₦airaland Forum

gidgiddy:
It is you Nigerians who are talking about war, the Biafran agitators are talking about referendum.

The Biafran agitators can talk about referendum or anything else, they don't have the authority to achieve it. It is only the people with authority (political and traditional leaders) that can achieve it. A referendum has to first be inserted into our constitution before it can be considered.

The way forward is to allow the rule of law prevail. The Biafran agitators have been granted the right to agitate and protest for a separate state under extant laws. Whether their agitation will amount to anything is their business not yours, so stop drinking panadol over another person's headache

Please quote the extant laws that granted the right to agitate and protest for a separate state.

As at the time Ojukwu went to Aburi in January 1967, Nigeria had 4 Regions, the four Regions had resource control and fiscal responsibility, which are the basis of true federalism. The four Regions even had their own British Ambassadors. At Aburi, Ojukwu secured even more powers for the Regions by getting Regional Armies. All 4 Regions now had its own military force, which virtually turned Nigeria into a confederation of 4 powerful Regions and a weak centre in Lagos. This ensured that no Region could dominate another.

Debating with you guys is an exercise in lies and falsehood. You call what is clearly black, white.

At the time Ojukwu went to Aburi in Ghana, General Ironsi had converted the 4 autonomous regions into 4 unitary states under a military head of State. Decree 34 of 1966 was called the unification decree.

The accord of establishing 4 regional armies is impractical. A country cannot have regional armies. The minute a region has an army, it becomes an independent country. A confederation of states has one military and not seperated armies.

All that was required of Gowon was to return to Nigeria, conduct a constitutional conference or adopt the constitution Nigeria was operating before the Military came, conduct elections and return to the Barracks.

How would Gowon have conducted a constitutional conference on the eve of a war? A constitutional conference cannot be held in a day or even a few months. Most constitution conferences take years.

How do you expect the military to go back to the Barracks in the aftermath of the political upheavals caused by the January 1966 coup and the July counter coup, where military and political leaders of both sides has been murdered, and the igbo civilians that had been murdered in the north? Besides, that option was never discussed at Aburi.

But Gowon and his fellow Northerners simply did not like a system that ensured equity. They needed to do away with the ever powerful Regions and make the centre strong so as to control Nigeria. So Gowon did exactly that by enacting decree 14 that abolished the 4 Regions, replaced them with 12 weak states, and gave the centre so much powers. They only thing Gowon and his Northern cohorts never counted on was that Ojukwu and his people were not going to take it lying low like other Regions. The only options left for Ojukwu was to either accept decree 14, which other cowardly Regions did, or break from the system and fight for independence. It may not have worked out for Ojukwu and the Eastern Region but no apology for fighting for freedom in the face of enslavement. Thats what great people do

Thrash. It was General Ironsi's decree 34 that removed powers from the regions and concentrated it at the centre. Gowon simply built on what Ironsi created. He converted the 4 states created by Ironsi to 12 states.

When people talk about Ironsi's decree 34, I laugh. Despite Decree 34, the 4 Regions maintained their borders, enjoyed resource control and fiscal responsibility. But nobody wants to talk about Gowons decree 14 that was a hundred times worse, and took all of these things away. The only reason some people talk about decree 34 is because it was an Igbo man who enacted it, had it been a Northerner, those who talk about it would not.

'One Nigeria' is a joke

Please tell me how decree 14 took away resource control that decree 34 had not already taken away. I don't know how someone can support decree 34 but criticize decree 14. It doesn't make sense.

kettykings:
(i) A military committee comprising representatives of the regions should meet to take statistics of arms and ammunition in the country. Unallocated stores of arms and ammunition held in the country should be shared equitably between the various commands in the federation.

How many arms and ammunition had already been allocated and the number allocated?
Who commands the various commands of the federation, aka the commander in chief, or was each region expected to have its own military?

