Indian Company Shuts Firm Due To Insecurity

The Gum Arabic factory in Maiduguri, where two Indian workers were gunned down by suspected Boko Haram members, has shut down its operations indefinitely. As a result, over 100 Nigerians working in the firm were told to go home.

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev, confirmed this on Saturday during a dinner hosted by the chairperson of Primus Super Speciality Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Achia Dewan.

The envoy urged the Federal Government to tackle insecurity in Nigeria particularly in the North-East.

He said, “The factory where our Indians were killed in Maiduguri has been shut down and it has a staff strength of over 100. The current incident that I mentioned to you in detail is a rude setback for people-to-people ties.

“But I do believe and hope that this will not be an insurmountable problem. Soon, the happy intermingling of Indian and Nigerian people in all parts of India and all parts of Nigeria would resume the way it has always been.

“The menace of insecurity is a Nigerian problem and it is for our Nigerian brothers to resolve these problems themselves. I have full faith in the capacity of our Nigerian brothers to resolve this problem and I will like to wish them well.”

Source. PUNCH

FG evacuates Nigerians from Syria

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Olugbenga Ashiru,  said that about 50 Nigerians had been evacuated from Syria following the ongoing crises in the country.

Ashiru said in Abuja yesterday that the evacuees complied with the government’s directive to leave Syria and he advised others to vacate the Middle East nation.

“We have evacuated quite a lot of Nigerians from Syria. It was not an airlift exercise like we did in the case of Libya because they are very few. From the report I got, those moved so far are less than 50, long before the situation deteriorated we advised them to move.
“Some have decided to stay behind but it is their choice,” he said.

The minister also said that the families of the Charge d’Affairs and officials at the embassy had been relocated to the neighbouring nation of Lebanon “and they are very safe there.”

Sudan confirms that all three missing athletes are expected to seek asylum

Olympics News:
The Sudanese Embassy in London have confirmed that one young athlete has claimed political asylum in Britain and two others are still missing, but none of them are part of the country's Olympic squad.

Spokesman Khalid Mustafa said Monday that the men had hoped to qualify for the Olympics but didn't make the grade.
Mustafa said Al-Nazeer Abdul Gadir has applied for asylum, while Sadam Hussein and Osman Yahya Omar are missing and expected to soon lodge their own claims.

All three had been part of a training squad granted visas to travel to Britain ahead of the Summer Games.

Mustafa said the embassy had received conflicting initial reports about whether the athletes were members of the country's OIympic team.

Three of Arsenals First Team Stars Attend Nigerian Fan Party

Three of Arsenal's first-team stars - Per Mertesacker, Lukas Podolski and Bacary Sagna - attended a Nigerian fan party in Lagos on Sunday.

Source. www.arsenal.com

Senator David Mark calls for a check on the use of the social media in the country.

The emergence of the Internet can be viewed as a highly significant leap forward in the communication evolutionary process.

All over the world governments have praised the virtues of social media as a new means to engage or re-engage with citizens. It’s proven to be a way to become more effective and efficient, and a brilliant way of bringing the citizenry and the government closer

But I still see the issues of Internet censorship as a big problem; freedom of speech online continues to be threatened in countries like China, who have censored the usage and in April blocked all Internet access.

I’m also concerned about the comments made in Nigeria, by Senate President David Mark who apparently thinks (the Chinese way) controlling the Internet is quite appealing.

Last week, Mark, said there was a need to check the use of social media as Nigerians were using them to demean their leaders.

The truth is, social media does not demean Nigerian leaders…the penchant for corrupt practices by some in leadership positions has already achieved that.

Stakeholders in corruption will see the Internet as an irritating breeding ground for the disenchanted and if I were in there position I would be well miffed at the prospects of the walls closing in…What they need to understand is that, its not the same type of politics anymore. The status quo is no longer acceptable. Things are no longer easily hidden.

But I have to ask, since the Chinese way is now appealing, why don’t we also adopt the way they deal with corrupt public officials too? …. I thought not!

Mark also said that “We need to change our attitude on how we report things about our country and we should emulate the foreign reporters who never report negative things about their countries.” 

WHO IS HE KIDDING? !!! What foreign reporters is he talking about?  E.g. The British press has had a long history of bringing wrongdoing into the light of public attention. Here are a few examples

·     1890s Liberal Party MP Jabez Balfour was exposed as running several vast fraudulent companies to conceal colossal financial losses. Balfour fled to Argentina, but was eventually arrested and imprisoned.

