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EasternWind:
Igbo leaders should stop being civil in dealing with senseless north
They don't reason nor understand

Responding to them should have been in a strong worded statement not something as weak as this.

Anyways, we know whose order we obey


Keep licking aboki's ass

Truth is that not all northerners are bad. There are a lot of reasonable people up north that do not think like Ango Abdulahi who I think is an extremist. I thought he would think and respond well to national issues with his age and exposure but unfortunately he appears mentally retarded.

sarrki:
Alhaji kanti bello keep quiet


Nigerians will decides

people like Sarrki are die hard supporters. If their party calls a black thing white, they will accept it as white even though they know its not true. They are not interested in the truth, just what they believe in. They are loyal to a fault. They follow blindly. I think thats not good enough.

I hope the Daura of DSS will not go after this man for telling the truth as it is. The man appears to me as a detribilized Nigerian. He even testifies that things improves each time Osinbajo acts in Buhari's place.

sarrki:
Senator Kanti Bello is a former Senate Majority Whip, who represented Katsina North Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before joining the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), one of the legacies parties that formed the All Progressives Congress (APC). He speaks with Senior Deputy Editor, TAIWO AMODU, on the party’s 2019 presidential ticket, his fears about Buhari and the chances of his party.









How will you assess the Buhari administration in the last two years?

I will be frank with you. This is the first interview I am giving in the last two years. I have decided to be quiet. The reason is simple: this is our government and I contributed a lot for the government to be formed, both at the state and national level. I did it not for personal gain, but I thought it would be the government that would assist the ordinary people; a government that will turn round the economy.

I am a very practical person. I thought that a government, when it comes to Buhari, will be able to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians. I know that there are some difficulties; I know that the price of oil has gone down. I know all that but the human expectations, of the ordinary people, the way the government works, I can say 90 per cent of Nigerians are disappointed. And the simple reason is this; when we voted for this government, we believed, it was not only corruption that we wanted it to stop. We also felt that ordinary people should have enough to eat; they should have work to do. We expected some of our factories, especially up North here, would be revitalised. But look at what is happening. I can tell you, no nation with 120 million people can live and be a great nation when it has to import the food it will eat and it has to import clothing. We have the land, a favourable climate. We have sunshine. So, there is no reason we should be importing food and there is no reason why we shouldn’t be clothing ourselves. The reason is simple; there is no agenda to get things done.



Are you still an APC member?

Yes



Are you saying your party didn’t have a blueprint of what to do when it took over power?

Well, I don’t see its implementation. Tell me one. For example, power generation and transmission is one of the problems met by Buhari. Up till today, how much are we generating? 4,000 megawatts? It hasn’t gone beyond that! Is it not a disgrace for a government that is supposed to be moving forward? Up till now, our factories, our industries are dead, our people are poorer. Look at our economy, it has been so bad; the exchange rate, they say it has been improving. Improving? From N160 to a dollar, now it is N368 to a dollar. Is that an improvement? Two years ago, it was N160 to the dollar. Is that something to be proud of? It reached almost N500. We thank the acting president, because each time he comes in, there seems to be some improvements in the way things are done. We don’t know why it is happening that way. Maybe it is his luck, but there are some little improvements.



You mean, each time the vice-president takes charge in acting capacity, you see improvement in governance?

Yes, I see little improvement.



Are you insinuating that Buhari lacks the capacity for the office?

Well, even if he has the capacity to do it, he didn’t do it. Look, some of us have to be honest with ourselves, I have nothing against Buhari but the ordinary people of this country are suffering today.

Let me be frank with you, in Katsina, where I come from, people are finding it difficult to eat three times a day, not even two times. Things are difficult. The economy is so bad, whatever you are buying, and inflation has tripled. A bag of maize that used to sell at N4,000 when Buhari took over is now selling at N16,000 and at that price, people aren’t getting it to buy.

I am a practical person. Do we look at all these and continue to praise the government? No! Yes, we praise the government when it comes to Boko Haram, it has reduced its activities in the North-East and there is some stability in parts of the North with regards to the bombings—it has reduced drastically or virtually gone. Yes, there is something good there but then after it has gone, there is kidnapping. People are being kidnapped and murdered. We aren’t safe, you cannot even travel from here to Kaduna without feeling that something can happen to you. You see, we have got rid of one evil and another has come in.

So, all we are saying is that Buhari and his APC government hasn’t solved our problems. I am part of that government and I apologise to the masses that our economic policy is a failure. We have scored 50 per cent on security but certainly the economic policy of the government has failed the masses, because I am part of the masses. People aren’t living well in this country. That’s the truth.



But, your party always attributes the poor state of the economy to mismanagement by the immediate past administration; it claimed it inherited huge liabilities from the PDP. What is your take?

No, come on! That’s not true. We kept quiet about it, because we thought they were saying the truth. Look, how much money has the APC government now collected from the anti-corruption they are doing.

Where is the money? Nobody is accounting for the amount of money they have retrieved from people. Each time you hear so much billions. With that, there should have been some improvement. So, you cannot continue to blame the PDP. After two years, you are still blaming the previous government and you have only four years. Now, we have spent over 50 per cent of the time blaming PDP. I think something is wrong with us. So, I think it is high time our party stopped blaming [Goodluck] Jonathan, because the ordinary people somewhere with their anger are even saying that the Jonathan government was better. That’s the truth. We are afraid to come out and that’s why some of us don’t even speak, we worked hard and we believed in what we were doing, we thought things would be better, but incompetent people are put in charge and of course some people are behind the scene controlling Buhari.



