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Man Dies After Drinking 12 Bottles Of Dry Gin

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on October 6, 2010 at 10:30pm
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A man identified as Emeka died yesterday in Afisman Drive, Off Anifowose Street in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria after drinking several bottles of Chelsea dry gin.

It was gathered that Emeka, aged about 30, died a few minutes after drinking the 12 bottles of gin. He was said to have boasted that he could drink 12 bottles of dry gin, after which he and a friend bet that he couldn’t.

According to an eyewitness, Mr. Humprey Ukoha, the body of the late Emeka, a bus conductor who hails from Ibusa town in Delta State was seen around 9 a.m yesterday. The corpse was lying beside the road at Afisman Drive.

“We realised that he and some of his friends had bet that he could finish 12 bottles of dry gin, but immediately he finished the drinks, he died on the spot.”

As at the time of filing this report, policemen from Obafemi Awolowo way, Ikeja Division were seen parading the street.
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12 foreign sailors kidnapped by pirates

Posted by 9jabook.com on July 3, 2010 at 3:51am
Nigeria: 12 foreign sailors kidnapped by pirates By JON GAMBRELL | Published: 7:44 AM LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates kidnapped 12 foreign sailors off the coast of Nigeria’s restive and oil-rich southern delta during an attack that left one crew member injured, a naval spokesman said Saturday. Commodore David Nabaida told The Associated Press that pirates boarded the German-flagged cargo ship BBC Palonia Friday night off the coast of the Niger Delta near the Bonny River fairway. A struggle broke out during the attack and pirates shot one crew member in the leg during the fight, Nabaida said.. Nabaida said the Nigerian navy escorted the ship to safe waters and transported the wounded Ukrainian sailor to a local hospital. The sailor was in stable condition Saturday afternoon, he said. “All efforts are being made to … rescue the kidnapped crew,” the commodore said. Nabaida said the navy had suspects in mind for the attack, but declined to offer further details. He said the crew consisted of sailors from Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. The attack comes after 12 pirates in speed boats attacked a bulk carrier in the same area June 27. The International Maritime Bureau, which tracks piracy worldwide, reported that the pirates shot at crew members with locally made firearms while trying to board the ship. Crew members repelled the attack using a slingshot, the bureau said. One sailor suffered a minor injuries during the assault. Such attacks have been common in the Niger Delta, a region of swamps, mangrove fields and creeks almost the size of South Carolina. Militants have kidnapped oil workers, bombed crude pipelines and fought with government troops since an insurrection began there in 2006. While a government-sponsored amnesty deal has slowed violence in recent months, analysts worry the program has begun to fray as weapons remain plentiful in the impoverished region. Friday’s attack is just the latest as acts of piracy increase in the Gulf of Guinea, especially along Nigeria’s 530 miles of coastline. Africa’s most populous country remains a target-rich environment full of oil barges and oil company ships off of the delta, one of the U.S.’ top sources of crude oil. Cargo ships off the coast of the megacity of Lagos also fall under pirate attacks as they wait to unload their goods at the city’s busy and mismanaged ports. The maritime bureau reported 28 attacks off Nigeria during 2009. The bureau also believes at least another 30 pirate attacks went unreported, either due to companies worrying about having higher insurance premiums or concerns about advertising their security weaknesses.
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Saudi Girl, 12, Drops Plan To Divorce 80-Year-Old Cousin

Posted by Jane Okinedo on February 4, 2010 at 10:22pm
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A 12-year-old Saudi girl has unexpectedly dropped her application to divorce her 80-year-old second cousin, despite intervention from human rights groups.

According to reports, the girl had been married to the elderly relative under the wishes of her father, who received a dowry worth $22,665. The mother, who was separated from the father, did not approve the marriage, and accused the second cousin of raping her daughter.

A reporter for the Al-Riyadh newspaper, to whom the girl admitted the marriage had been consummated and asked for help, first discovered the girl's plight. Human Rights Commission had since stepped into help the girl, hiring a lawyer and bringing attention to the case.

