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obedience4:
A nuclear weapon.. A base is not the same as a nuclear weapon...a nuclear weapon in the hands of a madman like Castro wasn't going to fly

Gosh, you guys are so bias. It was a missile base. Now are you aware of the type of weapons a future NATO base in Ukraine will hold?
Are you now saying that the US will allow any sort of Russian or Chinese base in Cuba or Canada?

obedience4:
So survival means invading a neighbouring nation. And putting a whole Continent in tense situation.. And likely causing the deaths of millions... Survival my foot

Yes. US was prepared to invade Cuba and start a WW3 thereby putting the whole in tense situation because USSR was putting a military base in Cuba.

obedience4:
So funny that Putin would put his country into economic woes just because of ego.. The Russia economy is worst and has been in free fall since the last decades they depend on gas export as the major source of revenue.. Now that Germany has hated the NORD stream piple line. The economy is set to become more worse.. Time and time again Russia economy can't not sustain a long-term war against NATO..

It's not ego, it's the very survival of the Russian Federation. If Ukraine and Georgia is allowed to join NATO and the EU, then the Russian Federation is finished. A western style democracy along with NATO military base in Ukraine will lead to further insecurity and break up of the Russian Federation. There are already many separatist groups inside Russia itself. There are separatist groups in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, and Tatarstan. These groups will become embolden and demand comppete independence from Moscow.

When next VIO officials, Road Safety or Police demand for Certificate of Road Worthiness while driving your private car, tell them that the courts have determined that according to Nigerian law, privately registered vehicles are not required to obtain Certificate of Road Worthiness.

Private vehicle does not require roadworthiness certificate

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

IN ASABA JUDICIAL DIVISION

ON FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 2021

BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS


MOHAMMED A. DANJUMA, JCA

JOSEPH EYO EKANEM, JCA


ABIMBOLA O. OBASEKI-ADEJUMO, JCA



BETWEEN

THE GOVERNOR OF DELTA STATE OF NIGERIA & 2 Ors

And

OLUKUNLE OGHENEOVO EDUN, ESQ

(Lead Judgment delivered by Honourable Justice Joseph Eyo Ekanem, JCA)



Facts of the case:

The Respondent, a Legal Practitioner based in Warri, while driving his vehicle along Afisere Road, Ughelli, Delta State, was intercepted by Officers of the 3rd Appellant, through a road block; and was asked to produce his Certificate of Road Worthiness.

The Respondent maintained that he had none and that, as a private car owner, whose vehicle was not used for mercantile or commercial purpose, he was not required to apply for roadworthiness.

This led to serious traffic which prompted the 2nd Appellant to release the Respondent. Upon inspection of his documents, the Respondent discovered that he was actually issued a Certificate of Road Worthiness by Officers of the Appellant.

He therefore initiated an action by way of Originating Summons at the High Court of Delta State, seeking the interpretation of whether a Certificate of Road Worthiness was needed for private owned vehicles.

The trial court found in favour of the Respondent.

The Appellant, aggrieved, lodged an appeal to the Court of Appeal.



Issues for determination:

1.Whether the suit of the Respondent filed against the Appellants on 21 November 2014 is not statute-barred, in view of the provisions of Section 2(a) of the Public Officers Protection Law, Cap. P.23, Vol. IV, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.

2.Whether the 3rd Appellant “Senior Vehicle Inspection Officer (Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State), is a juristic person that can be sued.

3.Whether by virtue of the provisions of all relevant laws relating to Road Traffic, the Certificate of Road Worthiness has no application to private motor vehicles.



The Appellants’ counsel argued that Certificate of Road Worthiness has application to private vehicles.

He referred to the learned trial Judge’s interpretation of Section 48(1), (4) and (5) of the Law and submitted that it cannot be the correct intendment of the lawmakers.

This he said is because the law defines “Motor Vehicle” to mean mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads. He also referred to Section 3(2) of the Road Traffic Law.

