₦airaland Forum

Ibime:
You gotta be one of the silliest MFs known to humankind. . . . what do you term as "being in the struggle for anyone apart from themselves". . . . whats the monetary gain of travelling 200miles offshore to blow-up Bonga oil platform? Or travelling 200 miles to Lagos?. . . . . you have been warned that it is open-season on members of your profession in the Niger-Delta . . . . I am sure its affecting you, thats why you are constantly spewing gobbledygook.

Bonga wasn't blown up - Jomo Gbomo's emails are typically rich in hyperbole. It's patently clear that these attacks are merely aimed at showcasing the 'might' of the MEND millitants. The monetary gain is in the long term, not that anyone expected an immediate payment for these actions.

I've long since noticed that plain facts are the bane of your existence, so let's see you answer these.

1. What have the MEND millitants done (directly) for the people of the Niger Delta so far? How many relief materials did they donate to the displaced people of Gbaramatu?

2. What do you say to the hundreds of millions of naira these millitants demand (and get) from ND state Governors? What was the purpose of this money when it was in the hands of the State Government? Develop the state or pay millitants?

3. What have the ND millitants done about the corrupt state and local government officials who have ceaselessly diverted monies meant for the common man?

4. Can MEND raise the dead? if not, what have they done to recompense the families of the innocent civillians they've brutally killed in their operations?

5. Four innocent civillians were cut down in the Atlas Cove attack. Why has there been no public apology from MEND over this to the families of those involved?


Please reply.

rasputinn:
Hehehehehehe

Nairalanders no go kill person with laff

Why the fuss about an ordinary sum of 3 billion naira.Though,some senior commanders of MEND have spoken out to dissociate themselves and MEND from that saga,anyone who thought the militants would disarm forever just because of 3 billion and some bungalows has displaced Ali baba as Nigeria's king of comedy.Do the math,how much has Uduaghan been giving the Delta MEND monthly,how much has Sylva been giving them(never mind that he said he's stopped),from these two states alone,they'd have got the 3 billion from just the two state governments in about nine months,not factoring in the endless oil bunkering they engage in with the active connivance of the Navy,plus bank robberies and protection monies from multi nationals etc etc

That aside,MEND still wants to retain a semblance of legitimate struggle for resource control,so without the FG adopting the principle of true fiscal federalism,they'll still give MEND(especially the criminal elements within them,who I guess make up to 97% of the rank and file) an excuse to bear arms and carry out acts of economic sabotage

So in summary you're saying MEND are among the groups bleeding the Niger DElta dry?

I certainly won't mention Ojukwu's jetting out of the country as Biafra collapsed. That was clearly a strategic retreat, not running away as some have mentioned.

Seriously though, tribe has nothing to do with it. Self-preservation is paramount, especially if there's something to live for.

Now, question for you people; if your tribes/people are so bold to laugh in the face of certain death, why haven't we had the sort of revolution in Nigeria that we saw in Ukraine, Thailand and Iran?

please answer this quickly.

presido1:
Adieu Boyloaf You have just digged your grave like Isaac Boro. Watch out those that gave you that money will be the one that will kill you.
Hope you have signed your will already.

They'll all collect money eventually.

Beaf:
Kill this thread! This is a fake story.

http://saharareporters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3382:mend-clarifies-position-on-amnesty-and-the-qdefectionq-of-boyloaf&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18

I said it earlier!!!

This is not about whether there are factions in MEND, or who gets to say what. It's simply that MEND have done nothing to show that they are in this struggle for anyone apart from themselves.
Once again i draw a parallel between the self-serving actions of these people and the actions of other groups like Hezbollah and Hamas that actually actively take steps to assist the common man in their areas of operation.

At the end of the day, you'll see the demands they'll make will be no less selfish than these ludicrous demands.

So even with the clearly tribalistic slant of the original post, Seun saw fit to make this a front page item? Sometimes it's clear we Nigerians are the architect of our own problems.

captured:
If you ever had doubt that the Nigerian Governemnt is without conscience, what more evidence do you need.

Kindly point out the 'evidence' you refer to. I can't see any, so feel free to enlighten me.

Let's look at this another way.
Yusuf advocated Sharia Justice. And in Sharia law the penalty for murder is death. Yusuf and his followers killed people. And the top islamic scholars in Nigeria claim that the guy's teachings are un-islamic. Ergo, he should then have been tried by a Shariah court and convicted and executed for murder.