You are making insinuation about a cabal, but the Presidency has always insisted that there is no cabal…

What the hell are you talking about there? No cabal? Well, if there is no cabal, the Buhari I know, I always wonder if he can behave the way these people are behaving. My reason: I have known Buhari since 1960, when I was a very small boy. He was my head boy in secondary school and the Buhari I knew, the Buhari I invited to come and play politics, I think he shouldn’t have been behaving the way he is behaving.

The people that are appointed into positions, everybody knew in this country, they aren’t the first class. For example, even this anti-corruption, the very first day it was reported that Babachir Lawal, the suspended Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) was allegedly involved in a shady deal and there was evidence to that effect, the Buhari I knew would have sacked him but he couldn’t do it. It was later I learnt that the man was suspended by the acting president.

The Buhari I knew has no reason to keep Ibrahim Magu. If Magu was alleged to be corrupt by the DSS report, so many people have been investigated and jailed because of DSS report, so is the DSS report supposed to be implemented, half-heartedly and selectively? For some people, it is right, for others it isn’t. And nobody is saying anything. Now, the same DSS is saying that Magu has a case to answer and the Senate is saying it cannot confirm Magu and the government, the one I thought is honest enough, is still keeping that man. What for? Is he the only Nigerian that can do the job? I have nothing against Magu; I don’t even know him but is he the only Nigerian that can occupy that office? There is supposed to be credibility in what government does. You keep telling me that they inherited a bad economy, why did Nigerians elect Buhari in the first place? Is it not because we felt Jonathan wasn’t doing the job and that he should come and correct it? That’s the reason why we elected him. We didn’t elect him for jokes; we didn’t elect him to give excuses. We elected him to correct things. Why is he not doing it? You see, we were quiet, because we didn’t want to talk, not because we thought what they were doing was right, but because we believed we should give him a chance for two years, if there will be improvement. But I am sorry to say I am disappointed.



Why are you so pessimistic? You mean you don’t see hope of improvement in Buhari’s administration, in terms of performance?

No, I don’t think there is much we can achieve. Look, two years into an administration is enough to make a landmark, because he has been looking for this job for so many years. Four times and he came in without an agenda, only to bring in some little boys who know nothing?. Incompetent people were given appointments.



Incompetent people? Can you be specific?

No. You think about the people he appointed, from the ministers, to heads of parastatal-agencies. Are they the best? I don’t have to name anybody. Why should I?



You are saying Buhari cannot effect positive changes, but the national chairman of your party, John Odigie-Oyegun, keeps saying the man is the best; that the 2019 ticket has been reserved for him. What do you have to say?

Oyegun can be as sycophantic as he wants, but the truth of the matter is that some of us are going to look for a Nigerian that’s going to address the economy. Our problem is the economy and we are going to shop for a Nigerian who can help us solve it. You see, every generation has to face some challenges and our challenge now in this country is the economy. It isn’t a question of Buhari coming to fight insecurity; it isn’t corruption anymore, because you can only be corrupt when there is something to eat. Yes, it still thrives because nothing is going on and there is an allegation that it is thriving under Buhari, only people that they dislike are being arrested. Let me give you a typical example. Even this fight against corruption, it seems to be one-sided. They said they arrested a former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, because he collected N100 million campaign money, but the same campaign money, I was made to understand, was collected by Tony Anenih and he wasn’t arrested. Is Anenih’s own different from that of Bafarawa? I don’t like anything that looks sectional and we are going to look for a Nigerian with no vendetta at all that wants to serve this country.



You are from Katsina. Can you mount the podium in your state and tell the people to reject Buhari at the poll?

Of course, why not? I was the one who went to Katsina to say Buhari was the best. Are the Katsina people not hungry now? Are they rich, because Buhari is the president? Look, I have told you, I have nothing against Buhari as a person, get that very clear. But his government hasn’t worked the way it should and we should be honest enough to say it. Are you saying because Buhari is president, Katsina people are now buying a bag of maize for N4,000? Are they very happy that bag of rice is now cheaper? Are they happy because the cloths they are wearing are now cheaper? Look, we are talking about reality and I am a practical realist. We have nothing against Buhari, we like him, he is from our state, but we also like ourselves more than Buhari. Our children have to live well, have to get better education. Why am I not accusing Katsina State government, because it is doing their best but unfortunately at the federal level, things aren’t working the way they should. The Federal Government is supposed to show the way for the states to follow and it is most unfortunate that they aren’t doing it and some of us have to say it. That’s the truth; I don’t care what they say on the social media when they read this interview. We are going to look for a Nigerian that’s going to change this economy and help the masses.



Do you think the APC can still win election, repeat the 2015 success story?

The way they are going, I don’t think so. What APC are you talking about? I have been there and I contributed a lot to the development of the party. But from day one when they formed the government, neither the government nor the party has invited us for a meeting. I think people are fed up with the party, let me be frank with you. They are just living in a fool’s paradise, thinking that people are very happy.

Let me tell you, we have a vice-president, who is now acting president; let me be frank with you, if there is no Buhari, he becomes the president and that’s what the constitution says. Let us give him the opportunity to serve. I am not judging Buhari on a tribal basis, if I wanted to be tribalistic, I will say he is the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria like some people have been saying but that’s not the truth. I repeat, I have nothing personal against Buhari but the system is drifting; the government is sinking. We are in a mess.



You have dismissed your party, the APC as a failure. Is there an alternative platform, because all the dominant opposition parties are in crises?