(ii) The Army should be reorganized in order to restore discipline and confidence, Specifically,

Who will do the reorganisation and using what criteria?

a. the army should be governed by the Supreme Military Council which would be chaired by a Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the Head of the Federal Military Government;

How is this different from what was already existing?

b. Area Commands under Area Commanders and corresponding to existing Regions should be created.

The regions will be under the control of area Commanders

c. During the period of the military goverment, Military Governors should have control over Area Commands, for internal security

Military Governors will control area Commanders again, is this not duplication?

d. A military headquarters, comprising equal representation from the regions and headed by a Chief of Staff, should be established.

More duplication of duties. Maybe I should be saying quadriplication

e. A Lagos Garrison, including Ikeja Barracks, should be created.

(iii) In accordance with the decision of August 9, 1966, Army personnel of
Northern Nigerian origin should return to the North from the West. In order to meet the security needs of the West, a crash programme of recruitment and training is necessary but the details should be examined after the Military Committee has finished their work.

What concerns Ojukwu with the west. Never knew the west were invited to Ghana to discuss the aburi according.

(iv) The Supreme Military Council should deal with all matters of policy including promotion to top executive posts in the Armed Forces and the Police.

(v) The legislative and executive authority of the federal Military
Government should be referred for determination, provided that, where a
meeting was not possible, such a matter must be referred to the Military
Governors for their comments and concurrence.

Continuation of Power greed by the military, which led to the conflict in the first place. The Military officers abrogation executive and legislative powers to themselves. As I always believed the 1966 conflicts were about power grabs by the military and within the military, the civilians were only unfortunate to be caught in the middle.

(vi) Appontments to the Diplomatic and consular posts as well as to superscale posts in the Federal Public Service and equivalent posts in the Federal Corporations must be approved by the Supreme Military Council.

(vii) With a view to promoting mutual confidence, all decrees or provisions of decrees passed since January 15, 1966, which detracted from the previous powers and positions of the Regional Governments should be repealed. Law officers of the Federation should meet in Benin on January 14, 1967, and list all the decrees or provisions of Decrees concerned, so that they may be repealed not later than January 21, 1967, if possible.

Confusion galore. Since the constitution had been suspended and the regions converted to states by general Ironsi, how would Nigeria be governed if all previous decrees were repealed?

ajl:
Technically, he can't sell the property on his own to repay the loan. Except if he negotiate with the bank to sell on his behalf and then the bank recover their part of the money plus interest and will leave the remaining for him. I really don't trust Nigerian banks. They will wish that nothing goes back to him.

You are right. Banks are like criminal organizations.
One other suggestions is to borrow the money from their rich uncle who gave him N2 million without it affecting him much. He could borrow the 3 million + interest and then work out repayment terms with the uncle.

ajl:
People giving their property documents to another individual to use as collateral for a bank loan happens often. And it's also common that debtors refuse to pay back the loan leading banks to pursue foreclosure of the bank through a court of law. Likewise, the 2nd party that own the property often head to the court to file a claim against the bank to release the document. I have run into cases like this.

You are probably one of the parties to the agreement with the bank. The best option you have now to prevent the bank from foreclosing or garnishing your property is for you to repay the loan plus interest. The other option is for you to get a lawyer to look for loopholes in the agreement, which I doubt there would be any because banks are pretty smart in covering their "asses". More so, 2nd option will cost you money as you have to pay the lawyer. Additionally if you loose, you may have to pay damages to the bank aside from the loan and (20% - 25%) interest. This damages is often the defendants (i.e. bank) legal cost.

If the loan amount is truly N3 million, I will advise that you look for the money to repay yourself because you are like a guarantor for the loan.

For some reasons, I think the loan is more than N3 million because what reasonable individual use a house of higher value as collateral for a mere N3 million loan. Doesn't make sense.

An example of such court case is attached where an individual is challenging the bank claim to such property.