He contended that if the intention of the lawmakers was that private vehicles be exempted from carrying the Certificate of Road Worthiness, it would have been expressly so stated.

He stated that this is on account of the fact that Section 48(1) and (2) of the Law, which empowers persons authorized to impound vehicles plying the road without certain particulars includes Road Worthiness Certificate as one of the particulars meant to be carried by vehicles plying the road.

The Respondent submitted that a perusal of the Law and its Regulations shows that there is no provision therein that empowers the Appellants to issue Certificate of Road Worthiness in respect of vehicles used for non-commercial purposes.

Rather, the only section that authorizes the Appellants to examine vehicles is Regulation 58 of the Regulations, which relates only to examination of commercial vehicles and the issuance of certificate therefor after such examination.

He referred to Section 2 of the Law (the interpretation Section) and submitted that his vehicle does not fall within the definition of a commercial vehicle.

He also referred to Regulation 2 of the Regulation and Section 43 of the Law, which empowers the State Execution Council to make regulations on various matters relating to road traffic and Regulation 5 of the Regulation made pursuant thereto, which he said relates to the examination of commercial vehicles only.

He argued that there is no similar provision in respect of vehicles used for private purposes.

Their Lordships held that Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) of Regulation 5 of the Road Traffic Regulations (RTR) made detailed and comprehensive provisions for the factors or matters that must be present for the registration of categories of vehicles as follows:

(1)Paragraph (2) is for registration of commercial and passenger carrying vehicles, to wit: categories (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) of the paragraph (1).

(2)Paragraph 3 is for registration of trailers (that is to say category (iii) of paragraph (1).

(3)Paragraph 4 is for registration of agricultural machine, that is to say category (ix) of paragraph (1).

(4)Paragraph 5 is for registration of tractor, that is to say category (x) of paragraph 1..

The requirements include the production of a Certificate of Road Worthiness issued under Regulation 58 at the time of the application for registration.

Regulation 58(1) and (2) of the RTR states:

(1) Every commercial vehicle, trailer, taxi, stage carriage, omnibus, shall before being registered or licensed and every 6 month thereafter, be examined by a Vehicle Inspection Officer.

(2) Examination Certificate – where at such examination a vehicle is found to be roadworthy, the Vehicle Inspection Officer shall issue a certificate to that effect as in Form M. L. 9 in the Sixth Schedule, which shall remain valid for 6 months. Such certificate shall be carried in the registration book and produced when required by Licensing Authority, a Vehicle Inspector or a Police Officer.”

Their Lordships held that this requirement applies only to vehicles that come under paragraphs (2) and (3) only, that is, commercial and passenger carrying vehicles and trailers.

Their Lordships held that it is, therefore, clear from the above that the provisions of Regulation 5 is loudly silent in respect of private motor vehicles.

I agree with the learned trial Judge. The provisions for particulars of motor vehicles are to be found in the RTR which as I have already demonstrated do not require a private motor vehicle to have a Certificate of Road Worthiness.

It follows therefore that the words “any of the particulars…” refer to the particulars as are required in respect of each category of motor vehicle as set out in Regulation 58 of RTR.

Their Lordships held that from the foregoing it can be drawn that a private motor vehicle is a motor vehicle belonging to a particular person, or which is for the use of a particular person or group, and for the carrying of their personal effects and not for public use or for hire or reward.

His Lordship Joseph Eyo Ekanem, JCA held that

‘‘Before drawing the curtain on this judgment, I need to remind public bodies and public officers that a public body or public officer vested with statutory power must take care not to exceed or abuse its or his power.

“It or he must keep within the limits of the authority committed to it. This is to prevent arbitrariness and the rule of man rather than the rule of law. See Wilson v. Attorney-General of Bendel State (1985) 1 NWLR (pt. 4) 572, at 591.