·     1920s Winston Churchill secretly accepted £5,000—the equivalent of perhaps millions in today's money—from Burmah Oil (now known as BP) to lobby the British government to allow them to monopolise Persian oil resources. (1923

·     1963 the Profumo Affair

·     1990s we saw, Arms to Iraq… The Cash for questions scandal and the Cash for honors scandal

And more recently the Government expenses scandal

The list goes on….

All these were exposed by a vigilant and expressive foreign press,

But of course, Senator David mark would have known this, if he didn’t shy away from the Internet. 

Senator Mark, Google is your friend. Embrace it!

The social networking phenomena did not exist 13 years ago when PDP came to power. The explosive growth of the phenomena will only grow faster. This, I’m sorry, is a fight you will loose…. It’s best for you to embrace Social networking? … the Internet on the whole.

My advise is, if there was nothing to hide and the government is as transparent as it claims the social media should be heralded as the new way for the mass to get information round

Good performance from the leadership is the answer to critics not censorship!

"Richard Branson : We will not consider doing business in Nigeria again

Richard Branson the chairman of Virgin Atlantic alluded to a number of issue bordering on doing business in Nigeria:

“…we have virgin’s ill-fated footsteps by setting up a new airline in Africa in conjunction with Nigerian government…the details of the doomed attempts to crack the Nigerian market in the 2000s is better imagined…we put …together a very good airline-the first airline in West Africa that was ever IOSA/IATA operational safety audit accredited but unfortunately it got tied down to the politics of the country…we led the airlines for 11years…we fought daily battle against government agents who wanted to daily make fortune from us, politicians who saw the government 49% as a meal to seek for all kinds of favour…watchdogs(regulatory body) that didn’t know what to do and persistently asking for bribes at any point…Nigerian people are generally nice but the politicians are very insane…that may be irony because the people make up the politicians…but those politicians are selfish…we did make N3billion for the federal government of Nigeria during the joint venture…realising that the government didn’t bring nothing to the table/partnership except dubious debts by the previous carrier, Nigeria Airways…The joint venture should have been the biggest African carrier by now if the partnership was allowed to grow, but the politicians KILLED it…Nigeria is a country we SHALL NEVER consider to doing business again..’

 Richard Branson says

"Nigerian people are generally nice but the politicians are very insane…that may be irony because the people make up the politicians…but those politicians are selfish"

Ok, people do you hear that? we make up the politicians ! our politicians are not from a dynasty they are US....Nigerians!

We say we want change ? WE NEED TO CHANGE FIRST.....So we can produce the right type of leaders.
 
Greed, corruption and selfishness...are being portrayed as inherent characteristics of our people. Lets not get angry at criticism, after all its an observation. This type of criticism SHOULD be taken seriously and dealt with for the sake of our nation .

  

Gunmen Attack Family Home Of VP Sambo.

The family home of the Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo was attacked by suspected militants. An eyewitness said, that the gun men drove up to the house located in the Tudun Wada area of Zaria, Kaduna state and shot at two policemen guarding the house.

Vou Brown Officially Opens !!

African Retro Inspired Boutique Vou Brown has Officially opened. Here are some picture of the event that was held yesterday.

Liza Goge and Sinni

Designer Koko with  Dennis Goge

Ola Shobowale and South African Model Sinni

Nwanna

Jamie Rose

Leigh, Liza and Client

Sinni

VOU BROWN @74 WILLESDEN LANE KILBURN, LONDON NW6 7AE

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So, apparently Al Mustapha is saying that Abacha fell ill the day before he died (Sunday 7th 1998) after he (Abacha) shook the hands of the security operative or personnel who accompanied President Yasser Arafat of Palestine. Is this a coincidence? recently on the news they were discussing the significant traces of Polonium-210 they found on the late Palestinian leaders clothes and other personal effects alluding to the fact that poisoning may have been the cause of his death .......Polonium-210 was also the same substance used to poison the Russian dissident Alexader Litvinenko in London.