This is a free professional advice. Try and offset the loan to stop the interest rate from catching up with the value of your house. In business you must learn to cut your losses.

After paying back the loan, you can sue him for your loss, or recover as much as possible from his assets.

stagger:
Women have a lot of intuition. You need to listen more to your wife.

You are about to lose your house. You better take very tough but necessary actions with your cousin. Get a lawyer and take over his business by force, if you have to. DO it at gunpoint, if you have to.

I once gave a loan to my first cousin. This is 2 years and he has not paid and stopped taking my calls. Relations are the most heartless people ever. You can help them from a distance, but never commit yourself into a loan arrangement or anything of the sort.

This is the best advice so far. Get a lawyer and sue your cousin for all his assets including the company. I just hope there is actually a company he is using to do business. Since you did not enter into a formal agreement on what happens if he defaults, it might complicate issues.

You also need to liase with the bank to know exactly how much is owed and the interest rate. It might be better to sell the property to offset the debt and make use of the balance. I am sure your house is worth more than N3 million. This still doesn't stop you from suing for the balance.

lovchalice:
really, we dated for three months before having sex. And my dear you are not better than me in anyway. Before I dated him I've been celibate for 6yrs. Wonder how many girls can boast of that. Besides I'm not complaining, I'm only saying he won't go unpunished. For me I'm happy and eagerly expecting. And I've made sure not to ask him for anything cos he will never be a father to my child. He is not qualified to

I really admire your strength and independence. You decided to keep and care baby, irrespective of the father's cowardice. Although you make an error of judgement, no one should judge you. You can still go on to achieve great things and even find true love.
I am sure the stupid boy will come begging in the future after seeing how good you and the baby is doing.

Having said that, you cannot condemn others who made the same mistake and took a different path.

lovchalice:
well in my case it was someone that have been disturbing me for friendship and when I turned him down, he proposed marriage. When pregnancy set in stories started. Tell me, can he go Scot free

He disturbed you for friendship and you turned him down, only to open your legs for him once he mentioned marriage.

My sister, there is a sequence leading to marriage. First you must like each other, then love each other, then engagement to involve the 2 families and then finally marriage. You may decide to have sex pre or post marriage, but sex should never be a condition for marriage.

He can definitely go scot free, as he only has responsibility for the baby if you decide to born it. You should even be glad he did not marry by force, as he definitely was never in love with you. He would have made your life a living hell.

Exodora:
Why should he impregnant her if he has no intention of marrying her.Who will now marry baggage/second material, you?

So a woman's only value is the whole between her legs, and having a baby (within or outside marriage) devalues her as a human being?

I have seen many many ladies became much more successful after a first failed marriage with multiple children.

purples25:
Lol i am a Muslim that is not very religious at all. Funny enough i am starting to like religion. You know why? Those old testament times, you could not use a woman and throw it in her face like the way especially black men are doing now. It is actually the women that are suffering in this new age. Who presses for the sex? Mostly the man. They decieve and insist and demand to no end, you are only denying the truth if you oppose to that. All i think is that the woman should not suffer alone. If she has to suffer a stigma for the rest of her life, society must join that man in too.

You know what freedom has done to men? They impregnate a girl and go laughing all round town and posting on social media. Do you know that men BRAG about it. They CELEBRATE it. All the boldness coming from where? A man will sleep with a woman in the same room with his own manhood and in that same room he will give her an ugly look and judgement as thought he is not the one that just slept with her.

That cage society put women in, you see that cage, i wish men will be inside it too.

The problem with the current generation is that the lack a knowledge of history. They only listen to and regurgitate what others in authority tells them, instead of taking the time and effort to learn how things were in the past.

Today is the best times in the history of mankind, for women, in terms of liberty and freedom. Just a few centuries ago, women were property, property of their parents, husband's, uncle's and other family members. They were given away (more like traded off as soon as they attain puberty. They had absolutely no say in who they marry. Virginity was a priced asset to the girl's family when negotiating for bride price.

