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| Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by fidorocks(m): 7:12pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
In 2015, Nigeria danced from the precipice of the United State’s predicted disintegration and shocked the whole world by conducting a democratic transition of power. Nigeria managed to pull back from imminent state failure, owing to the loss of territory near the size of Belgium to vicious Boko Haram terrorists, to a peaceful transfer of power from an incumbent president to the opposition. Most scholars agree that one of the yardsticks for measuring state failure is the ability of states to exercise powers of coercion over citizens in its territory. Authority has been defined as the “state’s capacity to exercise coercive force over its national territory”. The moment a state is unable to legitimately exercise coercive force, state failure is imminent. So we might have escaped America’s doomsday predictions but then, it is not yet uhuru! Last week Wednesday, the attempts by the Directorate of Security Service (DSS) to arrest Apostle Johnson Suleman in Ekiti was thwarted by the Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose. Suleman had drawn the ire of the DSS by allegedly asking members of his congregation to kill any Fulani herdsmen that come around his church premises. Fayose who is the fiercest critic of the current administration had followed the earlier lead of Nyesom Wike who had stopped the DSS from a planned raid on the residence of Justice Liman for alleged corruption last year. The immunity both men enjoyed saved them from arrests for obstruction of justice and we can also say luck saved them from possible death for physically challenging and preventing armed security agents from carrying out their lawful duties. Only a mad man will argue with someone armed with a gun (apologies to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe). Read more: http://newsrescue.com/suleiman-limits-rascality/#ixzz4XGkEu0BD |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by fidorocks(m): 7:13pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
This discourse will not dwell on the foolishness or boldness (as many of their supporters have termed it) of governors using the privilege of immunity to physically prevent armed security agents from carrying out their lawful duties but the implications of Wike and Fayose’s acts of rabid rascality on national security. A situation where state governors constitute themselves into courts of law to determine whether the exercise of state authority is lawful or not and then proceeding to stop the exercise of such authority is an invitation to anarchy and chaos. I agree that the security agents in Nigeria are in the habit of abusing the rights of citizens, but then the courts are there to enforce constitutional safeguards. Suleman is not above the law and if he is if the opinion that there has been a breach of his rights, he should go to court and not invite a governor to stop security agents from carrying out their duties. The implications of his actions is as irresponsible as the comments credited to Suleman after his bungled arrest that if the DSS had arrested him, it would set the country on fire. We can bear the rascality of Fayose on the basis of the immunity (which won’t last forever) he mistakes for the lordship of a fiefdom, but not Suleman’s irresponsible comments aimed at pushing Nigeria into a sectarian war. Scholars agree that when a state’s capacity to exercise authority is considerable weakened, that gives room for violent exertion of sectarian tensions and animosities. With sectarianism and ethnic violence added to the mix, there is no escaping state failure. Afghanistan, Iraq, the Central Africa Republic, Somalia etc. are good examples. If care is not taken, Nigeria may be on that list all thanks to the dangerous combination of governors who leave the business of governing their states to undermine national security and religious leaders posturing for war through their rhetoric. The carnage in Southern Kaduna and the government’s lackadaisical approach to the crisis is most disturbing and highly condemnable. All legal means should be employed including inviting the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN to investigate the crisis and bring the perpetrators to book. Irrespective of our anger, we should not allow the crisis snowball into a full blown sectarian war across the nation. The US president has just signed an executive order barring immigrants and refugees from 7 nations who are the top occupiers of the global state failure index, seething with near nonexistent national security and sectarian violence. To the supporters and cheerleaders of Fayose, Wike and Suleman, all I can say is that when these men set the country on fire, we all shall embark on the tortuous trek as refugees for a safe sanctuary. It is never an easy road; you can ask the Syrians, Iraqis and the Somalians etc. Maduka Onwukeme, a Lagos based Legal Practitioner is the Managing Partner of Elix LP. He blogs on www.legalfido.com and could be reached on madukaonwukeme@gmail.com Read more: http://newsrescue.com/suleiman-limits-rascality/#ixzz4XGkSdI3K 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by vedaxcool(m): 7:23pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Indeed ... time for the FG to roll in the big guns. ... soldiers it is very hilarious a pastor who should be fearless and who should have seek refuge in God ran to the arms of a man accused of murder, an arms funds thief and an ill mannered fool for protection. Yet when he made his inflammatory remarks he cared less whether any innocent soul will die. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by freeze001(f): 7:38pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
