Gombs: ...Tho I never support dis nyuccur, but his comments dese days are with calculated accuracy!

Oya, nigerian security force(s), ova to you guys


All I knw is GEJ 2015 or else...
And after GEJ na ibo folk go sit there till 2027...else!!!
Ofeose folks na frm 2027 till 2035
Abok.i man is from 2035 till...! If dem like during dat time, mk dem dey thr till 3000

BTW am igbo...Biafra looks realistic by 2015 sef (dats if GEJ dnt win)

Seun, pls I didn't break any rule o

Or else what? Infact,if dem list the most foolish comments, yours will be among the top 5. Why would anybody support incompetence of the highest order just because of tribe or religion? The way some people think hen...SMH!

Then Reuben Abati said:

Revolt of the South-South

....The first is that oil is the curse of Nigeria...

... As the sale of crude oil brought enormous resources, and easy money, with our excess crude earnings now about N1.15 trillion, the country became indolent. Government officials looted the oil money, and awarded oil blocks and other facilities to themselves, their agents and friends. States and regions which were established as centres of economic activity prior to 1969 became rent-collection units. The Federal Government collected oil revenue, and states went to Abuja to collect their share….

...The bitter, second lesson, is that this easy money did not translate into development, rather it encouraged greed, and a desperation for the control of the Federal Government, and its increasing powers. In practical terms, every other economic resource in the country was abandoned: the Western region which had been sustained by cocoa, and other resources and 50 per cent derivation suddenly stopped being creative; the North abandoned its groundnut pyramids, its hides and skin, the Middle Belt closed down its tin mines, ignored its reserves of uranium, and in the East, the coal mines, home of about the finest grade of coal in the world, were left to grow into bushes. Farmers across the country deserted the villages, everyone wanted to be in the city to share out of oil money. Oil had become gold, and it was proudly referred to as the national cake….

...If the oil resources had been distributed on a just and equitable basis, perhaps there would have been no problem. But while the rest of the country lived in open affluence, spending the proceeds of oil exploration, the people of the Niger Delta whose soil and waters produce the oil wealth which accounts for 95 per cent of Nigeria's contemporary resource base, wallowed in abject poverty. The Niger Delta is not just an endangered region, since the days of the Royal Niger Company, its people have grown from poverty to poverty; and throughout this history, they have resisted this marginalisation, this injustice: it is the refusal to listen to them that has now radicalised the entire region fully and irretrievably….

...For over 40 years, the Nigerian state has refused to address the key question of nationhood, and transform itself properly into a nation-state with a shared consensus on its identity and future. An invidious kind of conspiracy has sustained Nigeria as a country of many nations, surrounded by the explosives of political, economic and social differences...

...And again, in 2001, rather than address the defects in the 1999 Constitution, inherited from the military, the Obasanjo government had tried to re-invent the Petroleum Decree of 1969, which the Babangida administration had abrogated, by re-introducing the onshore-offshore dichotomy in determining the allocation of oil and gas revenue...

...The first lesson to be extracted from this- the walk-out by South-South delegates, the refusal of Northern delegates to give the South-South free scope for its demands, and the adjournment of the Conference - is that there is no way Nigeria can run away from its own national questions. Even if the Conference is aborted, the issue would come up another day, for it is about POWER and RESOURCES and ultimately the survival of the Nigerian state....

...It is curious that there is so much furore over derivation; for before 1969, this was not the case. Section 34 (I) of the 1960 Constitution as well as Section 140 (I) of the 1963 Republican Constitution provided 50 per cent derivation. The civil war changed this, and by 1969 with the Petroleum Decree of that year introduced by the Gowon government, the Federal Government discarded the revenue formula that had been agreed by the regions and the federal government in 1954. The Gowon government introduced this decree to establish full federal control over the oil resources; it was the prize that the Nigerian government awarded itself for winning the civil war...