You are wrong. Look, I am telling you what is a party? If you want to define a party, it is a congregation of people. Of course, we accused PDP as a congregation of corrupt people, who were clueless. But some of these clueless people, some of these corrupt people are now in APC. They are there and they have taken over the party. So, if some of us decide to go and do something else and we get the right congregation of people to come in, then we have a party. Party is about people. There is a saying that the number of people in the market defines its importance, not the number of stalls in the market. So, that’s the truth. People will decide, it isn’t a question of party now. Nigeria has to be salvaged, economically. We cannot continue this way, because if we continue this way, where are we heading? We have to get people with the right economic sense, patriotic people who will come and solve this problem.



You said “the Buhari I knew’’ the other time.Are you of the opinion that he is being held captive by certain people?

I suspect so. It hasn’t made sense to me, because there are certain things I personally discussed with him and he told me, “okay, it will be done.” The Buhari I knew, if he gave you his word before, he would do it. But, he has changed. So, I believe that something is wrong. Maybe, his mind is no longer the one I knew, but I cannot determine, because since he got to power I haven’t been to the Villa. I only met him once in Katsina and we discussed.



Have you been shut out or you refused to pay him a visit?

Do you walk into the Villa just like that? You have to seek for appointment, isn’t it? Nobody will ever give Kanti Bello appointment; they don’t want to see my face there, because I had been a PDP person. After working for APC for four solid years: from PDP to APC. After working so hard for it, I was shut out. That’s the type of government we have.


What is your take on agitations for the restructuring of the country? Certain groups like IPOB and MASSOB are actually demanding for its outright balkanisation.

Let us be honest with ourselves, we have seen it in Southern Sudan now which is a new country. Are they better off? The truth is that, they aren’t. Why people are agitating for restructuring is simple: if you are hungry and you aren’t sure of the future of your children, then you start calling for restructuring. You have to look for an alternative. So, they think the country will be better, if restructured. That’s their thinking. I have no grudge against that but I believe it is wrong.

Some of us thought once we had Buhari, this talk won’t happen again. But unfortunately, it has remained with us, because people aren’t happy and we need somebody who is going to help the economy to be better. It isn’t impossible. We need somebody who is a detribalised Nigerian. Maybe it is difficult to get but we will, with a lot of hard work, efforts that can heal the wounds, so that after 2019, nobody will be thinking about restructuring again. That’s what we need



Any regrets inviting Buhari to politics?

I really regret it now, because I thought it is going to be better than what we are having now. That’s why I couldn’t speak for two years, because you cannot bring somebody and say he is the best, work hard for him and after one year you say he isn’t good. Is it fair? But after two years and looking at it, I can talk. I hope he gets well, come back and finish his two years. Whichever way, I don’t see much out of it anyway, because the first two years have been wasted, nothing to show for it. My regret is what I would tell the ordinary people I convinced to vote for Buhari.



What if he says, he is seeking a fresh mandate in 2019?

Let him come back and be well. We pray for him to come back in good health. He has every right to seek for our mandate, but some of us also have a right to look for who will give Nigerians the best.



What if he reaches out to you and assures you that he would make amends? Will you support him in 2019?

That’s too theoretical. I don’t want to answer that question, it is too theoretical. The truth of the matter is that, we are now in a mess. You don’t seem to understand how difficult it is for the masses. Is it because you live in Abuja? Look, I know what people are passing through in my village, this fasting period. People cannot eat. Now, you want me to go and tell people to forget what happened in the last two years; that it is going to be better. No, I am going to tell my people to look for an alternative, what will help your kids to go to school and be able to live a better life. The middle class is now wiped out. This country is in a hole, deep hole and we need to bring it out


http://tribuneonlineng.com/2019-north-wont-vote-buhari-well-shop-candidate-no-vendetta-kanti-bello/

Good riddance to bad rubish. Its an igbo strike force and most of their targets are igbo people, na so? After people don huzzle una go come collect una share. It always comes to an end one day.

CastedDude:
The Joint Special Forces led by the Intelligence Response Team, the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit and Technical and Intelligent Unit of the Force under the supervision of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State on the 10th of June, 2017 swooped and raided the criminal fortress of CHUKWUDI DUMEME ONUAMADIKE a.k.a EVANS, a native of Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area ofChukwudidumeme Onwuamadike aka Evans paraded Anambra State who is the vicious leader of a highly organized kidnap for ransom syndicate and criminal gang terrorizing and responsible for several kidnap of notable/prominent Nigerians in Lagos State, including the Western, Eastern, South-South and some Northern States. He has his gangs active and spread across these mentioned states.

After an intense gun battle between that lasted several hours, CHUKWUDI DUMEME ONUAMADIKE and his gang were overpowered by the Superior Fire Power of the Joint Special Forces and he was arrested at MAGODO ESTATE, IKEJA AREA OF LAGOS STATE. CHUKWUDI DUMEME ONUAMADIKE a.k.a EVANS was first declared wanted in August, 2013 when he masterminded the attempted kidnap of CHIEF VINCENT OBIANUDO, the owner of Young Shall Grow Motors in Festac, Lagos, where a Policeman attached to the victim foiled the attack and killed three ‘3’ of Evans gang members but also lost his life in the process.

Some of Evans gang members were subsequently arrested, but he regrouped after with several gangs and became more vicious and unleashes terror in the mentioned States of the Federation. EVANS and his gangs keep their victim kidnapped in Lagos Area at House No. 21 Prophet Asaye Close New Igando, Lagos State until the ransom is paid to him. Ransom money are paid to him in Millions of Dollars, some victims are kept for upward of six to seven months until the last penny is paid. He never reduces his tagged ransom money. None of his gang members know his house.

