The worst Islamic terrorist attacks of the Maitatsine riots took place when we had a Muslim head of state and Boko Haram was on rampage when another Muslim was the head of state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitatsine

This is not about northern leaders, but about the incompetence of the present administration to tackle the insecurity plaguing Nigeria.

We need an urgent re-engineering of the security system.

This thread has turned the road toward stup!d.

[size=28pt]The government has failed woefully. So, looking for excuses is stupid.[/size]

^^^^
Any good reason to [size=28pt]bold[/size] your post?
Calm your nerves

Orikinla Boko Haram started as a misguided terror group that believes in nothing but full blown sharia.

In the wake of Jonathan continuing in office some politicians promised to distablise Nigeria and seem to be making good on their promise by expanding the activities of Boko Haram just because they want to make Jonathan look inefficient.

To criticise Jonathan is perhaps to feed the very essence of the expansion of this crisis because what that means is Boko Haram and their political allies are succeeding.

While we are trying to ascertain the origin of our problems I dont think anybody who loves this country should be calling for Jonathan to resign or blame him for this failure. Beacsue not even the sophistacation of America could stop sucide bombing in Iraq until they managed to reach some kind of political solution.

Except may be you subscribe to the use of this despicable tactics to bring down Nigeria just because they want Jonathan out, I dont see the merit of your argument!!!!

I see a lot of realists on ground and unfortunately MIKEANSY is not one of them. Dude, this is either the work of GEJ's Political enemies (those shut out of Government-- i.e Ciroma, Atiku, and the rest Vultures of Northern Heritage); or even the work of the "Split Nigeria" Camp (those in Government that want Nigeria Split but can't come out openly to say so. How else better to do this that create an environment that influences public opinion?).

Even GEJ Camp fit get something to do with am sef. Think about it: DIDNT GEJ ABSOLVE HENRY OKAH OF BLAME OVER THE OCTOBER 1ST, (INDEPENDENCE DAY) BOMBING? MEANWHILE, SOUTH AFRICA IS HOLDING HENRY ORKAH ON CHARGES RELATING TO THAT SAME INCIDENT. GEJ ABSOLVED ORKAH, BUT INDIRECTLY BLAMED IBB AND DOKPESI, THEN LATER MADE THEM CHIEF STRATEGISTS IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. Then, the Police Headquarters [/b]gets bombed and the next action GEJ performed was to present[b] NATIONAL HONORS TO  THE POLICE CHIEF a few weeks later. A Police Chief that was supposed to be hounded out of Office, disgraced and probably indicted on charges of Gross Negligence of the security of the Nigerian People he had a duty to protect.


Today the world saw GEJ shaking his booty and dancing Makossa in Church while his country burned. What intelligent minds should be asking is WHAT DOES GEJ KNOW ABOUT THESE BOMBINGS AND WHY ISNT HE WORRIED?!!?

Nobody should forget that the money voted for "Security" in this Year's Budget is supposed to be a hotly contested issue; along with issues like Subsidy Removal etc. Too Much headache for a young Govt if you ask me. But now, Who's going to argue over "Security", abi? Sebi now there will be a justification for the amount budgeted.

Abegi, it'll take more than just screaming "Boko Haram" (or Boko Haram eagerly accepting responsibility) to convince me that (even though I believe Boko Haram is committing its own evil) this is not more than some Northern Nigerian Islamic Sect performing all these devilish acts.

Make una no forget say external forces also have an interest in seeing Nigeria destabilized. Open your eyes. Think wide. Don't just buy everything you see In the Media. Theres more to this than meets the eye.

Orikinla:

No matter what the apologists of President Goodluck Jonathan say, I will not change my verdict on his inability to secure lives and properties in Nigeria.

You all saw how he went after James Ibori.  

Get Ibori Dead Or Alive, Jonathan Orders Onovo - I'm Not Guarded ,
www..com/, /1971-get-ibori-dead-or-aliv,  - Cached
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Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has reportedly told Inspector ,  is angry that Oghara youths prevented policemen from arresting Ibori on ,

So, you see where your defence of your GEJ is bullshit.

He had the balls to haunt for one single man for his own personal agenda, but has failed woefully to tackle the Boko Haram?

