Venting About The Bayelsa Crash… By Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri

Victoria has said it all. It is only in Nigeria that the present leadership can be. Nowhere else. Not even in the most uncivilized communities. As usual, like in other cases in the past, nothing will happen, no head will roll. The dead will only rest their case with God.
As for the leadership, they should know they belong to the living as at now. But they should also know that they will sooner or later belong to the dead. The irony is that they don't know how their deaths will come. For the dead, they have already known. We are grieving the dead. I hope we will sigh relief when Jonathan and co also follow suit and say it serves them right. Can someone get this comment to him.

we need a new policy on aircraft maintenance and standard.. otherwise, more are bound to come. Spider Solitaire

This is what Abami Eda(Fela RIP) has been telling us for over 30 years The revolution will not be televised. God bless the writer and his pen

The revolution will not be televised!!!!!!!!

Someone said Aziza deserved to use Naval Helicopter as a retired general! And that is the sad mentality of majority of Nigerians.

How many retired generals do you have in Nigeria? If everyone of them is entitled to use Naval Helicopter, the annual budget of the Country will not be sufficient to acquire and maintain required number.

The enormous cost of flying that helicopter 10 times is enough to give free education to every Bayelsan child at primary school. All that just for burial of an aide's late father!

The fact that your President knew and did not stop this treasonable abuse means he approved of it. He should be impeached by NASS of the suffering masses of Nigeria since the "elected NASS" are equally culpable. This can not happen in any other Country.

You have said it all. We couldn't understand the type of leadership we are experiencing now. This is worst leadership ever in Nigeria.

Why is it you never heard anything good whenever the Demon, Oronto Douglas is mentioned?

He does the dirty work (bribery and cover ups) for presidency.

He delivered the $50K bribe money to Bakare and the SNG members when they visited Aso Rock more than 2 yrs ago

He is to be blame for the death of a Gov and former NSA, Gen Azazi and others.

Oronto Douglas is a man that pitomizes BAD NEWS. The earlier we boot him out of National sceen the better for us as a Nation.

When was the chopper purchased for the Nigerian navy?I know that whenever the navy acquires a new vessel,a guarantee engineer accompanies the vessel on passage to Nigeria.I know also that the engineer in question stays with the ship for a limited period of time.This Augusta engineer,how long is he attached to the Nigerian navy?

Our nation shall become peaceful and better governed when we all know that irrespective of our present position in government,a time shall come when we shall seize to be government officials to become just like any other citizen.Though the departed are no longer with us and is regret able,this is the time to examine what went wrong and make sure it never happens again.
One thing i know for sure is that it was totally wrong for the Navy to have deployed the crashed chopper to ferry people for an event the people in the civilize world will call private.The nation is going to pay compensation for the departed government officials.

As much as I esteemed the writer of this mind blowing piece; I wish the tempo of tackling our leader could be sustained and or steeped-up.
What delights me is to see our collective unrepentant quest to pushing Nigeria forward for progress and promotion. To hijack Nigeria spirit and soul from the harks that I hell bent on pulling it down.
It's sad.

Pls dont get it twisted. The message is very clear for all to read in between the lines. Is Yakowa an Army Officer to use the helicopter too? In Nigeria, as long as you are a political officer holder or a politician, you will abuse the use of govt resources. The helicopter was not used by the former NSA and Yakowa (Now former Governor of Kaduna) alone.. It was meant to convey all the politicians at the burial to PH international airport. They were only victims of circumstance. Non of them will learn from this awful experience. Life goes on... People come and go... We cant miss it when its time for us to go. People die on the road on a daily basis.. What is the outcome of DANA crash probe? SOSOLISO??? And the story goes on

This write up should be uploaded on all social media's now

Bob is a smart writer. Thank God some Nigerians are still reading.

Are you saying that A Retired General and former NSA is not entitled to a government ride even with all he gave to this nation. Why the cyber war against the person of the president. This is true that they are doing all this to make him renounce any plans of 2015. His wife, His brother, his close confidants and next is who we don't know. Maybe they will point it against themselves.

