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Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by luvinhubby(m): 1:21pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Dudu_Negro: Billionaire,And all the governors too, beginning from Asiwaju? |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by luvinhubby(m): 1:29pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
i did not draw this dudu negros coronation pix 1 Like
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Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ACM10: 1:31pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
naptu2: So picking Nigerians at random on the streets; packing them inside a lorry and "deporting/returning" them to another location in the dead of the night fits your definition of "voluntary"? The more you defend this shameful indefensible action, the more you sound silly. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by T9ksy(m): 1:33pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Classicalman: I'll answer your question with one sentence. Yorobbers don't own Lagos. Thank you for the answer above. I guess the ibos now owns Lagos. Like they also own abuja and Port harcourt. You ibos are your own worst enemy. You go abnout laying claims to other people's ancestral land, dubbing it "No man's land". However, when the indigenes decides to reclaim their land, you turn round and tag them, tribalists! Yet you wonder why none of your immediate neighbours wants anything to do with you guys? I wish my ibo brothers would exude as much passion for their homeland as they do for another man's land such as Lagos, abuja etc. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by naptu2: 1:38pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
naptu2: There's something missing in the article above & that's the voice of the people that were returned (note: returned, not deported). It also seems that people do not know the details of the Lagos State policy. Nobody is deported (that would be unconstitutional), rather, people are returned (which is constitutional and within the laws of Lagos State). naptu2: I'm going to recount from memory because I'm on the move at the moment, but I'll try to get articles, etc when I get to a place of rest. The sources for my memory are newspaper articles, documentaries of Lagos Television, news reports and even nairaland. [size=14pt]Press Releases naptu2: I didn't post the link to the source of that article, but I'll tell you the source. It is taken from Bola Tinubu's website. naptu2: Now, for a bit of balance, a more critical article. Written by Reuben Abati, the article provides a lot more information (including figures of people returned, etc) naptu2: Before we go on, why is there so much emphasis on "Fashola"? These laws were inherited from previous administrations. The Tinubu administration also returned destitutes, etc and this action is being taken by the Lagos State Government (Ministry of Social Welfare). [size=14pt]The beggars' opera in Lagos[/size] naptu2: Now, my criticism of the article. naptu2: By the way, this practice is not limited to Lagos State. Abuja has also returned people to their states of origin. [size=14pt]Lagos, Abuja accused of dumping destitutes in Kaduna[/size] http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/lagos-abuja-accused-of-dumping-destitutes-in-kaduna/ naptu2: naptu2: I was about to provide some context and background on the story, when I heard something (very funny) on the BBC. [size=14pt]Background and context [/size] Unfortunately, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice website has not been the same since it was attacked by hackers early this year. I was going to repost the environmental sanitation act. Environmental sanitation law has always been controversial in Lagos. People always complain about the state of the environment, but they complain even more when government takes steps to remedy the situation. Back in the 1980s people often quoted the report that stated that Lagos was the dirtiest city in the world. Foreign news stations often showed pictures of Oshodi, kids hawking in traffic (dodging cars, etc), heaps of refuse on road median, etc. The people often complain about the presence of lunatics who wander the streets aimlessly. Government response to these problems have included: 1) Colonial governments deploying health inspectors (the infamous "Wole Wole" ) to ensure that houses, markets, etc were kept clean. The people hated these health inspectors and accused them of bribery (I remember comedy sketches which depicted health inspectors stealing meat from people's pots in the guise of ensuring that the food was suitable for consumption). 2) Military governments deploying soldiers, policemen and other officials (environmental offences task force) to chase away beggars, street traders and other offenders. It was seen as a futile effort, because the traders and beggars would return to the same spot hours later. The law was amended to include the forfeiture of goods seized during such raids and imprisonment of offenders. The task force would seize the goods and burn them. Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang The time around 1975 and '77, police go seize expensive goods dem go start to burn burn them. Army go go market, anything cost money go burn burn dem (2x). (Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, "Confusion Break Bone", c1980) The people were sympathetic towards the traders and beggars and believed that the task force was cruel and inhuman. The public felt that these people were only trying to earn a living and their presence on the streets was a result of the economic decline caused by the government. It was also felt that sentencing these people to jail would mean sending them to a training centre where they would learn how to become hardened criminals (besides, the prisons were already over crowded. How many prisons would be built to accomodate the vast army of beggars and street traders?). 3) The return to civilian rule in 1999 ushered in a wave of ammendments to the law. The year 2000 amendment created the Kick Against Indiscipline Corps (basically, the environment police) and made the public-private system the only legal means of disposing waste in Lagos. It became illegal to patronise cart pushers and residents were given bin bags for free. Several markets were also closed because the market men and women engaged in street trading and improper means of disposing refuse. The 2003 amendment presented offenders with 3 choices, rehabilitation, repatriation or jail. This amendment was made because the government realised that the prison system was over crowded and thus it would not make sense to keep sending people who break the environmental sanitation laws to jail. Sending them to jail also created bad publicity for the government. Offenders would often be more hardened and a greater danger to the society when they were released than when they were sent to jail. It was therefore decided that jail term would be a last resort. Offenders would be given a second chance at life via the rehabilitation process. They could also choose to return to their home state via the repatriation process (some realised that it's better to farm in their home state, than to sleep on the streets of Lagos). Their home state government or relatives would be informed ahead of time, so that they can take steps to rehabilitate the returnees. For example, in the documentary I watched, the Kano State Government gave returnees some money to ease the process of resettlement. Indeed, it was discovered that gangs of criminals act as agents, ferrying people from their home states to Lagos for a fee, promising them jobs when they get to Lagos and subsequently dumping them on the streets of Lagos. These gangs are particularly active in Kano State and Niger Republic. The City of Kano used to be the great economic centre of the sahel region of Africa. People came from far and wide to work in the factories in Kano City. However, chronic electricity cuts have led to the closure of many factories. Criminal gangs promise to help these people get jobs as security guards, okada riders, etc in Lagos in exchange for a fee and dump the people on the streets of Lagos. In contrast, the rehabilitation and repatriation process would change the lives of offenders and enable them to become respectable and independent citizens. Further amendments to the law since 2007 (Fashola administration) have made it illegal to give alms to beggars. Citizens are expected to channel such donations to registered charities, orphanages, destitute's homes, churches, mosques and other such institutions. It also provided the option of community service for people who break the law. It should be noted that, under the law as it was before the 2003 amendment, the people who are currently being returned, would have been sent to jail. Finally, it's a pity that the author of the article that the OP republished did such a shoddy job. He should have interviewed the returnees and then interviewed Lagos State Government officials. This would enable the public to know whether the scheme is still being implemented the way it was conceived, or whether it has derailed (the rehabilitation process suffered a setback when the Ita-Oko centre was burnt by inmates. Please ignore the bigotry in the link https://www.nairaland.com/400138/area-boys-lagos-ibadan-action ). Rather than doing this, the author wrote a sensational piece (probably to maximise sales/views) that made it seem like the returnees were forcibly deported and that they were returned simply because of their state of origin. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by silibaba: 1:40pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
fashola is already going insane 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by Antivirus92(m): 1:42pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Back again! Where are my dogs,dudu negro and co? 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by silibaba: 1:44pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
if i found out this is true, then i have no other option than to surmon fashola mekuslogan: •Arrested in Lagos, ‘deported’ to Anambra |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by MrGlobe(m): 1:50pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
ndu_chucks: ndu_chucks:is it that you lack english comprehension. The initial statement (which could have been gotten from random sampling) was that majority were not Anambra people. investigations are still ongoing to get the official number and govt stand. is that hard for you to understand. since fashola has denied knowledge of this, why not obi ship them back to lagos, or does he have any plans for them. And the FG must make a statement on this treasonable act. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by naptu2: 1:50pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
