News report coming out of the BBC Africa indicates the State Security Services [SSS] of Nigeria has arrested Abul Qaqa, the spokesman of terrorist Islamic group, Boko Haram. The spokesman was arrested in Borno State yesterday.
Details are still sketchy. Efforts to confirm the arrest through the SSS office proved evasive.
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However the Daily Trust Newspaper reports that a senior official of the SSS who does not want his name in print confirmed that Qaqa was arrested in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
Another officer of the SSS said the chief spokesman was tracked through the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.
“It was a landmark feat that was achieved through collaboration with various stakeholders,” he said.
“Qaqa is a senior member of the Shura (Supreme Council) of the sect and his arrest is probably the biggest ever made by security forces since after the death of the leader of the sect Mohammed Yusuf in 2009,” the SSS source said.
“We have finally picked him up and he is currently in our custody, you can report that as a confirmed development,” the source added.
A member of the sect, who called journalists in Maiduguri today but did not give his name also confirmed the arrest of Qaqa, whom he said is one of their leaders.
“Yes, Mallam was picked yesterday,” the member said. “Some security officials traced the house where he stayed and picked him. There was no exchange of gunshots or any scuffle between our members and the security agents,” he said.
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According to Reuters
Nigeria’s secret service on Wednesday arrested the spokesman for Boko Haram, who frequently made statements to the press after attacks by the violent Islamist sect, a security source told Reuters.
Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa was arrested in the northern city of Kaduna in the early hours of the morning, said the source, who asked not to be named.
“We are still taking to him. Since ‘Abu Qaqa’ is a pseudonym for the Boko Haram spokesman, we want to be sure of who we have with us. But we have been on his trail for months now. He’s been changing locations and contacts”, the State Security Services (SSS) source said
Perhaps to bouy up her spirits over the mounting stress of moves to supplant SenatorChris Ngige from the National Assembly, Gov Peter Obi literally closed down government of Anambra state yesterday when he stormed the tribunal with all his officers to keep Prof Dora Akunyili company, the stuffy court room notwithstanding.
Unfortunately, while the governor was inside the tribunal for more than five hours, all the engines of the four Jeeps in his convoy run for so long, ironically.
Akunyili who was visibly elated and more cheerful than the previous day, however politely declined comments especially on her testimony and presentation at the tribunal which lasted for only few minutes.
She was meant to testify on Tuesday, but it was shelved when her legal team saw she was not very composed and that it might negatively affect her performance. So the quickly profusely pleaded for an adjournement.
One of her star witnesses, a police Forensic examiner also took the witness box. However, his introduction was objected to by counsel to Senator Ngige, Chief Emeka Ngige (SAN)on the gorunds that the afffidavit he deposed to was neither signed nor was the depodent present to sign it in the tribunal the day it was filed, therefore his introduction did not follow the laid down process.
Chief Ngige said he and other parties in the matter were in front of the tribunal secretariat with Tribunal Secretary on Jan 9, 2012 when it did not sit because of the nationwide subsidy strike by Labour, when the unsigned documents was brought outside the court and filed in the absence of the Forensic officers who ideally should have been there to sign them
In my unpublished article titled “Dialectics of Boko Haram” written on the 12th of August 2009, I decried the mishandling of the then Boko Haram issue by the federal government and in particular, the Nigerian police. That year, the police killed one Alhaji Yusuf, alleged to be the leader of the Boko Haram sect and went ahead to arrest many of its members, assembled them somewhere in the northern part of Nigeria and were busy shooting and killing them one by one. This was shown to the whole world by Aljazeera in its television channel and website. Yet the Nigerian government did nothing about all these. By 2011, desperate and unintelligible northern politicians recruited members of the sect to rig the 2011 elections in their favour and after doing the job, the sect members were dumped. So, in revenge, they decided to use the guns and bombs facilitated by the finances of the politician, to fight against the politicians and the government. This had been alleged to be what happened in Borno, Yobe, Kano, Bauchi etc states and today, Boko Haram while fighting these enemies, remembered the Christian infidels in the north. Indeed, they are said to be against all forms of Western life style in their midst. So they are against the police, government, Christians and Westernization. As at 2009, Nigeria lost about 800 lives (excluding the Boko Haram people massively killed by the police) and between 2011 and today, Nigeria had lost 1000+ lives. Do not ask me the value of properties so far destroyed! What a country?
