Military rule was the very form of government that brought Nigeria to its knees. 40 years of military rule led to the decay of our national infrasture, the looting of the nation's coffers, and the jailing (& execution) of pro-democratic Nigerians. But most of all, it had a very negative impact on the professionalism of the military as it planted the seeds of mistrust with the ranks.

Now this fool Nwobodo wants to incite the military to plan a coup. Maybe the govt should lock that idiot up at the detention facilities of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI). That'll teach him a bit. Unam ikot.

becomrich.:

Aloy emeka. Be careful what you say. You do not know my past. Just keep your mouth shut, if you have nothing to say.
This is what police officer make in canada. After 3 years 75,000 more than most people make. Even sometime it goes as high as $100,000

No vex. I didn't know you are a police officer.

I have been suspecting that a coup is in the works for some time now. These politicians with the exception of FASHOLA are not doing anything but to steal all we money. No road, no light, nothing. Lets ask ourselves this question, who invited him for the army gathering? who gave him the microphone to speak?

mikeansy:

the comment was out of order but not an indictable offence

you arrest someone because you think they have committed an offence you could charge them to court for.

arrest is not a tool for intimidation but a first stage for charging someone to court for breaking the law.

speaking out of order is not breaking the law

A celebration of clarity! Well said!!

mikeansy:

the comment was out of order but not an indictable offence

you arrest someone because you think they have committed an offence you could charge them to court for.

arrest is not a tool for intimidation but a first stage for charging someone to court for breaking the law.

speaking out of order is not breaking the law

It IS and SHOULD BE an arrestable offence if you INTENTIONALLY utter words that can directly instigate the toppling, killing and maiming of your government or democracy.

If you speak out of order even in the West, you would be arrested and charged.

You go to Trafalgar Square and utter your opinion that Muslim fundamentalists should kill British soldiers in Iraq and see how quick your arse will be clamped.

Well done SSS!!! Find a way to throw Nwodo's ridiculous, moronic and stupid arse in jail for some few months.

An ex minister like Chief Nwodo understands the full implication of his statements. Those statements of his did appear like a call to action. The questions are;

Has he exhausted other advisory means to the present government on the means of curbing the deteriorating security situation?

Would he in all honesty make those suggestions if he is in the mainstream of this present administration?

He may be speaking from sincere convictions but being a thorough-bred politician, it may not be impossible that he was also using the forum to throw some indirect barbs at those who schemed him out of relevance.

i'll always stand on my ground about this statement, ONLY YOUNG ARMY OFFICERS, WITH NO LOYALTY TO RETIRED GENERALS CAN CLEAN OUT THE MESS IN NIGERIA & LAY OUR FOUNDATION TO GREATNESS.

We are taking lessons from Ghana, the international community has chosen Ghana as a true democratically reference state ahead of other african states, Nigeria is not even considered one

But how short lived a memory we have, Ghana took a violent but historical part to self development which we have failed to acknowledge but we are very quick to say how well Ghana is doing.

Dambazua's actions could be clearly seen as that of someone trying to save his head from events of such comments. he is a General, we don't need generals to insight a coup, it would only end up in another messing politicking corrupt breed of power mongers, he won't even be aware till the gunz start blazing.

the young army officers has been induced financially and otherwise, they now get vehicles and other material benefits as soon as they leave the academy, all these were introduced by our thievery leaders just to make them turn a blind eye to their looting.