“The Vehicle Inspection Officers went beyond the powers vested in them by the law and the Road Traffic Regulations, by violently stopping the private motor vehicle of the Respondent on a public highway, using menacing tactics and dangerous implements to demand for Certificate of Road Worthiness which the said vehicle is not required to have.

“Such conduct sends a wrong signal to the citizens who may adopt such strong-arm tactics as a means of settling disputes’’.

The Appeal was dismissed.


Read the details of the judgement here - https://thenationonlineng.net/private-vehicle-does-not-require-roadworthiness-certificate/

cutieBR:
If you go through my post i said "whatever works for you do it" . You and billions of people don't pay tithe and it works for you, I'm not disputing that fact. Whereas paying of tithe works for me simple. EOD!

I am glad paying tithes works for you. What about paying your taxes? Does paying your taxes also not work for you? Or are you a criminal as defined by pastor David Ibiyeomie?
After all Jesus was recorded to have paid tax, and he specifically instructed "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's".

cutieBR:
I bet to disagree with you on this. I know how many people he is sponsoring on scholarships and even those he has empowered through the David Ibiyeomie foundation.. Here in my branch, I know people he has placed on scholarships.the op only misquoted what he said. I tithe and it works for me, i sow seeds and it works for me.. whatever thing that works for you do it. Abeg you guys should cut that man some sleek. Read malachi 3:8, that's the context he was speaking from by using the "criminal word".

I and billions of others don't pay tithes, and it works for many of us. Some Christians are addicted tithe payers and it does not work for them as they still live in penury. Tithes has little correllation with how rich you are, except of course you are a tithe collecting pastor.

Malachi generally was directed at tithe thieves like ibiyeomie who steal tithes contribute by the people for their own selfish ends and not at the general public. Start reading Malachi from the first chapter and not pick and choose isolated verses to fit your twisted logic.

YinkaOlusesi16:
your tithes to GOD is different from the money u give to the poor, obedient is better than sacrifice.

What does God want to do with your tithes? Abi your God dey wear Armani suits, ride in a convoy of Bentleys or ride in private jets?

YinkaOlusesi16:
All of you abusing the pastor lack spiritual understanding. One thing that is certain about tithe is that if you dont pay ur tithe to GOD, the devil will collect it from you with force.

And the devil has collected money from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Dangote and all the world's billionaires who don't pay tithes.

Magas falling for 419 format.

PlanktonX:
Won't the child be more happy to know his true and real father?
When a woman choose to be a common community good, a DNA would help the man and the child to know peace.

Don't mind them. Knowing your family background is very important for even medical reasons. There are some diseases that run in families and doctors would need to know you family history to diagnose the disease properly. Sometimes only your family can donate certain organs. A good example is bone marrow for leukemia patients.

Munzy14:
You...na bad mouth pro max

He is right in a way...DNA is not African....In an egalitarian society, a child belongs to everyone regardless of the biological parents.

False! DNA was not even European, American or Asian culture either. Why? Because Genome Sequencing is a relatively new science. DNA profiling only became available about 30 year ago. In the past there was no way of knowing for certainty the paternity of a child, so the society forced men accept paternity of their wives, even if he has doubts due to her cheating. Not anymore. DNA came to the rescue of men all over the world.

Lastly, people who marry promiscuous ladies already knew or saw the signs but choose ignorance from onset.

A woman can become promiscuous at any stage in life. Some women start to cheat on their husbands after 20 years of marriage. Some start cheating once their husband's suffer any financial set back. Women cheat for all sorts of reasons.
Unless you are God, there is no way of determining when, if or how a woman will cheat.

saphiere:
Finally a Nigerian man has made sense. I don't support infidelity though men should stop with the DNA nonsense.
Before you do DNA, consider the emotional state of the child.

What of the emotional state of the man? Is it fair for a man to be toiling to raise a child that was born as a result of infidelity? Would the child not always remind the man of the wife's cheating?

