aribisala0: I see Nothing wrong with what he has said and so much emotionality over nothing. If 10 Ijaw people are killed and the Newspapers say 10 Urhobo it is right to put the record straight.That is a matter of fact. The question is

1. Is he telling the Truth
2. If it is true why has no one come out till this day to say they were not Youth Corpers
3. Why were they reported as Corpers in the first place.?

Yes we must respect the dead and all that but I think a decent enough interval has lapsed for "facts" like this to emerge. No one should play politics with death especially murder but those questions remain unaswered and they need answers!!

lacasa: Why are Nigerians ​ so ​ slow in deciphering simple statements??.

Did Mr fashakin in any part of the interview state that any person irrespective of tribe, religion, or occupation deserve to die in the 2011 post election violence.

In an interview you happen to be thrown a question and in your response you clarify some mistaken details in that question, does that mean you should be chastised??.

Some posters here really lack simple reasoning that is expected of a complete human being.

No wonder Nasir El-rufai tags most youths in this country as "intellectually Lazy".
I served in bauchi during the violence and many of the corps members killed were in my batch. That is a wrong statement to make. The spokes man is a lier and may the souls of those innocent corps members grant him no rest. I narowly escaped. Pls stop trying to prove u understand what the idiot wrote more than us.

nagoma: The death of these young men is still fresh on our minds and no body and no one can justify these murders. We must however try to control our emotions and examine the situation objectively in order to avoid such tragic losses of innocent lives.I will summarize in 10 points;

1. Bauchi state was under PDPin the 1999 and the 2003 elections but bauchi people were not happy with PDP. They vowed to change the government in 2007.
2. Isa Yuguda contested under ANPP and bauchi people came out en masse and voted for him as a protest against PDP. The thousands of youths stayed all night to ensure that the votes were no tampered with. You may remember that a van alledgedly carrying prepared votes for PDP was being driven into INEC office in Bauchi at the time of votes collation and the van was stopped and eventually burnt by the crowd. Votes were counted openly and Yuguda ANPP was declared the winner. The jubilation throughout bauchi state was unprecedented in 2007.
3. After just one year Yuguda decided to change to PDP and showed extreme lack of performance as governor. His deputy governor refused to change to PDP and Yuguda paid the legislature to impeach the deputy governor.
4. Yuguda is perhaps the least performing governor in the country , he went on to marry Yar'Aduas daughter and was member of the Yar'Adua Cabal.
5. As soon as Yar Adua died Yuguda made his way into Jonathan's camp , through Dame Patience we understand and much of bauchi state federal revenue allocation went into softening the heart of the new first family we understand.
6. Now Bauchi people were so embittered and promised to vote out Yuguda and PDP in 2011 as they did in 2007.
7. But PDP was also determined to keep bauchi by hook or by crook.
8. The youth coppers were the PDP sacrifice in the end. Southern youths in 2007 were just like some of the youths on NL . They feel that Jonathan must win the election and were ready to rig for him as they did elsewhere. The bauchi youths unfortunately were also determined to stop that at all costs. But there objectives were different. The Bauchi youths wanted to stop Yuguda while the southern youths wanted to ensure Jonathan wins.
9. When the death of these youths was announced , the rest of the election was just PDP . They did what ever they wanted even video evidence of general and widespread rigging by PDP was ignored.
10. The death of these youths was PDPs gain. These youths were sacrificed by PDP, perhaps that was why Jonathan offered blood money to their parents immediately.
These are my 10 points , so very sad!

nagoma: The death of these young men is still fresh on our minds and no body and no one can justify these murders. We must however try to control our emotions and examine the situation objectively in order to avoid such tragic losses of innocent lives.I will summarize in 10 points;

1. Bauchi state was under PDPin the 1999 and the 2003 elections but bauchi people were not happy with PDP. They vowed to change the government in 2007.
2. Isa Yuguda contested under ANPP and bauchi people came out en masse and voted for him as a protest against PDP. The thousands of youths stayed all night to ensure that the votes were no tampered with. You may remember that a van alledgedly carrying prepared votes for PDP was being driven into INEC office in Bauchi at the time of votes collation and the van was stopped and eventually burnt by the crowd. Votes were counted openly and Yuguda ANPP was declared the winner. The jubilation throughout bauchi state was unprecedented in 2007.
3. After just one year Yuguda decided to change to PDP and showed extreme lack of performance as governor. His deputy governor refused to change to PDP and Yuguda paid the legislature to impeach the deputy governor.
4. Yuguda is perhaps the least performing governor in the country , he went on to marry Yar'Aduas daughter and was member of the Yar'Adua Cabal.
5. As soon as Yar Adua died Yuguda made his way into Jonathan's camp , through Dame Patience we understand and much of bauchi state federal revenue allocation went into softening the heart of the new first family we understand.
6. Now Bauchi people were so embittered and promised to vote out Yuguda and PDP in 2011 as they did in 2007.
7. But PDP was also determined to keep bauchi by hook or by crook.
8. The youth coppers were the PDP sacrifice in the end. Southern youths in 2007 were just like some of the youths on NL . They feel that Jonathan must win the election and were ready to rig for him as they did elsewhere. The bauchi youths unfortunately were also determined to stop that at all costs. But there objectives were different. The Bauchi youths wanted to stop Yuguda while the southern youths wanted to ensure Jonathan wins.
9. When the death of these youths was announced , the rest of the election was just PDP . They did what ever they wanted even video evidence of general and widespread rigging by PDP was ignored.
10. The death of these youths was PDPs gain. These youths were sacrificed by PDP, perhaps that was why Jonathan offered blood money to their parents immediately.
These are my 10 points , so very sad!

lastpage: In as much as l dislike Mallam El Rufai (for his ignoble role in the sale of our National Assets to his friends, NITEL, Ajaokuta, in his position as D.G of Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Transcorp, e.t.c and his senseless demolition of people's houses only to later award the same land to his cronies)..... l must say that for once, HE IS RIGHT in saying that "Majority of Nigerian Youths are intellectually/mentally LAZY!