What I want to hear is (1) an interview with the people who were returned, to find out if they were given the options above. (2) interview with the officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Social Welfare, to hear their side of the story. Repatriation is legal, while deportation is unconstitutional. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ichidodo: 1:56pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Dudu_Negro: Billionaire,BASTARD LAZY YIRIBA MONKEY, U CANNOT SEE BEYOND URE SQUAMOUS NOSE, WE BUY LAGOS LAND TO BUILD BUSINESSES OF WHICH THE PROCEEDS R REPATRIATED HOME. U C IT IS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THE YIRIBAS R LAZY AND FOOLYSH. IF U LIKE DONT HELP URESELF WAIT FOR AN IGBO MAN TO HELP U,LAZY FURCK. AND IF THE SHYTE HITS THE FAN, IT IS BETTER U RUN BACK TO URE BUSH ONDO VILLAGE AND STOP CLAIMIN LAGOS INDIGINSHIP AS WELL AS LOOKIN 4 IGBO-PROPERTY TO POSSES. Y ? BECUZ U DONT HAVE THE GUTS AS U R ALREADY A COWARD ALONG WIT URE FUCKD UP YIRIBA RACE. 2 Likes |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by MrGlobe(m): 2:04pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Some history of fashola and his many denials. gotten from nairaland. very corny man. Fashola Denies Pact With Labour Party ! / Impeachment Threat: Fashola Denies Rift With Tinubu, Assembly / Fashola Denies Sales Of Tejuosho Forms Fashola denies deporting people to onitsha. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by TippyTop(m): 2:33pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Dudu_Negro: I hate to comment on threads with blatant ethnic theme but I coundn't help but laugh at the bolded. This is coming from a man who also abandoned his land for the shores of America. What hinders Dudu_Negro's "dignity and pride" in his home state? Lol!!! 2 Likes |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ba7man(m): 2:34pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
No one was there to confirm that this was Fashola's personal decision so we shuldnt point fingers yet. Truely, people have a right to settle anywhere in the country but that should b discouraged in Lagos b'cause Lagos is already a Worldwide case study in overcrowding. Finally, I'm certain that 99.9999 percent of Igbo population weren't affected by this deportation exercise. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by zuchyblink(m): 2:34pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
look at the way nigerians are reinforcing discrimination.this cannot be done in any country in the world except Nigeria.nigerians will always behave like inferior species of human being. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ba7man(m): 2:38pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
ichidodo: BASTARD LAZY YIRIBA MONKEY, U CANNOT SEE BEYOND URE SQUAMOUS NOSE, WE BUY LAGOS LAND TO BUILD BUSINESSES OF WHICH THE PROCEEDS R REPATRIATED HOME. U C IT IS NOT OUR FAULT THAT THE YIRIBAS R LAZY AND FOOLYSH. IF U LIKE DONT HELP URESELF WAIT FOR AN IGBO MAN TO HELP U,LAZY FURCK. AND IF THE SHYTE HITS THE FAN, IT IS BETTER U RUN BACK TO URE BUSH ONDO VILLAGE AND STOP CLAIMIN LAGOS INDIGINSHIP AS WELL AS LOOKIN 4 IGBO-PROPERTY TO POSSES. Y ? BECUZ U DONT HAVE THE GUTS AS U R ALREADY A COWARD ALONG WIT URE FUCKD UP YIRIBA RACE.You don't need to result to insults to pass your message across. Why does so much hate reside in you |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by Elueme: 2:49pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Billyonaire: Its a shame that an issue of Civil Liberty has turned into tribal e-warfare in Nairaland. There is no civil bylaw that empowers any State Government in Nigeria to deport fellow Nigerians, even destitute into another state. I think Fashola is in denial because he knows its an illegal act, infact, it is the reason it was carried out in the night. It is not the first time the agents of Lagos State has done this, there is record on this Nairaland archives where people were deported to Ogun State. That being said, we need to also understand that the Lagos State is not Yoruba State, its a Cosmopolitan State with stake-holdings by Nigerians and Foreigners of all extraction. No single tribe owns or will ever own Lagos, because it is not possible to own Lagos. The rich should learn to live side by side with the poor, because without the poor, we will have no cleaners, gardeners and drivers. The Cosmic Energy created a free world, Humans decided to build borders. This is against the laws of Nature.Well said.. I have said this relentlessly that Lagos may be in the south West but the success story of Lagos was built by many ranging from FG to private individuals from different works of life. Without Lagos, the South West is economically dead.. In essence, the Yorubas need imbibe the economic diversities of the ibos and the Hausas rather than glorying on Lagos which more than 70% of investment are products of non-Yorubas 2 Likes |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ichidodo: 2:50pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
ba7man: You don't need to result to insults to pass your message across. Why does so much hate reside in youI AINT INSULTIN NOBODY,JUST GIVIN THE IGBO-ENVYIN YIRIBA FURCKS UP IN THIS MODAFURCKA, HERE THE HEADS UP. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 3:17pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
ibos always deny their people in time of trouble Antivirus92: but it can swear out my head that 8/10 of the deportees are not igbos. So you want peter obi to dump them into the river niger before you know that they are not igbos. Fassholeiola is a callous man but peter obi has igboman blood inside him. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by Intrepid1(m): 4:06pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
