laykorn:

Please stop quoting trolls. They don't deserve the attention.
Ayamlaykorn

Caveatemptor:
Actually in the 1970s Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a thorn in the flesh of all Military governments. Apart from his music which he used as a weapon against all these governments. He hadappaid column in the Punch. newspapers where he attacked. dictatorship of the. military. He also ppublishedd a. mini paper callled MOP(Movement of the people) which. was. distributed free of charge to all. secondary schools and universities. It was these twin vehicles Fela used. to. attack corruuption and military dictatorship.

In 1977 Col Muhamadu Buhari was the commissioner for. Petroleum and there was a rumour propagate. by Dr Tai Solarin that 2.8 billion. Naiira was missing froom the. FG coffers.
Fela and aa lot. of critics picked up these. rumours to. attack the Obasanjo military government of the. time,throughhis music and paper's. .
It was obvious. thaat. aall the militaryofficers of that period including Obasanjo,Yar'Adua,Danjuma,Idiagbon,Babangida and otthers were waitingfor a chance to take their pound of flesh. from Fela.
So. what started with the burning of Felas house by un known soldiers continued with the. arrest and sentencing to prision for foreign exchange fraud under the Buhari/Idiagbon regime.

honeric01:


That Station has been officially barred from my TVs forever.

mathskill:
I am amazed at how gullible educated and exposed folks on this forum can be.is Ignorance,stupidity or outright naivity the cause is just a mystery to me. Can't u all smell the deceit in the person who posted the thread. What better way to paint Buhari black than by suggesting our beloved Fela was improsened(for whatever reason) under Buhari administration. Knowing fully well the mind set of Nigerians in quickly blaming without reasoning first. I dare say d poster has succeded going by the commentries of most people. Anyway to set the record straight. A law was in existence which Fela ran foul of. He was found guilty by a competent judge(not Buhari) and sentenced accordingly. In short i see no cause to bring Buhari name in this unholy thread.Another example of trying to smear Buhari name.

honeric01:


That Station has been officially barred from my TVs forever.

TrishaP:
Fela was truly a legend.

Acidosis:


AIT must have learnt a lesson from TVC and Sahara Reporters

duni04:

Abi. Don't mind those PDP. They think Buhari is like Jonathan that grants presidential pardons to exconvicts and drops corruption cases for political reasons.

philips70:


I decided to confirm my fears this evening and they didn't disappoint the pundits. It's a shame. Just hope Nairaland will not come to this level soonest. It's not impossible another forum competes and takes away traffic just like Channels did AIT since they went with government.

poiZon:







so what did buhari do, keeping shagari under house arrest, but sentenced his vice to jail.
buharistanis u guys needs to be fully prepared when debating n defending ur general.
gej is bad but gmb is neither bad no worse but worstest!
garrit

berem:
On-going research indeed. You're so jobless that you now research on Buhari and his arrest of Fela which happened decades ago. Why don't you channel your research on Boko Haram and suggest possible ways of ending the insurgency as a saTANist and tell us what JonaTAN has to offer in 2015.

Yeye dey smell!

laykorn:
Acidosis,the OP is a TANoid popular for his lies. He created the thread claiming a clash happened between Atiku's and Buhari's supporters and posted pictures of riots from 2011. He was banned for only 3 days or so. I don't understand this. He shouldn't be on NL at all.
Ayamlaykorn

Acidosis:


AIT must have learnt a lesson from TVC and Sahara Reporters

M4gunners:
Anyone Fela look finish say he is corrupt or called a bad Leader is really bad,because Fela no dey carri yan.Baba 70 we missed you.

chakula:
I know nothing about the man in question. Who is Fela please?

philips70:


I can bring several links here where this same Saharareporters made damning reports against Tinubu and his dynasty. When they reported against Turai and the cabals during the trying times of GEJ when he was almost locked up in Aso Rock none of you called them Shariareporters. When they were a thorn in the flesh OBJ and his botched third term agenda you didn't fault them. Why now?

barcanista:
When General Muhammadu Buhari came to power, there was wide corruption in the Second Republic. A decree was passed that nobody take out or bring in foreign currency into the country. Offenders are liable to 10years in Jail. This decree was to curb money laundering by politicians and corrupt businessmen.

FELA KUTI
Fela had performed abroad, he was paid in foreign currency in cash and had it on him on his return to Lagos. He was subsequently arrested for breaking the law and was prosecuted, found guilty and jailed.

PLEA:
There was a plea by human right groups to Head of State Buhari to "pardon" Fela, he refused because he believe that the law be served to the letter.

THE OFFENSE, GMB AND FELA:
First, there was an existing law/decree.

Secondly, Fela bringing in cash means it contradicts the law/decree, however, the money is from hard work.
Morally, he's justified! Legally, he is not.

