Sentences with phrase «nigerian military leader»

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«The appeal by the Nigerian leader came in the wake of reported «military takeover» as a result of rising political tension in the southern African country sequel to President Robert Mugabe's recent removal of former Vice-President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

For the starry - eyed romantics thundering as if impunity and institutional subversion debuted with the military, Awo provided many examples of such in his book, The Travails of Democracy and the Rule of Law: CJN Adetokunbo Ademola letting off a cocktail jab at someone «who must oppose for opposing sake» (judiciary playing politics); PM Tafawa - Balewa who grumbled that Awo «called himself» Leader of Opposition (head of government subversive of the Constitution); and East Premier Michael Opara who snapped the Federal Government had powers to «abolish» misbehaving regional governments (executive outlawry against Nigerian federalism).

«Detaining Nigerians for weeks without trial is a clear return of Decree 2, with which President Buhari hounded Nigerians in detention when he was a military dictator and we in the Ekiti State House of Assembly will continue to support our leader and Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose in his fight against tyranny.

You say that Buhari loves the Igbo yet his security forces and military have killed and locked up more Igbo leaders and youths and marginalized more Igbos at the Federal level more than ANY other Nigerian President or Head of State since the civil war.

But the Nigerian military did not even have to go that far because the self - acclaimed leader of the sect, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau disowned the said deputy as not being known to him in a video which was published online.