Left to right and bottom to top.
1. Albert Einstein
2. _________?
3. Jesus Christ
4. Sautama Siddhartha (Buddha)
5. Leonardo Da Vinci
6. Napoleon Bonaparte
7. Charlie Chaplin
8. Adolf Hitler
9. Michael Jordan
10. Merlynn Monroe
11. Dalai Lama
12. Sir Isaac Newton
13. _______?
14 Bruce Lee
15. _______? Don't know the woman.
16. ________? Can't recognize the uniform.
17. Chairman Mao.
18. Josef Stalin
19. _______? Can't recognize
20. Mahamta Ghandi
21. George Harrison
22. John Lennon
23. _________?
24. __________?
25. _________?
26. Michael Jackson
27. Ringo Starr
28. Paul McCartney.
29. Lady Diana
30 William Shakespeare
31. Charles Darwin
32. ann san suu kyi
33. Elvis Presley
34. Mohammad Ali
35. Julius Caesar
36. _______?
37. Abraham Lincoln
38. _______?
39. Bob Marley
40. John F. Kennedy? Not sure.
41. ______?
42. Vladimir Lenin
43. ________?
44. _________?
45.________?
46. Nelson Mandela
47. Christopher Columbus
48. _______?

lordknows123:
She washed your cloths without you giving her the key to your apartment right ?
You are just a joke...

My broda see me see story.
She is sexually harassing you, but yet you allow her to enter your house to wash your cloths and probably cook for you. It's like when girls accuse guys of sexual harassment but at the same demand for iPhone, recharge card, money for hair and wear bum shorts to visit the guys house.

My guy is enjoying all the attention and feeling like a gee boy.

Kuginzi:
Don't you think the IGBOs are the most peaceful tribe in Nigeria?

Ask IPOB.

Until IPOB you could say igbos are one of the most peaceful tribes in Nigeria. But after IPOB they compete and compare scores with Fulani Herdsmen.

Baawaa:
The fear of Fulani is beginning of wisdom for ohaneze

The hatred of Fulanis is the beginning of foolishness.

Oya start of moving from cattle markets to cattle market in igbo land looking for Fulanis to kill.

DeepSight:
My sensing is that it is somewhat taboo for mainstream Igbo leading lights to openly say so, but that many quietly sympathize.

They are aware that secession from Nigeria is not feasible or desirable. They know that it will put the igbos in worse situation than what is obtained now. A Biafra will be in a constant state of conflict and would be problem for the whole of West Africa, that is if Nigeria itself doesn't not sink into anarchy. France, UK, Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia and China would find a fertile ground for their proxy wars.

The igbo intelligentsia recognise that the igbos have been forced by the Nigerian state into a weaker position than they were in 1966. They no longer have the cohesion of the old eastern region. The igbos have been divided by state and sub-tribe - Ikwerre, Anioma, Ika. They have been helmed or isolated by the Nigerian state. Remember the dot in the circle comment by President Buhari. They have even isolated themselves from the world powers diplomatically - UK, US and Russia, choosing to rely instead on Israel(Israel cannot be trusted as they always go with the US).

Dreadful:
We don't want your useless country any more! The more you and your likes keeps basking in the euphoria of your stupid one Nigeria then get ready for the spices it brings!
We want out of your cursed country.

Who are the we? I hope you are not talking about opiniated, exuberant and frustrated youths that call themselves IPOB? I have not heard any political leader - national, state or local government, traditional ruler, professionals and intelligentsia and opinion leaders of igbo extraction say "we want out of Nigeria".

Dreadful:
Everybody is dying this time!
Because since y'all have refused referendum for us so we can go then get ready!

Promise me that you will not mention Hague, genocide, UN, etc., when the killing starts.

DissTroy:
Except you step on big toes and do not want to be found out, or into criminal activities, there's no need to use a VPN.

