₦airaland Forum

Na them do am .... I no..
Send your boys to north there are here with bubu
...... ...... ...... ......
This country da fine problem ooi

madjune:
This man and David Mark were among IBB's young lieutenants then, very good looking charmers who made his administration look good on the outside but very corrupt on the inside.

Well, they lived large on Nigerias oil money all their lives.
They lived good.

Y de newspaper updated us with liesssss..... ....

BigDolph:
When will our darling daddy in Aso Rock go also? We are going to rejoice his death more than Abacha’s death!

You da wait... Baba get 1millon kings for back
You go wait like 10millon year before him die....

If government no send there boys who we

Uteghe:
Fela wasn't a hero though..

If you say fela was not an hero who was

In September 1984, Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti found himself in a familiar position: under arrest.

Sent to England to study medicine decades before, Kuti had instead invented Afrobeat, an infectious version of James Brown’s funk gone global. Radicalized in the United States by his contact with the Black Panthers, Kuti became more than a pop star, but a political force in Nigeria — a marijuana enthusiast, polygamist and sometime presidential candidate who became “the voice of Nigeria’s have-nots, a cultural rebel,” as AllMusic put it.

“In the last military regime I was the only one to speak out against the government and the army,” he said in 1978. “Anything could happen in Nigeria. If they get to the point that everyone trying to rule the place isn’t making any headway they might drop their guard and ask, ‘Fela, do you want to rule us today?’ ”


Kuti performed on Sept. 13, 1986, at the “Party of Humankind” of the French Communist Party at La Courneuve in Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
Continually running afoul of his country’s powers-that-be, Kuti was repeatedly detained. In 1977, government forces even raided his compound — which the singer had declared independent of Nigeria — with a 1,000-man force, resulting in the death of his mother. And the singer was on his way to the United States seven years later for a tour when he was arrested for what the Guardian called “sham currency smuggling charges.”

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Nigeria’s leader at the time: Muhammadu Buhari, who the country just put back in power. Buhari was elected this week in what The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah called “a largely peaceful and credible election, with its most transparent vote to date.”

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Buhari in December. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
Elected amid his nation’s ongoing war against the terrorist group Boko Haram, Buhari doesn’t just have radical Islamists to worry about. Though he proved victorious in a free and fair vote, Nigeria’s new leader also has his dictatorial past to overcome. After all, this is the man who engineered a coup in 1983 and put himself in charge of Africa’s most populous country.

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“A lot of people will tell you that they have their reservations about Buhari for many reasons — some because he was a military dictator and they worry whether he can uphold democratic principles and create democratic space,” Kadaria Ahmed, a Nigerian journalist and political analyst, told the Associated Press.

When it came to Fela Kuti, democratic principles didn’t seem get in Buhari’s way 30 years ago. Buhari’s government was behind Kuti’s arrest, and the singer was quickly sentenced to five years amid allegations reported by Amnesty International that witnesses were prevented from testifying on his behalf. There were even reports that the judge who sentenced Kuti later apologized to him.

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“He went and declared to Fela that, ‘Man, you were not guilty, I was under pressure, I was instructed to put you behind bars,’ ” Rilwan “Showboy” Fagbemi, Kuti’s former saxophonist, claimed in 2012. “‘And as a judge, if I don’t tell you the truth, I will never forgive myself. I came for your forgiveness, forgive me. You did not commit any offense. You were jailed because I had the order to put you behind bars from above.'”

Buhari’s chief of staff was unmoved. “I hope he will rot in jail,” he said.

But that was not Kuti’s destiny. After Buhari was unseated — by another coup — in 1985, the singer was released. He lived to take musical revenge on Buhari — name-checked in Kuti’s less-than-complimentary song “Beasts of No Nation,” reportedly the first song he wrote after he got out of prison. Here it is:

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Kuti died of complications from AIDS in 1997 — and, of course, has been lionized in a smash Broadway musical, “Fela!” But now, Buhari is back. And though he may prove more effective against Boko Haram than his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, some Nigerians are wary.