May God bless you for hitting the nail on the head. They are only pretending and am 100% sure they have forgotten about the victims of the crash. That is Nigeria for you. The new Governor will change the cabinet and move on to position himself for 2015 elections.. May the departed souls RIP

@ Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri : RESPECT !!

Everything you've witten is Hardfact. In fact, I called for criminal prosecution of Oronto Douglas on "Involuntary Manslaughter" charges and for converting public property to private use, Grand larceny! The swampy enclave of Nembe - @ Deri's village - is cut off from civilization bcos Dumbo refused to fix the only roadbridge leading to Yenagua. The widows should sue the Federal Government for Murder! That chopper did ten (10) shuttles b4 falling out of the sky over-used. Dumbo murdered them! Aborigines of different cloaks have gone haywire and psycho, they're raiding our treasury and destroying everything else with impunity. Nobody was murdered. The chopper chopped choppers! Save us the investigation costs. Afterall, how many funerals for BH victims did Yakowa attend in his native Kaduna before deaming it necessary to attend inconsequential funeral for an old Ijaw man in faraway Bayelsa?

@ deri, akpos, sultan or what ever U̶̲̥̅̊ call ur name no that nigeria is neither yoruba, ijaw, hausa or other tribe alone come 2015 all we are asking for are Ǧ☺☺ϑ set of leaders. "If the foundation is faulty what can the righteous do!

This Bayelsa administration is perhaps the most stupid in the history of this contraption called Nigeria. It is an unmitigated embarassment to the South South. What with a barely literate President and Permanent Secretary operating from all over the place, including Germany. Awful joke. Bayelsa is woeful. This is not the best South South can offer. Jonathan lacks simple commonsense Can Nigeria sink any lower.

What a sincere write up.....keep on being the voice of the voiceless,pls.

Let me quote a Rear Admiral of the Nigerian Navy as reported in the PM news

"In order to ensure serviceability of helicopters, a certified technical support engineer from Agusta Westland is retained in Nigeria by Nigerian Navy at a huge cost to support maintenance efforts. The engineer in collaboration with Nigerian Navy aircraft engineers certifies the air worthiness of the helicopters before any deployment."

All this is to ferry dignitaries of a common aide to Mr President to the burial ceremony of his father. The officer flying the helicopter is even more qualified than those he's flying. There are reports the helicopter has already embarked on about 10 shuttles earlier in the day. The burial of an ordinary aide of Mr President killing a Navy Commander???? Navy Commander taxing bloddy civilians and chalatants for a party. Embarrassing.

We are watching!

Victoria, please, who are you? Where did you get this courage from? Is your Dad/Mum a teacher? I mean this write up is wonderful and worth reading.
Am sure somebody is going to pay for this lost of lives and government property. We only need people like VICTORIA to keep pressing for answers. The impunity with which government appointees and officials treat Nigerians is becoming unacceptable to every right thinking Nigerian. If not in this World then in the hereafter, somebody will definitely pay for the lives of these gentlemen.

I am responding to your comment from wintry England and like you I watch with dismay as Jonathan administration sinks into unparralled depth of wanton corruption. GEJ and his cronies have turned Nigeria into a laughing stock by allowing our items of national security to be converted to personal use. That is gross misconduct unbecoming of a President.
Please let me draw your attention to the despicable state of the school where the helicopters were taking off and landing, it had no windows or doors. This big men are aware that they have sucked the nation dry and left Nigeria derelict.
Like you I am not sorry for Azazi who it was claimed recently bought a stupendous abode in Abuja, I am just glad that God did not allow him to enjoy the proceeds of his evil labour.

