nkwaltd:

You've made your point

PLEASE TELL YOUR MOTHER TO GO AND DIE too.

Do learn to respect other people's view and leave yours. We don't have to agree on the same ideology but I don't accept insults. Please be civilised and democratic.

If you don't have the balls to subdue emotions, you can't run a good Government because people would always cry. No trading on the Pedestrian, she should learn to obey the law.

Like I said, Oshiomole picked the wrong choice of words but If Mrs A cries and he forgives her, Mrs B would cry too. Soon SME owners will abandon their shops and bring their goods outside to compete with their counterpart.

"Ohh they're poor, let's let them trade on the roadside". That was how Nigeria became a slum in the first place.

If I was as rich as Billy, i'll make Nigeria my toilet. Anytime I'm pressed I'll just fly over Nigeria airspace and take a dump out the window. It's that messed up.

validplanet:

i wonder.... check hw he signs death/execution warrants for condemned criminals. what happened to mercy and pity. is he really as brutal as his face appears?

manny4life:

king-of-fa.ggots, QUIT quoting me. Go ask your silly questions to someone who gives a fvck..

mmi-mahbub:
If PDP has done the right thing for the past 14 years she wouldn't be there begging.
Why calling APC?

click2cbn: and this woman might be one of the people that voted him in!!! That woman is never a hawker, the goods are very much in tact(tear rubber)

kingoflag: Yes, yes throw tantrums like a baby. All I did was point out your hypocrisy, why r u upset?

pDude: [size=22pt]Stop selling on the streets and littering the roads with filth!! It is that simple!! The governor is only doing his job. The woman broke the law. Plain and simple. [/size]

rudedough: Seriously IDGAF. She shouldn't be trading on the pedestrian.

Sentiments aside, these road side traders are killing SMEs nationwide. It doesn't matter if you're poor, a widow or desperate, you must be mindful of the law.

A roadside seller pays little or no rental but an SME pays rental and utility. Their capital expenditure reflects on the prices of their goods.

That is, a road side seller can sell an orange for N20 Naira and make maximum profit while a shop owner will sell the same orange for N30 and make very minimal profit.

But who's going to buy the same orange for N30 from the shop when you can buy it cheaper at N20 from the roadside seller?

They're killing SMEs period.

Let's skip the emotions and look further. The Governor may be wrong with his choice of words but he's angry and everyone should frown at road side traders.

But why in the name of popsicle do Nigerians like anything illegal?

manny4life:

Dude, I've told you time and time again, I WILL NOT join issues with you, ask your questions to someone who cares... I DON'T.

rudedough:

Do learn to respect other people's view and leave yours. We don't have to agree on the same ideology but I don't accept insults. Please be civilised and democratic.

If you don't have the balls to subdue emotions, you can't run a good Government because people would always cry. No trading on the Pedestrian, she should learn to obey the law.

Like I said, Oshiomole picked the wrong choice of words but If Mrs A cries and he forgives her, Mrs B would cry too. Soon SME owners will abandon their shops and bring their goods outside to compete with their counterpart.

"Ohh they're poor, let's let them trade on the roadside". That was how Nigeria became a slum in the first place.

If I was as rich as Billy, i'll make Nigeria my toilet. Anytime I'm pressed I'll just fly over Nigeria airspace and take a dump out the window. It's that messed up.

adino:
The woman is not a hawker, she was waiting for a bus to take her home. Listen to her very well on the video.

5points:
fagggit

rudedough:

Do learn to respect other people's view and leave yours. We don't have to agree on the same ideology but I don't accept insults. Please be civilised and democratic.

If you don't have the balls to subdue emotions, you can't run a good Government because people would always cry. No trading on the Pedestrian, she should learn to obey the law.

Like I said, Oshiomole picked the wrong choice of words but If Mrs A cries and he forgives her, Mrs B would cry too. Soon SME owners will abandon their shops and bring their goods outside to compete with their counterpart.

"Ohh they're poor, let's let them trade on the roadside". That was how Nigeria became a slum in the first place.