The “use and dump” practice by Nigerian politicians is not new. It happened in Rivers State between 2001 and 2004 when more lives were lost in Port Harcourt, Wezena, Ogbogoro, Rumuolumeni, Okrika, Emohua, Rumuekpe, Rumukpalukwu-Ugbonwo etc. All these communities are in Ikwerre, except Okrika. We can begin to imagine what Ikwerre people had suffered when militants and cultists in Rivers State were recruited into politics and the politician reneges to fulfill his own part of the bargain. Thereafter, the boys, now with sophisticated guns and ammunition, remembered their immediate and remote enemies in their respective communities. They killed and destroyed many communities in Rivers State and yet, the Rivers State government had not deemed it right to properly reconcile these communities, rehabilitate them and apologize to them on the wrong use of state resources to destroy the people they were sworn-in to protect. Since December 2005, my own community, Rumukpalukwu-Ugbonwo in Rumuakunde Emohua had been refugees and our habitation had become desolate and turned into forest. A shame that may probably live with me till the rest of my life on earth!
In the Boko Haram’s case, a very dangerous dimension had been added to it: they enjoy overwhelming sympathizers across all strata of persons from the North including security officers. If not for these sympathizers, may be the Boko Haram fire may not have raged so fast and President Jonathan is not comfortable with this. So he has opted for dialogue with Boko Haram because this issue truly requires political solution. It was this option that made me remember my 2009 article. My basic idea in that article was that the government should have the political courage to sincerely discuss with the Boko Haram group, get what they actually wanted, present the government’s view, proffer solutions and reach a consensus. This was not done because in our country, political leaders passionately hate contrary views that tend to interrogate the status-quo which is certainly not healthy for a federation with divers religious, social, political, economic, cultural, educational and professional interests. One sure way to build a federation is to consistently welcome opposing views to the discussion table with the aim of convincing each other and reaching a common ground upon which true progress can be made and sustained. Such a common ground or consensus is always better than the uncontested one-sided solution package like the “Doctrine of Nigeria’s Settled Issues” given by General Ibrahim Babangida recently at the 9th Daily Trust Annual Dialogue held in Abuja.
So, what should the government do with the Boko Haram crisis? Obviously, dialogue which, like in the case of the Niger Delta militants, could lead to amnesty should not be the only item in the solution package. Government needs to properly organize the solution by thoroughly thinking-through the solutions so that at the end, we will have solutions that can give us sustained peace that we need; instead of living in fear within fear.
Solution approach should have short and long term measures. In the short term, government should quickly constitute a discussion and reconciliation committee peopled by top respected African social leaders like Captain Elechi Amadi (Rtd), General Yakubu Gowan (Rtd), Prof. Ali Mazrui, Dr. Kofi Anan, Prof. Chinweizu, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Justice Belgore, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, Justice Eso, Justice Oputa etc. They should be given 6 months to sincerely discuss with Boko Haram, render temporary apology for the past mistakes on the part of the government, seek to know their grievances and interests (immediate and remote), persuade them to understand the secularity of the Nigerian state, reach a common understanding of what should be the solution to their problems, reconcile them with the government and allow the government to execute the agreement.