Take this issue as an example: Look at how many people have commented and insulted this Mr. Fasakin?
You are then forced to wonder: Did they listen to the interview?
If they did not, WHERE in the statement quoted, DID THE MAN SAY "THOSE KILLED, DESERVE TO DIE?

I am sure most if not all of these commentators were too "mentally lazy" to just listen to the "3minutes clip" of what the man had to say. ...... and yet they were so eager to comment and curse the man?

He said: One of those killed could not have been a GENUINE NYS Corper because the guy graduated from UNN in 2006, works as a "Manager" in a Computer firm in Lagos and all these facts were garnered from his FACEBOOK page, which remained "open" after the guys death.

Where in that did he justify the deaths?

Maybe its our educational system or poverty but something is actually wrong with our Youths who cant read a page of narration before shouting "Summarize"!

Its very sad. Gone are the days when Youths will bost about the number of "Novels' they read in a year!
All they do now is watch home video, Premiership, dance "Tonto Dike", and run after gaalz!

God help us.

Lastpage!

OsunOriginal:
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What do you expect from mischievous Igbo kids? Pathetic creatures called Igbos.[/s]

lacasa: Why are Nigerians ​ so ​ slow in deciphering simple statements??.

Did Mr fashakin in any part of the interview state that any person irrespective of tribe, religion, or occupation deserve to die in the 2011 post election violence.

In an interview you happen to be thrown a question and in your response you clarify some mistaken details in that question, does that mean you should be chastised??.

Some posters here really lack simple reasoning that is expected of a complete human being.

No wonder Nasir El-rufai tags most youths in this country as "intellectually Lazy".

Elueme: These no-points are figment of your imagination and manifestation of a delusioned mind out to concoct falsehood.

nagoma:

You must be one of the most intellectually lazy ones spoken about here. It's so easy for you or anyone to vomit rubbish. Why don't you take each of the points enumerated and disprove it with logic and facts. Of course your reptilian brain has no capacity for such effort.

chuks49:

Am not surprised, I just can't spot the difference between, nagoma, lacasa and maclatunji (NL moderator)

Ptimes: The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, spokesperson, Rotimi Fasakin, has said that some of the people who died in the 2011 post election violence were not university graduates participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps.

In 2011, immediately after the presidential election, some electorates, mostly CPC supporters took to violence to express their dissatisfaction with the election result. In the process, at least 50 people including nine serving corps. members in the state were killed,

The nine corps members were Adewumi Seun (Ekiti), Teidi Tosin (Kogi), Adowei Elliot (Bayelsa), Okpokiri Obinna (Abia), Gbenjo Ayotunde (Osun), Ukeoma Chibuzor (Imo), Nwazema Chukwuonyerem (Imo), Adeniji Jehleel (Osun) and Akonyi Sule (Kogi).

In continuation of PREMIUM TIMES interview series, Mr. Fasakin, speaking as regards the violence that erupted, said “some so called (NYSC) members were murdered, but in actual fact some of these people are IT consultants”.

Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/113299-some-nysc-members-killed-in-bauchi-were-pdps-it-consultants-cpc-spokesman-fasakin.html

creme chic:


GOD WILL PUNISH FASAKIN!!! OBINNA OKPOKIRI WAS MY UNIVERSITY SCHOOLMATE AND HE WAS TRULY A CORPER. A BOY WHO CAME BACK FROM MASTERS IN D UK TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AND WAS KILLED IS WHOM THEY ARE SAYING THIS TRASH ABOUT. THESE GUYS ARE CURSED!!!!!!! IM SO BITTER ABOUT THIS STATEMENT

aribisala0: God does not punish anyone one so let us skip the emotional babble.In the quote he is reported to have said SOME not ALL. Surely one does not need a University degree to make that distinction.
That is the question Nigerians are interested in were they ALL corpers

obo_man: Does it makes any difference?

killing is killing, and saying they were PDP IT Consultants shouldn't justify why they were killed....


Rotimi should be more worried that he shares a country with killers that roam freely without persecution.


Another stupid man, acting as a spokesman for a major party in Nigeria. PDP looters, CPC blood suckers, not much of a choice for Nigerians.

chuks49:

Mr, Aribasala, so their killings is justifiable since "some of them" aren't corper?

ziccoit: He is not justifying this in my own opinion. What happened was very bad but that doesn't mean record should not be put straight.

aribisala0: What you have here is a mob;a pack of baying hounds not unlike the ALUU rabble ready with the internet equivalent of tyres and petrol all you need do is to throw a bone to them,sit back and watch.

Who is happy that the young men died? Does that mean we suspend our reasoning and not ask questions?



Once again if THEY WERE NOT CORPERS why did there families not come out to say so.
If they were not corpers what were they doing there?
OR IS THIS MAN LYING ??



Those are the questions humans should ask instead of baying like canines at the smell of blood