“To deceive Nigerians that Buhari is capable of taming Boko Haram, his supporters have been distorting history,” Sani Tureta of the Nigerian newspaper This Day wrote in January of this year, citing Kuti’s detention. “… Buhari truncated the process of justice and perpetuated the denial of individual liberty – two issues that are bedrocks of democracy.”

As The Post’s Kevin Seiff wrote: “Nigeria has evolved since Buhari’s regime, and it appears he has, too. Buhari has traded his pressed green military uniform for a traditional flowing robe. In a speech in London last month, he described himself as ‘a converted democrat who is ready to operate under democratic norms.’”

One wonders what Kuti would think of Buhari’s revival.

“This was the mouthpiece of the poor masses of this country,” saxophonist Fagbemi said. “This was the only man that [said] …’Why are my people deserve this? Why are you giving them this?’ ”

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Why North-Central can’t produce Nigeria’s President in 2023 –Senator

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Senator Alex Kadiri

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Alex Kadiri has urged party members from the North Central Zone to concentrate on securing the National Chairmanship of the APC instead of dissipating energy in seeking for the presidency in 2023.

The ex-lawmaker who represented Kogi East from 1999 to 2003 in the Senate said this in an interview with Journalists in Abuja, on Sunday.

Kadiri said, “I am a recognized leader in the North- Central. They invite me to all their meetings. There is nobody of substance who has the capacity to be President from North Central in 2023. Please, prove me wrong and bring that person. At my age, I am not looking for anything from anybody. I am not looking for work. I can only speak my mind now.”

He equally made a case for a President of Southern extraction as successor for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The former federal lawmaker said, “Olusegun Obasanjo was President of Nigeria for eight years. Now Yemi Osinbajo is Vice President and in 2023, he would have spent eight years. I think for the sake of fairness, it is only right and proper for the people of the South-West to shelve the idea of producing the President.

“North-West should also forget it. The South-Easterners are my in-laws and there are more Igbos coming to this house than any other tribe in Nigeria because of my wife.

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“So, I cannot have ill feelings towards an Igbo man. The fact of the matter is that Igbos with their republican attitude to everything can’t be President of Nigeria this present time (2023).

“Whether you like it or not, Rotimi Amaechi still stands as a viable person. He has the experience, and good health. Anybody we are considering today as President must be healthy. We can’t move from Yar’ Adua (Umaru) to Buhari (Muhammadu) and then to Tinubu (Bola). If Amaechi and Zulum can put their acts together, this country can move forward

Na only fela be de good leader
De rest na scammer...
With him thins could been batter...
But this bad government looking for there own personal interest rate
We most do somethin about this ....
No food no water no government....
Our government going to America ever day
Do you think we have good leader ?.
What happen in pass come to light..
With help from Amnesty International, he was freed in 1985. As the '80s ended, Fela recorded blistering attacks against Nigeria's corrupt military government, as well as broadsides aimed at Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan (most abrasively on the album Beasts of No Nation).

Why North-Central can’t produce Nigeria’s President in 2023 –Senator

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Senator Alex Kadiri

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Alex Kadiri has urged party members from the North Central Zone to concentrate on securing the National Chairmanship of the APC instead of dissipating energy in seeking for the presidency in 2023.

The ex-lawmaker who represented Kogi East from 1999 to 2003 in the Senate said this in an interview with Journalists in Abuja, on Sunday.

Kadiri said, “I am a recognized leader in the North- Central. They invite me to all their meetings. There is nobody of substance who has the capacity to be President from North Central in 2023. Please, prove me wrong and bring that person. At my age, I am not looking for anything from anybody. I am not looking for work. I can only speak my mind now.”

He equally made a case for a President of Southern extraction as successor for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The former federal lawmaker said, “Olusegun Obasanjo was President of Nigeria for eight years. Now Yemi Osinbajo is Vice President and in 2023, he would have spent eight years. I think for the sake of fairness, it is only right and proper for the people of the South-West to shelve the idea of producing the President.

“North-West should also forget it. The South-Easterners are my in-laws and there are more Igbos coming to this house than any other tribe in Nigeria because of my wife.