Who doesn't know that Ibori's case is quite different from BH terrorism, except you, maybe
It's now obvious yo're so grossly biased against GEJ that it's impossible for you to be objective, unfortunately, you're using this sad christmas day event to get back at your old enemy---typical Nigerian

mikeansy:

Orikinla Boko Haram started as a misguided terror group that believes in nothing but full blown sharia.

In the wake of Jonathan continuing in office some politicians promised to distablise Nigeria and seem to be making good on their promise by expanding the activities of Boko Haram just because they want to make Jonathan look inefficient.

To criticise Jonathan is perhaps to feed the very essence of the expansion of this crisis because what that means is Boko Haram and their political allies are succeeding.

While we are trying to ascertain the origin of our problems I dont think anybody who loves this country should be calling for Jonathan to resign or blame him for this failure. Beacsue not even the sophistacation of America could stop sucide bombing in Iraq until they managed to reach some kind of political solution.

Except may be you subscribe to the use of this despicable tactics to bring down Nigeria just because they want Jonathan out, I dont see the merit of your argument!!!!

Thank you! God bless you, and Merry Christmas for your honesty

If helping to create a void where terror can thrive is being a realist then I have no interest in taking part.

When Osisi came up in Abia, did u see what the local community in Aba did? They rose to the challenge, rejected the criminal and the madness what nipped in the bud.

This is what the Muslim North and its leaders need to do.

I have no interest in any theories or postulations!

mikeansy:

If helping to create a void where terror can thrive is being a realist then I have no interest in taking part.

When Osisi came up in Abia, did u see what the local community in Aba did? They rose to the challenge, rejected the criminal and the madness what nipped in the bud.

This is what the Muslim North and its leaders need to do.

I have no interest in any theories or postulations!

Yeah, Osisi kidnapping citizens in a town is the same as bombings spread across a country as vast as Nigeria? Yeah, lets give supreme thanks to the "Local Community" that was hopelessly held hostage by one man for so long. Dude, stop foaming at the mouth. Muslim Leaders have condemned these actions. Buhari has. The Sultan has. Bombings occurred on the Muslim Holy Day of Eid; THE ISLAMIC EQUIVALENT OF CHRISTMAS!!!

GEJ is incompetent, thats the end of the story. This has nothing but political undertones in it!!! Nothing will convince me that GEJ knows nothing about these bombings; HE HAS SAID SO HIMSELF!!!! SO, let him flush them out. Either he knows the "extent" his enemies are willing to go before they ease off or he's just grossly incompetent;but the buck stops at his table! And, until I see otherwise than what I'm seeing then my statement still remains :WHAT IS GEJ NOT TELLING US?!!?

The government must address the security emergency by following the practical approach of the US Government in setting up the Department of Homeland Security.

[size=18pt]Whereas the Department of Defense is charged with military  actions abroad, the Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian sphere to protect the United States within, at, and outside its borders. Its stated goal is to prepare for, prevent, and respond to domestic emergencies, particularly terrorism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security[/size]

[size=18pt]The Nigeria Immigration Service and Nigeria Customs Service have major roles to play in the security plan for the control and prevention of terrorism in the middle belt, northern regions and other parts of the country.
The loopholes in the borders in the northern states have been giving Boko Haram and other lunatic fringe of Islamic fundamentalism easy access to operate.

Each state needs about 10 police ANPR surveillance helicopters and 200 ANPR patrol jeeps equipped with the latest security navigation system.

The security experts are here, but since they are not members of the ruling party, they are ignored and the ignorance of the PDP government is the cause of the spate of insecurity in Nigeria. [/size]

1. Boko Haram can disguise as Fulani herdsmen and convey their bombs and guns through farmlands while the security officers are busy checking cars, trucks, SUVs and motorcycles on the road.

2. Assassins in a group beat check points by diversions.
How many times do security operatives search truckloads of livestock and other goods in the middle belt and northern regions?
But with good security navigation systems the weapons hidden in these vehicles can be detected from helicopters and patrol vehicles.