EVANS KIDNAPPING EXPLOITS IN LAGOS INCLUDES;

a. Mbarikatta William Uboma, 35, kidnapped June 16th, 2012 at about 11.am on his arrival from Hungary while he was close to his house. He was in his Toyota Car 2010 model in company of his brother to drop him at his house when a Passat car emerged from nowhere and blocked his car. They blindfolded him and forcefully abducted him to an unknown destination. They later demanded a ransom of N10M. However, N2M was later paid while they collected other personal accessories. He was finally dropped at Okota on the third day.

b. Paul Cole, 34, from Ohafia in Abia State. A Director with Ocean Glory Commodities, Apapa, kidnapped August 3rd, 2012 at Festac Town together with his General Manager, Jude Ugoje and another staff, PiriyeGogo, and taken to an unknown destination. They demanded for N10M. On August 6th 2012, they collected N5M ransom at Maza-maza area of Lagos State.

c. Mohammed Jamal, 22, a Lebanese, kidnapped on August 19, 2012 at Ajah by three armed men, taken away blindfolded. N7M ransom was later paid at Ojo Barracks.

d. Kingsley Nwokenta, 34, kidnapped September 19, 2012 after he left Lebanana Bar in Festac at Mile two under bridge. Later, paid N1.5M ransom while they made away with his black Toyota Venza and other accessories.

e. Anthony Ozoanidobi, 41, kidnapped in October 10th 2012 along Marwa road Satellite Town. Ransom of N1.5M paid after which he was released at Apple Junction, Amuwo-Odofin.

f. Leo Abraham 58, kidnapped August 20, 2012. Paid ransom of N5M and was later released along Badagry road, Lagos.

g. OjukwuCosmas, 45, sells Toyota parts at Aspanda Trade Fair, Kidnapped January 21, 2016 at Festac Town. It was not clear when and how he was released.

h. James Uduji; kidnapped close to his house at 7th Avenue Festac late last year. Held for 6 six weeks. Paid $1M.

i. Chief Raymond Okoye – Odu- Na –Ichida, kidnapped 2015. Paid $1M as ransom, held captive for 2months

j. Uche Okoroafor, trader at Alaba, kidnapped 2015, held captive for three (3) months, paid $1M.

k. Elias Ukachukwu kidnapped November 2015. Paid $1M. Date of release unknown but it was gathered that his abductors were insisting on another $1M claiming family members were rude to them during negotiation.

l. Francis Umeh also a spare parts dealer at Aspanda, kidnapped July 2016 at RajiRasaki Estate, released after two months in captivity.

m. The last Victim is Mr DanatusDunu he kidnapped in Ilupeju February 2017 and fortunately the man escaped from the Igando House where Evans kept him with his boys last month.

EVANS GANG MEMBERS:

i. Felix Chinemerem 36yrs Native of ArichukwuOhafia LGA of Abia State second in command of Evans.

ii. NwosuChikodiChukwuma aka Sudo 42yrs, 3rd in Command to Evans. He has over 20yrs experience in Armed robbery and about 8yr experience in Kidnapping.

iii. UchechukwuAmadi Native of Anambra State longtime Evans Boy and head of the detention Camp in Igando.

iv. OgechiAmadi is the woman who rented the house and cooks for the Kidnappers and their victims in the camp.

v. Suoyo Paul aka Nwana 42yrs Native of Bayelsa States Gangmember and Supplier of Rifles and Ammunitions to Evans.

vi. IkennaEmeka 28yrs Native of Anambra State.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/06/notorious-kidnapper-evans-paraded-alongside-his-gang-members.html

lofty900:
coocoo

You fail am. The name of the bird is Eleke.

lofty900:
From the pictures, it shows that the guy was first captured alive, then shot dead. Looking at the size of the bullet holes, it's obvious that a pump action was used in shooting them but is it also the pump action that stripped them nak€d
"Since bird has learned to fly without perching so have hunters learnt to shoot without missing" nice adage

This parable was made by a bird, what is the name of the bird?

highrise07:
http://punchng.com/brave-policemans-son-5-slumps-dies-at-dads-burial-cop-spent-only-three-days-at-bank-before-attack-bank-police-abandoned-my-seven-kids-and-i-wife/

Our lawmakers are only interested in their personal welfare. Otherwise, I think it is not too much for a policeman, who is killed while fighting to save other Nigerians, remain on the payroll of the police for another 10-15years in appreciation of their efforts. If we have such a law, it will go a long way to ameliorate the suffering of a family like this one. You will agree with me that the morale of a serving policeman who sees the plight of this family will be very low and discouraging.

boot of car. Thats good. That is where the luggage deserves to be.

broseme:
According to reports shared by Nk,Onelga Security Outfit 'OSPAC' thus morning foiled a kidnapping attempt along Sambo road,Omoku,Rivers state by a group of criminals led by Mr Efiechukwu Ukaegbwu,a native of Oguta,Imo state. While his gang members escaped,Mr Ukaegbwu was arrested.Below are his photos



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/06/ospac-foiled-kidnapping-attempt-in.html

After reigning comes arrest. That was how Anini reigned. It got to a stage IBB asked Iyang, then IG of police, at the enterance to their AFRC meeting, "where is Anini?". Shortly after, he was arrested. After the reign comes the arrest.

dainformant:
The Special Intelligence Response Team IRT arrested Evans who is said to be the most brilliant and notorious high profile kidnapper in the history of Nigeria who have collected billions of Naira ss ransom over the last 7yrs as the Kingpin of Kidnappers. The suspect was arrested by 1pm yesterday 10/6/17 in his Mansion at Magodo Estate Lagos.

