NewStats: 3,263,958 , 8,182,085 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 03:53 AM 6t6x3w

The attention seeking sore loser should be picked up and locked up. 3nd of story.
There is nothing like shadow govt in this executive system of govt.
It's illegal.

Are these people not opposition party ?

zero8zero:

Is shadow Government in the constitution? yes or no. No time for long story. So non state actors can go ahead and start forming shadow Government because there's freedom of speech?. Don't we already have opposition parties and Several pressure groups responsible for opposing Govt policies?

udemzyudex:


Is pat Utomi operating a shadow government now?

Yes he is. He already has his cabinet.

bigtt76:
Are these people not opposition party ?

Is Pat Utomi not a member of Labour Party?

zero8zero:

They are putting charges of trying to usurp the powers of the president, which is a treasonable offense and a criminal case.

Suing is a civil case.

Bobloco:


Good, you did agree they threatened to form a parallel government. So why did they make that threat in the first place? Don’t you know that by doing so, they created a precedent?

But go on, keep lying to yourself and living in denial. I know that you know that whatever we are witnessing today can never be compared to what Tinubu and his gang of Janjawiidians did to the Goodluck Jonathan regime under the guise of playing opposition.

those guys r irredeemable.....very tribalistic set of people....anything Tinubu does is justified....if done by another, it's treason

okp*lor eyes and criminality, is like door a
to a house. okp*lor eyes is too thin skinned, to let anyone criticize or call out anyone of his numerous failures; The only people he fears their criticism, are the core north.

dederocs:

Am not a party pawn, am not a sycophant, I am neither in APC nor PDP because they are both mediocre, what they are engaging in is money politics not ideological politicking, that is why they jump from one party to another all about their pockets. not every youth is cheap and gullible like you folks. Don't be a pawn...all politicians are in one boat, the people are in a seperate boat be wise.

Even then,. i told you I don't any sides, here you are projecting.

PigTormentor:
The attention seeking sore loser should be picked up and locked up. 3nd of story.
There is nothing like shadow govt in this executive system of govt.
It's illegal.

He clearly explained what he meant, this is purely a civil organisation to check government excesses which democracy allows.

RenaissanceGuy:
Suing is a civil case.

Na you file the case?

Putindbutt:

The constitution empowers the President to declare a state of emergency in any state. Both OBJ and GEJ had also declared SOE in the past. You bitter losers.

did Jonathan remove the gov? Did he suspend house of assembly?

Tochi3:


..what is the name of the cash & carry SAN..?



..what is the problem here..?



..ask them about invading a democratically elected government in River state..

..useless hypocrtical government of mandate thieves..

LoL 😂

Chinjo2:
So Pat Uromi is now Nigeria's problem abi?
Boko Haram just slaughtered some soldiers and displaced them from their base. Meanwhile the secret service who is supposed to be supplying actionable intelligence is busy going after its own citizens.

Well said 👏

mannobi:
He should be charged for treason

Go back to school and understand what's treason. You are misusing the word.

Sorry for your ignorance!

Presidency suing him using DSS as a cover up. Awon werey.

Is Labour party not an opposition party? How are they not entitled to set up a shadow government to critique the substantive government? Or are we missing something here?

zero8zero:

Is Pat Utomi not a member of Labour Party?

Very lazy minded people.
Go after the sponsor's of Bandit's and Boko Haram.
Go and uncover all their hiding places.
Go and track how they get their supplies and weapons.
It did not take the CIA too long to track all the foreign bank s of Al Qaeda.
They froze all their bank and cripple Osama bin laden.
Bin Laden had no choice again than to go into hiding and oblivion.
They still tracked him in his hideouts and killed him.
Go and learn from them.
Mentally Lazy Secret police we have.

This DSS may soon be arrested by the Shadow DSS. The Shadow Government has all agencies of government including Shadow Army.

Its just a political statement by Pat Utomi...Afterall, Asiwaju did much more with NADECO during the hay days of the miitary and during President Jonathan...Its all about checkmating the government and putting them on their toes for good governance..