The foundations of great nations of this world were laid by it's army. the very strength of america was built by its armed forces, they fought external aggressions, paid with there lives just to build a better nation for its citizens. it happened in france (internally) as well.
now my opinion is this, if a country faces no external aggression but internally, its bunch of selected in-passionate leaders torments its populace with poverty and total neglect, the nozzle of the army should be pointed at the leaders face.

the armed forces owe its allegiance to the its populace or citizens not its leaders, all we need and should be pray for now is a set of graduating defense academy boys with a rational and right thinking mind to re-group and re-chart our course for self-development.

personally, i strongly would class any one who dares to openly call on the armed forces to intervene in the crisis the entire nation has been plunge into a nationalist, the entire nation has branded nigerians a failed state, its citizens are even considered as cowards,

i mean it is happening everywhere in the world, citizens putting up a defiance stand in the face of oppression, since nigerians are too happy to noticed that their children and generations to come have no future, we only hope that someone that can re-directs his or her arms from the citizens to its leaders.

he is a hero

my heart bleeds, for our inability to stand up against oppression, iran is not a better educated country compared to nigeria, i heard of a one million man march against PHCN on the 1st of Oct along mobolaji banks anthony way. i have been singing it to high heavens and telling all my concerned friends that i would participate, i hope the big revolution starts from from a trickle as this one

Utaroz:

An ex minister like Chief Nwodo understands the full implication of his statements.

Thank you.

I remember when in 1999 as minister of information he had a meeting with captains of industries.During the question and answer session , he seriously chastised Atedo Peterside on security grounds for his question on the mass killings in kaiama during the declaration. I would therefore expect that he should know better than what he just said.

It could also be that he wants soldiers to come back because the last time I remember him on the national scene was in a military government.

i dont care what anybody says,that fool should be arrested and tried so as to send a signal to any other such politicans thinking such things,what arrant nonsense,just because he is no loger in government he thinks he can just open his mouth and talk anyhow,nobody can draw nigeria back because of any selfish agenda,jim u r a big fool and i pray ur likes are put in prison for life

skyranger:

i'll always stand on my ground about this statement, ONLY YOUNG ARMY OFFICERS, WITH NO LOYALTY TO RETIRED GENERALS CAN CLEAN OUT THE MESS IN NIGERIA & LAY OUR FOUNDATION TO GREATNESS.

We are taking lessons from Ghana, the international community has chosen Ghana as a true democratically reference state ahead of other african states, Nigeria is not even considered one

But how short lived a memory we have, Ghana took a violent but historical part to self development which we have failed to acknowledge but we are very quick to say how well Ghana is doing.

Dambazua's actions could be clearly seen as that of someone trying to save his head from events of such comments. he is a General, we don't need generals to insight a coup, it would only end up in another messing politicking corrupt breed of power mongers, he won't even be aware till the gunz start blazing.

the young army officers has been induced financially and otherwise, they now get vehicles and other material benefits as soon as they leave the academy, all these were introduced by our thievery leaders just to make them turn a blind eye to their looting.

The foundations of great nations of this world were laid by it's army. the very strength of america was built by its armed forces, they fought external aggressions, paid with there lives just to build a better nation for its citizens. it happened in france (internally) as well.
now my opinion is this, if a country faces no external aggression but internally, its bunch of selected in-passionate leaders torments its populace with poverty and total neglect, the nozzle of the army should be pointed at the leaders face.

the armed forces owe its allegiance to the its populace or citizens not its leaders, all we need and should be pray for now is a set of graduating defense academy boys with a rational and right thinking mind to re-group and re-chart our course for self-development.

personally, i strongly would class any one who dares to openly call on the armed forces to intervene in the crisis the entire nation has been plunge into a nationalist, the entire nation has branded nigerians a failed state, its citizens are even considered as cowards,

i mean it is happening everywhere in the world, citizens putting up a defiance stand in the face of oppression, since nigerians are too happy to noticed that their children and generations to come have no future, we only hope that someone that can re-directs his or her arms from the citizens to its leaders.

he is a hero

my heart bleeds, for our inability to stand up against oppression, iran is not a better educated country compared to nigeria, i heard of a one million man march against PHCN on the 1st of Oct along mobolaji banks anthony way. i have been singing it to high heavens and telling all my concerned friends that i would participate, i hope the big revolution starts from from a trickle as this one

Gentlemen and Ladies, I introduce you to skyranger. One of the top 5 dumbest morons on NL along with Horus, OneNaija etc.

