I don't know what to make of Gov Ortom and the APC Benue reps at the national assembly. They are irredeemable sycophants.
The Benue reps were the most vocal in supporting Buhari during the rowdy session over the aircraft purchase saga.

BUHARIISCURSED:
They want to pull resources together so as to sponsor the only SAINT and only man with INTEGRITY in the whole of this country.



How they succeeded in deceiving Nigerians that buhari is the only man that is not corrupt still remains a mystery to me

It shall not be well with tinubu


Ortom go still donate after buhari send his men to kill Benue people

@ Op

- The myth that Buhari built any of our refineries has been shown to be false several times. Stop peddling falsehood
See: http://nigerianews.ca/5343-2/

- Buhari was not head of state in 1980.

Why are you trying to change the goal post? What sources? Everything I wrote is in public domain

(1) You said the Benue state should arm a vigilante group to defend the people. I told you one has been set up by the Benue gov but the army and police has arrested it members. The police has also commenced mop up of firearms used by Rivers state vigilante (neighborhood watch) set up by Wike.
https://www.blueprint.ng/army-arrests-9-militia-men-linked-to-benue-govt/
http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/benue-killings-arrest-militia-members-pre-planned-military-aliyu-tershaku-coordinator-livestock-guards/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/police-order-nationwide-mop-illegal-arms-1/

(2) Go and read the firearms act (1990). There is no provision for individual license to bear guns such as AK47. The president can issue a proclamation at any time to mop up both licensed and unlicensed firearms. Go and study the law
You have seen the level of carnage in Benue, how do you expect a vigilante armed with light weapons to repel the herdsmen attacks?
A deadly militant group has killed over 100 persons in less than a week and you are advocating for a vigilante to confront them?

Your support for PMB should not rob you of objective reasoning. A true patriot is one that owes loyalty to his country not to an individual, ideology or political party.
I would no longer respond to you.

obailala:
So in essence, there no such thing as owning a 'licensed' firearm in Nigeria?... Every individual who isnt a member of an armed force must dispose their firearms?....

Last time I checked, it was illegal to own an unlicensed firearm in Nigeria but if yours is licensed, then you are fine. The recent story I heard was of the IG ordering a nationwide mop up of illegal/unlicensed firearms. Except you are saying the constitution has been changed recently, else, your claim is incorrect. Go back and check your sources again.

Yes they are illegal. The concept of armed vigilante is alien to our constitution. Any vigilante that bears arm is illegal. I have given you instance that the Benue livestock guards were disarmed by the army.
The Benue issue is already heavily publicised. The herdsmen are bent on open grazing in the Benue Valley. Any attempt by Benue state govt to arm a vigilante will be resisted by the armed forces.

obailala:
So in essence, are you saying all vigilantes bearing pump action and other types of non-automatic weapons around the country are illegal?

Im not understanding your point..Vigilantes are vigilantes and police is police; why are you mixing the two?

You are just trying hard to exonerate Buhari.
No governor or state house of assembly can promulgate a law empowering a vigilante to carry arms. The courts will throw it out.
The constitution is very clear. Section 214 (1) of the Constitution says:
"There shall be a police force for Nigeria, which shall be known as the Nigeria Police Force, and subject to the provisions of this section no other police force shall be established for the Federation or any part thereof.
The livestock guards earlier equipped by Gov Ortom was also backed by sections of the anti open grazing bill of enacted by the Benue HOA. But the military arrested and disarmed them in January 2018 when these attacks heightened.
Any bill passed by a state HOA contravening the constitution stands illegal.
Until we amend the constitution to allow state police, the buck stops at Buhari's table.
In this Benue instance, PMB has been irresponsible and a complete failure!

obailala:
Vigilantes may not be allowed to wield automatic assault rifles like AK47s, but there's no law stopping the state government (with the backing of the state HOA) from setting up and arming state vigilantes with guns line pump action rifles. If they are arrested and the governor pays a visit to the station, not even the IG can prevent the governor from releasing his boys legally. Let's forget all these excuses and ostrish play by the governor, even though we practice a strange federal system, the fact is that we still have a federal system and the governor wields enormous powers.

docadams:
Hmmmmmmm

Didn't read the communiqué based on some gut feeling-. True men of God never behave this way. The bishops have been encapsulated in ethnic politics, reason why they never appeal to God for intercession in this issue.
Curiosity compelled me to check the signatories to the press release . I wasn't surprised about the identity of the culprits. It can only be them.

Buharism is a disabling psychiatric disorder - Farook Kperogi, 2018

Some months ago Wole Soyinka said Buhari is in a trance. Now I believe him
PMB is bent on radicalizing this sect and plunging us into further chaos. Nigeria is already burning, we will not survive another militant group.
Let men of good reasoning advice the president before it is too late.