However on Monday in a court in Buraidah, in Al-Qasim province, the girl dropped the case. "I agree to the marriage. I have no objection. This is in filial respect to my father and obedience to his wish," she said according to Saudi media reports.

Both her lawyer and HRC expressed shock at the sudden change of heart.

Due to the supremacy of Saudi Arabia's austere form of Sunni Islamic law, child marriage remains legal in the country. However, there has been a movement to ban the practice. In January, Sheikh Abdullah al-Manie, a member of the Council of Senior Ulema (scholars), told Saudi media that the Prophet Mohammed's marriage to a nine-year-old girl 14 centuries ago cannot be used to justify child marriage.

King Abdullah's daughter, Princess Adela bint Abdullah, also stepped in, telling Al-Riyadh newspaper, "I, personally, and many specialists in social and education fields, share the opinion" that it is in violation of children's rights.

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Family of 12 perish in Kano inferno

Posted by 9jabook.com on February 18, 2010 at 7:38pm

Twelve members of a family were killed in a fire which gutted their residence on Wednesday night in Kano. The tragic incident affected the family members of Ahmed Kabiru Boss which are his 38-year-old wife, her four children and seven other relatives that came from Gombe State for the naming ceremony of Mr. Kabiru's son, Umar on Saturday. One of the victims include the mother in-law of Mr. Kabiru, also the mother of chairman of Nafada local government area, Gombe State.

Miraculously, both little Umar and his father survived the incident.

A neighbour of the Kabiru at Chirancin Gabas quarters in the ancient city, Mustapha Auwalu, said he heard people screaming at about 10.30pm on the fateful day.

"This was replaced by people shouting ‘fire , fire' and when I came out, I realized that my neighbour's house was on fire," he said. He said the fire started from the kitchen attached to the one-storey building in which the victims were staying and it spread to the adjoining rooms.

Mr. Kabiru, a former staff of Oando Oil Plc, was weeping and could not talk when approached for comments. However, another neighbour, Abdulsalam Mohammed said more lives would have been saved if efforts of fire fighters and voluntary rescue workers had succeeded.

Lack of good roads

He said officials of the fire service could not gain access to the road that leads to the burnt building as a result of poor road planning. The burglar proof installed on the windows of the building also hindered rescue efforts.

"People came immediately the house caught fire and even the fire service came early, but they couldn't do anything because their vehicle didn't gain access to the slim road and they had to try using other means. But before they arrived, it was too late." Mr. Mohammed said.

Strong burglar proof

Mr. Mohammed, who frowned at the government's laxity in enforcing building codes, said this tends to promote the building of illegal structures close to public roads. He also advised the government to address the issue of insecurity as ‘the burglar proof that was fixed on the windows hindered access to the victims.' The Kano State commissioner of police, Mohammad Gana who was at the scene of the incident, confirmed the death of the twelve persons.

"Twelve persons lost their lives in the fire incident, may their soul rest in peace. Our men tried all their best, but couldn't do much because the burglar proof was so strong that we couldn't remove it. It is a pity that this kind of thing happened," he said.

The deceased were buried according to Islamic rites, with the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Bayero Nafada in attendance.

The Kano State governor, Ibrahim Shekarau paid a condolence visit to the family where he inspected the burnt house and prayed for the souls of the departed.

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Damning revelation: 12 Wealthy Nigerians are on a list secretive Switzerland govt handed over to American authorities

