Sentences with phrase «political thugs in»
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They're part zealot, part thug, part political entrepreneur, in societies undergoing profound social transformations.
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Otherwise the only way to view those wars, is as all other wars — one group of thugs attempting to kill another group of thugs, both doing so in the name of their own ego, misappropriating whatever political, religious, and social pressure and propaganda they can, to their cause.
The National Review conservatives were, in most cases, zealous defenders of Senator Joe McCarthy; the neoconservatives considered him a political thug whose demagoguery had severely damaged the anti-Communist cause.
On February 22, 2012, Nana Kwabena Bobie - Ansah, host of «Ekosi Sen», a political talk show on Asempa 94.7 woke up in the morning, dressed up and left his home for work with idea that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organizer was going to lead armed party thugs to invade his office, and take away that which puts food on the tables of his dependants.
The senator's ordeal started after two suspects allegedly fingered him as giving them guns and hiring them to be his political thugs ahead of the 2019 general election.There was mild drama yesterday as the Nigeria Police arraigned the senator representing Kogi West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, before a Magistrate Court in Wuse 2, Abuja.
Left - leaning activists rallying in Manhattan called Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo «a demon,» «a thief,» «Albany's top thug» and «phony as a three - dollar bill» over his alleged threat to defund members of a political party that endorsed his challenger.
Some armed men suspected to be political thugs invaded the BTO hall, venue of a parallel state congress in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Saturday and disrupted the exercise.
«Your efforts in taming troops from polling stations and any form of political engagement, warding off criminals, political thugs and disgruntled elements to the peace, security and success of the election is highly appreciated and widely commended and reported, we hereby urged you to continue with the good work» — Nweze stated.
It added that in the planned attack, the thugs would wear branded materials and make insinuations that would establish a possible link to Fayemi's political camp.
«The suspect further confessed that Sen. Dino Melaye told him that they should start working for him as his political thugs and they should recruit and train other thugs to work for him in preparation for the 2019 general elections to enable him (Sen. Dino Melaye) challenge his political opponents and disorganise Kogi State.»
In his reaction, however, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP leader, Mr. Sola Olowoye, said the political thugs were hired by a notable APC leader but were stopped by youths, who were resolved not to allow the election disrupted.
Political thugs Thursday attacked the convoy of the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu leaving no fewer...
Cuomo in a debate would run circles around this wan na be political thug.
Uk» omu Igala, the umbrella organization for all socio - cultural groups in Kogi East, has condemned in the strongest terms the invasion and mayhem on the Kogi State House of Assembly Complex in Lokoja on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 by suspected political thugs.
«The gang leader Kabiru Saidu revealed that he and his gang had been working as a political thug for one Alhaji Mohammed Audu, a politician in the state and that Alhaji Mohammed Audu invited him to Abuja and introduced him to Senator Dino Melaye and they met on Airport Road, Abuja, inside the Senator Dino Melaye's Car in December 2017.
«Another worrisome development is the information at my disposal that the APC is plotting to sponsor thugs to disturb the PDP primary election scheduled for Tuesday 8 of May as to create the impression that violence is common to all political parties — they want to give the impression that it is not APC alone, rather than do the needful, put the party in order, save Nigeria this embarrassment and Ekiti People, they believe that if they create problem in the PDP primaries, they will be able to douse the embarrassment that has greeted their primaries.
«Kaduna State is in a state of war and annexation of its lands by armed bandits, kidnappers, Armed robbers, political thugs and gangsters.
Following attack by thugs on Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and others at a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna, the...
Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and Alhaji Tijjani Ramalan escaped death on Sunday when political thugs stormed the venue of their meeting in Kaduna metropolis, shooting sporadically and injuring many.
In a race between a «governor who is a political thug» like Cuomo, and a «very impressive» candidate like Molinaro, Republicans stand a chance, Cox said.
Ikem was attacked by political thugs at the APC secretariat in Obudu while declaring his intention.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the release of its employee who was kidnapped by suspected political thugs during Saturday's supplementary rerun election in Etche, Rivers State.
Some suspected Labour Party thugs at the weekend allegedly attacked some member of Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] at a political rally in Ore, Odigbo local...
«In the spring, the prison guards allowed an attack by Iranian religious thugs who beat up many inmates in Omid's section, Ward 350, where political prisoners were held.&raquIn the spring, the prison guards allowed an attack by Iranian religious thugs who beat up many inmates in Omid's section, Ward 350, where political prisoners were held.&raquin Omid's section, Ward 350, where political prisoners were held.»
Everyone is now in a hurry to forget he's a perpetrator with a long history of looking the other way (at best), of false equivocation of who was the bully and thug in science and most importantly the underlying political agenda that is a 200 kilo anvil around his neck.