@ the bolded
Our laws do not permit any group to bear arms apart from the armed forces and police. We are all witnesses to how the army hounded and arrested the livestock guards previously set up by Gov Ortom.
Call a spade a spade. We have a commander in chief of the armed forces. The buck stops at his table. He has chosen not act

obailala:
What exactly is stopping the Benue state government from setting up a state-wide armed vigilante group to flush out and expel every Fulani from Benue?

How can massacres like this keep happening unhindered every other day without a single resistance?... not from the police, not from the military, not from civil defence and not from vigilantes?... not even a single one of the perpetrators arrested or killed, like absolutely zero resisitance?... Even in Taraba, at least we hear of attacks and repisals, but in Benue, it just seems the Benue people are just inanimate objects. This situation lacks logic.

I wouldn't term the obvious blunders by the judiciary "cooperating" with the executive. They have been reduced to executive errand boys. Senator Peter ought to have been granted bail.

lecowas:


Bygone is bygone I think(my opinion). From the latest judgements I observed, the judiciary seems to be cooperating with the executive. Look for instance;
a) senator peter was remanded yesterday when he could be granted bail
b) the case of the election reordering against NASS all favoured Buhari
c) dino melaye's brother and allies have just been remanded
d) the CJN and Buhari are having closed door meetings up & down
e) the clampdown on Justices has been alleviated ( except for the few scapegoat we'll still hear) and lots more
I think the CJN and Buhari may have made a good bargain already(my opinion)

What urgent measures has the president put in place within the last 48 hours to stop the carnage in Benue/Nasarawa? I don't understand.
How can Buhari be gallivanting on political tours and so called "working visit" when genocide is persisting. Over a Hundred persons have been lost in Benue within a few days and he is campaigning in Bauchi?
Jonathan was heavily criticized for political rally a day after Nyanya bombing? But sycophantic Nigerians choose to have selective amnesia now
This man has lost it. He is totally irresponsible and heartless. It is God that will retire you from that seat before 2019!

You are so smart!
I was wondering why the thread is infested with stupid sycophancy!

QueenOfNepal:
you registered the whole moniker today. You be been using the same writing style and the most visible one is that you sound DRUNK in all your replies

What urgent measures has the president put in place within the last 48 hours to stop the carnage in Benue/Nasarawa? I don't understand.
How can the Buhari be gallivanting on political tours and so called "working visit" when genocide is persisting.
This man has lost it. He is totally irresponsible and heartless. It is God that will retire you from that seat before 2019!

You heartless sycophant!
The killings have increased in frequency and now occur on a DAILY BASIS. At this rate there will be no one left to vote or be voted for by 2019.

Jonathan did not overcome the situation. But he was vilified and voted out because of these security issues.
We will not reinforce failure with failure!

35824L:
Jonathan didn't resign, abi did he succesfully tackle the herdsmen problem then?

Op you are despicable. How can you start the usual BMC political tantrum in these grave situation?
I have seen enough to conclude this is simply ethnic cleansing. How do you explain the fact that farm lands and communities belonging to IDPs are now occupied by fulani herdsmen? They chase out the indigenous people and turn their communities to grazing areas.
Buhari has shown little to no capacity to address this issues. The killings have escalated since January but he is busy with 2019 elections.
PMB needs to retire he is a failure!

The president has not demonstrated capability to secure the lives of ordinary Nigerians that voted for him.
It is a shame the IGP and other service chiefs are still in office. The mindless massacre escalated since January but little or nothing has been to stop the blood shed.
No reasonable Nigerian in all good conscience should continue singing Buhari's praises.
He is a failure and needs to retire

How can the president and other political stakeholders be busy discussing Apc convention and 2019 election when the country is heading towards anarchy? The north central is now a human abattoir, mindless killings have taken over Zamfara and Birnin gwari.
I ask you Buharists where is your conscience? where is the change?
If care is not taken there will be no one left to vote or be voted for by 2019.

I am just sad

The opposition is just not cut out for the devilish politics APC played pre 2015 elections. It is alleged that Elrufai, Nyako and others wrote series of letters to world leaders urging them not to sell weapons to Jonathan's govt. They contrived lies to blackmail the government. As a result, the past administration had to resort to buying weapons from the black market leading to the infamous Oritsejafor private jet debacle.
Today we are witnessing impunity and executive lawlessness but they have blackmailed the national assembly and critics with so called corruption charges. Everyone is silent

doctokwus:
I think a petition should be written to the U.S president,both houses of Congress,and the American public be made aware,that,the President of Nigeria in a democratic setting,and in clear breach of the constitution,which is the hallmark of all democracies, that America champions,unilaterally caused the release of almost $500million,without recourse to the National Assembly of Nigeria,as expressly required by the constitution!
If the American congress and populace are made aware,they would force the American government to halt his trip to the U.S. and start asking relevant questions!!

