother said soldiers are all over the streets now.
Buhari has just shown us that we made the right choice not to vote him!

Evil Brain:
In the spirit of ethnic bigotry, here's my analysis of what will happen in the next few years.

SS
Jonathan's campaign took money from the oil companies so we can guarantee that there will be no end to gas flaring anytime soon. There will also be no serious attempt to clean up the pollution there. Also, GEJ's nonexistent  anticorruption record will ensure that the next generation of James Iboris will have little to fear. The Niger Delta people don't even have MEND to fight for them anymore. They are, as always, screwed.

SE
Not much will change here. The PDP will zone all the NASS leadership posts away from there and in exchange they will get 1 or 2 of the juicer ministerial posts. Also, no Igbo man will smell the inside of Aso Rock for the next 30 or so years. GEJ has used their "turn" and will serve 8 years (regardless of what the guy says), then the north for 8 years, then the Yorubas, then the north again, then finally, maybe the Igbos. Corruption at the national level will continue to stagnate the local economy.

SW
Policically savvy, these guys will have their interests taken care of. Plus the ACN governors will make sure there is at least some development at local level. There will still be no light or jobs though.

The North
As always, the ruling class will be well taken care of. The ordinary people will continue to suffer.

In Summary
The biggest winners today will turn out to be the biggest losers as Nigeria's kleptocracy adjusts to the new system. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Please with which scientific model or data did you draw that conclusion?? if none then i can assume this is:  Analysis and future projections of your house hold if you have one.

If PDP or GEJ can buy the votes with the billions, pls why did he bother campaigning?? He visited virtually every state. None of the other aspirants came to my state. Men here GEJ is getting 95% of the votes, no rigging.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=644154.msg8103574#msg8103574 date=1302543562]I'm sure you guys will be thousand years behind by the time you realised what's up.When people are doing away with pdp,the ibos seem to have lost direction still insisting on voting for the evil party.I pity your unborn generations ![/quote]You dont have to descend to insults and curses, (typical of NL). Anyways i wont descend with you, but get this into your head: most ppl in my state Enugu voted PDP cause the governor is doing so fair enough. I dont need to list the vast changes we have seen under him in just under 4yrs. And these same ppl will come out times 3 to vote PDP coming saturday just because of the governor! Most ppl stayed back at home cause they hate the NASS ppl. The few that went out just voted PDP cause of the improvement in the state. Our generation nor that of our children wont suffer nor ever be under any form of god father, cause we are not now and wont let our next generation be.

dozie76:
South West is Liberated? that is laughable and unintelligent talk.Thieves are chasing away thieves in the name of being better thieves. I DEY LAUGH .If you don't know no state in the East is under any visible God father or God father in disguise.

Thank you Jare!, 2bn naira a month to a god father, Liberation indeed!!

joeyfire:
@OP - We Ndigbo are wonderful in many things but unfortunately we are crap at politics. Though I cant really describe Tinubu's pocketing of the south west in his agbada as liberation.

@ bolded I wonder oohh.

xremmy:
The reason why Nigeria is not growing is so obvious. Its not about the government, but the sentiment ridden perceived/artificial  intelligence of its populace. The comments here are just too shallow for any real or deep reasoning to be achieved.

Let me lay down some facts that is driving the way politics is going in this country
1, Would GEJ or any south south citizen be anywhere close to been the president of Nigeria if not for the cunny moves of OBJ in 2007?
2, Would the NIger Delta miltants have stopped their bombing of oil facilities if not for the fact that they were begining to have a sense of belonging to the country Nigeria.
( Nigeria was producing 1.4 miliion barrels per day in the days of active militancy as against the 2.3 million bpd that the budget was projected at. Which means if something drastic had not been done, then the government would have collapsed soon as the reserves were depleted as we have no other major source of income.)
3, Is zoning a logical reasoning when it was obvious that the region providing for the nation since 1976 would always be exploited and never be catered for under any arrangement that does not involve them.
4, Why did bombing of non oil facilities start after GEJ became president? And all the time that we were been held by Turai and her cabal, the country was super quiet and peaceful.
5, Why is the SSS worried over the sudden quiteness of the Militants in this election period.
6, Why is shell, with all the connections they have in Nigeria government according to wikileaks divesting their holdings in Nigeria?
7, Would the international community care a hoot about Nigeria if there was no oil?
8, Would bombings start again and oil production drop if GEJ does not win?