His real names Chukwudidumeme Onuamadike aka Evans Native of Akanmili Umudim village Nnewi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra state Age 36 yrs. He was the leader of a Notorious Advanced High Profile Person Kidnapping gang that Operation in Festac, Amuwo Udopin and OJO areas of Lagos.

He keep his victims for up to 6 to 7 months in Captivity until when the Family pays 300 to 400 Million Naira Ransom in Several Installments before victims are released. Several wealthy Nigerians living in Festac and Amuwo Odofin Arears of Lagos relocated to Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island and left their mansions empty because of Evans. He also Have a Kidnapping gang that Operates in Portharcourt, Bayelsa and Warri Delta State.

He is also said to be the Mastermind and only Survivor in attempted Kidnapping Of Chief Vincent Obianudo the Owner of Young Shall grow Motors in Festac Lagos August 2013.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/06/notorious-and-brilliant-kidnapper-evans-arrested-in-magodo-lagos.html

Oyinbos are building bridges of unity and oneness with blacks. This led to an Obama becoming the president of US. All we hear here is Afenifere, afonja, Arewa, massob, ipob, instead of uniting, we are harrasing ourselves. There is strenght in diversity. If the oyinbo man can accept and give their daughter to a black who they were reffering to as monkey before, then I think it is high time for us to let peace reign. The problem of Nigeria are the politicians. If biafra goes with this same igbo policians, they will soon begin to prefer staying in naija. The problem of igbo are the self centered politicians who have turned the country to their business. Instead of fighting for their people, they are fighting for themselves, their families and generation unborn..

sar33:
Nigerian man Olugbenga Odesina tied the knot with his Oyinbo wife Carly McDonnell in a colourful event.The wedding was attended by guests from Nigeria, Australia,UK and all over the US. Such beautiful outfits people.

See photos after the cut..



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/06/nigerian-man-weds-his-oyinbo-wife-in.html

Triton1996:
http://www.saharaweeklyng.com/yes-i-have-been-called-to-bar-in-new-york-tb-joshuas-22-year-old-daughter-sarah-the-spiritual-cover-i-enjoy-is-unquantifiable-promise-18-year-old-undergraduate-daughter/

Before them go say no be him burn them, these children resemble their TB Joshua no be small.

If igbo say they are not leaving then they should stop all the noise about biafra. If una leave now we go know say una mean business, otherwise please stop the tension. When the presidency is coming back to the south, we know say na SE he go land.

nurex01:
•Osinbajo sues for peace •IPOB backs quit notice
Our correspondents

The Eze N’digbo (traditional rulers) and leaders of Igbo socio-cultural associations in the North have vowed to resist any attempt by the Coalition of Northern Groups to chase them out of the region.

The coalition groups are: Arewa Citizens Action for Change, led by Nastura Ashir Sharif; Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, led by Shettima Yerima; Arewa Youth Development Foundation, led by Aminu Adam; and the Arewa Students Forum, led by Alfred Solomon.



Others are, Northern Emancipation Network, led by Abdul-azeez Suleiman; Northern Youth Vanguard, led by Joshua Viashman; Northern Youth Stakeholders Forum, led by Mohammad Mohammad; North-East Assembly, led by Mohammed Tasiupantami; and North Central People’s Front, led by Nathaniel Ajegenaadigizi.

Concerned by the outrage that greeted the declaration, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, ordered the arrest of the signatories to the declaration, but none of the youths has been apprehended as of Saturday.

The tension generated by the declaration of the northern youths worsened on Friday afternoon, when a prominent member of the Northern Elders’ Forum, and former Ahmadu Bello University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, threw his weight behind the coalition.

The group of northern elders also expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the coalition, insisting that it was hypocritical for the Igbo to continue to live in other parts of the country while agitating for Nigeria’s breakup.

Speaking with one of our correspondents, the Eze Ndigbo of Kano, Boniface Ibekwe, said the over three million Igbo indigenes in Kano would not leave the city with all their investments acquired over several decades.

He said, “We have advised our people to remain calm and that nobody should travel. The lives and property Igbo are secure. As far as I am concerned, no Igbo man has relocated with his family to the East. We are here and going about our normal business. The northern groups fanning the embers of war have never experienced the pains and after-effects of war because, if they had, they would always pray for the sustenance of peace, unity and stability.’’

Also, the Eze Ndigbo of Kaduna, Igwe Sylvanus Aneke, told one of our correspondents that his people were not afraid of the plans of the Arewa youths, especially when the Federal Government had stepped into the matter.

He said, “The youths have asked us to leave, but their parents, the police, the state government and the Federal Government have asked us to ignore the threat. We will rather listen to the elders and the government.

“Ango Abdullahi merely expressed his opinion. We are not taking him seriously because we are used to his antics. We are watching the events for now. We will take our decisions after we have watched, prayed and discovered that nothing has changed.”

The President General of the Igbo Community Welfare Association in Kaduna State, Chris Nnoli, also urged Igbo in the North to stay still.

He said, “It (the ultimatum) is a serious issue that should naturally be taken seriously. We are concerned, but since the Kaduna State Government has assured us of safety, we want to hold on to this assurance. I am greatly worried that up till this moment, nobody has been apprehended over the issue. We are watching events and we believe that government will intensify action and get the youths arrested. It is when we have seen that the government and the IG’s assurances are not effective that we will start to think of other means of seeking protection.”

The Eze Igbo III, Jos South in Plateau State, Lawrence Onwudinjo, who is also the President, Igbo Cultural Association, said no Igbo person would leave the North on account of any threat from any northern youth.