3. What the terrorists do is when they are approaching a check point, one or two members of the gang come down with their bombs and other lethal weapons and bypass the check point on foot while the vehicles are being searched. Then they rejoin the vehicles after the checkpoints.

But with the patrol jeeps or vans nearby, they can be detected

Orikinla:

1. Boko Haram can disguise as Fulani herdsmen and convey their bombs and guns through farmlands while the security officers are busy checking cars, trucks, SUVs and motorcycles on the road.

2. Assassins in a group beat check points by diversions.
How many times do security operatives search truckloads of livestock and other goods in the middle belt and northern regions?
But with good security navigation systems the weapons hidden in these vehicles can be detected from helicopters and patrol vehicles.

3. What the terrorists do is when they are approaching a check point, one or two members of the gang come down with their bombs and other lethal weapons and bypass the check point on foot while the vehicles are being searched. Then they rejoin the vehicles after the checkpoints.

But with the patrol jeeps or vans nearby, they can be detected

Yeah, because the bomb was manufactured on the Malu's back or the money used to buy the guns were vomited by the cow? Did you ask yourself how many months it would take bomb to be transported by Cattle back from Sokoto to Jos? You're just jumping all over the place without any destination.

Bottom-line:

1. Take out the financiers (GEJ knows who they are).

2. Start an immediate, bold and aggressive fight against corruption.

3. Equip Security Agencies to sustain the battle.

4. Empower the Judiciary and make it independent.

Until GEJ does these things he's just wasting precious time. . . and lives.

kingoflag:

Yeah, because the bomb was manufactured on the Malu's back or the money used to buy the guns were vomited by the cow? Did you ask yourself how many months it would take bomb to be transported by Cattle back from Sokoto to Jos? You're just jumping all over the place without any destination.

Bottom-line:

1. Take out the financiers (GEJ knows who they are).

2. Start an immediate, bold and aggressive fight against corruption.

3. Equip Security Agencies to sustain the battle.

4. Empower the Judiciary and make it independent.

Until GEJ does these things he's just wasting precious time. . . and lives.

I agree.

goodluck said it last time dat he is not pharoh of Egypt neither military general so what else do u want him 2 do.

This is a big shame on Nigeria,They even warn before the attack ,and it finally happens.
A COUNTRY WHICH IS FORMERLY THE OAU LEADER IN AFRICA,  SENDIND ARMY'S TO  PROTECT
CONFLICTS ZONE IN AFRICA:NOW UNABLE TO PROTECT HIS OR HER CITIZENS LIFE'S.
                                                         WHAT A SHAME

This is a big shame on Nigeria,They even warn before the attack ,and it finally happens.
A COUNTRY WHICH IS FORMERLY THE OAU LEADER IN AFRICA,  SENDIND ARMY'S TO  PROTECT
CONFLICTS ZONE IN AFRICA:NOW UNABLE TO PROTECT HIS OR HER CITIZENS LIFE'S.
                                                         WHAT A SHAME

I never voted for Jonathan even though i am from the Niger Delta as i never voted for Buhari nor any other presidential candidate,i was convinced that non of them can move this nation forward, a thief cannot expose a thief except he has made up his mind to stop stealing and is willing to pay for his past deeds, GEJ and the sponsors of Boko Haram know what they are doing,i am only pained because they are using the lives of ordinary and helpless Nigerians to play their games. I weep for this nation, i weep for the helpless ones and i hope we will be bold enough to look at our leaders and tell them we have had a enough of this nonsense,they will never give up in the pursuit of their interest at the expense of the helpless, God will never come down to change the situation as i am convinced that he is not going to do anything because he is not there, we must stand up and fight for our emancipation,until then our talks,shouts,cries,prayers,vigils etc will not change anything,our leaders are murderers,they will never stop until they are wiped out.

wat  these dumbass boko haram fools dnt kn is dat de r only makin nigeria stronger, since der hv nt been terorist atack in 9ja, provisions hv nt been made 2 tackle such atack, its jus a mater of dem, nigerian spy inteligence wil catch up wit dem, but nigeria ought 2 hv set up a spy agency incase of al des animals,

, y r de always targetin churches, r de tryin 2 draw d christains into a warfare wit dem, ?, al dis muslims tink de kn violence, d truth is dat de dnt, if d christians shuld start d violence, de wil al go into extinction, we jus de sorry 4 dem

Whatever happened to 'the buck stops here'?Why do some folks continue to deflect the barbs directed at Mr President rather than holding him wholly responsible for the dastardly acts that was perpetrated on a day that should have been joyous for Nigerians like every other Christian around the globe?