GEJ is handicapped based on the permutations that brought him into power. Has he done well in the circumstances? I believe so. Could he have done more? Most definately. But with allthe different forces at play in this country, I give him a pass mark so far.

Rome was not and cannot be built in a day.

You could not have said it any better!!

Beaf:
You are so right! GEJ is Nigeria's gateway to greatness. His defeat of the cabal and its sectional interests will begin our countries cleansing; it will open the path for leadership talent like the Sule Lamido's, Amaechi's, Akpabios's, Chime's, Fashola's, Utomi's etc to be able to contest by merit on a level playing field.

Nigeria will make it, but the cleansing is now.

True word!

Beaf:
This is the one thing I am so happy GEJ supporters don't do.
You will never find us desperately attacking people in the pathetic hope that their arguments would go away.

It is a failed tactic for failed and empty people. Its an escape route for primitive societal misfits with very sorry IQ and moral deficits. . . A terrible place to be.

Some Buhari people - "Its a primitive World, where we tell lies and throw stones!"

www.nairaland.com/attachments/402192_neanderthalBuhari_jpg94a5dcb7e8dc00198a7a1091cb279960

I have noticed that GEJ supporters dont engage in photoshop disfiguring of their opponents, at least i havent seen any yet. Makes one wonder what kind of gangs are supporting BB. They cant stop making personal attacks at the President, i hope they dont think thats the only way they can sway voters cause it doesnt work!

ahidjo:
[size=14pt]What have the above listed petty, rehashed irrelevant issues/lies got to do with the problems we face in Nigeria today?. Nigeria's twin problems as of today are incompetence and corruption at all levels in every area of our governance. The earlier you face the present day reality that only credible, transparent and upright men like Buhari and Bakare can lead us away from our numerous iniquities, the better for you and your corruption infested groups. God is fast forsaking this Great country[/size]

The least you could do is to check if what he wrote is true. If they are lies, prove it!
And to answer your question, ooh it has a lot to do with what nigeria is facing now.
Funny how "credible" double standard men that sacked democracy now want democracy.

Buhari can be president of somalia, i believe they need him more there.

seguno2:
Buhari CANNOT deal with corruption as he is corruption personified despite his public posturing. QED
Wake up & smell the coffee. Shine your eyes before it is too late

Meanwhile Fela's masterpiece continues here:

BONN concluding part 3

You can't bottle a free spirit.
Fela lives on bigger than those who locked him up several times during his lifetime including MORALLY corrupt General Buhari.

So right is your comment.

stildude:
I want to comment on the issue of  black out in Nigeria. I can say that since I was a child, the issue of blackout has always been there in Nigeria. In a few years, I would be celebrating my 40th xmas. The only thing you could say is that the black out frequency is more now than back in the days. That also is due to the mere fact that there are more people in Nigeria now compared to '83. There is also more consumption of power as result of more industrialization in the country. In Buhari's days, we were mostly importing (and even forced to sell below cost price). We hardly were a producing nation. Cocoa and cotton didn't need much power unlike common sealing of bottle water now. Even the roads were not used much back then compared  to now. The roads are getting bad more easily partly cos there is huge pressure on them compared to 80s. It is foolish to compare achievements and challenges between the times.