The most absurd thing from this Apc hobentms is that they are doing everything against what the did most when they were in opposition so they were just doing all that then for their selfish interest and the funniest thing is that some fools are still ing them

malali:
1. Freedom of Association & Expression is Protected by the Constitution
• Section 39(1) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution guarantees:
“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of expression, including freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart ideas and information without interference.”
• Section 40 further states:
“Every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons…”


Utomi’s shadow cabinet is simply an expression of political opinion and policy alternative, not a coup or treason.
2. Shadow Governments Are Not Illegal—They’re Democratic Tools
• Common in Westminster-style democracies like the UK and Canada. They serve as a counterbalance to executive dominance.
• A shadow cabinet doesn’t exercise executive power—it critiques those who do.


Criticism ≠ Coup. Ideas ≠ Insurrection.
3. DSS Overreach Undermines Democracy
• DSS alleging “mimicking executive authority” is legally incoherent.
• Nowhere in the Constitution is political discourse criminalized unless it incites violence—Utomi has never called for force or rebellion.

4. No Criminal Code Cited. No Treason Committed. No Violence Planned.
• This is a civil society initiative, not an armed movement.
• DSS is weaponizing “national security” as a political gag order—something the courts should vehemently reject.

With due respect all you are doing is interpretation the way it seems good to you in a limited way

I think it is a good thing to put the question to the courts to make the interpretation
However I do not think that is a function of the DSS perhaps the attorney General should do that or the DSS could have arrested him and charged him if they think there is any offence. At this point it would seem they don't think there is any offence or are cautious because it is Utomi

In theory I see nothing wrong with Utomi doing what he is doing from the discussion perspective but calling it a shadow government at the very least is provocative and the court could actually deem that unconstitutional. I do not see that as far fetched

They could do all their discussion and criticism without calling it a shadow government. The terminology matters in my opinion but ultimately that is for the court to decide
They could call it Citizens Demand Good Government or something like that and it would be less of a problem
We have many groups that call government to e.g SERAP doint their thing without problem. The use of the word GOVERNMENT is the issue here . Nothing more let us be honest about that

Quoting the constitution does not make you right .It is always subject to interpretation

Not ALL ideas can be exchanged without interference . That is fiction

The ideology of Boko Haram for example can be interfered with and so many other ideas and views can be regulated or lead to the designation of a group as criminal and its proscription

Nothing in the constitution is absolute and unconditional


The right to associate freely can be interpreted as the right to gay marriage but we ban it and quite rightly so

There are always limits

APC Agents want all Nigerians to be zombies like Akpabio, Wike, and the Ronu people club
And start singing "Tinubu 2027 is sure, on your dead Mandate they stand
Dictators like our EBI LOKAN are afraid of Criticism and protest

Ignorance is a curse.

Nukilia:
Instead of chasing after the boko boys slaughtering soldiers, the comedians are attacking utomi

everything to u is "instead of"


One day someone will kill your father or do something bad to u n another person will say instead of police arresting those people that killed your father they should go n arrest politicians.

U people present it as if a country should only face one side n ignore the rest

And some northern bandits just fed two twins to their dog and dss is not doing anything to trace them.

Evil country

No country under democratic rule has ever declared Shadow Government from opposition party illegal.
What is wrong with Nigeria and her attack dog?

Are we sure Nigeria is practicing democracy?

Putindbutt:

Even if they threatened to form it, did they form any parallel govt to Jonathan Govt and who were the of the cabinet?. Must you guys always reason upside down?

And has Pat utomi formed any shadow government to Tinubu government... in which DSS has already taken action by sueing him to court

Putindbutt:

The constitution empowers the President to declare a state of emergency in any state. Both OBJ and GEJ had also declared SOE in the past. You bitter losers.

So does the constitution allow the removal of a democratically elected officials?

Psoul:
No country under democratic rule has ever declared Shadow Government from opposition party illegal.
What is wrong with Nigeria and her attack dog?

Are we sure Nigeria is practicing democracy?

Please tell us ONE country practising the presidential system where the so called opposition party has declared a Shadow Government . Just ONE please

Also Is Pat Utomi the leader of an opposition party in Nigeria?

As far as I’m concerned the man didn’t did anything