He said, “Igbo people in Plateau State are going nowhere. There is no right-thinking human being that will ask people to leave where they are living. This is one Nigeria where we are living. Nigeria belongs to all of us. I believe that if any part of the country needs anything, they should sit down together to discuss it. Everybody should come to a roundtable to discuss it.”

Another Igbo leader in Lantang, James Abraham, said no Igbo would relocate and that if they would have to move, northerners in the South-East should be waiting for their quit notice too.

He said, “If the Arewa youths tell us to leave the North, their kinsmen in the South-East should also be ready to leave. Do the Arewa youths have representatives in Plateau State? They should not be taken seriously.”

The President General of the Igbo community in Sokoto, Onyebuchi Uwaga, told SUNDAY PUNCH that, following the assurance from the government and the police, no Igbo would leave the North.

Also, the Ezeigbo I of Nasarawa State, Nathaniel Nduba, in calling for the immediate arrest of the Arewa youths in the interest of peace, pointed out that no Igbo person would leave the region, despite the threat given by the northern coalition.

A yam seller in Nasarawa, Mrs. Amaka Chukwudi, also said, “The threat by the AYCF was an empty threat. They forget that they have their brothers and sisters spread across other states. Has anybody asked them to leave? Why should the northerners give such an ultimatum?”

Igbo in Bauchi State, in reaction to the ultimatum, also stated that they would not leave the North.

One of them, Joshua Chukwu, said, ‘’For me, I will not take laws into my hands but will remain law-abiding, as the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees everyone, irrespective of tribe or origin, the right to reside in whatever part of the country he deems fit to pursue his legitimate business.”

Similarly, Igbo in Niger State told SUNDAY PUNCH that they would ignore the threat and carry on with their legitimate activities without exercising any fear.

A businessman, Tochukwu Chikwem, said he had no plans to send his family back to the East.

Another Igbo man in Minna, Felix Irojiogu, said, “They are seeking recognition or attention which they don’t deserve. They are wasting their time; government should arrest them for trying to cause problem in the country.”

In Katsina State, the mood of defiance was also noticed when a businessman, Jude Eze, said, “How can I listen to the rantings of those rascals? You should know they don’t know the consequences of what they are saying. It took our leaders and elders years of sweat, and some even paid with their lives, to get Nigeria to this stage and some boys who have never gone beyond their villages are saying we should pack our belongings and go. We are not going anywhere.”

Meanwhile, Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has assured non-indigenes in the state of their safety.

But in Sokoto State, some Igbo men have made up their minds to leave, stressing that anyone who ignores the Arewa youths’ threat would do so at his peril.

One of them, Uchendu Sunday, a father of three, who operates a patent medicine store at Mabera, in Sokoto, said, “I grew up in Kano. Sadly, my elder brother was killed there during a violent demonstration against the United States of America, when Osama bin Laden was declared wanted in 2001, after the bombing of the World Trade Centre.

“It was this sad memory that haunted me out of Kano to Sokoto. This is why I have decided to end my sojourn in the North and return to the East with my wife and three children. One thing I can assure you is that there will be an exodus of Igbo from the North, based on this ultimatum.”

In the East, various groups and associations said they had no intention of issuing a similar ultimatum to northerners living among them.

Speaking for Igbo youths, the President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said, “We will not ask northerners to leave. We will continue to show them love, as Igbo have done in the past.”

Reacting to the ultimatum, the leader of the northern community in Enugu State, Sarkin Hausawa, Idris Ado Suleiman, stated that they exercised no fear of any tit-for-tat response by their eastern hosts.

Suleiman said, “We have heard about the ultimatum. They said Igbo in the North should leave in three months. But we know it is not something that is possible.”


Osinbajo sues for peace

Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday called on the various ethnic groups in Nigeria to live in peace, saying that in any marriage, there was tendency for disagreement.

Osinbajo spoke at the wedding of the daughter of the founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, Wuraola, and Dr. Olawale Solabi in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The Acting President’s message came on the heels of an ultimatum issued by Arewa youth wings to Igbo people living in northern Nigeria.

Osinbajo said it was common for nations with different ethnic nationalities to experience quarrels among themselves like in any marriage.

According to him, agitations and quarrels can best be addressed when people give peace a chance and work in unity.

Osinbajo said, instead of fanning the embers of disagreement within ethnic groups, it would be better if understanding was allowed to prevail.

He said, “Marriage is a very large institution that requires a lot of prayers. It is the same marriage that nations go through. Our nation has been in marriage for a while now.

“Sometimes, there are quarrels within that marriage. Sometimes, there is disagreement. What is important is that you must remain together. You must remain united.”

Among dignitaries at the wedding ceremony were Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State; and Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State.

An ex-governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and a former governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni, were also present.

IPOB backs quit notice for Igbo

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Saturday supported the three-month quit notice served on the Igbo living in the northern part of the country by the Arewa youths.

IPOB, in a press statement made available to our correspondent in Awka by the group’s media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, commended the northern youths and Arewa Elders Forum for fast-tracking the Biafra exit with their pronouncements.

The group maintained that the quit notice had a human face, unlike the situation in the past, when the people perceived as Biafrans were attacked without any notice or provocation.

IPOB said it would prevail on Igbo living in the North to adhere to the quit notice.

The statement read, “Biafrans in general wish to thank these vocal northerners for at least having the courtesy to issue advance warning this time before embarking on their routine massacre of the Igbo and other Biafrans living in northern Nigeria; unlike what their fathers did in 1966.