I dislike hypocrites a lot. As far as every decent and sane Nigerian is concerned, the executive via its security agencies lost any moral high ground from the moment it failed to roundly condemn the criminal activities of the killer herdsmen and speedily arrest and prosecute perpetrators of such heinous crimes as have been reported across the length and breadth of the country. The Presidency ought to apologise for its inability to carry out its primary function of protecting lives n properties and for its contrived failure to punish offenders leading to the reactions we see today. The miyetti goons have always accepted responsibility for crimes committed with their self-serving explanations justifying same yet no arrests are made for what?! The FG should rather be ashamed for pushing its citizens to this point, exactly how much restraint are Southerners and Christians generally expected to exercise in the face of brazen provocation? Rubbish and ingredients! |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by Nobody: 7:42pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
vedaxcool:Perhaps you're not affected by menace that's why you sit comfortably to say this nonsense. By the time your full family is wiped anyway by those murders then you would understand better. 1 Like |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by Nobody: 7:46pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Your long epistle is full of trash. You didn't write anything when Buhari, Lawal Kaita and El-rufai said far worse. You my friend should go and sleep, right thinking folks are fed up with cowardice and hypocrisy 2 Likes |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by Nobody: 7:47pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
freeze001:Tell them oh. 50 persons die in Rivers election a panel was set up while about 212 persons died in southern Kaduna the government kept quiet instead the governor paid herdsmen for job well done and was bold to air it.DSS didn't bother to question such move instead they went for someone that asked for self defense. 1 Like |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by SalamRushdie: 7:50pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Op you are very senseless for post this ...when are you going create one titled Elrufai and the limit of rascality 1 Like |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by cktheluckyman: 7:51pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009:Its like you don't know the guy you quoted is one of the most vocal islamists on this site. I was waiting for Buhari to detain the pastor then he would have realised we Christians are majority in this country.Time to turn the other cheek is gone!! Now it is two eyes for an eye.Donald Trump and Apostle Suleiman are just the perfect recipe for Islamic fanaticism.No one has a monopoly over violence 2 Likes |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by vedaxcool(m): 7:57pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009: Only your family shall face such wipe out largely due to your ignorance of basic comprehension. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by freeze001(f): 7:59pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009: Hopefully when that unfortunate incident occurs, he won't be around to understand as I'm sure he'd be in perfect unity with his family. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by I888(m): 8:01pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009:Don't mind them. Most of them are muslims or political affiliates of the current administration, thus their blind stance of the havoc being wreaked by Buhari and his cohorts. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by freeze001(f): 8:02pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
vedaxcool: Why are you practicing back to sender? Is it nt what has been happening to other families and u expect Christian leaders to tell their people to go to sleep and leave themselves open to senseless attacks? It should be an interesting thing for u and ur family to experience then since u are well versed in basic comprehension. 2 Likes |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by I888(m): 8:04pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
vedaxcool:what is there to comprehend when your reports shows you are supporting the killers? What did Apostle Suleiman say that is different from what is being preached in mosques across the world? |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by vedaxcool(m): 8:19pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
freeze001: vedaxcool: vedaxcool: |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by vedaxcool(m): 8:20pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
I888: Brainless post. Slyman is practising what id taught in your churches. EOD |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by Nobody: 8:27pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
vedaxcool:you will experience to taste the pains those persons go through. You seat by your computer to type nonsense |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by I888(m): 8:28pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
vedaxcool:just as you demon worshippers are practicing what you a taught you mosques-shrine. Bring it on. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by I888(m): 8:29pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009:most muslims are heartless, what do you expect? But they fear retaliation as current events has shown. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by vedaxcool(m): 8:30pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
asuustrike2009: vedaxcool: |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by respect80(m): 8:30pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
@Op, like you said the immunity the two men(wike and Fayose) enjoy is not forever but those herds men practicing religion of pieces and their leaders will live forever. Pls don't post trash next time |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by Nobody: 8:32pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
I888:i live with them and they have similar traits. |
| Re: Suleman & Fayose V. DSS; The Limits Of Rascality by respect80(m): 8:47pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
The foolishness portrayed by the first person to comment in this post was inherited from his p - r-n-s Don't let it get into your head if you quote me and I don't reply cos I'm allergic to idiots. |
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