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Fadelex: very good question, lemme share my personal experience.
I've caught most of these politicians like that and it is very wrong to attack anybody physically but you can subject them to mental or psychological treatment.., if I catch u, I either delay you for a couple of hours or I tell you to sit on d floor (to kill of that self-esteem) I know some people will disagree wit sitting on the floor but do you know that if insurgents wanna attack that's how they break away from d queue. the frog jump might be as a result of the man being rude

Lol @ "sit on the floor", that is definitively a self esteem killer, haha!

You see, the solutions you mentioned are very acceptable, delay, sit on the floor, e.t.c, even detainment.

The frog jump just seems a bit much to me, cause I see soldiers telling civilians to frog jump everywhere, even in Lagos.

Tupso: In civilized countries no one is above the law, no one boycott queue because he/she is chairman or whatever. that is why Nigeria is still where we are today. The law is made for few.

Nigeria is the way it is today, because the Laws haven't been consistently enforced, not because soldiers haven't been making us frog jump more.

That is the difference, and the point I think he was trying to make.

Ozumba Mbaduwe street, unfortunately though, most streets in Nigeria don't look like this.

Streets of Dubai.

danaz: We shld not use what obtains in civilized climes whr pple obey d law as a yardstick 4 judging d soldiers action in an environment of lawlessness n offensive disregard for established laws..nobody is above d law..i commend d soldier for his sense of duty.we need more of dat .

CIVIL LESSON: NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW

I have heard this argument before.

Really it is kind of tough when you compare the lawlessness in Nigeria to other civilized countries.

However, we as Nigerians, are trying to get to the status of being a "Civilized Country".

What we have now in Nigeria, is that Law enforcement do not consistently enforce the rules, and when they eventually do, it ends up being in a harsh manner.

If they enforced the laws consistently, I mean 24/7/365, in a civilized manner, then I believe we will become a civilized country.

Remember when the Soldier man was driving on BRT, and Fashola had to arrest him? That guy was supposed to be the epitome of a Law abiding citizen, yet he was driving blatantly in BRT. Point is, if these Law enforces enforced the law, all the time, in a civilized way, I think Nigeria becomes a civilized country.

But you are right, it is tough in this "Jungle".

Fadelex: can't believe this.... you say ignorant soldiers, well, lemme educate you
law respects no-one. this people you call ignorant are the reason some people are still living in that volatile region, the work like clock...they keep vigil and these politicians that started this problem still want to be treated like they are better than others... the local govt chairman should be thanking his fate if not he would have been gunned down, y would someone reasonable break away from a check point? do u remember of a perm sec in kaduna last year? he was fired at cuz he refused to be checked..he later die

last bullet: if you have any reason to break away from queue at checkpoint, go down and approach the officer, officers are human like us and they will surely permit you if you have a convincing reason.

You raised some very good points, he could have been shot impulsively for breaking away from the checkpoint, and the Local Governor then would have no one to blame but himself.

The question now is what are the rules of engagement as pertains to civilians? Is "frog jumping" an officially acceptable means of punishment by the armed forces to civilians?

After he had been verified to be a civilian, I would think protocol would state that he be detained, even if its just for a day (to send a strong message).

I really have never heard of any military protocol that allows for physical punishment of civilians, but I could be wrong if its in their rule book.

brightnelly: Dumbnama or whatever you are called! I can see how sick you are, you are the type people nigeria need to send on free loan! Does it mean that he is above obeying traffic orders or those gentle citizens on the queue doesn't know how to jump traffic? Be careful!!!

No he isn't above the law, but the frog jump punishment is out of place, he could simply have been detained.

Why are we all acting like we don't see soldiers telling ordinary civilians to frog jump all the time.

Here in Lagos, I see that almost on a weekly basis, and there is no SOE here.

owendei: in civilisd countries u said. do d civilisd break rules dt are meant 4 public gud, let alone a council chairman? did u 4get easily d security challenges in nigeria n borno in particular? wake up dude! hw am i sure he's nt a boko haramist?

Yes they do, all the time.

Its just that they are always punished consistently in a civilized manner, I think that is the point he was trying to make.

Donmams: SMH for you. You are celebrating public assault by ignorant soldiers who do not know their left from right. In civilised countries a soldier dares not speak rudely to a civilian else risk court martial. However i won't be surprised to see more fools celebrating this nonsense.

Why is everybody attacking this guy, doesn't he have a point?

On one hand you have to commend the soldiers for upholding law and order.

I think he just has a problem with the punishment.

No qualms, I actually learnt something new.

You saved me from asking a stupid question(at least, as far as Political Scientist are concerned) outside nairaland, hehe .

olas2u: so you did not do Government in secondary school ?You want to talk about national issues without basics.Google

Dude even you're typical gala seller should get a say in National issues, lets get that clear.

I am an Instrumentation/Software/Electronics Engineer by trade, doesn't mean I can't contribute to my country without these so called basics you speak of.