In the olden days women were exploited by men and they had no right to complain. During the constant wars, young women of the defeated tribes were sex slaves, the old women were actual slaves. So many bastards were born with no known fathers.

Most world's religions seem to enforce that system, that a woman is private property. She should not be permitted to be seen, talked to, associate with others who don't own her. Till today ultra religious societies and organization's still operate that way, especially the Christian and muslim religions.

Now, women can marry who they like, have sèx with whomsoever they choose, go to school, pursue a career, vote and even preach at the alter.

I still find it amazing that some women long for the horrible sordid past. Well, it's called the Stockholm syndrome.

vincentjk:
In most cases nothing like "come I want to marry you"

They're just two people who are deceiving themselves on loving one another just to have sex and get intimate. They both enjoyed the sex so why forcing the pregnancy of the dude when it wasn't rape??

These are religious fundamentalists who want to impose mosaic and Sharia laws on the country.

The only problem is that these moral laws are hypocritical. The states that practice sharia has the highest number of unwanted and uncared for children roaming the streets.

purples25:
The man that killed his wife is also in a mess for life now, so yes, he did not escape. You must enter that marriage, if you kill her, you will still be in a mess for life, just as you left that woman with a stain for life.

Same way she is suffering for life is the same way the guy must be tied down for life too. Nonsense, are you boys babies? You want to go scot free

I am appalled that you happiness in the whole story is that the man is receiving punishment for having pre marital sèx for killing his forced wife and the baby.

You religious fundamentalists are just after punishments. You want to punish the woman with forced pregnancy and delivery to punish the woman for having pre marital sèx, you want to punish the man with forced marriage as a punishment for having pre marital sex, you want to punish the child with abandonment because the parents commited sin of pre marital sèx.
Maybe you guys should liase with your Muslim counterparts and impose sharia, so you can stone to death sinners of pre marital sèx ( including the baby.

Unplanned pregnancy should be the business of the couple's involved and their families, and not the business of some religious fundamentalists.

captain247:
You didn't get the picture as related to the topic. If the man marries the lady he impregnated will there be an illegitimate child??
Illegitimacy has been abolished so does that give men right to pregnate girls as they desire and claim they don't want to marry them?

Men don't go around having sèx with women with the intention of impregnating them. Most just want to have sèx. The unwanted pregnancy is usually a consequence of carelessness by both parties.

Besides the illegitimacy abolished is legitimate right to inheritance not childs right of identity, dignity, origin and self-actualization.

First it depends on culture. Many cultures in southern Nigeria like the Yorubas and many Niger delta tribes don't have illegitimate children. Once it can be proven that a man fathers a child, the child is accorded some rights as a son/ daughter. It's the igbos that the legitimate/illegitimate child dichotomy is practiced.
Besides, inheritance rights is only valid if the man dies interstate, whereby inheritance is subject to customary law. If the man writes a will, then he can will his properties to anyone he likes.

If the man is not ready for marriage let him stay clear that is the point.

Not practicable. Men are marrying later because of financial stability. You want a man to remain virgin until his late 30's or even 40's, when his hormones starts fighting with him from his teens? The man physiology is not built that way.

It's because of all this abortion still takes place of which is also against the law 14yrs jail term. And likewise tradition too do not support having child outside of wedlock, in that case the girl will then suffer alone.

Whether marriage or not abortion will still take place. I have many gynecologists as friends, and they tell me that married couples carry out as much abortions than single ladies, especially the rich ones. Many married couples don't want to have more children and see abortions as the last resort of preventing unwanted babies.
Abortion laws just like the bigamy laws are unenforceable. It is impractical for police to be policing private hospitals and other places to arrest doctors, women and nurses carrying out abortions.

chigoizie7:
NO.

One, it was consensual.

He didn’t rape her.


He never promised her marriage.