SlayerForever:


I must tell you to shut the f*ck up! You as one person may be compassionate but what is the general disposition of the middle belt towards the Igbo. Vile! It was like that during the war,it has remained so decades after the war.

God is not man,He is not partial. The middle belt will reap what it sowed.

At the bolded
- you are a rogue. Simply rude
- that assertion on hatred from the present generation of middle belt youth is completely false. Do you reside in the middle belt now? A few impostors such as omenka are clearly not from the middle belt.

I see what omenka does. He also mocks Benue people about the killings. Any discerning mind would see he is an imposter.
I don't keep ethnic bigots as friends so I don't view Facebook tribal wars.
I am neither Tiv nor from Benue. The middle belt is home to hundreds of indigenous ethnic groups. I don't see any recognizable leader speaking for all these groups.

Nonaira1:


Oh please shut up. When omenka was busy moving and laughing at the ipob and Massob victims, where the Bleep were you? Even outside of this forum, on Facebook there were significant number of your people making post to mock igbo during the operation python. Please shut the f up.
Secondly, you shouldn't be blamed on the sins of your father? Tell us why your fathers thought the sins of few Igbo soliders should be blamed on hundreds of men, women and children and even took it up a notch by joining to kill millions when they decided to leave and create their own nation. Even by the looks of it, your people still take pride in your aid during the war visiting the bragging of your leader. I or any other igbo should feel pity for you people. I rather feel pity for isis members. Karma is a bitch. You reap what you sow...it does not care who did the reaping.

As your leader mentioned and bragged, NC contributed more than half a million death to drag igbo into this shithole. Well, Fulanis are helping you contribute more to maintain this "one Nigeria". Please enjoy your Niggeria and Awera and stop complaining

I am not from Benue state. I speak for the killings because I have not lost my humanity.
I know omenkalives around here. I believe he is an impostor

eagleeye2:

I always choose to read silently when it concerns Benue and the middle belt. But I am forced to reply you.
Let me ask you if you are aware of the NL name Omenka/Omenkalives.... search for it and read his coments..... as for paying for the sins of your fathers, my dear Karma serves everyone the dish he or she deserves.

I weep for our people in the middle belt. Its very painful. We are losing our people, entire communities to this mindless killings.
As for Igbos on this thread wishing evil on the middle belt your minds are simply horrible.
The generation of youths growing in the middle belt today do not hate you, we are not our fathers. We refuse to accept blame for the sins of our fathers.
I have always viewed issues about the South East with compassion due to perceived marginalisation. However most of you are outright heartless!

Why is the commander in chief insensitive on the mindless killings in Benue and Zamfara?

This is cheap blackmail by the executive. The US approval to purchase the aircraft was given since last year. They deliberately waited till it was approaching deadline to make payments.
As for the budget, that your claim is for the ignorant. During the last interaction senator leadership held with Buhari at the villa, he declared that he didn't know ministers and heads of agencies were they ones stalling the process.

Sirjamo:
So you want him to be waiting for those useless legislators to be dancing on the approval until the end of the deadline, just as they are doing to the 2018 budget proposal since last year? The money has been paid already, let them do their worst.

This is heart breaking. This boy is still a baby. Why bring a child into such suffering?

You are right. Honestly this Apc govt operates like witchcraft. They have black mailed the senators before Nigerians so that they can carry out this deceptive act.

dignity33:
I can see why they are busy intimidating the outspoken senators to put fear in them before delivering the letter, government of the scam by the Scam and for the scam.

I think FG should thread carefully with this Shia issue. We are in danger of radicalising this sect.
Nigeria cannot survive another militant group.
We are still battling Boko Haram and killer herdsmen

Government needs to be more transparent about the scheme. What are the modalities? How do they identify the so called poor?

Rizzoli:
Wait !!!!

Over $300m to pay poor people

Nigeria's population is about 180million

How is this amount going be spent?

Is there a data of all Nigerians?

How do we identify who's poor and who's not?

How can we channel funds to unrealistic uses ,impossible and very in accomplishable projects.

Except if we don't actually want to use the money for such but would love to use them as a facade..

Lol
I don't think the opposition need to campaign. They only need to pray for Buhari to undertake more foreign trips before 2019. He will make more blunders
Buhari is digging his own political grave!

The op is deliberately weaving a narrative that does not exist in the book to misled readers.
Firstly, the figure quoted in this story is 160 billion naira. Sanusi was a liar. He first claimed 49.6 billion dollars was unremitted by NNPC. Then later he reduced the figure to 20 billion dollars during the national assembly hearing. Subsequently the NASS committee narrowed down some discrepancies to kerosene DPK subsidy issues. The audit by PWC later clarified the kerosene subsidy issues.
Sanusi was lying.
The man was simply stirring propaganda and cheap blackmail ahead of 2015 elections

I did not quote you. I don't engage rogues.
Be polite next time

ukejejohnson:


In other words you're saying Atiku is what exactly?

No let me handle you