Please educate them. First he said Abacha didnt loot, now they (BB supporters) say there were no black outs during buhari's past regime. Maybe soon them go say Buhari never did coup. Buhari never wanted democracy how can he be going for elections now when he sacked a democratic government?? Some nigerians are incredible, no principles at all. [s]He should go to somalia do coup there and be their president. [/s]

Adeoladada:
LO! I've just been lurking in the background, having a good laugh throughout the thread. In the beginning it was just anti-GEJ people laughing at their usual rude jokes and engaging in their usual loud and tasteless name calling.
As the debate proceeded, they got progressively quieter, and a couple of them even hailed GEJ.

. . .But by the end of the debate, the diehards were taking their defeat in a very sore way. They swung their filthy words away from GEJ, and hauled them squarely at all Nigerians instead!
The most hilarious point came when two of them revealed their absolute lack of love or concern for the country. Ibime thanked God he has a British passport and Donlittle thanked God he had residency papers (for God knows where). I am 100% sure we can see Buhari's reaction in these class of supporters. Hilarious!!!      [color=#990000][/color][b][/b]


GOOD SUMMARY ,YOU ARE VERY RIGHT,WHAT MAKES ME DEDICATE 2NIGHT FOR ANTIGEJ IS BCS THEY THINK THEY ARE MORE THAN GEJ SUPPORTER ON NAIRALAND NOT KNOWING THAT ONLY TANK WITHOUT WATER MAKES A LOUDER NOISE.

BOMB!!

VOTE GEJ VOTE FOR PROGRESS.

VOTE GEJ!!!!

Am not quite sure GEJ will be on screen today from the Debate group website schedule, Jonathan should be debating tomorrow.

http://www.nedgonline.org/new/PRESIDENTIAL%20DEBATE%20SCHEDULE.pdf

http://www.nedgonline.org/new/

That aside i feel Buhari, Ribadu and shekarau are behaving like kids, They are no better than GEJ, cause if they are and feel GEJ is wrong, they should show up to teach GEJ how to lead a nation, instead they are doing same "mistake" GEJ made. If they can make such mistake twice within 14days, then GEJ should win this election and continue in office cause we dont want someone repeating what GEJ did!!!

GEJ all the way! we know you are not infallible but you will do well!

To all Posters asking to vote out PDP, you guys definitely are not in Nigeria. The likes of Atiku should have told you nigerian politicians criss-cross political parties like moving from sitting room to bedroom. If you vote out PDP, they will join the next party you voted in.
I will vote based on my perception of the candidate not according to political party.

@Denko
My dear am more than Happy with GEJ, yes its common fuel but before he came in it was uncommon to buy it without going through humiliating circumstances. For the moment he is best option Nigeria got.

Deception!!

Proponents of the zoning arrangement in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have pushed the presidential ambition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar into troubled waters following fresh indications that the proposition contravenes the extant Electoral Act.

Sunday Sun learnt at the weekend that another round of legal battle is about to commence that might not only end Atiku’s quest for the presidency but could also see him and the advocates of zoning sent to jail if found guilty of contravening the law.

A concerned Nigerian citizen, Mr Paul Abbey, has fired a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police demanding the prosecution of Atiku and all those pushing for zoning, saying they have breached Section 102 of the Electoral Act.

Section 102 of the Act states: “Any candidate, person or association who engage in campaigning or broadcasting based on religious, tribal or sectional bias for the purpose of promoting or opposing a particular political party or the election of a particular candidate commits an offence under this Act and is liable on conviction to a maximum fine of N100,000 or imprisonment for twelve months or both.”

The Abuja-based businessman and public affairs commentator accused the former vice president and some northern leaders of embarking on a biased and tribal campaign aimed at stopping President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the PDP primaries and the 2011 presidential election.

Citing a letter dated September 17, 2010 written by Atiku, Adamu Ciroma, Yahaya Kwande, Bello Kirfi, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, Lawal Kaita and Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim to the PDP National Chairman, Abbey said the writers opposed the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan on grounds of his tribe and promoted the candidacy of any aspirant from northern Nigeria solely on grounds of sectional bias.