...Successive governments found it convenient to hold on to this power over resources, and the unitary state that had emerged. As the sale of crude oil brought enormous resources, and easy money, with our excess crude earnings now about N1.15 trillion, the country became indolent. Government officials looted the oil money, and awarded oil blocks and other facilities to themselves, their agents and friends. States and regions which were established as centres of economic activity prior to 1969 became rent-collection units. The Federal Government collected oil revenue, and states went to Abuja to collect their share....

...The bitter, second lesson, is that this easy money did not translate into development, rather it encouraged greed, and a desperation for the control of the Federal Government, and its increasing powers. In practical terms, every other economic resource in the country was abandoned: the Western region which had been sustained by cocoa, and other resources and 50 per cent derivation suddenly stopped being creative; the North abandoned its groundnut pyramids, its hides and skin, the Middle Belt closed down its tin mines, ignored its reserves of uranium, and in the East, the coal mines, home of about the finest grade of coal in the world, were left to grow into bushes. Farmers across the country deserted the villages, everyone wanted to be in the city to share out of oil money. Oil had become gold, and it was proudly referred to as the national cake...

If the oil resources had been distributed on a just and equitable basis, perhaps there would have been no problem. But while the rest of the country lived in open affluence, spending the proceeds of oil exploration, the people of the Niger Delta whose soil and waters produce the oil wealth which accounts for 95 per cent of Nigeria's contemporary resource base, wallowed in abject poverty. The Niger Delta is not just an endangered region, since the days of the Royal Niger Company, its people have grown from poverty to poverty; and throughout this history, they have resisted this marginalisation, this injustice: it is the refusal to listen to them that has now radicalised the entire region fully and irretrievably.

The people have turned their anger on oil companies, and the Nigerian state, and they have produced heroes of their own struggle in the process. Every Nigerian government tries to resolve the issue through legalism or the introduction of development projects that are in the real sense anti-development in orientation and execution, or at best no more than mere tokenisms. But the solution is political. It is so to the extent that it is about federalism; and the creation of a Nigerian state in which every Nigerian can be a shareholder, and a contributor, not a parasite, or rent-collector...

The only solution is for Nigeria to return to its pre-1969 position on revenue allocation, whereby every state shall be entitled to 50 per cent derivation. The victorious argument cannot be that of the lazy parasite, or the venal rent-collector such as is being articulated by the political North, or as previously disingenuously argued in Bala Usman's pamphlet, The Misrepresentation of Nigeria in which he argues that the North should be entitled to 60 per cent of oil revenue because the oil and gas resources in the Niger Delta were formed by deposits that flowed from the North. Nothing can be more simple-minded, and it is clear that the people of the South-South would never be persuaded by this brand of unscientific politics, which sadly has many adherents in the North.

The principle of resource control is not for the South-South alone; it is in fact meant to benefit the whole of Nigeria. Which is why it needs not become a South-South vs North affair, although the truth is that it is the present status quo that has sustained Northern feudalism. If states control their resources, then the Federal Government would become weaker, Abuja would become less attractive and there would be a greater emphasis on productivity and development as each state would have to start thinking more creatively about how to manage its own resources. The impasse is also not about oil alone: other related issues that would need to be re-examined and resolved include the nature and future of the Nigerian state, the collection and management of the Value Added Tax, the Land Use Act and Constitutional Review.

Whatever happens, we can only either address these problems once and for all, in keeping with the democratic spirit, or risk the infernal danger of eternal repetitiveness or postpone the evil day. Resource control is both the way to the past, and the way forward for Nigeria: we can only ignore it, over-politicise it, or force the wrong issues, at our own peril. The radical youths of the Niger Delta, those "children of Ken Saro-Wiwa" in the creeks and the oil producing communities are the ones who hold the key to that evil day not the politicians and their dubious rhetoric...

Revolt of the South-South Guardian Friday June 24 2005 Editorial By Reuben Abati

[size=14pt]Awo and Asari Dokubo
By Reuben Abati[/size]

Guardian 25.03.05

THE other day, Asari Dokubo, an Ijaw freedom-fighter, went on television, in Lagos, in Yoruba territory, and abused the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. He had been invited for an interview by the Lagos Television, LTV 8, a station that was established under the aegis of an Awolowo government led by Alhaji Lateef Jakande in the Second Republic. In the course of the interview, Dokubo started saying something about Awo being a devil.