Government may need to rehabilitate the group and this is where the idea of amnesty comes in. For an ideological group like Boko Haram, Nigeria needs amnesty to support the political solution stated above; the use of force cannot provide such needed support and must be dropped forthwith. Again amnesty will assist in moving them out of their thinking, engage them economically and assuage them. Next is to disarm them and discourage them from bombing, destroying and carrying arms against fellow Nigerians. Thereafter, the government must discretely determine and prosecute any person(s) who had “used and dumped” them or who had encouraged them in any form in carrying out their activities. Also, government needs to vigorously persuade sympathizers of Boko Haram to desist from such habit which is capable of rocking the Nigerian boat. At the immediate end, government need to deeply apologize and provide little support to all those identified to have lost properties and/or lives arising from the insurgence.
On a long term basis, the government needs to re-engage the National Orientation Agency (NOA) to do its work with re-energized focus than it had been done before. A federation in a socio-political crisis as Nigeria cannot afford to have a national agency like the NOA operating but is hardly heard or seen. NOA should put in place a national re-orientation programme through which they can regularly interact with the idling Nigerian youths. NOA needs to learn how to deepen the use of inspirational leaders from across the world to calm the raging nerves of the youths and gradually identify what else the youths can do to earn a living and channel them there. NOA should be able to discover the talents of these youths, retrain them along their talents through a robust free education system.
That takes us to a very important solution in this effort. Nigeria urgently needs a total free education system for all her children of school ages. Since God created talents in every child, the free education should not discriminate in the areas of study; it should be for all talents and faculties. A child’s talent should be discovered at the conclusion of his/her secondary education and that should guide what the child is to study in the university. If a child is passionate about knowing more and developing his/her religion, he/she should be given full free education to pursue same and this should be the case with all other areas of talent/faculty. Talent development should not continue to be on ad-hoc disconnected basis as implemented by corporate organizations under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. It should be ingrained into the formal educational system of the Nigerian state. This will help to discover earlier the talents in our children, train them along their talents, and teach them how to apply their talents as a business, become entrepreneurs and reduce unemployment. Unemployment is chiefly caused by the talent-education-productivity disconnection occasioned by the irrelevant nominal education system adopted in Nigeria and indeed most Third World countries.
There is every need to overhaul the Nigerian security system, starting with the police who messed up the Boko Haram issue. They do not have the basic attitude to deal with such a sophisticated social problem. In the first instance, we need to ask: who should be in the police? This is because the character portrayed by the Nigerian police does not qualify them to be there. The basic problem with the Nigerian police goes beyond the availability of arms and ammunitions, equipment, salary etc. It is about attitude! A well disciplined, behaved and trained Nigerian police can protect lives and properties even without arms. Because of their very negative attitude to work, no matter how much they are paid, they may not be able to deliver. The entry qualification into the police should be degree certificate and those without it at the point of entry should gradually leave the system. When we have a police that understands his/her work and goes about it sincerely, respecting the public and seeing an accused as innocent until proved otherwise, the police will surely have the cooperation of the general public. Without this cooperation, the police cannot succeed.
Nigeria needs a social revolution that will seriously address the issue of discipline. Lack of discipline or indiscipline (that is doing things that are wrong) is what is destroying Nigeria. It cuts across every strata of the Nigerian society especially among the elites. Nigeria aspires to be among the best 20 developed countries by the year 2020, but she does not have the discipline that should support, realize and sustain such an aspiration. To be there, Nigeria needs a fundamental change in behavior. That change is simply to do the right things. Bring back the war against indiscipline (WAI) in a more civil manner and Nigeria may work again. Nigeria also needs to address the issue of how they can respect one another, love themselves and live together in a true federalism. She also needs to determine what type of development she needs? Does she need to have the American or European or Asian or Arabic or African development? The issue is not about capitalism or socialism or communism: it is about any one of them or a combination within an African milieu. These determinations will help to appropriately focus Nigeria’s social, political and economic efforts.