Please read this by Alaba Johnson on the Naija Pundit

 Explosive! Al-Mustapha's Prison Notes Expose

"My Boss, General Sani Muhammad Abacha, died at the early hours of Monday, 8th June, 1998. I had prepared him for a workshop organized by the Federal Ministry of Information for that day as he was expected to deliver an address as the Special Guest of Honour. His speech was drafted and fine tuned by the Chief Press Secretary, Chief David Attah who had submitted it to the Aide-De Camp for vetting and necessary amendments by the Commander-in-Chief. When I got to the bedside of the Head of State, he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not allowed in our job. But under the situation on ground, I knelt close to him and shouted, “General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.”

"Contrary to insinuations, speculations and sad rumours initiated by some sections of the society, I maintain that the sudden collapse of the health system of the late Head of State started previous day (Sunday, 7th June, 1998) right from the Abuja International Airport immediately after one of the white security operatives or personnel who accompanied President Yasser Arafat of Palestine shook hands with him (General Abacha) I had noticed the change in the countenance of the late Commander-in-Chief and informed the Aide-de-Camp, Lt. Col. Abdallah, accordingly. He, however, advised that we keep a close watch on the Head of State. Later in the evening of 8th June, 1998, around 6p.m; his doctor came around, administered an injection to stabilize him. He was advised to have a short rest. Happily, enough, by 9p.m; the Head of State was bouncing and receiving visitors until much later when General Jeremiah Timbut Useni, the then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, came calling. He was fond of the Head of State. They were very good friends. They stayed and chatted together till about 3.35a.m. A friend of the house was with me in my office and as he was bidding me farewell, he came back to inform me that the FCT Minister, General Useni was out of the Head of State’s Guest House within the Villa."

"I then decided to inform the ADC and other security boys that I would be on my way home to prepare for the early morning event at the International Conference Centre. At about 5a.m; the security guards ran to my quarters to inform me that the Head of State was very unstable. At first, I thought it was a coup attempt. Immediately, I prepared myself fully for any eventuality. As an intelligence officer and the Chief Security Officer to the Head of State for that matter, I devised a means of diverting the attention of the security boys from my escape route by asking my wife to continue chatting with them at the door – she was in the house while the boys were outside. From there, I got to the Guest House of the Head of State before them. When I got to the bedside of the Head of State, he was already gasping. Ordinarily, I could not just touch him. It was not allowed in our job. But under the situation on ground, I knelt close to him and shouted, “General Sani Abacha, Sir, please grant me permission to touch and carry you.” I again knocked at the stool beside the bed and shouted in the same manner, yet he did not respond. I then realized there was a serious danger. I immediately called the Head of State’s personal physician, Dr. Wali, who arrived the place under eight minutes from his house. He immediately gave Oga – General Abacha – two doses of injection, one at the heart and another close to his neck."

"This did not work apparently as the Head of State had turned very cold. He then told me that the Head of State was dead and nothing could be done after all. I there and then asked the personal physician to remain with the dead body while I dashed home to be fully prepared for the problems that might arise from the incident. As soon as I informed my wife, she collapsed and burst into tears. I secured my house and then ran back. At that point, the Aide-de-Camp had been contacted by me and we decided that great caution must be taken in handling the grave situation. Again, I must reiterate that the issue of my Boss dying on top of women was a great lie just as the insinuation that General Sani Abacha ate and died of poisoned apples was equally a wicked lie. My question is: did Chief M.K.O Abiola die of poisoned apples or did he die on top of women? As I had stated at the Oputa Panel, their deaths were organized. Pure and simple! It was at this point that I used our special communication gadgets to diplomatically invite the Service Chiefs, Military Governors and some few elements purportedly to a meeting with the Head of State by 9a.m. at the Council Chamber. That completed, I also decided to talk to some former leaders of the nation to inform them that General Sani Abacha would like to meet them by 9a.m. Situation became charged however, when one of the Service Chiefs, Lieutenant General Ishaya Rizi Bamaiyi, who pretended to be with us, suggested he be made the new Head of State after we had quietly informed him of the death of General Sani Abacha. He even suggested we should allow him access to Chief Abiola. We smelt a rat and other heads of security agencies, on hearing this, advised I move Chief Abiola to a safer destination."