Dokubo was doing something rather reckless: he was using a Yoruba platform in Yoruba territory, to condemn a Yoruba icon. The interviewer tried to steer him away from this line of talk, but Asari Dokubo refused. Here is a man who forced himself into public reckoning out of nowhere, and earned a reputation for raw gangsterism and bravura in 2004 when he took on the entire Obasanjo government and the multinationals and threatened to blow up all oil installations in the Niger Delta. The Federal Government had to call him to a meeting in Abuja. They gave him royal treatment and begged him. And he became a hero of sorts.

In Lagos however, he was looking for trouble. When he stepped out of the studio, he was confronted by a Yoruba "nationalist", and something of a scuffle ensued. Before long, a detachment of the militant wing of Yoruba politics, the Oodua Peoples Congress arrived at LTV 8 to teach Dokubo a lesson for denigrating Awo's memory. But either luckily or unluckily, Dokubo had left the LTV premises before the OPC arrived. He apparently realised that he had stirred the hornet's nest, so he reportedly went straight to the airport and out of Yoruba territory. Since then, the OPC leader, Gani Adams has demanded an apology. Dokubo has also been banned from Yorubaland until further notice. But he is insisting that he does not owe anybody any apology. "I'm battle ready", he says, adding that if he is attacked, thousands of Yoruba souls "will go". In an interview with The Champion, he even repeated the offence: "Awolowo was a devil and his policies led to the present problems that the people of the Niger Delta are fighting against." Dokubo is mistaken.

There are so many people alive today, sleeping and waking up and performing all the rituals of living, but whose total existence amounts to nothing. They are no better than mere footnotes to the grand events of existence; they are an embarrassment even unto themselves, were they to die, no one will take note of their passing. Their graves will carry no flowers, no significance, no piece of useful history. And yet there are some people who though dead refuse to die. They continue to live on in the people's minds and lives with such force that seems physical and real, and always their significance is continually remarked upon; they rule as it were from the grave, as the people for whom they have become heroes, icons and legends refuse to allow them to die. The late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, leader of the Yoruba, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, politician, thinker and statesman was one of those..........................

Naturally, Awo attracted so much envy, and there were all kinds of objections to his person and politics. But he had the people behind him. If any traditional ruler disrespected him, he was promptly removed from the throne and banished. Families refused to marry the daughters and sons of anyone who opposed Awo. Those who belonged to opposition parties or who made the mistake of criticizing Awo in public had their houses burnt, their vehicles destroyed, and their names dragged in the mud.

Awo died in 1987. He has been ruling Yorubaland since then from his grave. Till date, the easiest way to gain relevance in Yoruba politics is to invoke Awo's name. In 1999, the Alliance for Democracy won the election in the South-West simply by using the name of Awolowo. They lost in 2003 because they were beginning to behave as if they had found new masters, and the people were beginning to suspect that Awo's name had been taken in vain for opportunistic reasons. There were other reasons of course, but this was the strongest reason, and it was in part why the Yoruba who can be unreasonably violent when they choose to be, refused to burn down houses in 2003. Every year, Awo's birthday is celebrated with great ceremony. Living persons do not receive as much attention.

Almost on a daily basis, politicians who are seeking recognition troop to Awo's home in Ikenne, Ogun state, to pay homage at his grave, and pay obeisance to his wife. They also ensure that this is well-reported by the media afterwards. No other politician has been able to capture the people's imagination and mind with a similar force. There is even a younger generation of Yoruba who were born after Awo had died, and they too have learnt about Awo from their parents who heard part of the man's legend from their own fathers before them. From all indications, Awo is not going to die very soon as a symbol of Yoruba politics and aspirations. Thus, the protection of Awo's legacy has become a sacred Yoruba pre-occupation as if the destiny and prestige of the race is tied to this special task.