By and large, in seeking for solutions to the Boko Haram crisis, Nigeria stands to gain so much in simultaneously resolving other important issues affecting her as a federation. The key to resolving sectarian agitations is dialogue and not force. Nigerians need to do things that are right. Ethnic Nigeria needs to sit together in a Nigerian Peoples Conference (NPC) and determine how to stay together. President Goodluck Jonathan can become the best president of Nigeria if he is able to resolve the Boko Haram challenge, make Nigerians to become a disciplined people, living together within a generally agreed political structure and working under an appropriate mode of production that reduces poverty and increases happiness to many within the African context.
The former Governor of Kano State and the All Nigerian Peoples Party [ANPP] 2011 Presidential candidate, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has denied being arrested by the State Security Service [SSS] yesterday, January 31, 2012.
The former governor who addressed the press at 9am at his residence in Kano said “its ridiculous to link me with Boko Haram” while admitting that was invited by the SSS. He added, “of course I was at SSS headquarters on friendily visit but not quized or detained as blackmailed by media organizations”. He also added “the SSS appreciated his respond to allegations raised in the media”. The former governor did not take any questions from the press.
Yesterday, the SSS had invited the former governor to the SSS headquaters in Abuja for a “chit chat” concerning his involvement in the possible financing of Boko Haram terrorist group. The SSS, as gathered, was acting on a tipoff by members of Boko Haram who had pointed to northern state governors as being involved in the funding of Boko Haram activities in the northern part of Nigeria. The former Kano State governor was figured as having aided the growth of Boko Haram through the re-establishment of the Hisbah [Islamic Police] in Kano State – with an annual allocation of over N1bilion in the State budget.
Also, it was during Governor Shekarau’s tenure as governor that the original leader of Boko Haram was assasinated under suspicious circumstances. Jafar, the then spiritual leader of Boko Haram was assasinated by gunshots to the ribcage while praying inside a moslem by unknown men who drove in a sport utility vehicle. The assasination remains unsolved by the investigating bodies. However, it is popularly ‘rumored’ that the former governor may be in-the-know of what may have happened.
Information available to 247ureports.com indicates that the ASUU has called off the two months old strike. The strike was called off this morning. The ASUU President is said to address the press later today. It is not clear the terms of the agreement between the federal government and the ASUU.
The ASUU asks for all lecturers to resume classes immediately.
1. Our attention is drawn to the Financial Times article published on January 28, 2012and captioned “Sanusi Links Boko Haram To Derivation”. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), reportedly linked disparity in statutory allocations to states as fundamental reason for on-going terrorist activities and religion motivated uprisings by Boko Haram – a militant jihadist group committed to violently destroying lives and properties of the Nigeria people.
2. We take serious exceptions to Mallam Sanusi’s incendiary remark linking or equating any legitimate Niger Delta cause to terrorist activities by the Boko Haram group. We believe that his attempt to introduce such an absurdity is a deliberate ploy to manipulate the national conversation, serving to divert attention from original motives of the Boko Haram group while sowing seeds of envy among Nigerians.
3. We note that neither the Boko Haram group nor anybody else has ever fronted such a ridiculous rationale for ongoing bombings and killings in Nigeria. One wonders why Mallam Sanusi is cheer-leading for Boko Haram in this way, abusing his national profile as a top ranking government official to deliberately soften public perception about that terrorist group. We wonder why Mallam Sanusi is concocting a new motive for fierce terrorists and religious fanatics wantonly destroying lives and property in Nigeria. Mallam Sanusi should neither excuse nor encourage reprehensible actions of rank terrorists who are sponsored to destabilize Nigeria.
4. We believe that the subtext of Mallam Sanusi’s remark is the public condemnation of the statutory derivation and other revenue accruing to Niger Delta states, which revenue are responsible for disparity in allocations to the various states. Such brazen radicalism callously aims to insult people from the South-South geo-political zone who are deserving beneficiaries of statutory allocations beyond what accrues to other states in the country. It renders as insensitivity to over four decades of subjugation leading to gross neglect, stinging poverty and irreversible ecological devastation in the Niger Delta region.
