deji17: All hail Biafra! One day you might get it. If not, continue in the self deception.
We are not raising our voices because people like you will be reasonable and act we are raising our voices so that our story would be told by us, and rational thinkers would draw unbiased inference and see reasons for our actions and inactions
YourKarma: I experienced it today on my way to Orlu. I went with public transport because I'm not familiar with the village I was going to. everybody in the vehicle had to come down and trek past the checkpoint. Absolute nonsense
Unfortunately I'm from Orlu, that's what we go through everyday
deji17: I don't expect you to do anything save to be honest with yourself.
And being honest to myself involves allowing you lie against my people?. No sir. The truth is that Nigeria military has terrible records of human right abuses in SE. You don't just wishes that away. Mind you, part of what led to this gorilla arm struggle is because of killings and torture by security forces in SE. We will raise the issue here, we're called wailers. Their has been cases of extrajudicial murder in SE, no one was held accountable. Nigerian military must start building trust in SE
aQUINandmore: alright sir. But me thinks these prominent south esterners aren't saying or doing enough about the happenings in the south east, they would rather talk about Lagos.
deji17: If you are asking me for evidence, then you are not ready to be honest about the situation on ground. Have a nice week ahead. Hopefully, they let you work on a Monday!
You make unsubstantiated allegation and expect me to allow it slide isn't it?
deji17: A situation where locals are harbouring the criminals, intelligence gathering becomes a challenge and the fight becomes a guerilla one. When you go after criminals, innocent people may be affected in the process and there could be unintended consequences.
which evidence do you have that the locals are harbouring the criminals?. If the locals are not giving information to the military, then the military should search their conscience if they have found themselves worthy,. They should go back to the drawing board, amend their relationship
aQUINandmore: so chimamada adichie and dem obi ezekwesili are not permitted to lend their voices to the happenings in the East?
I never said so. Understand the context I mentioned those two people. They were at the forefront of championing Israeli and Palestinian course, while Nigeria is in crises
deji17: FG should secure, and save us from IPO, ESN etc, , No, FG is choking us . Stick to one blackmail and stop gaslighting the FG.
I have always called for the dismantling of the criminals in the name of freedom fighters, I have always called on the FG to go after them. It doesn't mean you should be tormenting South Easterners.
Whatever happens to intelligence gathering?.
Gather intelligence about their operation, go after them where ever they are. Arrest and prosecute them to the fullest, Stop making life unbearable for us
Khyrvxjzy: if he chose to talk about isreal and he did not want to talk about ibo, how is that a problem
has he done anything illegal
he hasn't do anything illegal, but charity begins at home, and it's terrible that he has ibom tithe payers but choose to talk about Israeli crises and left his ibo tithe payers
I never implied he's my governor or president, besides, he wasn't the only one I mentioned. I mentioned him and shiek Gumi because both religious leaders are at the forefront of championing Israeli and Palestinian course
Generalmystic: I'm kinda of wondering, Seun Mukina and Nlfpmod, why is it that this evil in South East is being treated with levity?. Why is not on frontpage?. A known mod was here earlier and the post that was gaining traction was shoved into obscurity because it has to do with the plight of south Easterners whom he so much hate. That's terrible
kettykings: My problem is not really the clergy or ministry people but how the Nigerian military had been reduced to a stop and search military, what then is the work of the police forces.
In civilized countries, you won't ever see their military.
Here military is doing the work of police while police is doing the work of armed robbers, extorting drivers
When you need sheik Gumi , Pastor Adeboye, and other men of God to lend their voices to the evil going on in South East Nigeria, they won't, they would prefer talking about Palestine and Israel
WAR ZONE? In South-East, Army is forcing travellers to come down from vehicles at checkpoints
SOLDIERS of the Nigerian Army, deployed under ‘Operation Udoka’, are forcing travellers in the South-East to disembark from vehicles at numerous checkpoints that litter the region, checks by The ICIR have shown.