If the result of their affair is pregnancy, they can deliberate on it. If they want to marry, fine. If they do not, they should forget it.

A pregnancy should not be the basis of marriage. Forcing a guy into marriage because of a pregnancy never works out in the long run.

Childish and juvenile suggestion. When even divorce rate among couples who start out professing everlasting love is about 50%, you are talking about forced marriage. The marriage will not last beyond the second year.

What happens if the guy is "2face" or "whiz kid" like and give up to 3 girls belle, he should marry all 3 of them?

What if the guy is jobless and lives with his parents or family member, he brings a wife home? Who will care and provide for the child and mother?

The suggestion is even illegal anyway. You cannot sign a marriage contract under duress.

franchasng:
AkwaIbom people fought on the side of Biafra.


Go and read history young man.


Vice President of Biafra then was a man from AkwaIbom state; Colonel Philip Effiong.

The second in command to my father who was a commander of one Biafra military battalion that defended Portharcourt before it fell to Federal Troops was an AkwaIbom man, they also had lots of soldiers from today Rivers state and Bayelsa States.

Stop twisting history for fun young man.

Many communities from Niger Delta fought on the side of Biafra. It was mostly Ijaws and some other tribes in Niger Delta that joined Nigerian side and mostly because they were angry that after Ojukwu and Aguiyi Ironsi stopped Major Jasper Adaka Boro from leading Ijaw Nation he codenamed Niger Delta to secede from Nigeria, that why do they now want to secede, which to me, they were right.

Colonel E.A Etuk (one of Nigeria's finest soldiers) was from Calabar, he held Owerri for 8 months.

Colonel Victor Banjo was a Yoruba man, he led the capture of the mid west and the invasion of Ore.

There were many easterners that fought on the side of Nigeria and vice versa. That's the nature of war. People take sides for different reasons.

In the citation of FFK's achievements, the person handling the church of Satan did not add some other major achievements. Like;
Former Yaba left inmate and Current coke user.

garfield1:
A unanimous decision given same day they heard the appeal simply means they were right,it was an easy case.if the decision was not unanimous like in osun,we can then find faults

That's what I am saying, most presidential election judgements are usually split decisions, with one or two dissenting views, but to have an unanimous decision of seven judges from different tribes is extra ordinary. I believe hope Uzodinma and his lawyers must have done their homework well.
The courts are not about what is right or wrong, it's about what you can prove.

9jaRealist:
Hope you were holding a mirror when you wrote that...
You would do well to INFORM yourself that only a decision was issued but the written judgment itself will follow later. SMH

Meanwhile, the Court has created the following UGLY precedents:
(1) ended up validating more votes than the number of registered/accredited voters;
(2) decided that all of the votes in 388 polling units were cast for only 1 candidate/party;
(3) ignored its own precedents that proof must be made for each individual polling unit; and
(4) replaced the findings of fact by the fact trier (the tribunal) without conducting a fact hearing.

For the avoidance of any doubt, I think of both of the PDP and the APC as merely two sides of the SAME criminal enterprise...
I also acknowledge the Supreme Court’s decision is final, but nonetheless let’s not deceive ourselves: the decision was GARBAGE!
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Me, I no know book as I am not learned , but I can use my common sense.

Yes the verdict looks and sounds perverse, but are you arguing over an unanimous decision by all seven supreme Court judges? The highest legal minds in the land? To make matters worse, non of the 16 supreme Court justices has disagreed with the judgement, either from North east, West or south.

Don't you think there must be some merits in their judgements?

Igbo and Yoruba Christians are more than ready to work in Hisbah Police.