And VPNs drain battery, slows down phones most times and browsing speed. Many people have a moment of inelastic patience where they just login without these tools in the middle of the night or forget to logout before logging in with their other accounts. Plus we have mannerisms we can't hide, and anyone looking well and deep enough can connect the dots.

Best bet is to not fake it. You are only anonymous because you haven't offended anyone badly enough to look into you.

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By the way, what's with the domain on your signature section? You still have plans for it that are immediate?

A smart criminal would never be caught except by FBI, MOSSAD or Russian Intelligence. You could get a manual IP that don't require you to install any app. You simply change the proxy settings in your browser and there would not be extra drain on your battery. You will only lose some speed.

A smart criminal would have a dedicated device with the IP permanently set to the desired country, so as to avoid the mistake of ever logging in without a proxy IP.

Thanks for asking about the domain. I have even forgotten about it. It was bought more than 10 years ago when i was selling Android tablets. It was supposed to help me promote the tablets by providing valuable info on how to get the best of the Android operating system. I have gone into other businesses since then. I will remove the link.

Jamesbiodun:
Someone salary is what some people use to drink alcohol... Seriously some people use the 5k to buy recharge card...
The 5000 naira means nigeria is the poverty capital of the world at large
Which food can you really buy with 5000 nails with high rise of food stuff in the country

Nigeria has already been crowned the poverty capital of the world since 2015.

45% of Nigerians is said to live on less than $1/day, that's about N560 per day.

Forty percent of Nigerians live below the poverty line: Report


Forty percent of people in Nigeria live in poverty, figures published by the statistics office on Monday showed, highlighting the low levels of wealth in a country that has Africa’s biggest economy.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in a report about poverty and inequality from September 2018 to October 2019, said 40 percent of people in the continent’s most populous country lived below its poverty line of 137,430 naira ($381.75) a year. It said that represents 82.9 million people.
- https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/5/4/forty-percent-of-nigerians-live-below-the-poverty-line-report

backnbeta:
Who saves from 5,000? Are the beneficiaries not buying the pepper I'm buying? Do they have special market where they buy cheap with the money? even if they are all farmers, I'm sure they can't plant all they need! Lies from the pit of hell

Many people in the North are subsistence farmers and feed on mono diet of cereals.

Enemyofpeace:
5k is not even enough to feed my dog in a week

That's probably because you are living and working in one of the big cities in Nigeria.

Many villagers especially in the North have never handled N5,000. Emir Lamido Sanusi told stories of women or children dying in the North because they cannot afford N3,000 malaria drugs.

N5k to feed your dog for a week? That's poor according some people in high brow areas of Lagos. The N5k would not even be enough for 1 day.
Na eba and stew without meat you dey feed your dog?

saphiere:
The song that made 2face who he is today is "African Queen" and guess who starred in the video?
Who inspired the song?

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

1. Annie inspired the song African Queen'?

2. Annie funded 2Baba's face album.

3. African Queen soundtrack featured in a Hollywood movie. Courtesy of Annie.

4. Annie used to give 2Baba Tfare to go to studio.

Or what makes you think 2Baba chose Annie over his numerous babymamas?

In conclusion, there is no 2Baba without Annie but there is Innocent Idibia without Annie

All false conjectures.

Annie did not inspire the song African Queen. The song was written by Blackface and had been the source of quarrel between 2face and blackface for decades, because blackface accused 2face of not giving him credit and royalty from the song. The case had been settled out of court.

So except you are alleging Annie was going put with blackface, there was no way she could have inspired the song.

Where did you get the lie that Annie funded 2baba's album? Which album? Face 2 Face, the album that contained African Queen was produced under Kenny’s Music. Abi na Annie get kenny's music?

What influence did Annie have in Hollywood to make Hollywood use the soundtrack for Phat Girls? Hollywood usually use popular African music for its girls.

Dreadful:
We are looking for something that will quickly hasten the division of the zoo incase you don't know.
So we are ready.