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“So, I cannot have ill feelings towards an Igbo man. The fact of the matter is that Igbos with their republican attitude to everything can’t be President of Nigeria this present time (2023).

“Whether you like it or not, Rotimi Amaechi still stands as a viable person. He has the experience, and good health. Anybody we are considering today as President must be healthy. We can’t move from Yar’ Adua (Umaru) to Buhari (Muhammadu) and then to Tinubu (Bola). If Amaechi and Zulum can put their acts together, this country can move forward

BeeBeeOoh:
Inside Dilapidated School In Zamfara Where 73 Students Were Abducted (Photos)



https://www.thecable.ng/photos-inside-dilapidated-zamfara-school-where-73-students-were-abducted

Ehhhhhh,...... ......
Seee school.. no door no windows zamora zamfara
Were over 73 student loan themselves given them for credit.. to business bandit
What is bubu and there govoment doing about it

10mobile:
Let NEF offer an alternative solution.

That if da have de key to there solution

Nigeria rejects Guinea coup, soldiers plan transitional govt

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Alpha Conde after he was captured by army putschists
The President of Guinea Conakry Alpha Conde after he was captured by army putschists during a coup d'etat in Conakry. Photos: africaupdatesuk

Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea’s capital on Sunday said on state television that they had dissolved the West African nation’s government and constitution and closed all land and air borders.

However, the defence ministry said an attack on the presidential palace in Conakry had been repelled.

This is just as the government of Nigeria rejects the coup, describing it as a violation of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.

Reuters reports that fighting broke out near the palace on Sunday morning, with several sources saying an elite national army unit, led by a former French legionnaire, Mamady Doumbouya, was behind the unrest.

Videos shared on social media on Sunday afternoon, which Reuters could not immediately authenticate, showed President Alpha Conde in a room surrounded by army special forces.

Conde won a third term in October after changing the constitution to allow him to stand again, despite violent protests from the opposition.

Doumbouya appeared on state television draped in Guinea’s national flag and surrounded by eight other armed soldiers, saying his supporters planned to form a transitional government and would give further details later.

“We have dissolved government and institutions,” Doumbouya said. “We call our brothers in arms to join the people.”

As the defence ministry said security forces loyal to Conde had repulsed the attack and were restoring order, people emerged onto the streets during the afternoon to celebrate the uprising’s apparent success.

Amaechi, Abe groups trade blame as Rivers APC crisis worsen
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Rotimi Amaechi and Magnus Abe

A former Senator representing Rivers South-East district in the National Assembly, Magnus Abe, has accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, of trying to push him and his supporters out of the All Progressives Congress.

Abe said this during the inauguration of the Eleme chapter of Rivers Voice of Freedom, a socio-political pressure group, on Sunday.

He said, “I am one of the founders of the party and I am one of the leaders of the party in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Nobody can take that away; If you have contributed, you have contributed. All of us here have contributed. Without us, there would have been no APC in this state.”

Speaking at the party’s local government congress held in the state on Saturday, Abe said, “You are aware of the current activities going on in the party. You are aware that we have been excluded by those powers that be within the state, led by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who deliberately took the decision to push us out of the party; push all of you out of the party for no other reason than because you associate with Senator Magnus Abe. I am happy that you continue to associate with me. I will also continue to associate with you.

“Those who do not want to see me, when they hear the name Senator Abe; they cannot sleep, when they hear Senator Abe, they are worried, you have taken congress and you are still worried, let me assure you that even in your dream you will still see Abe.

“I am not going anywhere. This is Rivers state and we will play politics in Rivers state. If you don’t know the rules of the game, go and learn the rules of the game.”

Earlier, the President General, Rivers Voice of Freedom, Dominic Dumnakpigi said the aim of the group was to liberate Rivers people from operation and tyrannical political leadership.

In response to Abe’s claims, the state APC spokesman, Ogbonna Nwuke, advised the former Senator to move on like Amaechi has done, pointing out that the party’s local government congress was held on Saturday but that Abe chose not to take part, but “would rather go to court

DG, Northern Elders Forum, Professor Yima Sen

The Northern Elders Forum, on Sunday, picked holes in the actions taken by some state governments to check insecurity, describing them as “virtual economic and social lockdown on people who have been at the mercy of criminals for a long time.”