Now, this is the kind of man whom Asari Dokubo has chosen to abuse. Awo has been called worse names in the past by his critics. But when an Asari Dokubo who claims to be fighting the Ijaw cause makes very provocative and inciting statements with an ethnic colouration, he is likely to inflame passions. The assumption is that he is speaking for all Ijaw, whereas the average Ijaw man does not even think that Dokubo is anything more than an irritant. But imagine what could have happened if he had been confronted by the OPC team that went to look for him at LTV 8. He could have been assaulted or he could have been killed. And then, this would have caused serious problems between the Ijaw and the Yoruba. There would have been arguments about Dokubo's right of free speech and the intolerance of the OPC. The resultant ethnic tension could result in more killings, and battles from Lagos to the Delta creeks. And it would have been a thoroughly pointless exchange of hostilities.


What is Asari Dokubo trying to achieve? Picking up a fight with the Yoruba and the OPC does not in any way advance the Ijaw cause. Abusing the dead for the problems of the living serves little purpose; it is cowardly and crude. As Dokubo tries to learn the complexities of Nigerian politics, and seeks to make the transition from gun-slinging to power-games, he should realise, for his own good, that certain things are better left unsaid. May be the OPC is just being needlessly silly by trying to intimidate a man for no reason other than that he expressed an opinion, but the Nigerian government has a duty to call Asari Dokubo to order. Awo's place in history is secure; that of Dokubo remains unknown.

The foolish mentality of a common Nigeria is who go die go die, is that the Nigeria Azikiwe left Behind?

And why are the masses always the one to surfer the wrath? Why can't the masses in mass fight this political aliens? Abi any of them don die? They are moving freely and ridding big and latest cars.

I so much miss General Sani Abacha...

Asari be watchful even General Abacha with his trength was killed like a chicken....

The baddest guy in Nigeria.

[size=18pt]THEN OBASANJO GAVE ASARI DOKUBO N300 MILLION IN 2005.
[/size]

While Arewa youths in the North, opc in the West, and Niger Del! ta Force in the South-South are allowed to run amok, causing terror, f ear, and death, massob members who are not violent are usually hunted, killed or imprisoned without an option of bail. 54 footballers, spectators and match officials participating in the Uwazurike Cup tournament, were arrested and detained by the police last year. No one, not even journalists, ngos or rights activists ever fought for their fundamental human rights. Yet, Asari Dokubo was given a presidential welcome in Abuja with a N300 million "gift" to stop his chaos in the creeks of the Niger Delta.

~
Lawal wrote from [...], Onitsha, Anambra State.

The Punch, Friday June 10, 2005
http://www./Igbo_marginalization.htm

From "The Diary of the Memory Keeper" by Orikinla Osinachi who knows Asari very well.

Joyfullyme: Haaaaaaa IZON !!! Haaaaaaa IZON !!! _Anyeee Asari ^Anyee _{Anyeee ooo}!!! Anyeeeeeeeeeee!!!

who be dis one?
and whos dat lizard carrying a rifle in the pix?
Mtcheeeew

Nigerians we have lost our sense of reasoning totaly. Why do we have to support crime in the first instance. be it from the north, south, east or west. . . crime is crime anyday anywhere anyhow. We are all supporting disintegration now which can never come in a peacefull way as we all know. The most annoying thing is that, those that we are looking up to at the top as our brother will not stay in the country when it happens because they have enough resources to JET out of the country when the battle field becomes unbearable for them while leaving me and u with out slim destiny. why not let us forget about the past, put away our religous and ethnic differences and fight curruption/violence/injustice/descrimation/terrorism. a yoruba adage sayz: ''eni ti won ba fo agbon ni ori re ko kin duro je agbon na'' meaning '' somebody whose head was used to break coconut will never wait to eat out of it''

Wise up Nigerians.

Akpa ife: Nig should beg Asari nt 2 do anytin becos dat oil matters alot

That oil matters a lot to you. So countries wey no get oil no dey survive?