Hillsong34:
Nigeria is a nation, guided by Constitution. The Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria does not, in anyway, permit a particular ethnic group to create tribal security outdit, especially when this is aimed at undermining the interest of other ethnic groups.It's no news that the new tribal security outfit created by the yorubas is targeted at the Fulani. You people are all over the North, doing your businesses without harassment but at the mention of Fulani, what comes to your dirty mind is genocide. We are in this country when yoruba people killed hundreds of cows through thunder and now, it's Ametoken This is a clear evidence that yoruba people will stop at nothing in mismanaging any opportunity given to them. To think that these are the same people being considered for 2023 presidency gives them out as a group of confused people. Will yoruba people be pioneering tribal and divisive organizations such as Amotekun and still expect to rule this country come 2023? Never!!!

Yes Nigeria is guided by the constitution, and that constitution only permit the Fulani north to create a security outfit, but bar others from creating their own security outfit, abi?

The hisbah Police don't go arresting other tribes and religions enjoying a cool bottle of beer in their private spaces, abi?

Yoruba people kill hundreds of cows, but fulani herdsmen killing thousands of humans along side destroying their farms.

To hell with the Yoruba presidency? Yorubas has never gotten a truly Yoruba president (Obasanjo was never a Yoruba candidate), and they survived. It's the Fulanis that need the presidency to survive.

How is Amotekun tribal and divisive but Hisbah is national and unifying? Abeg, explain.

Yusman316:
Why did they single out CJN Tanko, when he didn't even head the supreme court panel that sat on the case?

I honestly don't understand people's grouse with Tanko, when the decision was an unanimous decision of seven (7) supreme Court justices. So all the other supreme Court justices are exonerated?

JAWBONE:
I think it's time we disband INEC and create a new electoral body. How can an organization spend billions of naira to conduct elections only for the results to be rubbished later or is that the Supreme Court has being compromised and taken over by scoundrels. It is either the INEC boss is grossly incompetent and should be immediately fired or the Chief Justice Tanko Mohammed is a very corrupt fellow

I agree with you pertaining to INEC, but it's more has to do with the character of Nigerians and politicians itself, as long as people are desperate to cheat to get into office, the acronym of the electoral body matters very little, whether FEDECO, NEC, INEC or NECON.

As per Chief Justice Tanko Mohammed, the chief justice have very little influence on judgements. At best he can only preside over cases brought to the supreme Court. Judgements are based on majority votes by 7 or more supreme Court justices. So it is unreasonable to blame one supreme Court justice for judgements of 7 supreme Court justices.

Haddock:
They shot down the plane thinking it was filled with fleeing Americans as a way to take revenge for Gen. Soleimani's assassination. American civilians were actually leaving the Iran at that time.

If the government or the military wanted to kill Americans, you mean they cannot call for the planes manifest?

Besides 19 other flights took off and landed around the time of the attack on US base in Iraq, why we're any of them not shut down?

Staro:
Oga, I'm not from South East but Nnamdi KANU can never be called a coward.

He is actually a brave leader who has continued to remain resolute to
his agenda.

He hasn't surrendered.
He hasn't abandoned the struggle nor the members of his group.

Relocating to a safer country to continue the struggle is not cowardice.
Or were you expecting him to remain in Nigeria for DSS to lock him up like they're doing to Zakzzaki?

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Although this is the very first time, I am supporting a stance by kanu, his running away was cowardly. Fela did not run away when Buhari was after him, tunde Idiagbon did not run away from IBB after his overthrow. He came from Saudi Arabia and be locked up, even after the Saudis offered him asylum. Most genuine freedom fighters fighting against despotic regimes either die fighting or remain locked up for a long time. Even the present leader of Myanmar was locked up for over a decade

GreetMe:
Not only one missile... imagine TWO MISSILES! Una dey blind? For ur own soil kwa? Na so US shot down a plane in Iran years back killing 270 people!

Using people's lives to play politics! What will happen if the world bands the creation of weapons for peace?