We need the military to be a democratic nation? Hogwash moronic opinions from the usual suspects.

It was the military that made the democratic power of:

UK
USA
France (democracy came from people revolution after power tussle)
Japan
Switzerland
Ireland
Sweden
Belgium
Spain
Canada
Denmark
Australia
South Korea
etc?

Foooooooooooool!

Real Fooooool

otukpo:

NWODO SHLD BE LEFT ALONE. HE JUST SAID HIS MIND, AFTERALL HE IS NOT THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF

Yeah, he said his mind and his arse was rightly clamped.

@basildon1
This Nwodo is a real buffoon, he has shown that his thinking is not aligned with the current democratic climate. When did it become the role of the military to serve as a check for a government "duly elected" by the people. What a boob!!
Duly elected in deed, we all know how they got there in the first place.I think he's just asking them guys {the government} to sit up no harm ment i guess.

skyranger:

i'll always stand on my ground about this statement, ONLY YOUNG ARMY OFFICERS, WITH NO LOYALTY TO RETIRED GENERALS CAN CLEAN OUT THE MESS IN NIGERIA & LAY OUR FOUNDATION TO GREATNESS.We are taking lessons from Ghana, the international community has chosen Ghana as a true democratically reference state ahead of other african states, Nigeria is not even considered one
But how short lived a memory we have, Ghana took a violent but historical part to self development which we have failed to acknowledge but we are very quick to say how well Ghana is doing.
Dambazua's actions could be clearly seen as that of someone trying to save his head from events of such comments. he is a General, we don't need generals to insight a coup, it would only end up in another messing politicking corrupt breed of power mongers, he won't even be aware till the gunz start blazing.

the young army officers has been induced financially and otherwise, they now get vehicles and other material benefits as soon as they leave the academy, all these were introduced by our thievery leaders just to make them turn a blind eye to their looting.

The foundations of great nations of this world were laid by it's army. the very strength of america was built by its armed forces, they fought external aggressions, paid with there lives just to build a better nation for its citizens. it happened in france (internally) as well.
now my opinion is this, if a country faces no external aggression but internally, its bunch of selected in-passionate leaders torments its populace with poverty and total neglect, the nozzle of the army should be pointed at the leaders face.

the armed forces owe its allegiance to the its populace or citizens not its leaders, all we need and should be pray for now is a set of graduating defense academy boys with a rational and right thinking mind to re-group and re-chart our course for self-development.

personally, i strongly would class any one who dares to openly call on the armed forces to intervene in the crisis the entire nation has been plunge into a nationalist, the entire nation has branded nigerians a failed state, its citizens are even considered as cowards,

i mean it is happening everywhere in the world, citizens putting up a defiance stand in the face of oppression, since nigerians are too happy to noticed that their children and generations to come have no future, we only hope that someone that can re-directs his or her arms from the citizens to its leaders.

he is a hero

my heart bleeds, for our inability to stand up against oppression, iran is not a better educated country compared to nigeria, i heard of a one million man march against PHCN on the 1st of Oct along mobolaji banks anthony way. i have been singing it to high heavens and telling all my concerned friends that i would participate, i hope the big revolution starts from from a trickle as this one

You're crazy with a capital K.
Soldiers are trained for crude combat, to fight and defend their country by air land or water. They are trained for nothing else. Would you take a 'young officer with no loyalty to a retired general' and place him at the head of a multinational company like, say, Chevron, or entrust him with the future of a Fortune 500 company? Of course not! He'll run it to the ground from sheer ignorance and imcompetence. How much more do you imagine something as complex as a huge country of one hundred and fifty million souls, with vast bureaucracies and intricate local and international laws and policies to fromulate, belong in the hands of such a group of soldiers? That's insane talk.
They are responsible for the country's horrible retrogression, after 40 years of intervening at crtitical moments in our history,turning everything upside down and running it into the ground. Their interference in politics is the worst thing that ever happened to this country by a long bleeding shot. So what if our politicians haven't reached the British or American standard in democracy yet? Did those two countries arrive at the present state of affairs in a decade, or only after a hundreds of years of their own teething and growing pains.   

