SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT

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PART THREE

SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW

“Institutions are the weakest, where there is no country such as is currently the case with the lower and upper Niger – known simply in the pre-amalgamation era (before 1914) as THE NIGER AREA.”

BY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT

Drivers of Instability, Agitations in Nigeria

Newton’s third law of motion says ‘’for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction’’. A groundbreaking study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) titled, ‘’Journey to Extremism in Africa: Drivers, Incentives and the Tipping Point for Recruitment’’, published September 2017 reveals that ‘’Marginalization, perceived abuse of power is pushing Africa’s youth to violent extremism’’. Due to space and time constraint, I may not be able to fully expatiate how Buhari’s parochialism, ‘’northernization policy’’, inability to manage diversity and patent marginalization of Biafrans catalyzes, escalates the Biafra agitation. Cast your mind back to President Buhari’s 97% and 5% gambit and also reconcile it with his lopsided appointments, including the recent NNPC appointments. I will write on marginalization of Ndigbo in my subsequent treatise. Similar to the patent nepotism, marginalization, injustice as some of the drivers of recurring agitations in Nigeria, is also that of unprecedented youth unemployment currently bedeviling the country, especially parts of the southeast.

BY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY ANALYST/CONSULTANT

Synopsis

This essay is a comprehensive analysis of issues surrounding the disputed proscription, categorization of IPOB as a terrorist organization and the military blitzkrieg codenamed - Operation Python Dance II (Egwu Eke) which was launched in southeast Nigeria on September 15, 2017 by the Nigerian military. As the military operation comes to an end today October 14, 2017, this essay argues that proscribing, censoring IPOB and using the military to rein in Biafra agitators, is tantamount to treating the symptom of an ‘ailment’ hence will not extinguish the recurring, fervent and resilient Biafra Spirit.

SERIES: CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

THE NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR A BROAD-BASED DISSECTION OF AND STRATEGIES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

About the Eneke-nti-oba called Muhammadu Buhari

Every time Muhammadu Buhari rode to power, he would often begin his so-called war against corruption without a plot, strategy and focus, acting in the manner of an effervescent, hurling every person perceived to be corrupt into detention, sometimes without trials, and sometimes, where tried, the tribunal set up by him would trivialise a very serious national matter by awarding those adjudged to have been found guilty, a prison term of between 300-500 years, with a caveat to run (kwenkwenrrently) concurrently; and Muhammadu Buhari, ending up becoming the most corrupt in human history, would encourage and promote the erection of a myth of saintliness, integrity and uprightness about his own persona.

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SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW

IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY

"Under his watch, Nigerians having lost confidence in the so-called Nigeria Police Force have turned themselves into many policing squads, where lives of fellow Nigerians are to them as flies to wanton boys, administering jungle justice and resorting to all sorts of bestiality, gangsterism and extra-judicial killings because the highly 97/5 Formula policing outfit in that country is now as DEAD as a DODO under this our square peg in a round hole!"

IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY

PART FIVE

SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE SWIFT URGENCY OF NOW

"Buhari asked us to focus on northern Nigeria — World Bank" Punch healine of October 13th, 2017 which supports the onus of this article.


All I'm saying is, a serving Inspector General of Police cannot do launching, using the instrumentality of a police broadcaster to steal, extort and rob the public of their money to be so donated by all the political crooks, business crooks, royal crooks, civil service crooks that abound in that country, whilst millions are going without food and clothing for days, weeks and months - and what is worse, with workers not being paid salaries in Nigeria!


And NEVER, EVER must a time come in that country when an IGP will brazenly and unashamedly stand before the Nigerian public to solicit for funds to establish such a very questionalble outfit - NEVER!


Still not even when the genuine intention of this ignominious venture cannot be vouched for.
And after retirement, the ex-IGP, Ibrahim Kpovulture Idris becomes the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the so-called police broadcaster?
Your guess is as good as mine!

IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY

PART THREE

SERIES: BUHARISM AND THE SWIFT URGENCY OF NOW

Can Nigerians not yet see that the children of today's Generals, serving and retired already form the next generation of the nation's Generals?.The names of their General-fathers are the yardsticks by which competitive performance, military intelligence and strategy are measured in the armed forces and the police of today in Nigeria. This is how best to run a national institution!

IBRAHIM KPOTUN IDRIS: THE ABANDONMENT OF DUTY

PART TWO (continued from 21/10/17).

 BUHARISM AND THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW

CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THE ABUSE OF OFFICE AND THE CANNIBALIZATION OF THE FUTURE


"The police should relate with the public, but not as in partnering to establish a broadcaster, buy the police operational vehicles, build barracks, doing actual business together as pooling resources together to do business, doing such other dirty deals, save training and development, payment of  their salaries by private citzens who of course, without mincing words are thieves, amongst them those still stealing the nation blind, and the ex-robbers, ex-drug pushers, ex-kidnappers who have now veered into seeming legitimate businesses."

BY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY CONSULTANT AND ANALYST

The United States of America designates every October as ‘’National Cyber Security Awareness Month’’ (NCAM). Initiated in 2004, the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaboration between government —the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — and private industry — the National Cyber Security Alliance, and other partners. The National Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of cybersecurity (safeguarding digital information) and to increase resiliency in the event of an incident. The United States President, Mr. Donald J. Trump proclaimed the October 2017 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month a while ago at the White House. The National Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign is now a global call to action. Canada, Europe and other countries have joined the fray. Africa, nay, Nigeria must take a cue.

BY DON OKEREKE, SECURITY CONSULTANT/ANALYST

Introduction


The age-long reverence for places of worship and religious leaders is increasingly eroding around the world. The unprecedented security threats to places of worship are diverse and alarming. They include: terrorist attacks, kidnapping of religious leaders and congregants, theft of relics and offerings, arson active shooter incidents, amongst others. An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Victims are selected at random. Event is unpredictable and evolves quickly. I will cite some incidents to buttress the fact that places of worship, religious leaders are no longer venerated nor spared by men of the underworld.
At about 8:30am on September 8, 2017, three gunmen posing as worshippers invaded St. Thomas’ Catholic Church, Onilekere, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria and shot the Parish Priest, Rev. Daniel Nwankwo at close range. The incident took place after the priest concluded morning Mass. In Imo state, Reverend Father Cyriacus Onunkwo was on September 1, 2017, abducted and subsequently killed in cold blood by his assailants. An police ex-corporal, Mr. Jude Madu, is one of the five suspects arrested for masterminding the abduction and killing of the priest.

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  • To expose all levels of corruption in Nigeria, especially official corruption and by so doing ensure probity and accountability in every sphere of the Nigerian life.
  • To within the body politic stir up the spirit of nationalism amongst Nigerians aimed at pushing back the tides of ethnic chauvinism, tribal jingoism, religious bigotry, oligarchism, cronyism and nepotism.

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