Such measures, according to the forum, include the suspension of weekly markets, restrictions on the sale of petrol, closure of schools and some roads, imposition of curfews, restriction in the movement of cattle and other animals, as well as plans to restrict communication.

The Director, Media and Publicity, NEF, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who made the observations in a statement titled, ‘Security of besieged communities’, warned that such restrictions would compound the desperate conditions of living of many communities in the North.

According to him, unless they are accompanied by an aggressive and effective assault on the banditry and kidnapping industry, they will merely add to the misery and hopelessness of the communities.

The statement read in part, “The Northern Elders Forum is closely following the condition of many northern communities that have become particularly vulnerable to attacks and abuse by bandits, kidnappers and related organised criminals.

“Measures being taken by some state governments such as suspension of weekly markets, restrictions on sale of petrol, closure of schools and some roads, curfews, movement of cattle and plans to restrict communication will compound the desperate conditions of living of many communities in the North.

“While it will be unhelpful to criticise these measures without adequate knowledge of their potential to relieve the desperation under which people live, it is important nevertheless to demand that those who have powers to impose them also have clear ideas over what they could achieve and when.

“These measures represent virtual economic and social lockdowns on people, who have been at the mercy of criminals for a long time. Unless they are accompanied by an aggressive and effective assault on the banditry and kidnapping industry, they will merely add to the misery and hopelessness of our communities

“Worse, they could further embolden the bandit and the kidnappers when it becomes clear that governments and security agencies cannot go beyond lockdowns on the communities.”

He added, “Communities themselves will lose even more faith in the capacity of the Nigerian state to respond to their desperate circumstances. The perception that communities are on their own must never be allowed to take deeper roots, but it will, when people see only the bandits and the kidnappers winning.

“The forum calls on the Federal Government to assist states to relieve communities that are now living under additional pressures. State governments imposing additional hardships on communities must know that the measures they are introducing must produce tangible results within a period that makes them meaningful and tolerable.”

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When did he say it .....

compton11:
nigga,what the Bleep are even talking about?

National bank red wine
UAR v bandits
0. V 19
When we go get de world cup.....
Enjoy de food has ja

BizzBizz:
Video showing Super Eagles players celebrating their 2-0 victory against Liberia in dressing room


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV4N_iMFX_M

At de end of de movie nigerian come back with not but bandit
Super cup
Nigerian v bandits
0 v 12

NaijaCoverBlog:
Another Bad News

There Is No Single Day That Will Pass Without coming across one bad news or the other in this country nigeria.

Are you waiting for good news.....

suratwo62:
The Law is with Them.

That is de story line nothing we happen to them

compton11:
ibos have been supporting Fulani against Yoruba since the creation of this joke called Nigeria

Lol lol lol
Ibos support fulani against Yoruba nation
Make I no enter water
Same people that told fulani to kill us,
let igbo don't remember de past.

Dss actually acting movie in east
Y fulani kill de Yoruba and there North brother
Who is foo who..
Go ask your Yoruba people sabotage ....
Without de souza south do u think northern Fulani can win de war ..
Enjoy your food been cooked by your people lol
Abba kyari ...

Coldie:
Fake news by pdp

Not fake APC...

This what we call world cup 2021
Nigerian v bandits
0 v 10
Nigerian is possibly win de ball ooooo offside
Southern California v northern California
Still people are still talkin about pdp and APC

Citing rising cases of insecurity in Zamfara and adjourned cities, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all telecommunications providers to shut down services in Zamfara State from September 3.

This came as the last move that may totally shut down every economic activity in the Zamfara as the State Governor, Bello Matawalle had last week announced the closure of all weekly markets in the state as part of measures to address the worsening security situation.

According to a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officers of the telecoms companies, a copy of which was sighted by The Guardian, the decision is “to enable relevant security agencies to carry out required activities towards addressing the security challenges in the state.”

The letter titled “Re: Shutdown of All Telecom Sites in Zamfara State” was signed by the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta.