Anyways for my edification, I went ahead and researched that and have absorbed that new bit of knowledge, so I guess I gotta thank you despite your condescending response.

First thing this guy needs to do is to get this single.

Meanwhile, check out the new speaker at 0:20


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tcfoHKa50

olas2u: The presidential system of government will not throw up the best people,even GEJ had good plans when he assumed office ,but probably saw what we don't know about.Because i took all the speeches of GEJ seriously and always clapped,not knowing i was wasting my time clapping to lies each time he

What do you mean by the presidential system?

I heard they just made room for independent candidates, I wish someone truly sincere runs as and independent.

Maybe we should look within Nairaland.

sincerenigerian: The Amaechi guy is eloquent, charismatic and presidential. He looks calm, in-charge, and knowledgeable. He has his facts to issues being discussed.

Amaechi will make a good Nigerian President.

Dude please lets not get carried away.

Listen to his response to the question at 3:00, "well, well...".

Everybody knows the major problem is corruption, nobody should tell me otherwise.

The stolen money all the way from Abacha's time to the present day and age, do you guys realize just how much money that is?

So please all these yans about oh, we need to do this and that, I am not impressed.

Didn't I hear he bought a jet worth 45 million dollars, who does that in a developing country? That alone is enough to lose my support.

If a God fearing nairlander was a local Governor, and we gave him that money, do you know all he can accomplish? He could get a plot of land to build a SOLAR FARM, that will solve electricity problems just like that within that district. I have heard of 10MW solar farms that are up and running in less than 6 months.

All these guys are not sincere, and it breaks my heart. I am not partisan, I just feel most of them are corrupt.

Meh-eh-eh.

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Horus: What is wrong with the Police?

I thought I was the only one that noticed that part.

Why are they still holding the person?

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amakenny: [size=8pt][/size] Do not mind them. They believe they are talking to fools. They have converted the police to become their homes and body guards.

Thank you for this post. I was telling my friend who has also been to the U.S(we were comparing the Police force here at home and in the U.S), if he noticed something weird about Nigerian police on the road.

We both noticed that most of the time, when you are driving and you see police lights and hear their sirens, it's usually because they are escorting some V.I.P. Seriouly, next time anyone is driving and notices polices sirens, look closely, and you will see they are escorting some special person, lol.

Hardly do they blow sirens for the right reasons; to preserve law and order in our society.

On coming from the air port one time, with other nationals, there was this fully unclad woman right on the curb. I felt so embarrassed for my country because not only was that a bad impression, but seemingly worse was the fact that, the POLICE just kept driving by her like its a norm to have a fully naked person outside in broad daylight.

Olaolufred: WELL, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THE JUICY CONTRACTS GIVEN TOMPOLO, DOKUBO AND STATEMANSHIP ESTACODE GIVEN MILITANTS.
IF YES, YOU KNOW THAT OIL THEFT IS NOW CLOSE TO ZERO, ISN'T IT?

IF YES TO THE ABOVE, EXPECT TRANSFORMER SECURITY CONTRACT FOR OPC, BAKKASI BOYS AND EVEN OMBATSE GROUP.
REMEMBER ALSO THAT IN FEW MONTHS TO COME, BOKO HARAM MAY BE SECURING OUR CABLES AND T/FORMERS IN THE NORTH.

THE FIRST GOVT. I KNOW WHOSE CONTRACTORS ARE SOLELY CRIMINALS, TERRORISTS, MILITANTS AND OTHER VICES.

Yes I actually read somewhere that militants got contracts to secure pipelines, imagine such warped logic.

Why are they still arresting drivers in this day and age?

delors: Yeah, i like the pictures you used to support your view. but perhaps you forgot that that street alone is not the whole of Dubai. there are slums in Dubai as well...check out pictures labelled 1 & 2...1 is a slum in Dubai where the lesser ones live in constant fear of oppression. 2 shows you how segregated the city is with sky scrappers on one side and hut-like bousings on the other...it is a direct example of Nigeria's Lagos island where VI is full of nice buildings but behind it, areas like residential CMS area, isale eko are slums...I could have easily shown you a nice picture of Lagos island and said yeah, we have really advanced. But my point is that, of course the government has a larger role to play in ensuring that we have growth and development but then, we blame the government for every woe when we are supposed to be up and doing to to contribute our quota.
You mentioned a start-up and I was was almost swelling with happiness until you said ' barber'! You see, no creativity, no ideas, no thinking outside the box. ow many barbers do we have in one street at Mushin? almost 4...every street has almost 4 barbers...doing the same thing...fighting for scarce customers...no wonder boys are now keeping afro.
We have POVERTY OF IDEAS. I mentioned a young Nigerian who is preparing course packets for new Nigerian univiersities...he was invited to california, to MIT, to Google office, to Blackberry office, and there he gathered all his resources...if he took had decided to be a 'barber' like you mentioned, he probably will be complaining right about now now that there r no customers and GEJ nor give us lights to come...