“(These) persons have continued to prosecute political campaigns with tribal or sectional bias to imbue in Nigerians a sense that classes of Nigerians with different political rights do exist,” he stated, adding that by their alleged action, they are not seeking for the emergence of the “best possible administrator from any part of Nigeria” but have insisted that Nigeria be divided into North and South and the next presidential election be the exclusive preserve of the ‘northern candidates.’

In the letter to the AGF and the IGP entitled: “Demand to investigate criminal acts committed by Atiku Abubakar, Adamu Ciroma, Yahaya Kwande, Bello Kirfi, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, Lawal Kaita and Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim,” Abbey through his counsel, Offia Valentine, demanded that the aforementioned persons be investigated within seven days to ascertain their alleged culpability.

“The offices of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police have the duty to the public to investigate and prosecute crimes. It is my client’s view that these virulent political campaigns tinged with sectional and tribal bias contravene the Electoral Act, which prescribed appropriate penal sanctions. My client, therefore, demands that the offices of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police investigate these acts within seven days of the receipt of this letter to ascertain the culpability of these persons.”
Sources in the two offices confirmed that the letter was received on Thursday and that appropriate action would be taken on it “if it becomes necessary.”

The legal practitioner warned that his client would file proceedings in court against the AGF and IGP if they fail to investigate Atiku and the northern leaders at the expiration of the ultimatum. “Mindful of the violence hinted at by Atiku Abubakar at a recent political campaign if his biased sectional campaign is unsuccessful, my client will file a suit against the offices of the AGF and IGP if the said public officers do not commence an investigation within seven days of the receipt of this letter and notice to that effect is hereby given.

“My client will also file a suit against these persons to compel them to commence campaigns on how to proffer solutions to national problems and stop their extant illegal campaigns,” the lawyer stated.
The Atiku presidential campaign organization, however, refused to comment on the matter when contacted.
Its Director-General, Senator Ben Obi, who spoke on the telephone, said he cannot comment because he has not seen a copy of the letter nor have information on the claims therein.

Presidential spokesman, Mr Ima Niboro, also gave a similar response when he was contacted on the telephone. He simply said: “Sorry, I cannot comment. Let the AGF and IGP be allowed to do their job if the petition is valid.” Last month, Atiku emerged as the consensus candidate of the Northern Political Leaders Forum (NPLF) ahead of former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, former National Security Adviser, Aliyu Gusau, and the Kwara State Governor, Dr Bukola Saraki.

Since then, the Adamu Ciroma-led NPLF and some aggrieved members of the PDP have continued to insist that President Jonathan was not eligible to vie for the presidential ticket of the PDP in the January 13, 2011 primaries on the ground that his aspiration runs contrary to the zoning principle in the party’s constitution.
Last Monday, an Abuja Federal High Court fixed January 4, 2011 as hearing date in the suit filed by three members of the PDP and supporters of Atiku - Kwande, Kaita and Dubem Onyia - asking the court to bar the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Jonathan as the party’s flag bearer in the 2011 presidential poll.

They also want the court to restrain the PDP National Chairman, Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, from presenting Jonathan as the party’s candidate for the election. The fresh plot to stop Jonathan is sequel to a November 30 ruling of another Abuja High Court that the President can contest next year’s election. Although the court upheld the zoning arrangement enshrined in Article 7.2(c) of the PDP constitution, it however refused to declare that the North was entitled to produce the President in 2011.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/newsonthehour/2010/dec/26/newsbreak-26-12-2010-001.htm

Wondering if the FG has the balls to prosecute him?? on the other hand i wish to see who wins the primaries ,

Ikemba May The Almighty God heal you. But if in the end its time for you to go. You are engraved in our memories and generation upon generations will still love you. You got more balls than all men in Nigeria put together multiplied by 20000!
We Love you!!!

badaru1:
All the above channels

Please am new to this, but does that mean i wont get any other channel outside of these dstv channels??Especially as you said they could be scrambled at anytime.
After installing the software on the strong 4669x, is there any other process before it starts working??