“The pervading security situation in Zamfara State has necessitated an immediate shut down of all telecom services in the state from today, September 3, 2021,” the letter read in part.

In line with this requirement, NCC directed the operators “to shut down all sites in Zamfara State and any site(s) in neighbouring states that could provide telecommunications service in Zamfara State. The site shutdown is for two weeks (September 03-17, 2021) in the first instance. Your urgent action in this regard is required,” the letter read.

While the directive was specific about Zamfara State, the reference to any other facilities in any site(s) in neighbouring states that could provide telecommunications service in Zamfara State, means that other states sharing boundaries with the state would be affected by the shutdown.

According to industry experts, a service signal from a cell tower could reach up to 45 miles away, depending on the technology of the cellphone network. Northwestern Zamfara shares boundaries with Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, and President Buhari’s Katsina State. To achieve a total shutdown of service, the operators would also have to shut some of their sites in the neighbouring states as directed by the regulator.

The Guardian also cited a letter dated August 3, written to the NCC from the office of Zamfara State Governor, asking for the shut down of telecoms service in the state.

Part of the letter reads: “Following the escalation of insecurity in the state, the Zamfara State Security Council resolved that extra measures for public safety and strengthening the battle against banditry in the state should be taken.

Accordingly, a task force was set up to ensure that the new measures are enforced. The Council noted that one of the greatest hurdles to combating banditry is the issue of informers, who use mobile networks to communicate with bandits about the movements of troops. The bandits also take advantage of the availability of the networks to coordinate their attacks.”

Nigerians have expressed doubts about the willingness of the Federal Government to embrace the offer by the U. S. government to help and identify the sponsors of Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency war on Nigeria in the last 12 years.

Some security experts, former diplomats, and leaders of some socio-cultural/civil society organisations in the country who spoke to The Guardian said embracing the proposal was the best option for the country at this point, but were skeptical about President Muhammadu Buhari’s disposition to the offer.

Recall that the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, had during a round-table on U.S.-Nigeria military cooperation with journalists in Abuja, last Monday night, declared that her country was very eager to partner with Nigeria on identifying Boko Haram sponsors.

A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, asserted that the U.S. had been positively disposed to supporting Nigeria, especially in the fight against terrorism, noting that the question was whether the Federal Government would embrace the current gesture.

He said: “Are we ready to arrest and prosecute these sponsors when exposed? Are we simply going to lock them away as has been done in the past? These are the concerns and the Americans may lose interest if we don’t take it seriously.
“Nigeria will do well to accept the offer as the country is really at a crossroads and will accept any help she can get. United States agreeing to support Nigeria means that they will come with some of their cutting-edge technology, which will boost the capability of Nigerian security agencies.”

A former Naval Chief, Rear Admiral Godwill Siempre Ombo, simply said: “These are touchy questions. Who truly wants to end issues in his or her life that will not embrace any support to end such issues?”

To a former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, “if the government of Nigeria is serious about the need to bring Boko Haramism to an end, the government should consider it as an opportunity to be taken advantage of.”

He added: “I remember that in 2020, either in July or August, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, accused the international community, particularly the big powers, that they were blocking all Nigerian efforts to deal with the Boko Haram group.

“Lai Mohammed by that time was accusing the United States, the big powers, their allies, holding them responsible for the government of Nigeria’s inability to contain Book Haram insurgency.

“Now, a year after, the U.S. is offering to assist in knowing who is doing what, who is funding Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. It will be very illogical for the government of Nigeria to have accused the big powers in the year 2020 that they were blocking their efforts, now when they are de-blocking your alleged efforts, it will not make any sense for the government of Nigeria to refuse.

“What I am saying, in essence, is that the first point is that the government of Nigeria wanted assistance, but it was allegedly blocked. Now that the U.S. is giving the opportunity of de-blocking, it is only logical to accept.

“The second point is that the Nigerian people have been asking President Buhari to seek international collaboration to end Boko Haram. If the government accepts, he will be doing so in the spirit of public request that Boko Haram cannot be suppressed without international support. So, if they accept the support, it is consistent with the spirit of the public in Nigeria.