5. The meager thirteen percent (13%) derivation revenue accruing to some Niger Delta states cannot compensate for irreversible ecological damages done to the area. We wonder whether Mallam Sanusi has ever visited some Niger Delta communities to see levels of blight resulting from gas flaring, crude oil spills and other downsides of crude oil exploration. It is the sad reality that farming economies are dwindling, people are dying as a result of large scale pollution and there is stinging poverty because of years of neglect. Yet, we hardly hear Mallam Sanusi radically advocate for restitution and sustainable solutions.
6. We wish to remind all Nigerians that the statutory thirteen percent (13%) derivation and other accruing revenue to the crude oil producing states remains not only a shortchange, but our compromise temporarily accepted in lieu of true fiscal federalism that brings about resource ownership and management rights. No matter how a rip off agenda is craftily packaged by ethnic or geo-political interest groups to further reduce what accrues to the Niger Delta states, let nobody remain under the illusion that we will always accept or tolerate schemes that rob Peter in order to pay Paul.
7. At this time that Nigeria is experiencing serious national security challenges, it is ludicrous for Mallam Sanusi to sneak in a vexing issue that can be easily interpreted as an ethnically driven agenda item for deep chaos. We believe that the CBN governor is championing a wicked agenda to further fleece the Niger Delta people and states of deserved funds. We are unequivocal in condemning Mallam Sanusi: it is obvious that he is a loose cannon capable of furthering national strife and is taking advantage of turbulent times in the country to instigate confusion and serious threats to our national security.
8. We also wish to inform Mallam Sanusi that current disparities in statutory allocation to states do not stoke religious and political turmoil in Northern Nigeria. While suggesting that Mallam Sanusi goes home to Kano and read currently circulating leaflets that outline reasons for Boko Haram, we believe that most Nigerians want the Niger Delta people to be compensated for decades of injustice and inequities suffered. They also believe that Nigeria needs to establish and fully implement true federalism.
9. We believe that present turmoil has a lot to do with some of our past leaders, who have egregiously mismanaged resources fleeced from the Niger Delta states without improving basic human indexes for Nigerians. Those leaders sowed the wind of poverty and Nigeria is now reaping the whirlwind of anarchy and religious turmoil! Therefore, it is hypocritical and disingenuous for Mallam Sanusi to look for sacrificial scapegoats in the Niger Delta, excusing failures by the northern ruling class while instigating envy and socio-economic warfare against the Niger Delta people.
10. We call on Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to immediately resign his appointment as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, failing which the Presidency and National Assembly should facilitate his removal from office.
11. Akwa Ibom Diaspora Network (AIDN) representing the overwhelming majority of Akwa Ibom people in the Diaspora across many nations in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Signed:
Barr. Uduak Ukpeh, Secretary General
Mr. Clement Ikpatt, President & Ms. Mary Umoh, VP Communications
Abuja — What could have been another Boko Haram tragic incident this year, was averted over the weekend, by staff of a private security firm, Encouragers Security company Limited, thwarted attempt by a female suicide bomber, suspected member of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram from gaining entrance into the complex of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) with explosives.
The incident which happened on Friday, last week, during working hours , send fears into the spine of thousands of workers who were aware of the development making them to hurriedly close from work before the usual 4 pm official closing hours
Daily Champion learnt from reliable sources that the slim fair -in complexion lady in her 20s who hails from Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, where the FCT minister also hails from was arrested by the security men at the gate with two explosives items.
The FCTA complex which the sect had attempted bombing houses the offices of the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed; Minister of State FCT Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as well as thousands of other workers.
According to the source, the fairly looking leady had arrived at the area 11 around noon from Dei-Dei a suburb of the FCT where she passed a night upon arrival in the FCT.
She was said be a first time visitor to Abuja and could not locate the FCTA therefore, had to a hire a taxis that brought her to the target.