Buhari had refused to grant pardon, because the law was broken. If he grants pardon, some section of politicians will accuse him of preferential treatment. He didn't because he believes in absolute discipline.
By law, he is justified. Morally, he is not, considering that it was Fela's sweat(my opinion). The law does not work with emotion unfortunately.

MY OPINION:
GMB should have pardoned Fela. The law should have made for exception. Buhari should have tampered justice with mercy

Firefire:


My friend,... how far ee don don?



Chai, Barcanista,

Why are you trying to twist the truth...

laykorn:
Acidosis,the OP is a TANoid popular for his lies. He created the thread claiming a clash happened between Atiku's and Buhari's supporters and posted pictures of riots from 2011. He was banned for only 3 days or so. I don't understand this. He shouldn't be on NL at all.
Ayamlaykorn

berem:
On-going research indeed. You're so jobless that you now research on Buhari and his arrest of Fela which happened decades ago. Why don't you channel your research on Boko Haram and suggest possible ways of ending the insurgency as a saTANist and tell us what JonaTAN has to offer in 2015.

Yeye dey smell!

samento:
If Fela is to be alive, he would have critisize JonaTAN more than any Nigerian President or Head of state living or dead. JonaTAN is a failure QED.

noblezone:
Buhari was tyranny personified!

An over ambitious soldier who who led fellow rascals to destroy destinies!

Nigerians are hoodwinked that jailing people is the same as fighting corruption!

Buhari shed innocent blood just for the fun of it!

We must do what we have to do: Buhari must not smell that sit again!

dguyindcorner:
..."If your condition today make you
shake
And you still dey not talk the way
you feel
Make you open your two ears very
well
To hear the truth talk me I dey
talk
Listen make you dey agree for me
Every day and night you dey hear
me talk
One day you self you agree with
me
To dey act the way as you dey feel
Remember if you no act your own
One day of course we must die

Nigeria get the money
Foreign money for oversea
Nigeria get the money
Foreign money for oversea
Announcement start to happen
Newspaper carry them paper
Radio dey shout for studio
Johnathan turn vocalist
Abati and Okupe road manager
Every government statement
Twenty billion naira missing
Missing from NNPC
Oil currency scandal
Them start to accuse everybody o
E no finish, e no finish...
Sanusi, Sanusi
All of them suspension
Dabaru government take over
Them release all of dem
Them say dem be innocent o

E no finish, e no finish...

Ten-billion naira
Oil money is missing
Ten billion naira
Oil money is missing
Them set up inquiry
Them say money no lost o
Them dabaru everybody
Supervisor Johnathan
Them say make him no talk o
"Money no lost," them shout again
Inquiry come close o
E no finish, e no finish...
Election story nko
Johnathan plan am very well
Election story nko
Johnathan plan am very well
Him take old politicians
Wey rule Nigeria before
The same old politicians
Wey spoil Nigeria before
Johnathan carry all of them
All of them dey there now

E no finish, e no finish...

[Chorus]

Yeah!
The young Africans them get two
ears for head
Them get two eyes too
Them dey see the thing wey dey
happen
Them dey hear am too
Few people dey fat with big money
And the rest dey hungry
Me Fela, I challenge Johnathan
Na wayo him dey all the time
Make him carry me go any court
I go open book for him wife
Na wayo government we dey o
E gba mi o..."

If Fela still dey alive wonder what he would have sung about Jonathan!

barcanista:
When General Muhammadu Buhari came to power, there was wide corruption in the Second Republic. A decree was passed that nobody take out or bring in foreign currency into the country. Offenders are liable to 10years in Jail. This decree was to curb money laundering by politicians and corrupt businessmen.

FELA KUTI
Fela had performed abroad, he was paid in foreign currency in cash and had it on him on his return to Lagos. He was subsequently arrested for breaking the law and was prosecuted, found guilty and jailed.

PLEA:
There was a plea by human right groups to Head of State Buhari to "pardon" Fela, he refused because he believe that the law be served to the letter.

THE OFFENSE, GMB AND FELA:
First, there was an existing law/decree.

Secondly, Fela bringing in cash means it contradicts the law/decree, however, the money is from hard work.
Morally, he's justified! Legally, he is not.

Buhari had refused to grant pardon, because the law was broken. If he grants pardon, some section of politicians will accuse him of preferential treatment. He didn't because he believes in absolute discipline.
By law, he is justified. Morally, he is not, considering that it was Fela's sweat(my opinion). The law does not work with emotion unfortunately.

MY OPINION:
GMB should have pardoned Fela. The law should have made for exception. Buhari should have tampered justice with mercy

olayincar:
Just reading comment

M4gunners:
So Fela could have performe in outside Country,the Money he made over there he will dash it out or reject it because is not allowed to bring it back in his Country? Na goat keep Yam wen goat chop . making that law was wrong at the first place, so blame Buhari for that and also for jailing Baba 70 for nothing.