If I was as rich as Billy, i'll make Nigeria my toilet. Anytime I'm pressed I'll just fly over Nigeria airspace and take a dump out the window. It's that messed up.

rudedough: Seriously IDGAF. She shouldn't be trading on the pedestrian.

Sentiments aside, these road side traders are killing SMEs nationwide. It doesn't matter if you're poor, a widow or desperate, you must be mindful of the law.

A roadside seller pays little or no rental but an SME pays rental and utility. Their capital expenditure reflects on the prices of their goods.

That is, a road side seller can sell an orange for N20 Naira and make maximum profit while a shop owner will sell the same orange for N30 and make very minimal profit.

But who's going to buy the same orange for N30 from the shop when you can buy it cheaper at N20 from the roadside seller?

They're killing SMEs period.

Let's skip the emotions and look further. The Governor may be wrong with his choice of words but he's angry and everyone should frown at road side traders.

But why in the name of popsicle do Nigerians like anything illegal?

deeptesting:

Young man get the point straight,no one is stopping the Governor from doing his job but his approach and choice of words while carrying out his duty were wrong and despicable...We have to grow up and stop treating people like animals..A responsible governor would listen to her plea to find out why she was there at that point,then treat her with dignity even though you are to confiscate her goods...She is presume guilty by the law until a court of competent jurisdiction finds her guilty..So your argument is baseless,repugnant,wicked and inhuman.

jas_o:

Nigeria just can differentiate between rule, regulation and impunity.
Any country strugling for survival has no mercy for those who brake core laws, else it becomes precedential for subsequent offender. If the governor is to reconsider and pity the woman, not in the presense of those who enjoy braking laws and order ok.
Has things gone this bad for Nigerians to not know what government is all about? Whats happening to this country?

coogar:

another lunatic on the loose....
what exactly is your problem? dyslexia or the pink eye? how many times would you be told the woman wasn't hawking on the streets? she was trying to take her wares from one side of the road to the other when oshiomole pounced on her.

pmc01: I know many will disagree with my stand, but I still make bold to state my view to the matter.

While the Governor be scolded for letting his emotions get the better of him, it is really provoking that someone comes up with the cheap excuse of 'being a poor widow' to do what is wrong. It is obvious the woman was fully aware of the wrong she was engaged in, hence the struggle to bail herself out with an emotional excuse of being a struggling widow.

The woman was not willing to accept responsibility for her actions, and that might have really gotten on the nerves of the Governor (he is human too). From comments read, some people have attested to the man's humility and all that, so it is only fair to give him the excuse that he was really provoked. Of course, it is obvious he meant the statement figuratively (even though it seems he went too far than expected of him).

I also wish to state here that we should put a hold on our emotions and judge this matter rationally. It is normal that anyone guilty of a crime would seek to exonerate himself/herself, but does that justify the crime? There are many poor widows all over (assuming she is truly a widow) that do not stay on the wrong side of the law and give room to this kind of embarrassing scenario, so what is the fuss about? Every offender could claim to be a widow, widower, orphan, e.t.c., should they all then be pitied and the society allowed to become chaotic?

Fact is the Governor was harsh, but the woman gave room for that. She was simply trying to blackmail the Governor into setting a bad precedence and the man had to take a firm and resolute decision, having in mind that the people he employed to enforce the law were watching to see whether he will compromise or not. She should just have admitted her fault and plead for mercy, rather than play the emotional card. The truth is everyone in that state will now be on their toes and be more inclined to obey the law strictly, to avoid been a 'scape-goat'. We know how Nigerians have to be 'forced' to do what's right.

It is sad that indiscipline has become a way of life for us here and so many supposedly enlightened ones here have decided to approach this matter with emotional sentiments, rather than an objective outlook.

What is wrong is wrong, widow or no widow!

N.B.: Whoever thinks I am here to defend my 'principal' is on his or her own. I am not responsible for your wrong perception of me. Thank you!

pmc01: I know many will disagree with my stand, but I still make bold to state my view to the matter.