Put yourself in the shoes of the police. You capture someone who's directly responsible for the deaths of tens of Police and Soldiers, probably some friends and colleagues of the arresting soldiers. Is there any incentive left to coddle the fellow?
I'm not saying they shoulda killed him. But i understand!

Tippy Top:
Let the truth be told, Yoruba people can't keep their mouth shut. I think its ingrained or may it is inherited anyway it sucks.

Ijawman:
He is a good example of a Yoruba. Here in the US, they drop names like ''no man's'' business. Useless people.

LOng ago, tens of thousands of Africans were taken from their continent to serve as slaves to white men who believed the black man is intrinscially inferior to the white race. This erroneous belief permitted much suffering and pain to be meted out on black people in the name of slavery.

Fast forward to 2009 and see some Nigerians stupidly trying to pass across this same message of superiority, albeit on a tribal/ethnic scale and not a racial scale. Do we never learn? What in God's name does anyone stand to gain from pursuing a tribalist agenda?

I feel the Mods should do more to stamp out these evil and divisive topics from NL.

MrCrackles:
Evidence/Proof

tensor777:
Show us your pictures.

You expect me to come down from my vehicle and take so photos just to keep you rascals happy? No chance.

Go ask anyone who stays in Port Harcourt what happens at Slaughter junction.

I can confirm that the hausa butchers in Port Harcourt routinely use tyres to roast goats

mikeansy:
nex = texa

I can assure you, i have no need for another User ID on NL.

Jakoko:
This story ascribed to Saharareporters is total hogwash that medium never reported that the plane was spirited out of Nigeria.You Texazzpete you provide the url or google cache of such story if you have it. It is you that just lied through your teeth. I had cause to challenge another character here who made a similar sinister claim that Saharareporters reported that Yar'adua had died in 2007. Truth was that Saharareporters did not report anything like that. I await your evidence or an apology.

I think i made that claim last year based on what someone told me, someone who i usually consider to be a reliable source. I have been unable to find a link verifying that claim, so i think in this case you guys are in the clear. My apologies.
On the other hand, Now you know how it feels like, since 50% of the stories on your site rely less on hard, physical evidence and more on 'reliably informed bla bla bla'

RichyBlacK:
Correct words.

The Nigerian government is shamelessly useless! The youths are abandoned and hope is squeezed from their minds. Nothing is done to alleviate the suffering of the poor.

This is not about religion. The Nigerian government is known to use its killing machines - the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Army - to kill civilians, whenever they please. Was Odi inhabited by the Taliban? Was Kalakuta Republic, destroyed by zombies in uniform, inhabited by religious extremists?

The Nigerian Police Force and the Nigerian Army, have a long history of disregarding the law and murdering civilians. It is this state-sponsored terrorism on the Nigerian populace, from Zaki Biam to Lagos, from Onitsha to Odi, from Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri, and the concomitant ineptitude of security and law enforcement apparatus in Nigeria, that must be blamed for most, if not all, of the social upheavals in Nigeria.

Yeah right. Four innocent civillians were killed by MEND in the Atlas Cove attack, the same MEND you wholeheartedly support. When you throw in the tens of innocents killed by MEND proxies like ateke tom and the civillians routinely killed during MEND operations you have to wonder at your hypocrisy for supporting this group while condemning the Nigerian Army.
When the video purportedly showing Nigerian soldiers killing two fishermen in Bonny emerged, you responded fervently raining down curses on the Nigerian Army. Why was your response to the deaths of the four civillians in Atlas Cove much more muted? Aren't all human beings supposed to be equal?

Last week MEND announced that 'oil workers and their families will now be targeted'. Families.  Does that word not sink into your skull? Where's the moral justification to pontificate about how evil the Nigerian Army is while you shamelessly throw your lot in with miscreants?

i'm now firmly in support of resource control, or at least an increase in Oil derivation to 50%. But i at least know not to place a halo over the heads of these people.

Lol
Sometimes i check out inspired's posts just to see his extremely funny product descriptions. Keep it up, man!

silentc:
I have never seen an educated Muslim burning cars, houses and being involved in vilolence, from Nigeria to Pakistan, this I have never seen. They are all uneducated, poor people who hold onto their religion (Islam) and take its teaching without any thoughts or underlying understanding. My point is that the teachings of Islam has the highest chance of its followers misunderstanding and misconstrueing it to take actions like we are seeing in Northern Nigeria.