The barber scenario was just an example. I also inferred to office based start ups when I mentioned that they would have to drill a borehole. Guess I figured you would picture a typical office building giving the fact that a borehole would be necessary.

Yes the environment might be flooded with barbers, but again, that was just an example taking too literally. There would be so many start ups both small scale and large scale that would spring up out of no where if basic infrastructure is attended to. Why do you think the economists predict a sharp increase in Nigeria's economic outlook, should constant electricity (just one of the many basic infrastructures needed) become a reality.

With regards to the comparison you made between the best of Dubai and the best of Nigeria, we know that the best of Nigeria to some extent isn't even good enough (due to no electricity, water, and so on), and that specifically is my point.

You seem to forget that majority of company start ups do not stand the test of time, this is not local to Nigeria alone, but a World Wide observation. So how much more difficult will it be for star ups, or rather, how much lower would the percentage of successful start ups be, given the current dilapidated state of basic infrastructure?

Some people will always blame the government for their woes, even if their present circumstances might be self inflicted. So really there is no getting away from that.

However, when most people in a country start blaming their government for their woes, then some soul searching on the side of the government would really be warranted.

It's just that in our case, some of these guys act like they have no souls.

delors: Did you say we failed for 52 years? i guess you are still dreaming. If in all the 52 years you see nothing worth praising, then i guess you are one big part of the problem.
Rome was not built in a day. Even the United states in all its acclaimed glory, it is still a nation bedevilled with problems, fear and what have you. And it is about 200 and something years old...what are you saying bros? What? if there is a problem in Nigeria, what part have you played to solve the problem? All you do is sit in the corner of your room or at the vendor stand and condemn the government as if the government is all to be blamed for people's woes. Individual efforts can contribute to the growth of Nigeria. i have seen very young innovative guys making things to make their lives better. facebook, google, youtube, microsoft, cars, telephone, etc were not created by the governments....but by indivduals like you and i. blackberry was created at a university (university of Waterloo) by a student. Since you studied abroad, did you notice all the electronics stuffs? in the washrooms, CCTVs, toasters, microwave, even a computer mouse, toys, etc were all created by young guys in their 20s...and the government came in to support them...and it is still happening. Go to app store, all those apps you see on android fones were created by very very young university students, not the government...it is high time you stopped blaming the government for your woes and make your own contribution...let's see how far you can go.

Dude check out the transformation of dubai just within a couple years.

Saying that we should make our own way is not necessarily a bad thing, but you cannot absolve the government of their faults.

Take for instance, a start up company in Nigeria. That company would have to pay for deisel to fuel their gen. That alone is a failure on the side of the government, and in turn discourages these starts ups, which are analogous to the the young guys you were referring to.

That same company would have to again look for funds to drill a borehole, then pay for fancy equipment to filter the water and don't forget the pump to pressurize the water. A job the government should have done.

So yes, we should all do our part, but I can assure you that most Nigerians are ready to be entrepreneurial if given the right atmosphere to do so. Just like the barber that wants to start up a very small scale salon, but can't fathom the cost of generator plus fuel/diesel.

Lets stop making excuses for our government. We all know deep down inside, that if they were not corrupt, we would all be alot further.

Just Amechis jet alone is rumored to cost 45 million dollars. At $100,000 dollars to renovate a 1 km stretch of road, that money used to buy the plane, could have re-paved so many inner streets to look like yankee standard.

Omo_Oshodi: Oya see evidence

This guy men, u just killed me.

londonrivals: Mr Yahaya went further to inform the committee that sometimes, in a day; PHCN loses up to 20 transformers to these criminal elements.

Really? So what have you guys decided to do about this?

This country sef! How can a goverment body be losing infrastructure left right and center like this without any checks by the police force.

How long will it take a group of people to uproot a transformer, and then carry it away?

In that time, isn't there a system (maybe a control room), that would alert you to the fact that one transformer has just gone offline?

Now switch over to Police Force for a sec. Shouldn't police be located at strategic points throughout a state, and be on active patrol?

If coordinated correctly, shouldn't the police force be able to respond to vandalism of such high proportions within record time to be able to prevent such acts?

These leaders should fix my country for crying out loud.

londonrivals: Mr Yahaya went further to inform the committee that sometimes, in a day; PHCN loses up to 20 transformers to these criminal elements.

Really? So what have you guys decided to do about this?

This country sef! How can a goverment body be losing infrastructure left right and center like this without any checks by the police force.

How long will it take a group of people to uproot a transformer, and then carry it away?

In that time, isn't there a system (maybe a control room), that would alert you to the fact that one transformer has just gone offline?

Now switch over to Police Force for a sec. Shouldn't police be located at strategic points throughout a state, and be on active patrol?

If coordinated correctly, shouldn't the police force be able to respond to vandalism of such high proportions within record time to be able to prevent such acts?

These leaders should fix my country for crying out loud.

All of you guys saying that prayer alone won't solve anything, that we need works too.

What do you guys suggest we do?

Where do we start from?

Can there be a way to gather ourselves and peacefully occupy the streets and demand for accountability?

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