While the Governor be scolded for letting his emotions get the better of him, it is really provoking that someone comes up with the cheap excuse of 'being a poor widow' to do what is wrong. It is obvious the woman was fully aware of the wrong she was engaged in, hence the struggle to bail herself out with an emotional excuse of being a struggling widow.

The woman was not willing to accept responsibility for her actions, and that might have really gotten on the nerves of the Governor (he is human too). From comments read, some people have attested to the man's humility and all that, so it is only fair to give him the excuse that he was really provoked. Of course, it is obvious he meant the statement figuratively (even though it seems he went too far than expected of him).

I also wish to state here that we should put a hold on our emotions and judge this matter rationally. It is normal that anyone guilty of a crime would seek to exonerate himself/herself, but does that justify the crime? There are many poor widows all over (assuming she is truly a widow) that do not stay on the wrong side of the law and give room to this kind of embarrassing scenario, so what is the fuss about? Every offender could claim to be a widow, widower, orphan, e.t.c., should they all then be pitied and the society allowed to become chaotic?

Fact is the Governor was harsh, but the woman gave room for that. She was simply trying to blackmail the Governor into setting a bad precedence and the man had to take a firm and resolute decision, having in mind that the people he employed to enforce the law were watching to see whether he will compromise or not. She should just have admitted her fault and plead for mercy, rather than play the emotional card. The truth is everyone in that state will now be on their toes and be more inclined to obey the law strictly, to avoid been a 'scape-goat'. We know how Nigerians have to be 'forced' to do what's right.

It is sad that indiscipline has become a way of life for us here and so many supposedly enlightened ones here have decided to approach this matter with emotional sentiments, rather than an objective outlook.

What is wrong is wrong, widow or no widow!

N.B.: Whoever thinks I am here to defend my 'principal' is on his or her own. I am not responsible for your wrong perception of me. Thank you!

tpia@:
@ the ones who are quoting me

please shut up and spare me your hypocritical baggage.

by the time a public official is telling someone, in front of a camera, to go and die, that means there is more behind it than we are seeing.

she should have just packed her stuff quietly and left when she saw nobody was being moved by her pleading.

at that level, they could finish her off right there, does she not value her safety?

did rwandans and the aluu four not plead more than that?

pmc01: I know many will disagree with my stand, but I still make bold to state my view to the matter.

While the Governor be scolded for letting his emotions get the better of him, it is really provoking that someone comes up with the cheap excuse of 'being a poor widow' to do what is wrong. It is obvious the woman was fully aware of the wrong she was engaged in, hence the struggle to bail herself out with an emotional excuse of being a struggling widow.

The woman was not willing to accept responsibility for her actions, and that might have really gotten on the nerves of the Governor (he is human too). From comments read, some people have attested to the man's humility and all that, so it is only fair to give him the excuse that he was really provoked. Of course, it is obvious he meant the statement figuratively (even though it seems he went too far than expected of him).

I also wish to state here that we should put a hold on our emotions and judge this matter rationally. It is normal that anyone guilty of a crime would seek to exonerate himself/herself, but does that justify the crime? There are many poor widows all over (assuming she is truly a widow) that do not stay on the wrong side of the law and give room to this kind of embarrassing scenario, so what is the fuss about? Every offender could claim to be a widow, widower, orphan, e.t.c., should they all then be pitied and the society allowed to become chaotic?

Fact is the Governor was harsh, but the woman gave room for that. She was simply trying to blackmail the Governor into setting a bad precedence and the man had to take a firm and resolute decision, having in mind that the people he employed to enforce the law were watching to see whether he will compromise or not. She should just have admitted her fault and plead for mercy, rather than play the emotional card. The truth is everyone in that state will now be on their toes and be more inclined to obey the law strictly, to avoid been a 'scape-goat'. We know how Nigerians have to be 'forced' to do what's right.

It is sad that indiscipline has become a way of life for us here and so many supposedly enlightened ones here have decided to approach this matter with emotional sentiments, rather than an objective outlook.

What is wrong is wrong, widow or no widow!

N.B.: Whoever thinks I am here to defend my 'principal' is on his or her own. I am not responsible for your wrong perception of me. Thank you!