“Thirdly, the reason we should support U.S. to reveal is that Nigerians themselves have been accusing the Nigerian government that the government knows all those who are responsible for Boko Haram.

“Theophilus Danjuma had already accused the military of aiding and abetting Boko Haram. Dr. Malaifa Obadiah told us the report of the meeting with Boko Haram commanders.

“Just last week, Commodore Omowunmi on Channel TV said that from 2007 to 2009, nothing has happened to the people they arrested for Boko Haram, that government knows. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said there is a Fulanisation agenda. So, if Nigerians know those who are in charge but they did not say it, we need the intervention of a country like the U.S. to reveal the secret.”

In an interview with The Guardian, the spokesman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Emmanuel Yawe, noted that the time has come for the government to swallow its pride and cooperate with the American government to expose those behind the terrorism and banditry that have nearly torn the nation apart.

According to him, the offer by the U.S. government to assist Nigeria in finding solutions to the current insecurity by exposing those behind it would go a long way in bringing an end to the challenges.

Yawe said: “For many years now, we have been battling with these security challenges. Our students have been captured; the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) was invaded and many people are still with kidnappers. And our government has not done anything. If the U.S. is offering to render assistance, we should quickly accept it since our government appears to be incapable of identifying those behind insecurity and cannot combat it.

“We are in a desperate situation in Nigeria today. We should accept the American offer and allow them to help us out of this critical situation.”

A former Secretary-General of ACF, Elder Anthony Sani, also said that the ability of the American government to confront and defeat terrorism was not in doubt, adding that, “the U.S. has done this in the past by not only exposing those behind terrorism but also fighting them.”

His words: “Terrorism transcends national boundaries. That was why Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda could base in Afghanistan and attack New York Twin Towers and Pentagon on 9/11. That was also why America put up a coalition of 66 and now 102 countries of all faiths to fight ISIS.

“It is all because terrorism is not a local phenomenon, but a global threat. That accounts for why America put a price tag of $7 million on late Sheik Shekau. And when you consider identification of sponsors of terrorism as part of the mechanism to fight it, then there is nothing wrong in America helping Nigeria to know the sponsors with a view to curbing it.”

The ACF chieftain noted that sharing of intelligence between and among nations could go a long way “in improving the efforts to end the menace of terrorism that is now a global phenomenon.”

He added: “This underscores the need for collective approach as against leaving the fight for individual countries, many of which lack the wherewithal to confront the menace of terrorism alone.

“The time it took America to fight terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the time Somalia has been fighting Al-Shabaab without successes should underscore the need for collective approach against the war against terrorism.”

On his part, National Publicity Secretary of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Alex Chiedozie Ogbonnia, told The Guardian in Enugu that with rising insecurity, the country needs as much collaboration as possible to curb it. He stated that current developments were indications that Nigeria’s security forces could no longer handle the security of the nation.

Ogbonnia said: “The level of insecurity in Nigeria requires international collaboration to overcome. Over the years, it has been proven that there is no way we can overcome the security challenges we have by ourselves without international support.

“We have always asked for international intervention; even in the time of Goodluck Jonathan, we had sought the support of the international community. The problem is that the government has not wholeheartedly defined support so that other people can appreciate the enormity of the problems they have.

“For instance, if you surf the Internet, the global community sees herdsmen as a terrorist group. But in Nigeria, they are treated with kid gloves. What you call unknown gunmen, how can something remain unknown for a long time and you have security professionals? The advanced society hates this kind of double-dealing.

“If Nigeria begins to define things the way they are and with sincerity of purpose, you will see a way out of the security challenges we have. When the citizens are in danger, they run to them for the protection of their lives and property. When on the other hand the government appears to be overwhelmed because unscrupulous elements are in control of instruments of violence, there will be a problem.

“So, surely, it has come to the point where Nigeria has to define her problems very well so that the international community will see the sincerity in the approach to solving their problems.

“The offer by the U.S. can help our society survive because we have come to a stage where we can no longer handle it alone. There should be no limitation in the struggle to free the country from the level of insecurity we are into. What is clear is that Nigeria can no longer manage its internal security alone.”