CyberG: Why not ignore foolis.h iboz tribalists who are in perpetual denial? Iboz wish Lagos bad but they cannot stop moving there in millions. Now they sent you packing since you are not contributing anything, you open threads to whine. When will you people wake-up and face reality?? What a dolt. You are a major shareholder of Lagos PLC, no? |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by emmatok(m): 4:31pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Classicalman: Oh shut dat buccal cavity of yours already. Who even told you that Yorubas or any tribe for that matter own Lagos? In case u havent noticed, Lagos is a former capital. Developed with resources from other regions. Kapish? Was lagos the Only former FCT of Nigeria? Why don't start fighting Yorubas to claim Lagos. You people also claims to be the largest tribesmen in Kano, until BOKO BOYS unleashed thier terror on you. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 4:37pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Just the way you will never own your house,village,state and country, a ji ma rori, omo irankiran. Billyonaire: Its a shame that an issue of Civil Liberty has turned into tribal e-warfare in Nairaland. There is no civil bylaw that empowers any State Government in Nigeria to deport fellow Nigerians, even destitute into another state. I think Fashola is in denial because he knows its an illegal act, infact, it is the reason it was carried out in the night. It is not the first time the agents of Lagos State has done this, there is record on this Nairaland archives where people were deported to Ogun State. That being said, we need to also understand that the Lagos State is not Yoruba State, its a Cosmopolitan State with stake-holdings by Nigerians and Foreigners of all extraction. No single tribe owns or will ever own Lagos, because it is not possible to own Lagos. The rich should learn to live side by side with the poor, because without the poor, we will have no cleaners, gardeners and drivers. The Cosmic Energy created a free world, Humans decided to build borders. This is against the laws of Nature. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by T9ksy(m): 4:38pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
emmatok: Abegi, don't mind them ojare!!! That's the only message they understand- brute force. When we unleash our own "Boko Haram treatment" on them, they 'll know that Lagos is not a "No man's land". Until then, leave them to continue running their mouth like a leaking water tap. Bloody ingrates!!! |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 4:40pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
kobokobo the cannibal, how nah? solomon111: Don't let the yorobbers see this. |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 4:41pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Aigbofa: |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 4:43pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
ibos of course !! ACM10: |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by emmatok(m): 4:44pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Elueme: Well said.. I have said this relentlessly that Lagos may be in the south West but the success story of Lagos was built by many ranging from FG to private individuals from different works of life. Without Lagos, the South West is economically dead.. In essence, the Yorubas need imbibe the economic diversities of the ibos and the Hausas rather than glorying on Lagos which more than 70% of investment are products of non-Yorubas I will advice to read up Lagos history before independent. When AWO was busy developing the Western religion you igbos where busy fighting wars. We have the picture of the classic old lagos here on NAIRALAND. Anybody can digg it up . |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by Diligence: 4:51pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Indeed, it takes being a coward to recline to ur shell when confronted with your own unconstitutional act. Fashola claims to be a SAN but behaves like an agbero... 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 4:52pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
what is the difference between Yoruba and Awori s tupid? Odelomo, go and learn about all yoruba groups. Ikengawo: |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by fortyfeet(m): 4:56pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Ileke-IdI:Two of you has spoilt this thread! |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by ACM10: 4:57pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
emmatok: Do you mean "region"? If yes, can you be specific? Do you mean Ibadan or Lagos. Ibadan was the administrative seat of western region. It is more or less a hell-hole with rusty roofs and makeshift structures. While Lagos was the Federal Capital, which was the seat of the supreme ruler of Nigeria. It was developed with the money accrued from every corner of the country. 1 Like |
Re: Fearful, Cowardly Fashola Denies Deporting People To Onitsha by whitecat007: 5:02pm On Sep 30, 2012 |
Those are your ibo brothers right and the women with iya o ba baba tan type of dressing(non matching top and wrapper) is never a Yoruba thing, and no Yoruba woman would put that bloody scary looking monster on her head, but ibos will do that in a heart beat cos of your stone cold heart. Ikengawo: |
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