On getting to any of the checkpoints manned by heavily armed soldiers on major highways in the region, vehicles – both commercial and private – would stop to discharge passengers. The passengers, mostly travellers, will then trek across the checkpoint. On getting to a considerable distance beyond the checkpoint, they will stop and wait for the vehicle that was conveying them.
The driver will then move the vehicle past the checkpoint to meet the waiting passengers, who will subsequently return to their seats in the car. The journey will continue until the vehicle gets to the next checkpoint, where the process will be repeated.
The ICIR’s correspondent, who experienced the situation while travelling across the South-East states, noted that the development frustrated motorists and travellers in the region.
During a trip from Enugu to Umuahia, Abia State capital recently,, the commercial bus boarded by The ICIR correspondent was made to stop and discharge passengers at eight different checkpoints.
At each of these checkpoints, passengers – both young and old, male and female – had to come down and trek to the other side to wait for the vehicle.
Interestingly, vehicles and passengers are not searched at the checkpoints. But The ICIR correspondent observed that the heavily armed soldiers were alert as they watched the passengers walking past the checkpoints.
During the morning period, when a lot of people are travelling, the checkpoints are usually crowded with so many passengers who disembarked from several vehicles. The vehicles, mostly buses, which had discharged the passengers, will also queue up. They wait until the passengers have walked past the checkpoints before driving through, one after the other, to pick up their passengers.
The ICIR correspondent observed that when the volume of traffic at the checkpoints is high, some passengers have difficulty identifying the particular vehicle they boarded.
However, The ICIR further noted that motorists, especially commercial transit bus drivers, and travellers, are not happy with the development.
The repeated disembarkation at numerous checkpoints is not only stressful, it also wastes time, making the journey last much longer than it should.
The journey from Enugu to Umuahia, which ordinarily should be less than one hour, lasted more than two hours.
“Is this a war zone? It is only in war zones that you can witness this,” an aggrieved passenger muttered as travellers waited for their vehicle to move past the checkpoint and pick them, to continue the journey.
Many passengers expressed anger at the situation. A passenger, who said she has gotten used to the situation, being a regular traveller on the route, explained that she starts her journeys two or three hours earlier than usual in order to meet up with appointments. “If not, you will not arrive on time. You have to add extra one or two hours in order to meet up,” the woman told other travellers.
An old woman, who complained of arthritis, could barely walk across one of the checkpoints and had to be supported by sympathetic co-travellers.
Operation Udoka is the Nigerian Army’s response to the insecurity in the South-East. In Igbo, the language spoken in the South-East, ‘udoka’ means ‘peace is greater’, or ‘peace is better’. The operation, under the control of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, has troops drawn from military and paramilitary formations.
The Chief of Army Staff has handed down clear directives to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army operating in synergy with other security agencies to ensure robust patrols to dominate all flashpoints and emplace measures to ensure citizens are free to go about their legitimate businesses.
In line with its mandate, the presence of troops of Operation Udoka at numerous checkpoints in the South-East is aimed at ensuring security and stabilising the region.
While residents, particularly those undertaking trips on highways, express annoyance at being made to disembark from vehicles and trek at military checkpoints, a security source, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told The ICIR that passengers are ordered to come down from vehicles because of several instances where unknown gunmen in vehicles attacked military and police personnel at Checkpoints.
Mvnster: Free mason na make abobi kpai him girl for ph. How many you go kpai to get like dangote money? The world has left africa behind fumbling in foolishness.
God bless you bro. I always ask, to be like Dangote or bill gate, how many human being do I need to sacrifice?. 😂 The truth is, the devil has really decieved lots of our youths.
How can you kill human being just to drive Mercedes Benz?. 😂😂😂
Our uncles we use to hear back in those days that they were into money ritual, how many of them are known across Nigeria let alone Africa?. 😂 We have refused to learn. We have refused to invest in research and innovation
Chimarto: go trace the origin of Freemasons in Egypt and why it's hard for you to become a Mason. The fraternal organisation is holding mystical technological knowledge given to them by the Elite.