“We promise to adhere to your warning to leave northern Nigeria because a word is enough for the wise. Biafrans and other southerners should start packing their belongings to come down to the South.

“We also advise the northern youths and their elders to keep it up because all they have done is to exercise their right to free speech which is not a crime under any law known to man.

“We are therefore against those calling for the arrest of these Arewa youths and their elders.”

‘Nigeria can’t afford another civil war’

A former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and a former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retd.), have warned against any attempt to break Nigeria.

They cautioned that such an act could lead to another civil war and warned that Nigeria cannot afford another civil war, leading to another wanton destruction of lives and property.

Gambari spoke during the fifth convocation of Kwara State University in Malete, Moro Local Government of Kwara State, while Akanbi spoke on the sidelines of a summit organised by Home and Street Kids Welfare Initiative in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

PANDEF seeks arrest of Arewa youths

The Pan Niger Delta Forum has condemned the ultimatum issued on the Igbo in the North by some Arewa youth groups.

It described the three-month quit notice as “an act of treason which portends great threat to the nation’s unity.”

PANDEF, led by Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said the group considered the statement by the Arewa youths as “too dangerous.”

The statement, signed by Dr. Alfred Mulade, called on northern state governments, elders, particularly the Arewa Consultative Assembly, in whose House the press conference was held, not only to condemn it but take concrete steps to reassure the Igbo of their safety in the region.

Igbo youths in North call for Ango’s arrest

The Ndigbo in the North, under the aegis of Northern Youth Council of Nigeria on Saturday demanded the arrest of Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum.

Abdullahi had at a press conference on Friday backed the three-month ultimatum by a coalition of Northern group to the N’digbo in the region to vacate the place before October 1, 2017.

The group, at a press conference, by its spokesperson, Isa Abubakar, urged security operatives to immediately arrest the NEF spokesman, following what it described as his hate speech.

Why Urhobo can’t be part of Biafra — Urhobo leaders

Urhobo leaders, under the auspices of Urhobo Leaders of Thought, have condemned the proposed Biafra Republic map which included Urhobo as one its territory.

They maintained that Urhobo people did not share culture or customs with Igbo people in the southern part of the country.

ULT, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Mr Mumakai Unugha, on Saturday, also condemned the recent ultimatum issued to Igbo residents in the northern part of the country, describing it as reckless and provocative.

IYC asks FG to intervene in Arewa — Igbo conflict

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide has called on the Federal Government to show strong and purposeful leadership by stopping the building tension between the North and the Igbo .

IYC spokesman, Mr. Henry Iyalla, who spoke in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, decried the manner in which government was handling the quit order given to Igbo people living in the North.

Iyalla explained that it was necessary for the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to arrest the situation at its preliminary stage and not when it must have escalated.


http://punchng.com/igbo-dare-arewa-we-wont-leave-north/

eROCK247:
Since when did washing inside relate to politics?

when it is inside matter, everybody go maintain but when we enter politics, you go hear afonja, ipob, massob, arewa youths etc. All this na politics na! Abi you think say I be part of those wey dey write before dey think?

Everyday for the thief but one day for the owner.

chimebube:
Weeks after a N30M bounty was placed on his head, the police made a major breakthrough in its efforts to arrest the rising cases of kidnapping in the country on Saturday, with the arrest of a notorious kidnapper, Evans.

It was gathered that the high profile kidnap kingpin, Evans, was arrested on Saturday afternoon in his mansion located in the highbrow Magodo Estate, by operatives of the Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

According to Vanguard, Evans, a native of Anambra State, who have made billions over the seven years he operated his kidnapping ring, was apprehended at about 1pm.

News of the arrest of one of the most sort after kidnappers, was said to have brought immediate joy at the Abuja Headquarters of the IRT, which had been saddled with ending his reign of terror.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2017/06/weeks-n30m-bounty-placed-head-notorious-kidnapper-arresteed.html
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Blue3k:
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/igbo-quit-notice-northern-elders-forum-backs-arewa-coalition/amp/

This is the foolish mentality I hear from this people. That groundnut pyramid was used to develop the south. How much is groundnut? If it was used to develop the south, has it not been paid back since oil was discovered and the north just sat back to be getting allocation from Abuja? Its better this people just shut their mouth instead of stearing up annoying and unrealistic arguments.

senatordave1:
Up obaseki,up oshiomhole.even if pdp goes to the apex court,they would lose since they have a history of not removing a governor and pdp evidence are scanty.obaseki is gradually turning around edo state positively without making noise or media show like govs wike,obiano and ayade.hes the best performing governor in south south.up apc

But una dey do partial sometime. The man dey work true true but you for say without making noise like him predecessor.

What I dont get right is what a terrorist intends to gain killing innocent and armless kids. Frankly, these are not jihadists, the are lunatics. The hottest part of hell awaits them. The promise of paradise for killing innocent people is the greatest joke I have ever had.

henryanna36:
Two children were killed and three others injured in a bomb explosion that occurred yesterday's evening in Fadaman Rake area of Hong Local Government in ‎Adamawa State.The incident happened around 7p.m.

The explosion caused hundreds of residents of the area to flee their homes.According to reports,an unknown driver delivered a package in a polythene bag to some children who were playing.
He gave one of the boys playing a polythene bag that he should take it to his father as it contained money and valuables.The boys didn’t know and in the process of taking it to home,the explosion occurred.