Thanks

Can someone tell me what more channels one can get if he just replaces his DSTV decoder with a strong decoder without touching the dish (without re-aligning) or installing a new dish.

@alj harem

Just shut up lets wait and see who will be left standing.

@Yemi,

well said.

Well a lot say Atiku selection is a mistake.

My take is that i think the Ciroma group are up to more tricks. I feel their plan A is to nominate Atiku, while IBB stands by. If GEJ wins the PDP primaries which is very likely now, then IBB defects to say ANPP and then the final show down. Just my thoughts.

When will nigeria stop recycling these fools?? I pray 2011 election be free and fair.

Waiting ,

@poster,
Your comparison is weak, read the meaning of war ,

@oyb,

The americans dropped the second bomb to save the thousands of american lives invasion of main land Japan would have caused. Besides the japs and the yankees were in a race on who would produce the BOMB first. when the yankees dropped the first bomb, the japs thought that the americans were able to develop just one of the BOMB. When they dropped the second on same day, the Japs surrendered totally and unconditionally.

kola oloye:
He can't stop the book now because it's too late.

yes i believe you, he cant stop it now. Besides they are launching it in Nigerian and abroad i guess simultaneously ,

Contrary to the persistent denials by General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) that he has nothing to do with the assassination of Newswatch magazine founding Editor-In-Chief, Dele Giwa, 24 years ago, his former aide, Major Debo Bashorun insists the former military president has a case to answer.

Bashorun, the military press secretary to Babangida, spilled the beans in his forthcoming memoir, an excerpt which was made available to P.M.NEWS this morning.

According to the retired major who was hounded out of the military because he refused to do the bidding of his master, “it is quite possible that I am the only person alive today that could substantiate the Babangida administration’s dubious actions, certainly worth investigation, in relation to the assassination of Dele Giwa. And in a determined attempt to stop me from divulging what I know, a strategy was put in place apparently to ensure that the secret goes with me to the grave.”

He adds: “Although Newswatch had as much resisted the temptation to treat the President (Babangida) as an ogre despite evidence linking his regime to the murder of Dele Giwa, it would still have not taken a genius to figure out that the government’s apathy was meant to exact revenge on the paper’s (Newswatch) relentless campaign to unmask the killer(s.)”

Bashorun writes that the failure of the Babangida regime to congratulate Ray Ekpu, one of the founding editors of Newswatch magazine, who had won the International Journalist of the Year Award in 1988, two years after Dele Giwa was assassinated through a parcel bomb, became a matter of public concern “which saw our position as a sign of intolerance for criticisms against some of our policies.”

He had to raise the issue at a presidential staff meeting. It was on the basis of this that Babangida accepted to send a congratulatory letter to Ray Ekpu and the Management of Newswatch. But he later developed a cold feet after the meeting with Colonel Halilu Akilu who was the director of Military Intelligence. Instead, Babangida decided that Ray Ekpu and his colleagues should be given money which they initially rejected but later collected under pressure.

Bashorun was then ordered to attend the award ceremony in America where he was to gather information from Nigerian guests at the event about how they felt about the murder of Dele Giwa. He was given some gadgets for the recording.

To quote Bashorun: “The nature of that package, at that point, indicated that there was no longer a doubt about my belated suspicions over the murder which had become a malignant tumour for our administration. I was awestruck by this indirect self-implication of the government’s involvement, at some level or the other, in the circumstances of the crime. True, accusing fingers had been pointed in its direction, voices raised in direct accusations, but the suppositions were still hypothetical. Akilu’s proposal only confirmed the complicity of Babangida and Akilu, for how could they have suddenly embarked on this new adventure after seemingly perfecting their denial stance in a brutal crime that was without precedent in Nigeria. The government’s implicit acknowledgement of a cover-up interest in the crime, as expressed through the Director of Military Intelligence, showed that he and the president knew more than they had publicly admitted.