This is a no-brainer.Anyone with a brain the size of an apple would know that these r etards had something up their sleeves & were up to no good.GEJ should have been more pro-active,flood these flash points with security agents,bring pressure to bear on the intelligentsia to gather more information on clandestine movements, reconnaissance & surveillance would prove invaluable in no small measure.But alas,all we kept hearing even after repeated warnings from Western intelligence & threats from BH, by Azazi was to disregard such information & treat them as rumours & trivialities as everything was under control. Now look how it turned out.

Suddenly,Damaturu has been flooded with security agents.The government is reactive & always acting after the fact.Why not before it?This is so sad

@orikinla, kindly reduce your font size it is quite annoying,

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You pple forget so soon ni? . . did you pple remember when Clinton and obama were asking Jonathan his plan regarding Boko Haram.

plz what did he say?

yes, he is to blame. And
no, he is not to blame.
Yes, because he is the commander in chief of the nigerian armed forces, and as such the chief security officer of nigeria, and so the buck stops with him.
NO, he has done all in his power to nip the bud of the blood suckers( boko -haram) and has presented a budget of over 6 billion usd on securitythe president clearly wants to stem this tide,and as such needs the nothern leaders and emirs, and youths to support him But as boko-haram and there fellow notherners have declared that they would make this country ungovernable for him what more do they want him to do, RESIGN, GODforbid it will never happen. I remeber during the first bombblast in yobe this year, marilyn ogar( sss director for information) gave a graphic and chilling detail of how youths were clapping while police officers were murdered in cold blood in damaturu. The president clearly wants to move nigeria forward. The thing is if the president declares his intention to run in 2015 i would still support him and vote for him, if my life depended on it. If he looses better for him( he has a constitutional right to run in 2015, and therfore should exercise it) than for him to be bow to pressure from the north. Na only northerners get nigeria, abi na only them get monopoly over violence.

Orikinla:

[size=15pt]"But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. "

~Mattew 24:43
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These lunatic Muslims warned of attacking churches during the Christmas holidays and President Goodluck Jonathan and his cabinet failed to respond to the threats and here we are now watching helplessly as innocent Christians are being massacred in their churches on this Christmas Sunday and these Islamic terrorists did the same in Jos during the Christmas holidays of last year.

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Nigeria's Jos remains tense after Christmas terror attacks ,
www.csmonitor.com/, /Nigeria-s-Jos-remains-tense-after-Chri,  - Cached
27 Dec 2010 – The Christmas church attacks and reprisal attacks on Muslim homes have residents of Jos, Nigeria, worrying about a spread of voilence.[/size]

goodluck jonathan should be held responsible for the loss of lives and properties that happened today.
he's the commander-in-chief and the buck stops with him. i don't know why nigerians continue to back this simpleton. a man who has shown he lacks the balls to be decisive and take matters into his own hands. how difficult is it to get rid of boko haram. the northerners know who these people are - jonathan must know who they are and which of the northern states support them. . . .

this would never have happened under obasanjo - he's more decisive.
i stumbled on this article - the odi saga of 1999. . . . .
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In early November a group of lawless elements who had taken refuge in the area was reported to have abducted six policemen. It was later reported that despite the intervention of social movements in the Niger Delta and elsewhere in the country and Bayelsa State government officials, the law officers were killed by the hoodlums. This was then followed by President Obasanjo issuing a 14-day ultimatum to the government of Bayelsa State to produce the miscreants, or he Obasanjo will proclaim a state of emergency.

Ladies and gentlemen, the ultimatum was yet to expire when General Obasanjo ordered troops into Odi and the surrounding communities. The East-West road was cordoned off by the Orashi River at Mbiama and by the River Niger at Patani. Thereafter, a major military operation commenced, via the use of heavy artillery, aircraft, grenade launchers, mortar bombs and other sophisticated weapons. So ruthless, savage and thorough was the operation that it could only have been intended to achieve a genocidal outcome.