As for that dimwitted Nwobodo who's as much a symptom of the country's malaise as anything else, his fat behind should sit in a cold hard cell for several months while he ponders his irresponsible and treasonable commenst. Virtually telling the army to munity and stage a coup! Another officer had to counter his stupid and sinister comments before the idea took hold in those impressionable officers minds. It is not the duty of the army to interfere in government and politics. It is not their field. They know nothing about it. Then horrific  history of this continent, in country after country, is a testament to that!

There is no smoke without fire, before this man read that speech, i believe he must have gotten an approval from his special assistants on both legal matter and public affairs matters, He knew exactly what he wanted say before he said it and also the implication(He is not that inexperienced),
This is a plan to configure the mindset of both growing and old military officers to instigate them to intiate a coup,
If you want to doubt, please study the history of the Nwodo family and the military government,
The military government is not good for Nigeria because they are the people that kept us were we are today and they cant keep deteriorating our political system so let's not allow them to invade it again.

I think it is right to arrest him as a deterrent to other politicians. You cannot guarantee what the next person will come to say.

"The fact that you wear a uniform does not insulate you from the politics of your country, in fact, it gives you more responsibility because when everything fails, it rests on your shoulder to defend the territorial integrity of the country, so speak up."

People, when is "speaking up" now the same as "acting up"?

Our military is now highly professionalised, they understand the difference between "speaking up" and "acting up"

The SSS as usual is acting like the GESTAPOS

Some say the military brought the nation to its knees. I dare say it was the wrong type of military men. had someone like Buhari and Idiagbon not been removed by the famed evil genuis by now we would be competing with Ghana as a just and organised society.What we need is a military man who will do what Rawlings did for Ghana - clear the stables and usher in an era of fresh air from the polluted politics of our highly dishonourable politicians . Mark my words, unless that happens we will continue to rigmarole in an endless cycle of self pity and condemnation. With highly corrupted politicians who have refused to learn from history tell me how on earth do you think we will ever have free and fair elections which is the most banal requirement for effective democracy. With Humility, I add my voice to that of Nwodo saying; away with corrupt politicians , away with highly discredited and unrepentant system that guarantees nothing but excruciating poverty for nigerians. Nijja Ni Baje Oh!

@youngies

I always tell my friends: live in reality, believe in fantasy. I can understand your idealism but if you can please stop at the military check point nearest to you, then approach any one of the army personnel there and tell him to speak up.

Ensure to come back here and post the results of that encounter.

The 'wrong kind' of soldier-savior for 40 years? What are the odds?
So tired of people painting Buhari/Idiagbon in misty nostalgic colours, like they were the epitome of leadership. The guy treated an entire country with superior comtempt, like he was the stern principal in a school for village idiots. And they were just as ignorant about ruling a country as the next person.There's no successful military rule anywhere on the continent. The real heroes, the finest class of soldiers, real geniuses for combat, strong and brave and intelligent soldiers, perished in the Civil War. And these fine crop of officers were on BOTH sides of the divide. They knew what their duty was, and it had nothing to do with ruling a country. The army is PART of a government, not an independent entity, and they have as little right as any other part of government to ruling a country. Otherwise, give the staff at Power Holding Company guns and let them rule too. They have as much right if faceless soldiers do.

Our husband has gone mad! help!

simply because Yaradua did not give him any post, like a fulani that has drunk too much burukutu, he calling on the army to overthrow govt.

by the time those gambari sss officers dealt with him in the cell , he would come back to his senses

nex:

@youngies

I always tell my friends: live in reality, believe in fantasy. I can understand your idealism but if you can please stop at the military check point nearest to you, then approach any one of the army personnel there and tell him to speak up.

Ensure to come back here and post the results of that encounter.

@nex

You mean our militray officers are zombies and retards? I refuse to agree sir

@youngies

officers? Korofo!!