Posted by 9jabook.com on September 3, 2009 at 11:38pm
About a dozen wealthy Nigerians are on a list the usually secretive Switzerland government has handed over to American authorities in a tax dispute settlement that has broken the countrys banking secrecy and now threatens to spill over to other banks.
advertisement The deal promised to end years of investigation and uncertainty for the bank, UBS, which announced that the government was exiting the stake it had taken to aid the bank during the financial crisis. The Swiss have also agreed to process requests by the United States seeking information from banks besides UBS about account holders suspected of evading U.S. taxes. Sources said the Nigerian clients of UBS are already initiating legal moves to keep their identity secret. “This announcement should send a signal, no matter what institution you’re with, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is willing to pursue both the institution and the individual,” I.R.S Commissioner Doug Shulman said, adding that the accounts were at one time worth $18 billion. He said U.S. authorities would not name any other foreign banks being probed, but the IRS is expected to use the Swiss deal as a template to pursue further prosecutions. “The IRS is now gaining institutional skill and knowledge in how to pursue these types of cases and they’re going to use that. This is, I believe, the beginning and not the end,” said Peter Hardy, a former federal prosecutor and specialist in white-collar crime at Post & Schell in Philadelphia. The UBS dispute had strained relations between the United States and Switzerland and challenged the latter’s jealously guarded bank secrecy laws. The deal may add steam to a global effort among cash-strapped governments to crack down on tax-evading jurisdictions. But the settlement could help UBS, the world’s second-largest wealth manager, restore an image that has been battered by the financial crisis. UBS said the Swiss government was exiting its 6 billion Swiss franc ($5.6 billion) stake, with the shares to be placed with institutional investors. UBS Chairman Kaspar Villiger said the tax agreement helps resolve one of UBS’ most pressing issues. “I am confident that the agreement will allow the bank to continue moving forward to rebuild its reputation through solid performance and client service.” he said. In February, UBS agreed to pay $780 million and disclose about 250 client names to settle a criminal probe by U.S. authorities. One former UBS banker testified that he smuggled a client’s diamonds into the United States in a tube of toothpaste. The deal effectively ends a separate civil lawsuit by U.S. authorities that sought up to 52,000 account names. There was no further monetary penalty. “It’s good to get this out of the way but the confidence of a lot of clients has been compromised so I’m not sure we will see inflows return. It will take time to recover reputation from this,” said Jaap Meijer, an analyst at Evolution Securities in London. Switzerland may claim its banking secrecy remains intact, but some private bankers said it is no longer a selling point for its banks, which will need to offer other skills like wealth management and legacy planning to attract clients. “The majority of assets in Swiss private banks are from European Union citizens,” said David Williams, an analyst at Fox-Pitt Kelton in London. “I think it won’t be long before we see action from the European Union along similar lines,” he said. The revised treaty between the United States and Switzerland would allow action in the case of “tax fraud and the like” in the UBS case, the Swiss government said. Officials said precise details would be published 90 days after the agreement comes into force. The U.S. government retains the right to go back and use a summons to collect the names, which roughly equal the number of accounts, if the settlement process fails, said Shulman.
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public enemy style 12 feared killed in bank robbery,60 robbers ! does Naija have a Anini /john dillinger/shina rambo training school?

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on August 7, 2009 at 8:02pm
From Iyabo Lawal (Ibadan) and Bodunrin Beckley, (Keffi) Like a blockbuster action movie from hollywood ! Assault on Banks 13 ! IT was a black day in Ogbomoso yesterday as gunmen invaded three commercial banks in the city and unleashed mayhem on officials, customers and passers-by. At the end of the operation, which took place simultaneously in the affected financial institutions, seven persons, including three of the robbers were killed, while others sustained various degrees of injuries. Also, five persons were yesterday feared killed in a ghastly accident at Gidan Waje village on Keffi-Akwanga road in Nasarawa State. The robbers, according to sources had arrived at the Apake area of Ogbomoso where the banks are located in five vehicles, including three 18-seater passenger buses, a Toyota Camry and another KIA car, armed with sophisticated weapons. They were said to number about 60. On their arrival, the gun-wielding robbers took position in the three banks after overpowering the security men stationed within the banks' premises. While the shoot-out lasted, a cleaner and a top official of one of the banks were shot dead. Three of the robbers also died in the process. Two persons were hit by stray bullets, while the robbers were trying to escape as they shot sporadically into the air, causing pandemonium in the city. A police patrol van, which was cited by the robbers while trying to find an escape route was also not spared as it was riddled with bullets, though it could not be ascertained whether anyone was injured in the process. The development forced other banks in the city to hurriedly close for business while traders and markets also hurriedly locked their stalls. Commissioner of Police, Baba Bolanta, led a special rescue team to Ogbomoso while mobile policemen and an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) were immediately deployed to the town. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bisi Okuwobi, who expressed sadness over the incident, appealed to well meaning Nigerians to support the police in the area of equipment, saying if an APC was stationed in Ogbomoso, the robbers would not have had a field day. Those feared killed in the auto crash involving three vehicles, include the chairman of the Senior Staff Association (SSANU) at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Bala Angbashim, his wife and son. Another occupant of the third vehicle was badly wounded and had to be rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Commander of the Road Safety Unit in Keffi, Solomon Agure, told The Guardian that the mishap occurred when one of the vehicles tried to overtake and in the process hit an incoming vehicle.
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Fashola Govs,and old Skool Top Politicians Storm Lagos June 12 Rally