When she arrived, she found the security arrangement hard to penetrate and she quickly contacted her co travelers in the ill fated project but she was told to wait then, she decided to be loitering waiting for the next instruction from her sponsors.
Daily Champion further gathered from source that the plot by hers sponsors was to keep her till their expected arrival from Kano after the 2 pm Jumat prayers would have been over and then, instruct her to fellow the crowd that usually prays outside the premises inside unchecked, to pave way for them to effectively detonate the bomb.
According to the source when the next instruction from her sponsors delayed in coming, the visibly worried attempted in entering the complex through the gate meant for only motorist then she was asked by the private guard where she was going.
She could not satisfy the guard about her mission with her poorly spoken English which made the security man to suspect her motive.
She was said to have managed to inform the security man that she was waiting for her brother, at this point the guard ask her to identify herself and she said she was coming from Kano this made security guy curious as the bomber was quickly arrested.
Our source told us that the lady confessed that when the JUMAT ended she actually became unhappy and afraid that she was going to kill so many Muslims who came out from the FCTA premises to pray.
Our correspondent further learnt that when the FCT Minister heard about the incident he ordered that the lady be brought to his official residence where he was at the moment and upon confession of the planned attack the female bomber was handed -over to the Police Special Anti- robbery Squared (SARS).
While she was being detained at the SARS office in Guzape, District, her sponsors gut wind of it and made attempt to bomb the SARS office in order to prevent her from revealing important information.
All attempt by our correspondent to speak with the FCDA Divisional of Police Officer as well as the Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on security proved abortive as several calls put across to the DPO phone were not answered.
In the same vain Prince Shield Nwazuruahu SA security to the minister was said to be in a crucial meeting by his staff when Daily Champion visited his office.
Meanwhile, Daily Champion gathered that an emergency security meeting which was held yesterday took a decision that no staff should stay within the office complex beyond 6 pm.
The circular entitled: Improving Security around the FCTA Secretariat dated 30th January 2012, decided among others issues that no private car should be allowed to park within in the premises.
It was also agreed in the meeting that members of staff who expect any visitor must send the name of such visitor to the security personnel for clearance.
The circular which was sent to all the secretariats and departmental heads as was well as aides of the minister also warned staff against bringing non- staff members in their vehicles.
The family of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, yesterday, described the verdict of the court as shocking.
Reacting to the verdict in Kano at their Bompai residence, the family spokesman, Hadi Al-Mustapha, said “the shocking verdict has pulled a temporary setback on our concerted effort to secure his freedom.”
Devastated by the verdict and somewhat broken in spirit, Hadi Al-Mustapha, noted that the long trial, which was brought to the end yesterday, was laden with ‘political undertone,’ stressing “the case would be pursued to its logical conclusion.”
“We strongly believe in the judiciary as the last hope of the common man, but I must confess to you that we are shocked by this verdict.
But in every situation, we should give glory to Almighty Allah,” he said.
Hadi Al Mustapha, hinted “the only thing I can tell you is that we are going on appeal and we will be vindicated at last, I promise you.”
He added, that the judgment had proven beyond reasonable doubt that his brother’s case was politically motivated in the light of years it took to bring it to close.
“Over 13 years, this man has been standing trial alongside many others but today all of them have been discharged and acquitted and my brother has been sentenced to death by hanging,” he said.
He was confident of the judgment being upturned at the appellate court, adding “we still have fate in the judiciary”. the highest court of the land will do justice on this matter and the family shall have course to smile again.”
It is sad to see Nigeria going up in flames. Very disheartening to see how religion is destroying Nigeria. My question is, can one live a moral life with religion? If yes, why the ongoing chaos around the world in name of religion? If no, why bother with it. In my opinion morality has nothing to do with religion. In the civilised world today the peace they enjoy comes from law and order as against the religion that we embrace in the developing world. These days its embarrassing that when you meet people after few lines of introduction, the next question that pops up usually is ‘where do you worship?’ Woe unto you if you do not give good answer to this question. You are turned to devil instantly with a serious warning of calamities that would befall you unless you chose one. At worst you will be bundled to a ‘man of God’ for deliverance. Is God that wicked and mean?