And you don't care if the something that would quickly hasten the division of the zoo will cost 100 igbo lives or 10 million?
So much disregard for igbo lives on the alter of politics.

DissTroy:
Burner email or not, your user ID comes on only when you access Nairaland through an IP address. That's all that's important.

You can login with one account then login with another later but the IP address stays the same. All I have to do is see the 'activity' of the IP address across the internet. Maybe it'd lead me to Twitter or Linda Ikeji Blog...

Also - I'm not supposed to reveal this but, when someone sends you a message request from Nairaland, before you accept that request, click on the email notification details:

You'd find the IP address and a few other important digital information... Well, anything is possible with that. I'd leave it there.

I'm trying not to scare you or anyone else, but even Séun can't tell you you are a hundred percent anonymous on this platform. Do ask him on another thread.

I understand you concerns about anonymity on nairaland. But anyone who ready needs to hide his or her identity would do so with a burner email and a good VPN.

Redcrafton:
Not that I support the killing of anybody...but I hate injustice...

Did you say the same thing for those slaughtered in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna, Oyo...are they not human like this ones?

Show were you lamented that those killers should be apprehended in 2 days

You still don't get it. If a community is attacked and people slaughtered, I support the people forming a vigilante to protect themselves and drive the invaders away. What I condemn is killing innocent law abiding civilians going about their lawful duty in the name of reprisal attack. That's barbaric and was not expected from a tribe like the igbos.

Ofiadiegwu:
It must be said that the act of killing Northerners doing their legitimate business in Abia is unacceptable.

We reject the wicked attempt to put Arewa on collision course with Southeast (Igbos).

Let the urchins, the ragtags, the hopeless trouble makers of Igboland be fished out and prosecuted urgently.

Enough is enough!

We are Igbo, and we reject plots to make Igboland ungovernable.

Thank you my brother (in fact my inlaw as my wife is pure igbo). We are never going to solve the igbo issue with the way street urchins are going about it. The Fulani hemogeny would just take advantage and destroy igboland - both economically, educationally and structurally.

Let's me reiterate once again. Violence is never an answer. Indiara Ghandi fought the British to a standstill without firing a shot. Even Mandela that advocated for violence recanted after 27 years imprisonment and employed diplomacy and politics. So IPOB thinking that they can use violence to beat the Nigerian state into submission is beyond me.

I was I Sokoto for 2 years schooling in the 80s, and believe me the ordinary non political Fulanis are some of the most friendly people in the world. Then we drank, went to church and interacted with love and respect. But the Fulani hemogeny has pauperized and exploited the ordinary people, so much so that they are helpless, uneducated and without any rights. These Fulani Herdsmen are far more dangerous in Sokoto today than anywhere in the South. People in Sokoto villages now pay ransom to Fulani Herdsmen/Bandits or else the whole village would be burnt and villagers killed.

The main problem of the north is the open border situation of the whole region. I went to illela and you would not even know where the border with between Niger and Nigeria lies. All sorts of things and people flood into Nigeria without checks. So bandits from all over west and even north Africa flood into Nigeria with guns, drugs and crime.
The politicians (and military hierarchy) of course exploit the the situation to for political purposes and embezzled increased security votes.

The north is a failure of the Nigerian state.

skywalker240:
Anybody who speaks against the evils of the north and the stupidity of the old fool is always viewed as igbos, so I won't waste my time

Niger Delta? I doubt, prove your identity

Am from Delta State Isoko, and not everything that happened over here will be reported on the media.

And it's not rampant like in the SE right now, but don't in your life ever believe there's no breeding hatred against the northerners especially with the Fulani menaces down here in the South South

Where are you from in the imaginary Niger Delta? Let's start from there

I am from Warri. We don't have problems with the ordinary northerners doing business in Warri, just like we don't have problem with igbos running their shops all over Warri. We would not support any one attacking northerners or any other tribe in Warri. We had our issues with our brothers - Delta Ijaws and Urhobos and we have resolved our issues just like brothers.