A HELICOPTER CARRYING POLITICIANS CRASHED AND THEY ALL PERISHED THAT IS SAD , BUT ON OUR ROADS PEOPLE DIE ALL DAY LONG DUE TO BAD ROADS AND THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS. NIGER DELTA GETS A BIG CHUNK OF THE NATIONAL PIE AND YET THEY PREFER TO USE A HELICOPTER AND FLOG IT 10 OR 11 TIMES IN A SPAN OF HOURS TO FERRY POLITICIANS BECAUSE NO POOR PERSON WAS ON THE CRAFT,AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT WANTS THE COUNTRY TO MOURN FOR THESE DEAD POLITICIANS WHEN THEY COULD HAVE INVESTED IN THE ROADS AND SAVED LIVES I DONT KNOW, IF YOU TAKE A SURVEY PEOPLE JUST DONT CARE, THEY FEEL LIKE THE ELITE NEED TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THE POOR SEE EACH DAY. AS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL AIDE THAT BURIED HIS FATHER, HE CAN NOW PULL ANOTHER HELICOPTER AND GO TO ALL THE BURIALS CAUSE THE DEAD MEN CAME TO HIS FATHERS BURIAL SO IT IS ONLY FAIR. NIGERIA NEED TO TAKE A BREATHER AND REEVALUATE CAUSE THIS IS JUST A TIP OF THE ICE BERG.

Blame Obasanjo for rigging the election to impose a ret8rd in the name Jonathan on Nigerians as President.

Blame Nigerians for accepting the imposition without question.

Olodo Jonathan just sit down at Aso Rock, in bewilderment, and avariciously consume poison in the name of food while the idiots surrounding him have a field with Nigerians commonwealth.

I am commenting on one of the best write-ups of recent times.The writer of the piece had a holistic look at Nigeria and cleverly raised issues that matters most.This time there was total absence of the talk of religion and tribe which is common among those who write on national issues.
I am in the middle of a book titled AGENDA BY BOB WOODWARD.The book is about how President Clinton and his economic team spent endless nights thinking of how to reduce the deficit his administration inherited and how to grow the economy.We are in a country where our leaders are clueless or do i say intellectually lazy.
News has it that the Nigerian Navy chopper made fifteen trips on that day of the fatal accident.As a concern citizen,i request to know how those trips benefited national security.

This is an awesome write up!!!!! This is the way to think and write, and our first steps to an Arab spring equivalent. Imagine a common adviser commandeering naval assets of a whole nation for personal use. Not even Obama can try that more so for a private family function. Thumbs up to this writer!!!!!

Introspect all the want, the fact remains that our best, most reasonable and brightest are being wiped off by an inept, backward looking and incompetent power-structure.

I know this. You now this.

Which wan be Introspection again?
Suffer never reach?
But we continue to Introspect...

The loss is not only for Nigeria, but for all of society as a global project.

this is exactly what the niger deltan's refused to understand about their greedy and stupid leaders. So also the south-easthers that are kidnapping their people daily, is better that their people that they're kidnapping because any kidnapper that came down the north will be send to hell instantly...NICE PIECE ANYWAY.

Gen Azazi was possibly the most experienced intelligence officer in the military before he left service at a rather young age,the Navy Commander pilot,his co-pilot,the security details and the Governor were all people Nigeria had invested a lot in.It is unrealistic to dump the blame for this crash on destiny or providence,it is rather the by-product of an abused and corrupt system where impunity and lawlessness hold sway.The Oronto-Douglas'funeral was rightfully a family affair but the culture of sycophancy and political gangsterism demanded the presence of all loyalists,side-kicks,hangers-on and other looting chieftains,so such funerals quickly turn into National fanfares of "who is who".
National assets costing the tax-payer a fortune were quickly mobilised to maintain the criminal swagger of a rampaging looting class who parade about as leaders,these political vandals do not care about the statute books nor the citizenry so we shall continue to pay the price for our laxity.

@Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri
You are raising issues that should be addressed in the nation; the impunity shown by public servants is truly sickening. However, the example of this burial and the presentation of your case leave a lot to be desired.
Firstly, What is the protocol for use of the type of craft that crashed?
Secondly, Who commandeered the craft? It could have been The retired NSA chief himself considering his military background ... does that action violate any laid down protocols or laws?
To assume that Mr Douglas is responsible for commandeering the craft is wrong and shows more of anger and less about journalism or proper information dispensation.
I personally do not think it is wrong for a retired to Army officer and one time National Security Adviser to use the Navy's craft for such purposes and occasions, but hey that is just me! and I am probably wrong.