Al Zawahiri, the second in command of Al Qaeda is very well educated. Osama bin laden is pretty well educated too. Many of the top elite in Al Qaeda have received formal education. Your assumption does not hold water in this regard.

To be honest, i think Obama acted foolishly in using the 'stupid' word without knowing everything about the case. The last thing he needs is to insert himself into any racially charged argument, it's a lose-lose situation for him.

The white police officer in question is reputed to be pretty friendly to blacks and has no recorded history of racial discrimination.

The army and the police have been called out to combat the millitants in the affected northern states. And the daily death toll is arguably higher in the northern conflict at this stage.

I think the pre-order offer is still on in the UK and Europe. And you can upgrade from the WIndows 7 RC1, i think.

There are courts of law set up for the very same thing - patent defence - in Nigeria. I see no reason for speculation at this point in time.
Someone said he went to the 0ffice at Ojuelegba and was shown documentary proof. How can he verify the authenticity of such documents?

What i see here is people buying the guy's story whole heartedly just because he's a Nigerian. It's silly to take sides until the complete story is known, and you hear both sides of the argument.

Beaf:
Hacked

A multinational oil company, hacking the website of someone bringing a lawsuit against them? C'mon, man!

Bump!

Alireta:
You left out the fact that the included card is 2GB.

The offer is still on: newly-used E75 + 4GB microSD + Garmap installation for N60, 000.00.

4GB MicroSD = N1800.

and we're talking about a fairly used phone here.
The price isn't too shabby, though, especially if it's in good condition.

presido1:
Till today i still believe that Alams ordeal with British Police was a set-up.

One million pounds found in the london lodge of the Governor of an impoverished Niger Deltan state, and you call it a set-up?
50 billion Naira loot recovered from this one man as a result of the subsequent investigation, and you call it a set-up?

Sometimes i find myself sorely vexed at the thought processes of some of my fellow Nigerians.

back2back:
is this ALL Obama could do?

If so, those africans waiting for OBAMA to help them are in for a long waitGbam!
The guy clearly insult President Obama. Na wo. We are waiting,

Perhaps you wanted Obama to order the arrest and execution of the officer in charge? What else do you expect him to do? Why would you blame a Black president who wanted to lighten the mood of a discussion concerning such a politically charged and tense subject as racism?

We get it, you don't like Obama. We do. Deal with it!


PS: would that you had the guts to hold your own leaders accountable for their actions!

These people are paying for the sins of other Nigerians before them. I feel sorry for them, but i cannot put much blame on the Canadian embassy, who are only doing what they think right. We've had accredited members of football teams abscond overseas from soccer competitions. Hundreds/thousands more travel out with a plethora of papers, yet vanish into thin air.

oyb:
abeg hit us with the oem bios emulator

i cannot see myself shelling out over $300 for ultimate - muthafukas - no rebates for those of us who bought legit vista ultimates

Why don't you grab the Win 7 RTM which is floating around on bittorrent at the moment?
Better still, go legit and pre-order Win 7 at half price.

Alireta:
N67, 000 to N89, 000, depending on where you buy. And that is without the Garmap application and 4GB microSD card.

Actually about N65000 with an included MicroSD card. brand new in computer village.

As the topic says. I'd love to buy a Kindle 2/Kindle DX from anyone who's got one for sale.
Please reply here if you do have any.

back2back:
if you dont know how Vatican and Mafia work, you can go learn instead of abusing people.

Ah. so now you're the expert on Mafia affairs, eh? And you're fully in the know about the inner workings of the vatican, huh?

All you've done is peruse loads of dodgy conspiracy theorist sites. Next thing you'll be telling us how Elvis and Tupac are alive, and how aliens rampage freely among mankind.

The Nokia N97 is more-of-the-same. Not really impressed, to be honest.

justauto:
safety while driving is very very important, get ur car bluetooth kit

Surely you appreciate the irony in this? It isn't even advised to use a car bluetooth kit for safety reasons. You don't need to have a phone to your head to get distracted.

pussydot:
am straight,

Don't get this wrong. I ain't anti-lesbian. I'm actually kinda pro-choice. But the irony of a lesbian saying 'she's straight' just cracks me up

back2back:
Just as the pope says whenever he collects drug money and keep in vatican bank:


Mutatis mutandis: "the necessary changes having been made".

First the United States and Obama, now the Catholic Church and the Pope. Is no institution safe from your stupidity?!