If you have a problem with a nation, use other means not people's lives

They did not deliberately shoot down the plane. What's the political value of shooting down an Ukrainian airline plane conveying mostly Canadians and Iranians? It was error due to sheer incompetence. They should have shut down the airspace during the missile attack on the US base in Iraq, since their radar system cannot differentiate a plane from an incoming missile. The plane was heading back to the airport after taking off, probably due to some technical problem (there is a military base close to the airport). The military mistook the plane for an incoming missile and shot it down.

YelloweWest:
Is it Uzordima that should produce such evidence or inec? If one can present his own election results and win why didn't the sc declare Atiku? Because Atiku presented his own version on election results with electronic evidence to back up, while buhari simply asked the case to be struck out for lack of merit. Buhari never presented election results!

The law put the onus on proving electoral petitions on the petitioners, so how will the petitioners be able to prove their case without documents certified by relevant authorities? Each polling units has their forms. Same for wards, local and state collation centres. These forms are signed and given to all party agents. These forms can be presented as evidence in court if the final results given by INEC differs from the results at the polling units, wards or local government and state collation centres.

Buhari never presented results, so also Atiku did not present results from the polling units up to the state level. He relied on the INEC server, which was disowned by INEC. The court was forced to rely on physical results presented by INEC.

goshee:
for you information BSS was set up to curb invaders and address the security challenges in the south east but you people supported the motion that aborted BSS. If a court of law can tag an armless group who only seek self determination a terrorist group what makes you think they won't do so to Ametoku who they think will work against their interest if they so wish. it will only cost a phone call from Abba Kyari to Tanko Muhammed

BSS was set up by who? Did kanu have any authority or license to set up a security company before you even start talking of a public security service? The governors have authority as chief security officers of the state (in name only though ).

Many people including the FG do consider IPOB an armless group. Kanu had openly solicited for arms to fight against Nigeria. He had open your threatened Yorubas and hausas, security officers, the president and even other igbo leaders who disagree with their objectives. They openly and violently attacked Ekwerenmadu in Germany and threatened to attack others if they ventured outside Nigeria.

NaMeAboki:
Improve our security architecture and empower the law enforcement agencies with better equipment, training; more personnel and funding; and cooperation from local communities in terms providing necessary intelligence.

The security architecture as presently constituted cannot work. The Nigerian Police Force was a colonial hang over with the sole purpose of protecting the colonial administrators from sometimes hostile natives. They owe their allegiance to the colonial government.
The Nigerian Police force main pre occupation is to protect the government in power and their conniving elite.
There are murders on the streets everyday without the police caring to carry out investigations and finding the murders. If one government official or a big man is killed, the police will Fish fish out the culprits under 48 hours.

A federal police cannot be expected to enforce local or customary laws, it just doesn't make sense. This is one of the reasons the police are useless during prosecutions and are often disgraced in court. You expect a police man from Enugu to learn the state and customary laws of in ogbomosho, to be able to successfully prosecute a case in ogbomosho.

A state house of assembly makes laws, a state high Court interprete the laws, but you expect a federal police to enforce the laws. Does that make sense?

Not that I exactly oppose hisbah Police or Amotekun or even Biafra secrete service (that is if the chief executives of the south east states decides to name their Police as such), my grouse is in the laws governing their creation and operation. They should operate within the confines of the constitution and not try an impose laws that limits freedom guaranteed by the constitution.

NaMeAboki:
I am glad you enjoyed your NYSC days and felt the love of Sokoto in those days. I can assure you that, although Nigeria of the 80's cannot be the same the same today; however, not much has changed in terms of your fundamental rights since then.
Southerners and Christianity continue to thrive in Sokoto (and by extension, most of the Muslim north) without fear or molestation.

Having said that; unfortunately, most of you southerners will continue to disagree because of your innate tendency to always view any issue or move by northerners from your narrow ethno-religious perspective:
Arabic letters on our currency notes and military insignia (introduced by the British); herdsmen attacking and killing more Muslims/northerners; Boko Haram attacking and killing more Muslims; Sharia which applies to Muslims only ........and so on, are all being deliberately misinterpreted as Islamisation/Fulanisation agenda by southern political losing elites in order to curry more favour/relevance and support from their apparently gullible lot.