Akpa ife:
U dnt like truth at all,weather u like it or nt GEJ must rule till 2019 hand over 2 igbos u hausa can wait till 2027 b4 power will return 2 north

I love u Asari (war lord)

answer my question

yes, arrest them in this order
buharri
atiku
ibb
siroma
bakere
Erewa
asari
you bunch of bigots and hypocrites calling for asari head created boko haram to accomplish ur treats,
unfortunately ur destroying ur homes.

WHO SAID THE FOLLOWING, AND WERE THEY ARRESTED?!
 *2015 ‘ll be bloody… - Buhari
“God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way.
“If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.’’
- Vanguard May 15, 2012
*We’ll make Nigeria ungovernable for Jonathan – Lawal Kaita - October 2010 (on behalf of Northern Elders Political Forum)
"Anything short of a Northern President is tantamount to stealing our presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go. Even if he uses incumbency powers to get his nomination on the platform of the PDP, he will be frustrated out"
*2015: North Will Confront Jonathan - Lawal Kaita
“We hear rumours all over that Jonathan is planning to contest in 2015. Well, the north is going to be prepared if the country remains one.
That is, if the country remains one, we are going to fight for it. If not, everybody can go his way” - LEADERSHIP March 29, 2012
*2015 may be Nigeria’s last election –Junaid Mohammed
National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaidu Mohammed said yesterday that unless efforts are made to ensure that the 2015 general election are free and fair, it may turn out to be the last election in the history of the nation.
INTERVIEW IN THE NATION OF MARCH 17, 2013
 *NIGERIA DUE FOR REVOLUTION – Dr. Junaid Mohammed
“If You Shoot 500 People, Nigeria Will Be A Much Better Place…”
His words: “We are overdue for revolution....TIU

RICHIE BOI: This guy is got Guts.

........but this guy will be silent soon too. Is he bigger than the whole country put together? He's just been lousy now though, but will soon be quiet. He should use his brain & not his statue. Even Jonathan can not be so boastful.
He is just been foolish to challenge the authority of the Federal Republic, and by so doing, he's been derailed, and will be demoted very soon. Remember Goliath in the bible? Such is his case.....he will soon be silent, & silent forever to a level that there will be no history or traces of him again.
Silly lousy dog.

RICHIE BOI: This guy is got Guts.

........but this guy will be silent soon too. Is he bigger than the whole country put together? He's just been lousy now though, but will soon be quiet. He should use his brain & not his statue. Even Jonathan can not be so boastful.
He is just been foolish to challenge the authority of the Federal Republic, and by so doing, he's been derailed, and will be demoted very soon. Remember Goliath in the bible? Such is his case.....he will soon be silent, & silent forever to a level that there will be no history or traces of him again.
Silly lousy dog.....& bloody terrorist. Imagine all his noises again after pocketing N8.5 billion.......

Kulas: I posted it before here that does it mean we dont have the house of representatives in this country when Buhari,Ciroma,Atiku etc made such comment and are still moving freely today.Truth must always be said to whoever want to hear,let him hear.Let this country be divided,we cant continue deceiving ourselves saying one Nigeria.My friend we are NOT ONE NIGERIA.

mumu like you, why wnt you say so, i dnt blame you oloriboruko oloshi

noblezone: Asari!

I salute your courage!

Anybody castigating you should have his head examined!

The North has been threatened us since and House of Rap (sorry Rep) never heard it.
It is a shame!

Was that good English you just wrote??

. Let's see how the house of representaTHIEVES will respond to this criminal who is fully backed by the presidency.

Nigeria is a Joke

ASARI REMAINS A FORCE IN NIGERIA.BUHARI THREATHENED NIGERIA AND NOTHING HAPPENED.MAY GOD PUNISH THOSE BASTARDS CALLING FOR ASARIS ARREST.I REPEAT,IF THEY EVEN TRY TO ARREST ASARI,THAT IS THE END OF NIGERIA.BASTARDS

Nayoanalytical: ASARI REMAINS A FORCE IN NIGERIA.BUHARI THREATHENED NIGERIA AND NOTHING HAPPENED.MAY GOD PUNISH THOSE BASTARDS CALLING FOR ASARIS ARREST.I REPEAT,IF THEY EVEN TRY TO ARREST ASARI,THAT IS THE END OF NIGERIA.BASTARDS

Asari is one of the Lion in Zion.