What has religion done for Nigeria? Well, some will say if not for religion there would have been Armageddon in Nigeria. I disagree with that; religion breeds hatred, pitched neighbours against each.
Religion has caused us many pains than good. You can trace the genesis of Nigeria/Biafra war, countless of mayhems in Jos and other Northern part of Nigeria to religion. Is it not time for us to revalue our inclination to this cult (religion)? Is it not time for us to stop hiding under the veil of religion to commit heinous crime? Is it not time we embrace the honest truth that religion brings sorrow than peace to our land.
All religions are evil; they never offer the world their promises (Peace). Let us imagine a Nigeria without ‘I’m a Christian, Muslim, sango and Amadi-oha worshiper. A Nigeria with no religion segregation, there will be great peace in the land. Religion does not bring the morality we hoped for. Most conflicts in world today are caused by religion in the name of soul winning. It creates division among people even within the Muslims and Christian communities. I subscribe to the quote of Thomas Paine “My Country is my World, my religion is to do good” Let us embrace this mantra and make Nigeria great. Let us see Nigeria as our world and let doing good to our fellow Nigerians be our religion. Let us stop killing one another in the name of God that is based on imported ideologies.
My greatest fear is that we are busy passing these crazy ideologies to our young minds. How do we justify showing kids horror movie or enticing them with sexual gratification at early age. But these are what both the Christians and Muslims do, covertly or overtly. At very early age, Christians will start terrorising young minds with horror picture of hell fire while their Muslim counterparts are also busy promising young minds virgin. But in real world these events are most like to cause uproar and at best classified 18 and above. Where is the morality? We should allow the young minds to flourish with no fear rather than compelling them to embrace these crazy ideologies. Let us do away with religion all together, being Christian, Muslim or whatever, and practice godliness and live as good neighbours. We can attain this without attaching any sentiment to any prophet or deity.
Religion is a man made event, which was concocted out of greed based on mind control (stopping us from being free). Government all the world love this. It sedates people with false hope. Let us see ourselves as Nigeria and not as Christians and Muslims, and build a great nation and make a better place to be proud of. Let us channel this energy for the development of Nigeria. Let us become Nigeria Development Fanatics. We should not allow this monster (religion) to derail Nigeria and destroy us. It is never late to rescue our beloved country from the clutches of this monster. Let me rephrase Gandhi here “Be The Change You Want To See In Nigeria.
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Six of the suspects are handed over to the EFCC by the Commanding Officer, NNS Pathfinder, Nigerian Navy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and they are: Elu’u Lawrence, Daniel Luke, Emmanuel Etim Akpan, Endurance Eleyi, Gift Sunday Udo and Raphael Godspower. They were arrested along Cawthorne Channel, Rivers State on board the Tug Boat “MV CHIJIOKE” by men of the Nigerian Navy. One of the suspects: Raphael Godspower was alleged to have bunkered 30,000 litres of petroleum product without any documentation at the time of arrest.
The other nine suspects were handed over to the EFCC by men of the Nigerian Army in Benin-City, Edo State. They are: Sunday Emmanuel; Mike Joseph , Titus Okoebor , John Osagie , Iluobe Uzama , Destiny Ailaumah, Peter Adogun, Monday Ojemokhai and Nelson Airhuboyi . They were arrested at Upper Sakponba Road by Ekpe River, Rivers State. Five tankers filled with products suspected to be petroleum products were confiscated from the suspects.
Investigations showed that the tug boat which some of the suspects used for the operation was rented out to them by Winsco Services Limited. Both the Director of the company, Mr. Kingsley Chinedu Ozigbo and the Manager, Mr. Ozigbo Uzoamaka have been invited by the EFCC for questioning. The matter is still being investigated by the EFCC.