"I managed to do this in spite of the fact that I had been terribly overwhelmed with the crisis at hand. But then, when some junior officers over-heard the suggestion of one of the Service Chiefs earlier mentioned, it was suggested to me that we should finish all the members of the Provisional Ruling Council and give the general public an excuse that there was a meeting of the PRC during which a shoot-out occurred between some members of the Provisional Ruling Council and the Body Guards to the Head of State When I sensed that we would be contending with far more delicate issues than the one on ground, I talked to Generals Buba Marwa and Ibrahim Sabo who both promptly advised us – the junior officers – against any bloodshed. They advised we contact General Ibrahim Babangida (former Military President) who equally advised against any bloodshed but that we should support the most senior officer in the Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) to be the new Head of State. Since the words of our elders are words of wisdom, we agreed to support General Jeremiah Useni. Along the line, General Bamaiyi lampooned me saying, “Can’t you put two and two together to be four? Has it not occurred to you that General Useni who was the last man with the Head of State might have poisoned him, knowing full well that he was the most senior officer in the PRC?”

"Naturally, I became furious with General Useni since General Abacha’s family had earlier on complained severally about the closeness of the two Generals; at that, a decision was taken to storm General Useni’s house with almost a battalion of soldiers to effect his arrest. Again, some heads of security units and agencies, including my wife, advised against the move. The next most senior person and officer in government was General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who was then the Chief of Defence Staff. We rejected the other Service Chief, who, we believed, was too ambitious and destructive. We settled for General Abubakar and about six of us called him inside a room in the Head of State’s residence to break the news of the death of General Abacha to him. As a General with vast experience, Abdulsalami Abubakar, humbly requested to see and pray for the soul of General Abacha which we allowed. Do we consider this a mistake? Because right there, he – Abubakar – went and sat on the seat of the late Head of State. Again, I was very furious. Like I said at the Oputa Panel, if caution was not applied, I would have gunned him down. The revolution the boys were yearning for would have started right there. The assumption that we could not have succeeded in the revolution was a blatant lie. We were in full control of the State House and the Brigade of Guards. We had loyal troops in Keffi and in some other areas surrounding the seat of government – Abuja. But I allowed peace to reign because we believed it would create further crises in the country."

"We followed the advice of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and the wise counsel of some loyal senior officers and jointly agreed that General Abdulsalami Abubakar be installed Head of State, Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces immediately after the burial of General Sani Abacha in Kano. It is an irony of history that the same Service Chief who wanted to be Head of State through bloodshed, later instigated the new members of the Provisional Ruling Council against us and branded us killers, termites and all sorts of hopeless names. They planned, arranged our arrest, intimidation and subsequent jungle trial in 1998 and 1999. These, of course, led to our terrible condition in several prisons and places of confinement."

Ghanian President, John Atta Mills has died

Prof. John Evans Fifii Atta Mills (born 21 July 1944 - 24 July 2012)

May He Rest In Perfect Peace.

Policemen At Makoko Demolition Were On Illegal Duty

                                                                             Picture. SaharaReporters

So it appears that the policeman who shot chief, Timothy Hunpoyanwa on the day of the Makoko demolition process was not meant to be on duty. Infact, the Lagos police command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, said she could not put a figure, of those who were on illegal duty.

The visibly angry CP Umar Manko during a condolence visit to the Makoko Community, appealed for calm, he explained that the procedure for the policemen to accompany taskforce officials were not met.

He said there ought to have been a written application to the command requesting for the services of the policemen, after which the command would detail the Marine Police to deploy some of its men.

He, therefore, assured that the command would not leave any stone unturned in ensuring that justice was done, informing that the corporal who allegedly fired the fatal shot was already in detention, stressing that the command would not condone any act of indiscriminate killing from its men.

"We condone with you concerning the death of the chief. We will ensure that justice takes place. The Nigerian Police is undergoing transformation. The era where people shoot anyhow has ended. Therefore, anybody who does such will face the consequences."

Responding, one of the traditional chiefs, Balee Jeje Ayinde, lamented what he described as untold pains fishermen in the area faced in the hands of policemen, appealing to the CP to ensure that such stopped.

He also appealed to the CP to plead with the Lagos State Government on their behalf, to allow them remain in Makoko, adding that they had no other place to go to.

The President of the Fishermen Association, Mr. Emmanuel Agbe, described the area as their ancestral home, adding, "our forefathers came here in 1890 about 120 years ago. This is the only place we have come to recognize as home. Please, beg Fashola to leave us alone."