It is difficult at this stage to establish the number of those killed, but we have received reports of mass burial, mass cremation and the disembowelment and mass dumping of corpses in River Nun. Two weeks after the operation, the stench of decomposing bodies dumped into various creeks could still be perceived from one kilometre from the town. We saw, so many corpses by the roadside as we drove along.

The body of an old man, still clutching firmly to a copy of the Holy Bible, lay decomposing in a pond behind the Anglican Church, a chilly testimony to the scorched-earth objective of the invading troops contrary to the officially declared objective of the mission: to arrest the hoodlums who allegedly killed some policemen. So complete was the destruction that crops were razed, yam barns were burnt, garri processing plants were willfully wrecked, canoes were set ablaze, and every house in the entire community, with the exception of the First Bank, a Community Health Centre and the Anglican Church, were burnt down.

No aspect of the community's existence was spared. Places of worship and other sacred places, including sacred forest and groves, churches, ancestral shrines and burial places, were demolished. We received reports that the soldiers looted many of the buildings and made away with the valuables before setting them ablaze. A yet-to-be established number of person, arrested and taken away by the soldiers to military barracks in Elele, Port Harcourt and Warri, were yet to be seen two weeks after the operation.

We saw no single livestock, poultry or other domestic animals except a stray cat. The community's 60,000 inhabitants had tied into the forest or been arrested or killed. Only a few thoroughly traumatised old women, old men and children could be seen around, some of them suffering from fractures and other injuries sustained while trying to escape from advancing soldiers. We also received information that the soldiers were particularly contemptuous of books. Several libraries and educational materials were particularly targeted and destroyed.
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the report might sound barbaric and devilish but this is how to stamp out evil. you don't pamper evil. you fight evil with greater evil!
i doubt the people of odi would ever kill policemen ever again in the history of mankind.
obasanjo did what he must do. had jonathan been this decisive when boko haram first struck with their bombs, they would have been forgotten by now.



--- impeach jonathan goodluck now!

@Coogar

It seems that you have remove your brain from archive.

nice one!. even though i can't remember the story, i remember the song from Timaya . . Dem Kill dem mama

We all know how Gej bought his way to power by bribing the 'bribable' from his opponents stronghold along with his sympathizers in the south.

The northerners who r angry with the election results knows Gej can't bribe his way on security issues, the man openly rigged the election and the core-north radicals/sympathizers (like those kano youth of april) av taken to boko haram tactics for their revenge mission they culdn't complete in april.
GEJ's election antics is largely responsible for the increased anger in the north.

The man rigged Pdp primary as well and has made so much enemies within PDP, enemies who r untouchable because of party they belong to.

seedord247:

@Coogar
It seems that you have remove your brain from archive.

nice one!. even though i can't remember the story, i remember the song from Timaya . . Dem Kill dem mama

seedord - you are crazy!

jonathan should let me rule nigeria for just one week. boko haram shall exist no more!

5 villages each from sokoto, yobe, borno, katsina and the boko haram movement shall cease to exist.
the amount of ammo and weaponry i would unleash on the targeted villages would make a mockery of hiroshima and nagasaki.

if the international community poke-nose. . . .i have a ready made excuse: nigeria is at war with terror
i am sure obama, cameron and the others would accept that the war with terror would always claim innocent lives.

^^I may not take that line of action but seriously the gloves need to come off here.This is raw bare knuckle cage fight.What I really can't fathom is why is GEJ so lethargic?It just doesn't make any sense.Even a goat would bite when pushed to the wall

GEJ is not to blame for Nigeria's insecurity.

Why put the blame of Boko Haram's insanity on GEJ's head.

Why not ask: "are Northern elites responsible for Nigeria's insecurity?"

VoodooDoll:

GEJ is not to blame for Nigeria's insecurity.

Why put the blame of Boko Haram's insanity on GEJ's head.

Why not ask: "are Northern elites responsible for Nigeria's insecurity?"

Then who should be blame?

Christians for going to church?

Boko Haram for sending notification before embarking on this evil behaviour?