As already mentioned, Hisbah was introduced in affected states to enforce Sharia laws on Muslims only alongside some moral laws on the generality of the citizenry - including the much misunderstood prohibition of alcohol (which was not enacted under Sharia law, as most of you misconstrue).

On the other hand; Amotekun (as you even admitted in your post) is intentionally being set up by the SW states as a security outfit - SECURITY being the key word here; which clearly fall within the exclusive list and therefore outside the responsibility of the state/regional governments.

I will advise your governments to key into the existing FG defence structure (police, military etc) in a collaborative way e.t.c. JTF rather than going it alone - which is illegal.

I did A/Levels in sokoto and not NYSC.

How can you say fundamental rights of non muslims have not changed, when your hishah police go arresting non muslims in their homes and hotels for drinking beer and intimate relations with women?
You are telling me that if I am an animist that uses gin as part of my prayer, I cannot come to sokoto.

About Arabic letters on currency notes. Yes a few Christians complain, but most don't just care. As long as there are English letters and numerals (Arabic), that I can understand, they can as well add Chinese. I don't care.

Herdsmen killing both muslims and Christians should be everybody's concern. If the hisbah Police was to protect both Christian and muslims from fulani herdsmen's attacks, believe me I would not have any issues, but imposing muslims laws and morals on non muslims is wrong.

The herdsmen menace has been a major problem in Nigeria. It started from the north, decimated the middle belt and is not threatening the peace and security of the East and west. Should we not sit together and resolve the Fulani herdsmen issue once and for all?
I would have expected Buhari being a fulani himselves to tackle the issue, but instead he has been aloof.

Cherez:
Guy, I'm already at work I'd have explained better.

Sorry to say, but you don't know how international politics and diplomacy works.

You said, "Iran has never ran any terror program on US soil"?

I reiterate again Iran has never ran any terror program on US soil , and no Iranian has ever planned or carried out a terror attack on US soil.

Why was the attack on Suleimani?

Only Trump and Pompeo seem to know. They have not been able to explain to the American people the real reason Soleimani was assassinated. Even his republican members of Congress were angry at the briefings Trump's people gave.

Iran partners and funds terrorist coys.

Agreed. But the coys are terrorists to the US and israel, but not to most countries of the world. The Europeans, Russia, china, etc do not view Iran as terrorist.

There is no way the US will detain all Iranians on its soil
Please show me the news

These were Iranians coming in through the ports, so these are the ones the authorities could easily identify.
If a war actually breaks out, the government would hunt for Iranians and detain them for the duration of the war. This was what happened to Japanese and Japanese Americans and Germans in America during WW2.

DexterousOne:
They can't

I am getting tired of educating people who have learning difficulties.
UK or any other country can expelled foreigners from their country. UK can decide to expel all EU citizens if a Brexit deal is not reached. What will discourage UK from taking such action is the reciprocal action by EU, who will in turn expel all UK citizens from the EU.

Brussels uneasy over EU citizens’ rights after Brexit
Brussels has warned the UK it will be vigilant in policing Britain’s respect for EU citizens’ rights, saying Britain must honour the obligations of the divorce deal that will end the country’s membership of the bloc at the end of this month.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/f14f5eb8-3220-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de

It is not by force to allow you into my house.

hardbody:
All i can say to our waste-rn brothers is that whatever goes round comes around. They laughed at igbos when FG was using military might to trample on their quest for self determination, today what do we have?

What is bad is bad, irrespective of the geopolitical divide where you find yourself. Lets speak out when we should.

Igbos never quested or requested for self determination, what we have is one set of youths screaming referendum or death up and down. It like saying Yorubas requested for self determination because Adeyinka's grandson is shouting Oduduwa Republic up and down.