I have questions regarding this officer on" illegal duty". At what point did the Police come together to be briefed regarding their mission? Was there not a head count (or something)? Who supervised this? Is it normal for an overworked police officer to tag along because he has nothing better to do on a Monday? With this statement claiming the officer was off duty or on illegal duty, is the Government still vicariously liable for the actions of the policeman?

I think so! Although the policeman was off duty. The moment he set foot in that community, in uniform, working alongside his colleges, the officer invoked his official authority. Vicarious liability has been established, because he was purporting to act in his official capacity at the time.

People Of Makoko Protest Outside Gov. Fashola’s Office

                                                   All Pictures from Sahara Reporters

After the Lagos State Government gave residents of Makoko, 72 hours notice to quit their homes amidst much public criticism, The Egun Community decided to show Governor Fashola just how displeased they were, by holding a protest today, outside his office at Alausa.

Addressing the protesting community, Governor Babatunde Fashola said that some individuals, whom he did not identify, are benefiting from the sufferings of the residents as they live on the water, and are receiving grants from international charities and funding bodies.

He told the residents that occupants of the demolished areas, were largely people from Cameroun, Republic of Benin and Togo.
 
In the course of forcefully evicting the residents on Monday, the Baale of Makokos assistant was shot and killed by a policeman during a peaceful protest by residents and supporters.

The Governor, after condoling with the Baale, Steven Ajih, over the killing of his Assistant Timothy Azinpono, did not say what his administration would do to bring the killer to book, but he opened his doors to a conversation with the Baale on the boundaries of the demolition exercise on the waterfront.
 
Well known lawyer, Femi Falana, reacted to the news of the eviction by lashing out at the Fashola administration saying it is “promoting murder, orchestrating a massive internal displacement of citizens through forceful eviction, and waging a war of impunity against poor people”..... “Lagos State Government should be held vicariously liable in the circumstance” which he described as a “willful destruction of properties… that is illegal and unconstitutional.”

Arsenal Stars To Visit Nigeria Next Week

So it seems like the presence of Arsenal will be felt in Nigeria after all, in the form of Tomas Rosicky, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, and new signing, Lukas Podolski.
The quartet will travel to Lagos in the company of Gunners' officials on the weekend starting July 27, confirmed Arsenal’s Head of Global Partnerships, Vinai Venkatesham on the club's official website.

The players will take part in activities with partners and supporters of the club following their disappointing postponement of a friendly game against the Nigerian men's national team, the Super Eagles, set for August 5th.
“We were disappointed to have postponed the game and intend to visit Nigeria next summer, but we are delighted to be bringing this group of players to Nigeria.“It will give us a chance to engage with local supporters and reinforce our commitment to the market,” said Venkatesham.
The four players will also take part in promotional events for Malta Guinness and Airtel.

Dame Patience Jonathan Has Road Named After Her

Congratulations are in order for the wife of the president, Dame Patience Jonathan, as a refurbished road has just been renamed after the endearing personality. 

The road links the Defence Police Officers Wives Association (DEPOWA), who were responsible for its construction, with Shehu Musa YarAdua Barracks.

Dame Patience Jonathan was unable to attend the ceremony as she had already left for the capital of Bayelsa, Yenagoa where she is to be sworn in by Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson as a Permanent Secretary amidst controversy over her suitability.

Obasanjo To Lose 2,500 hectares Of Land Gift By Gbenga Daniel; Daniel To Lose 100 Hectares Allocated To Himself

A commission set up by the Ogun State government has revealed that former President, Olusegun Obasanjo
was fraudulently allocated 2,250 hectares of land by the immediate past Governor of the state, Mr. Gbenga Daniel.
That allocation will now be cancelled.