“My memory quickly switched to the president’s hostile reaction after my visit with Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo, (then Inspector General of Police) in my quest to find out the progress of the so-called investigation into the assassination. Akilu proceeded with his brief. On my arrival in New York, I was to contact the leader of a group of public relations experts whose name and phone numbers were listed on a piece of paper he produced. He went further that after establishing the contact, I should invite the man over to my hotel for discussions on which approach to take concerning the purported propaganda package. I was also to furnish him with all relevant inside information of our administration that would be necessary to perfect the strategy. Stressing once again his demand for my full cooperation, the colonel insisted that it was the only way that the blood-stained reputation that Dele’s murder had given our regime could be cleansed.

“Akilu went even further. In addition to this primary assignment, I was also expected to carry out some eavesdropping activities on our compatriots who would grace the award ceremony. To facilitate the latter, the officer brought out a small equipment that resembled an audiometer with flat rubber tops and different wires dangling from an athlete’s bag which had been lying in a corner. My hear felt it was jumping out of my body but I tried not to show how scared I was. Akilu then followed with a demonstration of how to wear it on himself. My first reaction was to wonder why the president would want my participation in this diabolical scheme when his American contacts could have assembled the package without my involvement. I began to have this strong feeling that the whole scheme was nothing but a set-up with hidden dangers for me. My brain must have been turning like a cyclone in the head.

“First, the thought of trying to spy on my compatriots bothered me even as much the possibility of being caught in the act became a terrifying reality. Another scary aspect of the mission was the chances of being intercepted by U.S law enforcement agencies while carrying such sophisticated equipment on my person. My looks must have said it all but the ‘lecturer’ was quick to interject that his demonstration was only to familiarise me with the equipment and that my acquaintance-to-be in New York would provide me with a similar gadget during our meeting. Perhaps the biggest worry was how to handle the newly discovered secret that the government had an unhealthily suspicious interest in Dele’s gruesome murder without becoming a victim myself. I was still struggling to muster the courage for questions when Akilu delivered the blow that completely weakened me at the knees. He emphatically stated that the eavesdropping aspect of the mission was meant to wrap up the evidence allegedly gathered already that Dele’s colleagues – Yakubu Mohammed, Ray Ekpu and Dan Agbese actually orchestrated the killing to facilitate their take-over of the company…

“:But then, why would the president present the media executives with cash gifts if he already knew they were conspirators in the murder? Why was he trying to be nice to people who through their alleged complicity were the same people destroying name of his administration? It was no good arguing with someone who takes you for a fool. After finishing with his demonstration of the equipment, the intelligence chief then moved down to the adjoining room and brought out a packet of micro-mini cassette recorders which he claimed would act as a back-up for secretly recording of conversations of other Nigerians who may turn up at the venue of the ceremony. This equipment would have passed for an ordinarily famous American cigarette pack which adorned its cover and was identical to the one given to me by the president for recording speeches during the Dele Giwa Memorial Week about two years earlier.


“The tape recorder, the name of the man to meet in New York together with his phone numbers and Atiku’s private numbers gave me sufficient reasons to start bothering about my own safety. In addition, my air ticket issued by the Protocol Department was inexplicably routed through Abidjan and London. This kept me wondering why a direct flight ticket straight to New York which would have saved the government some money was not procured. The ticket – purchased from a foreign airline – also violated government standing regulations which forbade the patronage of such businesses where a Nigerian Airways flight was available.

“The circumstances surrounding the routing of the ticket further fuelled my suspicions that something was amiss and because of that, I decided to leave the tape recorders at home instead of carrying them with me on the trip. I reasoned that if the need became urgently pressing, it would not be difficult to purchase some from Department Stores scattered all over New York. Boarding the aircraft presented no hassle because of my familiarity with the terrain but once airborne, the reality of being an unwilling accomplice in a venture which did not evolve by happenstance but rather by design took control. It then dawned on me that the tape recorder could have been a bugging device or something used for other covert purposes and the consequences of being caught with it frightened the hell out of me. I decided to leave it at home before I boarded the plane, having resolved to proceed in a manner that would render this, in advance, as mission impossible.”