Also, a former President General of Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazuruike, said he was worried that the Federal Government might ignore the offer.

He stated that the efforts to curb insecurity in the nation had not materialised because of insincerity, stressing that the government had continued to neglect offers for assistance and information on crimes, especially those involving certain elements in the country.

“I know that in today’s world, there is one cliché ‘follow the money trail’. If you follow the money trail, you can see the movement of money and how it ends. This is one thing the Americans have built for a long time now, to trail those who are financing instability, financing terrorism, and other criminal acts. Look at Hushpuppi, what happened? The Nigerian government never did anything. The Americans are ready to trace what is happening and by the time they trace it to top officials, the Federal Government will start blowing grammar.

“In the same way, if the Federal Government is serious to fight corruption and those who are financing terrorism – Boko Haram and bandits, why is it reluctant to name those behind them? Those who shot down the military aircraft recently are not amateurs; they are professionals and to finance such an exercise, you need a lot of money. So, how did the money move? Nobody carries the money as cash; they send the money through the Internet system and that is why the Americans are saying, ‘let us help you.’ Believe you me, the Americans know. To move one million dollars in any account, there is an alarm that goes on. Now, the AK47, which the herdsmen carry, is about N450,000 or more. If you want to finance such a thing, you don’t carry cash; you move such money through the Internet. All wealthy people are operating with American knowledge. But whether the Nigerian government is willing, I don’t know.

“My worry is that the Nigerian government is not interested. If the Americans can say some persons are financing IPOB, the Nigerian government will jump up. Meanwhile, nobody has been able to trace one AK47 to the IPOB, not even one. So, the Federal government of Nigeria is not interested in the American offer, unless it concerns the IPOB. I believe they will not even say they are rejecting the offer, but they will ignore it. So, if the government wants to tackle insecurity in this country, it knows what to do and that is by accepting the offer and working with it. But I encourage the American government to continue to work. One day, a government that will be interested in those things will come in place.”

A former National Chairman of the defunct United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, also said the offer was a welcomed one that should be embraced with both hands by the Federal Government.

Insisting that the government should formally accept it, Okorie explained that the government and individuals had before now beckoned on the international community to assist in solving of the country’s security challenges.

He said: “It is a welcome call because for many years, right from the time of President Jonathan, I have been a strong advocate of seeking international assistance to fight against insurgency in Nigeria and I have always advised that we cannot hide under the toga of national pride and be losing opportunities to seek help to solve a problem that has become so overwhelming and threatening the stability of the country. If the offer has almost unsolicited, we should accept it with both hands. Helping to disclose sponsors of Boko Haram is like helping to solve the insurgency because everybody knows how sophisticated they are equipped and this thing costs a lot of money. You should know how much it is costing Nigeria even to defend Nigeria. So, I am in support of it, the government should defend it and if credible information is given to them, we would like to see the government act on it and let the public see that action is being taken.

“The problem we are having is this lack of enthusiasm to act on information available even to the government. I remember, not long ago, it was announced that not less than 400 Nigerians have been identified to be sponsoring Boko Haram or providing facilities for money laundering. We had hoped that those people would have at least been charged to court and when you charge them to court, it becomes public information and the list will be added there. But up till now, nothing has happened and it was the government that gave out that information and raised the expectations of Nigerians and that expectation is hanging.”

On the security implication of the offer, Okorie said that it will help boost the morale of the officers fighting the various crimes, stressing that, “we will now know the people we are dealing with and how well connected they have been”.

“The offer cannot undermine our security in any way. It will rather help it. The U.S. has the technology to know. Did they get our permission to nail the DSP Kyari who was being hailed here? They still went ahead and exposed him. They have the information. All we need is to formally accept it and it will be there. They don’t need our approval to get into it; all they are saying is that we can give it to you if you so desire. But I think we should desire it. I think we should embrace the offer with open hands because that is information that is already available to them,” he added.

Leaders of two prominent Yoruba socio-political organisations, the Afenifere and Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) also doubted the readiness of the Federal Government to embrace the proposal by the U.S. government.