Posted by 9jabook.com on June 9, 2009 at 12:00pm

Leaders and proponents of the proposed mega party in the country will on June 12 rally eminent Nigerians to support their alternative bill on electoral reform before it goes to the National Assembly. The mega party movement announced last week in Abuja that it would send an alternative bill on electoral reform to the National Assembly, even as the legislature is already discussing six bills forwarded by the presidency. Briefing the press in Abuja at the weekend, Mr Wale Okunniyi, the group's director of organisation, said leaders of the mega party would, at a meeting with the leadership of labour and civil society groups adopt the final draft, ahead of the electoral reform rally on Friday, where the bill would be presented for mass mobilisation. The secretariat of the mega party movement also disclosed that the electoral reform rally would feature goodwill/solidarity speeches as well as signatures from eminent Nigerians for endorsing the alternative bill. According to the group, those already invited to the rally are frontline political allies like former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former governors like Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Bisi Akande, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and Alhaji Lam Adesina. "Governor Olusegun Mimiko and Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole are billed to speak at the gathering, while Governor Peter Obi, Governor Ikedia Ohakim, Governor Theodore Orji among other progressive governors, are also invited to play important roles at the rally", Okunniyi said. "Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State is slated to be the chief host of the historic celebration, which will hold at the Lagos Airport Hotel at 10am prompt", he said. It will be recalled that the leaders of political parties in the new movement, last Friday at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, resolved to field one single presidential candidate to contest the next election on the platform of the mega party. Some notable political leaders, including the presidential candidate of the ANPP, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar, who was represented by Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf from Taraba State, and the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Dan Nwanyanwu, among others, also openly declared their membership of the mega party at the summit. The group further clarified that its proposed national summit and the launching of the mega party will both take place before the last quarter of this year.
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Lagos declares June 12 holiday

Posted by 9jabook.com on June 13, 2009 at 12:17am
Friday, June 12, 2009 LAGOS State Government has declared today, a public holiday to commemorate the anniversary of a free and fair election of June 12, 1993. Your advertisement here ! http://www.ask9ja.com advertisements for free ! The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele, announced this in his office on Thursday, saying that it was the day Nigerians freely gave their mandate to late Chief M.K.O Abiola. Bamidele noted that Lagos State Government would remain committed to the rule of law, fundamental human rights, electoral integrity, constitutionalism, popular participation, true federalism and accountability, the cause by which Chief M.K.O. Abiola lived and died for.
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JUNE 12 AND A STEADY DEMOCRATIC REGRESSION