T-john:
Angered by the arrest calls that trailed his comment, Monday, that peace will elude Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned in 2015, the Niger Delta frontline Activist and Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has dared the House of Representatives and the security agencies to arrest him if they can muster the courage to do so.
Asari who is the former President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) also said that any attempt to arrest him will mark the end of Nigeria and called the authorities coward if eventually the threat of his arrest was not affected.

Speaking in a Press Conference in Abuja Thursday, Asari said he does not bat an eyelid over his previous comment on 2015, stressing that he stands by his words that there will be no peace in the country if Jonathan is not re-elected for a second term in office in 2015.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/arrest-me-if-you-can-asari-dares-ig-reps-others/

ON ASARI,I STAND.

mens dept: Please FG arrest this man. But of course, who get the "strongest military in Africa"

LOL

Why? I dont think it is needed? because politicians has always escaped from thier unguided comments.

[quote author=dayokanu]

Are you a mind reader that you know what Buhari means?

Buhari said baboons, You claimed he was referring to you.

Are you telling us you are a Baboon?

u r so tribal, God help u

I LOVE YOU DIE

dayokanu: So everyone now knows the federal Govt headed by Retardeen Jonathan is a figure head

How can one explain a common criminal like Asari daring him to come arrest him,

Next thing you would see Jonathan smiling sheepishly

silly imprudent words 4m u guy

Wiz-Prince:
I have 2 questions!
1. Which side is he supporting because i don't understand his speeches sometimes.

2. Why should an Alhaji/an Hausa person be the Leader of Niger Delta Volunteer Force? SMH

You don't even know what you are saying,find out more about Asari before you make such comment,it is obvious that you are againt hausa people.be wise my friend

very unfortunate, its said if a wall does'nt fall down a goat wont climb on top

jackbauersballs: Nigeria is a joke...

Its not even his comments that are pissing me off...

Its the fact that he made such comments...at a PRESS CONFERENCE!!!


I mean...what clout does this criminal have, where he is able to organize PRESS CONFERENCES?

Why call him a criminal? You can equally organize a press conference if you have a better thing to say.

soma042:

it is your father that is joking not nigeria axx hole, you think you can just come here and abuse us, abi you no get fear.
meanwhile in our country every body have the freedom of expression even your poor family too if they are nigeria i mean.

E don do

Kulas: I posted it before here that does it mean we dont have the house of representatives in this country when Buhari,Ciroma,Atiku etc made such comment and are still moving freely today.Truth must always be said to whoever want to hear,let him hear.Let this country be divided,we cant continue deceiving ourselves saying one Nigeria.My friend we are NOT ONE NIGERIA.

And we will never be ONE. End of story

Demo-crazy (demonstration of craze)or democracy? What is Nigeria practising?

Gombs: ...Tho I never support dis nyuccur, but his comments dese days are with calculated accuracy!

Oya, nigerian security force(s), ova to you guys


All I knw is GEJ 2015 or else...
And after GEJ na ibo folk go sit there till 2027...else!!!
Ofeose folks na frm 2027 till 2035
Abok.i man is from 2035 till...! If dem like during dat time, mk dem dey thr till 3000

BTW am igbo...Biafra looks realistic by 2015 sef (dats if GEJ dnt win)

Seun, pls I didn't break any rule o

u funi die OFEOSE lol

ayotolah:

Or else what? Infact,if dem list the most foolish comments, yours will be among the top 5. Why would anybody support incompetence of the highest order just because of tribe or religion? The way some people think hen...SMH!

How I wish your man will become president let me see ur competence when the oil pipelines are destroyed. U people are so hypocritical.