(SaharaReporters) ....Obasanjo, who already owns thousands of hectares of land throughout the state, both developed and undeveloped, was allocated the land by Mr. Daniel in Soseri village.
Mr. Daniel, no slouch in the greed department, helped himself to the spoils of office by awarding 100 hectares to a privately owned company, K&F Daniels Ltd, at Oke Odan.
He will also lose that allocation, among others.
These decisions follow the state government’s acceptance of the recommendation of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Land Allocations, Acquisitions, Sales and Concessions of Government Properties and Administration of Land Policies, Rules and Regulations Between January 2004 and May 29, 2011 and Other Matters Connected.
The commission recommended that all the agricultural land allocations of state property made in Ogun State between January 2004 and May 29, 2011 be cancelled.
Following the recommendation, the government has also revoked the allocation of land to Compass Newspaper, which is owned by Mr. Daniel.
The panel held that “the allocation made to this company at such gross under-value and the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to it before it paid any money for the land, were wrongful acts done contrary to established procedure and not in the public interest, and should therefore not be allowed to stand.”
It was also discovered that Daniel’s company, Western Publishing Company, got its C of O before it even paid for the land upon which its headquarters was built.
The C of O, numbered 025305 and registered as 12/12/676, was issued to the company on the 10th of March, 2008, when it had not paid for the land.
“It was stated that the price of the land as at the time it was bought was N24m, whereas Mr. Daniel merely paid N4m after he had signed the C of O for his company,” and the commission recommended that both the allocation and the Certificate of Occupancy be cancelled.
Among those who benefited from the last-minute gift-giving of land by Daniel were some of his former commissioners like Mrs. Folake Marcus-Bello (20 hectares), Lekan Bello (20 hectares) and Kehinde Sogunle (15 hectares).

Nigeria demands return of stolen artifacts

Officials of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments have demanded that United States Museum of Fine Arts in Boston return 32 artifacts looted in 1897.

According to Yusuf Usman, the Director-General of the Commission, the said items were looted as spoils of war during the Benin Massacre of 1897 by a British expedition.

"Without mincing words, these artworks are heirloom of the great people of the Benin Kingdom and Nigeria generally," Usman said. "They form part of the history of the people. The gap created by this senseless exploitation is causing our people, untold anguish, discomfort and disillusionment."

The sculptures are comprised of 28 bronze pieces and six ivory.

"It is very saddening that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [which] now claim[s] to be the new beneficiary of these works, indicate[s] that the donation met all legal standards," Usman said. "One wonders what they mean by this. Are they working out of the UNESCO Conventions and other standard setting instruments?"

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Plateau - 5,500 Displaced in Barkin Ladi, Riyom Councils, Says Red Cross

The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) and Nigeria Red Cross (NRC) yesterday has said that about 5,500 persons were displaced, during the recent attacks on villages in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State.

A joint statement issued by ICRC and NRC and signed by the Head of the ICRC's office in Jos, Julia Unger, said: 

 "The armed violence and clashes that took place on the July 7 and 8 between the mainly livestock-herding Fulani and the farming Berom communities in Riyom and Barkin Ladi, near Jos (Plateau State) caused dozens of casualties and forced more than 5,500 people to flee their homes."

"This is the fourth of such intervention for victims of inter-community violence in Plateau State since the ICRC opened its new office in Jos in February, this year in collaboration with NRC. People left their homes and ran to safety with only the clothes they were wearing. They need everything to survive in this kind of situation. So far, ICRC had delivered one month's food rations (including rice, beans and cooking oil) along with blankets, buckets, soap and other essential items to over 2,800 displaced people
It has also installed 10 temporary sanitary facilities in places where the displaced persons are hosted, and it is in the process of installing two hand pumps to improve their access to water." he went on to say "They have urgent needs in terms of food, water and basic household items. A curfew has been imposed in the affected areas to quell any further violence, and the security situation remains unpredictable," 


On the other hand the CNPP Chairman, Alhaji Abba Sididescribed the ejection of the herdsmen as inhuman and a violation of their human rights, stated that the Fulani herdsmen had been living in such settlements for over a century ago and wondered why government would embark on such obnoxious policy.
He lamented that the Fulani herdsmen were relocated to a place that was not conducive for them without any relief material from the government.
The ejection of the herdsmen would worsen the security situation in the state, adding that the policy was ill-conceived and an indication of federal government's failure to tackle the security challenge in the country.
The CNPP chairman attributed the recurring violence and bloodshed in Plateau state to injustice and failure of the leadership in the state to be fair to all.
He also attributed the problem to Governor Jonah Jang's incompetence and failure to unite all ethnic groups in the state.
"As far as we are concerned, Jang is incompetent to run the affairs of Plateau State and had shown discrimination against other ethnic groups that are not Beroms in the state."
Thus, he should realise that power is transient and will account for his deeds before God in the hereafter," Sidi stressed.
The CNPP chairman appealed to Fulani herdsmen in Plateau state to be patient and law abiding and should not take law into their hands.
He also called on the leadership in the state to strive to unite all warring groups for peace to reign.


Source Thisday Newspaper