Posted by 9jabook.com on June 11, 2009 at 7:14pm
Babs Ajayi from Canada The anniversary of the June 12, 1993 democratic struggle embodied by the dogged determination, sacrifice and vision of the late business mogul Bashorun Moshood Kasimowo Olawale Abiola is here again. A semblance of democracy has been won but nothing more has changed. Bashorun Abiola stood up to the monsters in uniform, and along with millions of Nigerians they faced an on-coming trailer that has no breaks and cared little about the masses. The civil society joined him and even people who disagreed with him on specific issues fought on the side of democracy and change, and they insisted that the winner of the June 12, 1993 election must be sworn in and be allowed to assume his mandate. The mandate of MKO Abiola was denied him by callous illiterates in military uniform along with their hangers-on and sidekicks. For several years this group of cretins engaged in one rigmarole after another, brought out armoured tanks, guns and mortars and killed defenceless Nigerians on the streets of Lagos, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Ile- Ife, Benin, Kaduna, Enugu and several other towns and communities. But the Nigerian people, students, unions, newspapers, news magazines, groups of professionals and human rights bodies stood their ground. Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti will be remembered for his leadership, dedication, boldness and integrity in the struggle to actualize the June 12 mandate. He led a very effective and determined group of human rights campaigners, and his groups and many other bodies became a thorn too strong for the mad men in uniform to deal with. Chief Ovie Kokori and Omowale Carrington, the then United States ambassador to Nigeria gave their all, and stood for justice and democratic change. As always in the vanguard of opinion shapers and fighters, Kongi was once again taken away from his literary work and other tasks to demand that those who set the rules, wrote a constitution and conducted an election that turned out to be the fairest and most free elections in the annals of Nigerian history have a duty to honour the mandate of the winner. It did not matter to him who the victor was; it was the principle behind it all. For years and for about a decade the nation and its people suffered hardships, petroleum scarcity, adulterated petrol and kerosene, closed schools and universities, locked shops and markets, deserted streets and roads, hunger and poverty, the migration of our brothers and sisters from the East back to their region, interim and not-so interim governments, brigandage and thuggery from men in uniform, and the step aside choice of the evil genius and the lowlife who was right at the centre of the crises. Hardship defined the lives of the majority of our people in those heady days but everyone held on to hope as represented by the mandate of Bashorun Abiola and the men of integrity who stood with him, particularly the Afenifere, NADECO, PRONACO, NUPENG, university teachers, Nigerians students, Tell, Tempo, The News, The Guardian, The Punch and several other progressive newsmagazines and newspapers. The struggle pushed Nigeria to the brink of extinction and set students back several years in their studies. Many lost their lives to the bullets of Sani Abacha's soldiers who shot to kill and set up posts on roads and bridges. Newspapers and newsmagazines had their offices either sealed off, burnt down, and their magazines and papers taken away by state agents who constantly harassed and arrested vendors and newspaper distributors. All the laws of the land went to dogs, the evil genius and the evil maniac who took over from the interim lowlifes ran the nation like their fiefdoms. When losers take control, they wrought revenge on the rest of the people as if we were responsible for their failures; in most cases it is envy and jealousy that help to bring the worst out of people who failed. Long before June 1993, the people of Nigeria have come to know no peace of mind, no reprieve for social and economic hardship as the evil genius and his sidekicks took one wrong turn after another and made no effort to use the crude oil funds to create jobs and improve hospitals, schools and social services. There were little to hope for from the moment the evil one took control in 1985 up and until he stepped aside in shame and by force, opening the way for an even more vicious character who acted far less than human in his dealings with people. Instability and social insecurity became a way of life and was far more steady and consistent as food shortage and inflation hinder everyone, which was at a time that there were official and parallel rates for foreign currencies. The crooks in power and their supported exploited the foreign exchange process in place while the masses pay dearly for the greed of a few opportunists. But that was before democracy or something like that was returned to the nation. That was before Olusegun Obasanjo was elected president with so much promises and so much hope that he will bring his prison experience to bear on the nation. It was hoped that the hardship and the unmerited favour and grace Olusegun Obasanjo enjoyed while in prison will truly translate into something meaningful and change