The Nigerian government is fast turning into a complete rubbish for a federal government.

What you should all know is that the military hierarchy has gone beyond the zombie level if they should obey orders allow these self centered civilian to run the country aground the way they are going then the military will be the first to face the fire example abound- Liberia case is a good example. In Liberia because of the selfishness of few politician the country was put on flame for so many years. Both the loyal and the rebel are soldiers making career in a professional job acting like zombie. Who remember how many soldiers were killed in there. They die at the cause of duties. The only thing the world remember is how many civilian loss their life. In the first place the soldiers are Nigerians and they have stake in the country more than the so call politician. If today anything happen to the country The Bankoles, The Tinubus will only go back to where they come from and don't you forget that all of them have houses in various countries.
Whoever can speak let them speak and put the country right before some of us actually carry arms against the cancerworm and the locust in politics.

This guy na minister of misinformation.

goggs:

this Nwodo guy is a typical Nigerian Politician, when things dont go their way, they invite the military. Yes things are bad, so Nwodo does not believe in the same democracy he professes, he cant mobilize his people like Mahatma Ghandi, cant sacrifice his life like Mandela, cant engage the government in legal tussles like Gani. he seeks the easy way; MILITARY intervention. He doesnt care about the consequences; the lives that may be lost and the years it will take to recover. Oh yes, as long as i cant have it, or things are not good, let every thing spoil. Yes damage it all, after all he may be made a minister when they take over. Nwodo needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Its for the likes of him that we are in this mess.

Same thing happens in the Niger Delta, no appointment - very vocal on resource control, appointed

ocelot2006:

Military rule was the very form of government that brought Nigeria to its knees. 40 years of military rule led to the decay of our national infrasture, the looting of the nation's coffers, and the jailing (& execution) of pro-democratic Nigerians. But most of all, it had a very negative impact on the professionalism of the military as it planted the seeds of mistrust with the ranks.

Now this fool Nwobodo wants to incite the military to plan a coup. Maybe the govt should lock that idiot up at the detention facilities of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI). That'll teach him a bit. Unam ikot.

Why are you calling an innocent man a fool?

If you don't know the difference between Nwodo and Nwobodo then you don't qualify to make any comments at all on this thread.

@ Sagamite

It IS and SHOULD BE an arrestable offence if you INTENTIONALLY utter words that can directly instigate the toppling, killing and maiming of your government or democracy.

If you speak out of order even in the West, you would be arrested and charged.

You go to Trafalgar Square and utter your opinion that Muslim fundamentalists should kill British soldiers in Iraq and see how quick your arse will be clamped.

Well done SSS!!! Find a way to throw Nwodo's ridiculous, moronic and stupid arse in jail for some few months.

How many times has George Galoway been on National TV, Radio, Newspaper speaking ill of the British Government, inciting violence against British Soldiers stationed abroad in the middle of a war, accussing Goerge Bush and Tony Blair of all sorts in the world and yet he has not been arrested by the MI5

People have no clue what freedom of speech means, anybody has the right to suggest publicly that they will prefer a Military Government in the face of an ineffective Democratic Government. So long as he has not put his words into action and there is no evidence of coup plotting, nobody has any business arresting anyone.

Was it not recently that Glenn Beck accused Obama of being a racist, in essence inciting white people against the black President . . . ,  Has he been arrested by FBI?

I think most Nigerians still live in seige mentality where people think its a crime to hold an unconventional opinion. The first principle of Democracy is the ability of question the democratic system itself. If we can not tolerate that then we are as guilty as those who prefer Military rule over Democracy.

The SSS should look for better things to do, they will be of more help investigating terrorism within our country than arresting those who are open about their political opinions that they are happy to utter them in the glare of the media.

@McKren

You have actually seen this George Golloway fellow address an assembly of Iraqi soldiers or the Mehdi Army inciting them to take over the Government?

Please know what freedom of speech is before you attempt to exercise it. You may get into very serious trouble.