While the chairman of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said it was not necessary for the American government to waste its time and resources to help Nigeria identify sponsors of Boko Haram, Secretary-General of YCE, Dr. Kunle Olajide, said since the government has obviously failed and lacks the political will to apprehend the faces behind Boko Haram, there was nothing bad if any country within the international community offers to help us address the situation.
The YCE scribe said there was a need for foreign intervention in Nigeria’s security situation now because the incumbent government had severally told Nigerians that it has the dossier of all the sponsors of Boko Haram and that it would soon prosecute them but nothing is happening.

“Boko Haram has transformed to banditry and they are now using it to make money at the detriment of lives and properties of Nigerians. The idea is a welcome development if it will bring a solution.”



He stated that the U.S. and some other world powers could not afford to take their attention away from what is happening in Nigeria because they have their citizens here and other vested interests they would not overlook.
“If this government has failed to expose sponsors of Boko Haram, let help then come from outside,” he added.

However, Adebanjo questioned President Buhari’s disposition to accept any offer that would bail the country out of the present security challenges.

“He has the agenda to Fulanise and Islamise Nigeria. The fact is that this government is establishing a Fulani domination with the aim to Islamise this nation. Of what need is America’s offer if the person at the helm of our affairs is a culprit.

“This president is establishing a totalitarian government of which the media is not hammering. The only power he is using is this present 1999 Constitution.

“America doesn’t need to come because we have what it takes to deal with the situation but the only obstacle is Buhari.”

The National Coordinator of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and the former national commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, Emmanuel Onwubiko, also accused the Buhari administration of lacking the will “to take the right kinds of battles to Boko Haram terrorists for whatever pedestrian, clandestine and spurious reasons.”

He added: “So, it is not likely that the government will accept this opportunity and window offered by the United States government to identify and sanction the sponsors of Boko Haram terrorists in the country, which has waged continuous war against the Nigerian state and the citizens for over a decade.

“The implication of accepting the offer is that it will help to put an end to the troubles and terrorism of Boko Haram terrorists. If the government accepts the offer, which I think is really not even an issue, then it will be the first and most important step to demonstrate that the current administration actually wants to bring these saboteurs to the court of law to face punishment for funding the group that has killed over 30, 000 citizens.

“The implication of not accepting is that Nigerians will then confirm their worst fear that the president and his officials are responsible for the spate of terror attacks by Boko Haram terrorists; because if the government fails to act to bring the perpetrators to trial it then automatically means that the government supports Boko Haram terrorists.

“The strategic security importance of knowing the funders of terrorists is that it will offer the nation the much sought after opportunity to put to an end the most dominant acts of terrorism that the nation has encountered for over 100 years and then it will be an opportunity for both the government and the citizens to make sure that the perpetrators of terrorism face justice either locally or before the international criminal court in The Hague Netherlands for the crimes against humanity.

“Nigerians should mount pressure on the government of the USA to proceed without delay to list out the sponsors of Boko haram terrorists

pennywys:


What's it you struggling for in this life you can't promise tomorrow?

They busy dragging 2023 for Tunibu and any I see such I will just smile cos I know tomorrow is not promised.

De soul are calling him,
But de man just da run up and down
I no say that man get bigger problem
But de souza south and north go da hide am

Northern California and southern California

AntiBMC:
Hmm. why d sudden attack on their elites? Is it another taqiyya or what...cos dese people are just heinous.

Anyway if all ds were happening anywhere in the south, they would have declared state of emergency.

See people
what did you call it again

State of emergency I lol die.
It we get to south vary soon...
Southern California who can swing or sing that
Song for me

etokhana:
http://saharareporters.com/2021/09/03/breaking-bandits-abduct-secretary-katsina-state-government%E2%80%99s-brother

Bubu da enjoy de movie been made by is perfect men....
Were abba kyari da....Na da done cover that one...
Storage units covered....
When it come to east possible power da ..
Baba for de boys
Dss actually acting movie � in east thinking day are covering lot thins ..
This one enter one chance....de food you cooked is been sent backwards