him to a better person and leader. That was not to be as the Olusegun Obasanjo who ruled for eight years and who attempted and schemed to change the Nigerian constitution and extort a third term from Nigerians, was a far worse leader than the cretin who annulled MKO Abiola,s mandate. The plight of Nigerians got worse under him; schools including the Federal Government Colleges and universities were poorly funded and continued in their decay throughout the Obasanjo years of the locust. It was eight years that yielded no dividend for the masses even as Bell University was set up and Bell College flourished. His Veepee also built schools and universities and ran businesses that took contracts from the federal government. Every step of the way the two men robbed Peter to pay Paul. They were greedy and selfish, they cared little about the people and their plights, and they helped themselves and refused to help the masses. One was a retired soldier and the other a retired customs officer, a member of the paramilitary parasites that boded no good for the masses of our people. The greatest disservice Olusegun Obasanjo did to our people, however, was his imposition of his friend's brother on the nation as commander-in-chief. Obasanjo helped to spread lies about some achievements of Umaru Yar'ardua in the media, portraying him as one hugely successful governor who will replicate his successes at the national level. When the news items were appearing in Nigerian newspapers, a very analytical, highly critical and observant friend drew my attention to the news reports and articles. The reports painted the picture of a new and committed leader, a successful and focused man who is very committed to development and social service. Today what we have on ground is a man who is after his own agenda and his own wants. He comes first and his government has been much like his predecessors - my need, my want, and my desire before any other. Poverty is forever on the rise and unemployment has assumed an alarming level in the nation. Our youths have nowhere to turn and they are victims of a failed state and a hopeless democratic set-up that is built to fail and arranged to ensure that looting is central to the agenda of the state at all levels. The regression we witness today and have been seeing in the last ten years are not the gains we expect, but they are the way the likes of Obasanjo, Bode George, Atiku Abubakar, Yar'Ardua, and the legion of retired generals who run the National Assembly and spread their influence around the states wanted it. Everyone who was a governor, minister, senator, board chairman or member, commissioner in the Obasanjo and Yar'Ardua era lives in a home that is worth in the hundreds of millions of naira. The same can be said of their bank accounts. When one of Obasanjo's ex-ministers was exposed by the EFCC a few months back and accused of stealing hundreds of millions of naira not many expressed surprise, except that the guy was more known for being Obasanjo's dog before he was made a minister. For such a guy, a lot of people insisted stealing runs in his family and looting is a way of life for them. Sixteen years since the June 12 struggle took centre stage in the lives of our nation and people there is absolutely nothing to show for it. Our schools and universities are no better and the nation is downhill and in serious trouble of falling apart. Hunger and poverty daily afflict our people and school leavers have very little hope of getting a job. A sick man is not likely to find the drugs he needs and the equipment necessary to examine and determine the cause of his ill health and plan recovery are not available. The social situation of our nation is desperate and the land is the backyard of looters and thieves in state and federal positions. We remember the struggle and dedication of MKO Abiola and the June 12 struggle and hope that one day an aberration of the likes of J.J. Rawlings will come to clean the filthy stable Nigeria has become.
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June 12 MKO Abiola Solidarity Profile Picture

Posted by 9jabook.com on June 11, 2009 at 9:00am
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As we commemorate June 12 and the Man who gave his life towards the day that is synonymous with Democracy in the Most populous Black Nation on Earth . we implore everyone on 9jabook to change their profile photo to that of Late Chief Moshood kashimawo Abiola who died under mysterious circumstances while incacerated within the Gulag of Injustice and corruption in our great country . To change your profile Photo goto http://www.9jabook.com/profiles/settings/editProfileInfo click on profile photo and either upload any MKO photo of your liking or download the one in this blog. just right click on the photo and do "save as" OR you can get photos on google images .you can change it back to what it was after June 12 or leave it if you so desire . thank you ! please be aware that change can come through peacefull means so make sure any Demonstrations or Rallies you attend are strictly peaceful. June 12 2009 another reminder That this country belongs to the people Lets remind those in power ! M-K-O ! M-K-O ACTION ! ABIOLA ABIOLA ABIOLA ! PROGRESS
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