Below are photos of the deceased who died in the blast


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/06/bomb-blast-kill-2-children-in.html?m=1

The aim could be to spread HIV. The wont allow you use a condom because they want you infected. Kongi no well o. Even at times like this, e go still respond.

chimebube:
Two men who were offered lifts by seven women in two separate incidents, were reportedly sexually assaulted by the women according to the Police in Zimbabwe who are already investigating the incident and who advised the public to be vigilant when they are picked by women.

It was gathered that the first victim was held up with a gun, forced into the bush, raped and then drugged, while the other was knocked out by a drink and abused while unconscious.

The Herald reported that Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi said one of the two recent victims, aged 37, was picked up in Harare on May 27 by a car containing one man and two women.

A woman who came aboard at the same time, the policeman said, pointed what seemed to be a pistol at the man after the driver had taken the car on a detour.

Chief Supt Nyathi said the woman force-marched the man into the bush, adding that: 'One of the females forced the complainant to have sexual intercourse with him without his consent, while another female accused forced the complainant to drink an unknown liquid which left the complainant unconscious.'

The other man also boarded a car in Harare, this one containing five unknown people, before being offered a drink by a woman which knocked him unconscious.

Chief Supt Nyathi said: 'When the complainant gained consciousness he discovered that he had been abused.'
Last year police were on the lookout for four women alleged to have sexually abused a 29-year-old man after offering him a lift in the Zimbabwean capital.

In 2015, another man also aged 29 was allegedly raped at gunpoint after being given a ride from Magunje Growth Point.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2017/06/two-men-raped-7-women-zimbabwe.html

tollytexy:
to cut the story short, I'm On my way to zimbabwe as i speak . . .

To be raped?

atorioke:
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/guardian.ng/news/clergyman-nabbed-for-allegedly-beheading-seven-year-old-burying-head-at-church-altar/amp

Wickedness everywhere. These are not pastors called and working for God. They are briefcase carrying witchdoctors who have found themselves in the churches. They were not called but they called themselves. Jesus did warn about their type in these last days.

Livefreeordieha:
my brother u and i know wetin happen to dis boiz....dem hand never strong reach so dem nor see bar to settle olokpaaa...if u doubt me...prove to me say doze boiz be like who don chop 120m.....diz guys are still hungry...dey are yahoo wanabeess enter ikoyi,ikeja,festac come and see the real yahoo soft boiz..

The trap wey dem set never catch. Them for see money settle. Becos no money to settle, the trap come catch who set am.

Take it or leave it, that woman was gorgeous .

JasonScolari:
So those security agencies that was demanding for Dieziani's head also partake in the "sharing??



Lmfao, their furck up don sawa.





Dieziani Allison Madueke is not only rich, beautiful and powerful, she's also generous to the security agencies.








My beautiful sugar mummy.

Kobicove:
The in-fighting in the north is about to get vicious

When God wants to give you peace, he sets your enemies against themselves. While they are battling themselves you can sit with a bottle of cold drink, cross your feet and watch.

vengertime:
taaaaaar nonsense,. He's dead already

Na so una first talk but the man appear. Him appearance this time go surprise una! He go hit the ground running.

IhatesIGBOS:
And Buhari will not die.
Mean while i heard that the north gave igbos quick notice.please we yoruba beg you in the name of your god please leave yoruba land as well

Which yoruba u dey talk? Say I yoruba, not we. Speak for yourself and your family. Hope you are not of the terrorist coallision? Because I see that you people reason alike whether in the north or SW.

Wickedness and violence everywhere. End time things.

aminulive:
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned - This agelong saying played out recently in Edo state after two captured assassins confessed that an ex-girlfriend of their victim hired them to carry out the dastard act.

The Edo state Police Command arrested the two suspects, who allegedly murdered an Italian-based Nigerian, Mr. Omoruyi Okundolor, in Benin, Edo State.

The suspects revealed that the deceased’s former lover, Mercy, who is now at large, contracted them to assassinate him because he jilted her.

They further confessed that four of them embarked on the mission to eliminate the deceased and named one Moses and Power as members of the gang and that the plot to eliminate the deceased was hatched at a drinking spot at Evbuotubu area of Benin.

They also killed an 18-year-old girl, who recognised one of them, when they went for the mission. The Edo State Police Commissioner, Haliru Gwandu, who paraded the suspects described the killings as wicked and barbaric and vowed to bring to book the female lover and other suspects currently on the run.

http://politicsngr.com/2017/06/08/lady-hires-assassins-kill-ex-boyfriend-edo/

teemswest:
Can't be catact , cataract cause visual impairment not blindness take note

ok thanks.

eROCK247:
I tot it is not healthy to wash 'inside'... Something about yeast, no?

which yeast? Somebody say inside and you don conclude wetin he mean. You know whether na inside her ears, nose or ampit? Na this kind matter all una sabi. No wailler or zombi for this one. All of una go maintain. Make lala cucu cancel politics for this forum make we get peace.

midehi2:
i wash every every of my body when bathing, even inside .........

Be bold. Inside your what? Could you be refering to your inner chambers? You must clarify this or I no go sleep this nite.

Swaggzkid:
This mad man enter arena everyone gave him space to execute his transactions ooo. With no ATM card.

Madness sha.

he see say people wey stand for front of the machine and put hand for the machine, money dey come out for them, na him he say make him self stand there whether he go come out for am. You think say mad man no know wetin them dey use money for?

teemswest:
Glaucoma at work major cause of blindness and it's hereditary

it could also be cattaract.

thesicilian:
Nice gesture.
Waiting for Buhari to return and make him a Minister.

How you know say he dey wait Buhari for the appointment? Stop to dey monitor Oshiomhole o. You just know wetin dey for him mind.