Itsekiris hate violence and we strongly believe in resolving issues through the political or judicial system. Even though these systems are faulty right now, it's still better than resorting to jungle justice.

skywalker240:
God bless you

Hypocrites and their hatred for igbos will always make them see anyone who is against the Rubbish of some northerners as igbos and IPOB

The hate has been cancerous to their sense of reasoning

The one that have hatred in their bloodstream is IPOB brand of igbos. Ordinary hard working igbos are some the most peaceful hardworking and intellectual people on the planet. IPOB illiterates however are thr most ignorant and hate filled people I have seen. They give the general igbos a very bad name. The group was founded on hatred of Yoruba, Muslims and Fulanis and not even the so called secession. The better igbos start dissociating from IPOB the better for them.

tammie24:
Some of those ordinary northerners carrying out legitimate businesses are trouble makers sometimes
And the ones who are expected to honest when judging matters surprise you
It is as though they have been told to do everything possible to frustrate the southerners and non Muslims
Also you don't have ibos in the north going about looking for trouble and killing hausas unprovoked like your people do in other parts of the country
And for your information
People are just waiting for you guys to start your retaliation exercise in the north so that everywhere will scatter and we can finally divide the country
As it should be!

How many "abokis" riding okada, doing mai shai, selling cows, ram and goats and selling petty assorted fruits on wheel barrow in the South are trouble makers? What kinds of trouble do these category of northerners pose even in abia?

You guys are so tribalistic and religious extremist that you reduce every thing to Muslim, non Muslim, afonja, northerners in order to justify your hatred of anyone with a different outlook on life to yours.

Fulanis kidnapping and killing people and Boko Haram are criminals. Just like Evans and IPOB are criminals. They shouod all be treated like criminals. It's the failure of the Buhari government that has exasperated the problem. Hopefully the next administration would be able to deal with these criminals.

If everywhere scatter, you and yoyr family might not survive. It's easy to start a war, but it's very difficult to stop. And no one can predict the outcome or winner of a war. Whole people's have been wiped out or displaced forever as a result of war. Are you and your people ready to take that risk to show you are very brave people?

skywalker240:
At least for the main time, they can all evict themselves from region that are not synonymous with them to avoid tension

Would you also advice all igbos to evict themselves from the northern region to avoid tension.

skywalker240:
Young Man calm your tities down,
Am from the south south, I can boldly tell you that even if we don't have anything to do with the igbos, definitely we won't shield the northerners either, the idiotic old fool in the helm of affairs in this present government, has caused alot of division's that would have been reverted if a sane person was there.

So because you hate "the idiotic old fool in the helm of affairs", you want to burn the whole country? Is not not cutting your nose to spite your face. The idiotic old fool in the helm of affairs has a little more than a year left, then another idiotic old fool would take helm of affairs, probably from the South this time. Then what will you guys do?

Stop been a coward and face reality, if the northerners retaliate as you put it, the whole south and North will burn down because those dumb guys don't mind the tribe or region as long as it south.

You guys always bank on dragging the whole south into your madness. This time it will not work. Ordinary northerners are now aware that others in the South are not interested in Nigerian the power play. Others are not killing law abiding northerners residing in their community. If the retaliation starts others would make sure to point out that the killings of northerners is only restricted to the east. You guys can go on your usual boastings of first calling other cowards which usually turn to wailings of betrayals and backstabbing.

They've been killing igbos and other Southerners alike in the north for many years, and heaven did not fall, so don't come here and play your retaliation card when Southerners (SE in this context) are doing what the north does with gusto

The killings of igbos in the North is usually because of religious extremism and never political. The killing of northerners in igboland has political undertone.

It seems to me like you're from the south west, judging by the way you fear these northerners and their retaliation.

I am from the Niger Delta. I have never heard of Niger Deltans killing and maiming people northerners.