Bashorun had revealed in a newspaper interview last June that he was being hounded because of the book and the facts it contains on who killed Giwa.

According to him, “I was privy to some of the terrible things… My problem is 2011. Babangida wants to become president again. I am not saying I am the only person, but I am one of those who know that he is connected to the death of Dele Giwa. That is why they have been trying to kill me.

“I was sent to do a dirty job in America in respect of Dele Giwa’s death. I was sent to cover up what they did. I refused to comply. When I came back, they threw me into jail. Newspapers reported it that time. I protested. The press was on my side then. I was shouting on the roof top that ‘these people want to kill me.’ They decided to send me to a unit in Makurdi, which was a Siberia then. I refused to go. Incidentally, the General Staff Headquarters, which was my unit (and Babangida’s unit too), issued an order that whoever wanted to leave the army should volunteer. It coincided with what was happening to me. So, I volunteered and resigned. I quoted their order in the resignation letter I sent them. But out of those who resigned then, I was the only person whose resignation letter was rejected. I contacted some attorneys. Alao Aka-Bashorun was my lawyer.”

He added: “Babangida has assembled a think tank of south-westerners who have warned him of my tell-all book that is about to be launched. They warned him that if I am allowed to launch the book, the expose contained there will totally destroy his chances of even gaining a foothold any where in the South-West.”

Major Debo Bashorun’s book will soon be published in and outside of Nigeria.

—Ade Owojela

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JOHANNESBURG – Henry Okah, the ex-militant leader arrested after the deadly independence day blasts in Abuja, gave the directive for the twin car bombs to be detonated, South African prosecutors said Monday.

Okah, ex-leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta which claimed responsibility for the attacks, was arrested at his home in Johannesburg on October 2, the day after the blasts killed 12 people in Abuja.

Prosecutors said Monday that investigations indicated the blasts were caused by sacks of dynamite detonated by cell phone under orders from Okah.

“Investigations have… revealed that you are one of the persons who gave the directive for the explosives to be detonated,” prosecutor Shaun Abrahams said while cross-examining Okah at his bail hearing.

Henry Okah on his way to court

“The available evidence clearly indicates you insofar as modus operandi is concerned and insofar as giving the instructions are concerned.”

Okah, who denies involvement in the attacks, accused the Nigerian government of fabricating evidence against him.

“The Nigerian government fabricates evidence. It’s so easy to create witnesses,” he said.

“There is absolutely not a shred of evidence.”

Okah, who has permanent residence in South Africa, has been in custody in Johannesburg since his arrest.

His bail hearing began last week and is set to continue Wednesday.

The hearing has returned repeatedly to evidence seized from Okah’s house when police arrested him, including a quotation for weapons from a Chinese arms dealer and diaries that prosecutors say tie Okah to the armed conflict in Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta region.

Portions of the diaries read aloud in court contained lists of weapons, including anti-tank mines, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and guns.

Okah testified in court that studying guerrilla warfare is a passion of his and that the lists reflected an “intellectual interest”.

But after the prosecution concluded its cross-examination, magistrate judge Hein Louw called the weapons inventory “something that worries me”.

“It seems to be a purchase list from my point of view,” he said.

“If you were in my position would this not seem very incriminating to you?” he asked Okah.

Okah said the weapons were not of a type used in the Delta, and called the lists “suspicious, but not incriminating”.

Okah’s brother Charles was arrested Saturday in Lagos. A security source familiar with the case said bomb alerts sent by MEND had been traced to him.

MEND, which claims to be fighting for a fairer distribution of oil revenue in the impoverished Delta, last week warned of a second attack in Abuja.

It said Henry Okah was a victim of “witch-hunting” by the Nigerian government, and threatened to carry out a fresh attack that would prove he was not involved.

Okah, who was arrested in Angola three years ago and transferred to Nigerian custody, has been living in South Africa since being released as part of an amnesty offered to militants in the Delta.

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