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A story is making the rounds about a petition to Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on behalf of the 38 senior military officers that were compulsorily retired in June of last year having be found to be corrupt, partisan or ethnic in the performance of their duty. The petition written on behalf of the disgraced officers by one barrister Abdul Muhammed produced headlines like “How Buratai, Dan Alli and Olonisakin Destroyed the Lives of 38 Senior Army Officers.”
To say the least, the petition is an insult on the intellect of every Nigerian that believes in the country making progress economically and democratically for it collectively painted us all as persons whose memory do not go beyond the span of 12 months. The document is a slight on the integrity of Professor Osinbajo by insinuating that he lacks the capacity to personally and independently decipher events and bereft of capacity to recall whose import he was aware of at the time of their making.
Barrister Abdul Muhammed must have his assumption for wasting productive time in drafting the incoherent petition and apparently chief among them is misplaced belief that Nigerians have forgotten the knife edge uncertainty that the actions of some of these officers placed the country upon by their unprofessional act. If the lawyer was genuinely deluded, the citizens have the painful burden of asking a pertinent question: Have We Forgotten So Soon?
How can we forget that some of these officers that are today being portrayed as saints took it upon themselves to descend into the arena of politics? They were this close to polarizing the military along political lines. So nauseous were their conducts that that they were on the verge of foisting their own brand of power through the barrels of gun on the people by actively conniving to sabotage the ballot as the only recognized means for the people to express their desire and choice of leaders. Does this lawyer seriously think the disgraceful act engaged in by someone like Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh, who sat in a hotel room to pervert the will of Ekiti people and bestow the disaster called Ayo Fayose is a trait that should be allowed to persist in Nigeria’s revered military?
If the Brigadier was punished for maliciously and criminally abusing troops under his command and corrupting them to tarnish that which they were sworn to protect in the small enclave that is Ekiti state, why should those that repeat the same bad behaviour on a national scale not be dealt with on a more intense scale? Perhaps, the expectation was that they would be left in place after threatening Nigeria’s democracy so that they would be in place to strike a final damaging blow at a time of their choosing.
There is no point wasting too much time detailing the damage done by those that were shown the way out for dipping their hands in the public till in acts that ultimately led to the death of some troops. But in a country where even convicted thieves and corruption suspects on trial are feted as the credible opposition one is barely surprise that the disgraced officers are the latest on the list of those that are now considered victims that must be immediately canonized, washed with media bleach and presented as saintly frontrunners in the next general elections.
It is best we do not raise the issue of those that were ethnic champions among the retired officers. It is to the credit of such failures that we owe the mutation of ethnic agitation that has become a singsong in the land. If elite military men sank into the opprobrium of seeing their nation as less than their ethnic stock when matters are reckoned then there is no basis to expect nationalism from a barely educated and definitely unenlightened artisan or petty trader. It is the realization of such banality that has made the crimes of the former officers in question deserving of the punishment meted out and more.
It will therefore appear the group of 38 misled their lawyer because being a learned fellow he must know the implication of trying to pull a fast one on Nigerians and Professor Osinbajo. Or is it that the lawyer, going by the address of his chambers in the domain of the former president that was defeated in the polls, was intent on mischief for its face value? This could be another in the series of the spoilers that have been lined up to paint the current government in bad light.
It is apparent in the new desperate bid to taint the Minister of Defense, Mr. Mansur Dan Ali, Chief of Defense Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, when all the allegations raised in the so called petition has been disposed of, having been found to be without merit. What could then be the objective of presenting the re-hash of the same none-issue to the Acting President? Could it be that they think Nigeria has suddenly become tolerant of corruption or that there is a new approval making political soldiers the toast of the town? Whatever drove them and their wig for hire lawyer to submit that petition is irresponsible.
More irresponsible however is their decision to leak their petition to the media, a copy that bears no mark of acknowledgment to prove the Acting President’s Office received it anyway. The leakage nonetheless betrays the true intent to blackmail Professor Osinbajo into reversing decisions taken to sanitize one of the important institutions in the country, the military. What is reassuring is that the Acting President is by now wise to the antics of this gang and will not be taken in for a minute.
He must note that these people are the ones planting stories in the media to discredit the military. It is their new stock in trade and is proof that throwing them out of the Armed Forces was a timely decision that saved the country. Had these political soldiers that have stashed away slush funds as war chest with their ethnic backing not been exposed, God knows they would have overthrown the democratically elected government by now. The Acting President must therefore properly read this petition for what it is, an attempt to test the waters and see how easily he could be shaken, a prelude to the attempt they will make to snatch power from him. We have not forgotten so soon how toxic these characters can be.
Ainoko, a public affairs commentator writes from Kaduna, Kaduna State.READ: Magu: Osinbajo, Saraki move to avert government crisis
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A leading socio-cultural and political organization in the Middlebelt under the auspices of Middle Belt People’s Progressive Congress (MBPPC) has come hard on the National Christian Elders Forum, NEF, over its recent claim that Jihad has been launched in Nigeria.
MBPPC said the claim by the group under the leadership of Solomon Asemota was a deliberate attempt to spark what it termed another conflagration and ethno-religious crisis in Nigeria.
Recall that the NCEF had last Thursday after a meeting in Abuja claimed they have uncovered plots by some Islamists to impose Sharia ideology on the nation.
In a communique issued after the meeting, which was attended by Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (retd.), Gen. Zamani Lekwot (retd.), Elder Moses Ihonde, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), Elder Shyngle Wigwe, and Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife the group noted with concern the budding constitutional crisis in the country.
Reacting, however at a press conference held in Abuja on Tuesday, Amos Yunusa the President General of the MBPPC said the First NCEF was a highly discredited body, which its membership is overly over populated by some persons with questionable characters,
Yunusa said most members of the group confidently and conveniently laid the foundation of Nigeria’s present problems of ethno-religious crises and secession agitations, which have continued to linger and plague us as a people and a nation.
He said, “The permutation is nothing beyond the desire of some self -serving and satanically inclined religious debauches’ to create chaos, anarchy and violence in the guise of representing the interest of Christians in Nigeria. Experiences have indicated that Northern Nigeria, particularly, the Middle Belt region is a fertile ground for such crises. Our elite have always exploited the innocence and vulnerability of our people, as NCEF presently postures, to create this confusion to ignite an eventual ethno-religious conflagration.
“They cannot today throw a satanic slap on our faces by accusing President Muhammedu Buhari of causing what they described as the “current” spate of ethno-religious crisis; agitations for secession in Nigeria, promoting jihadists agenda, herders/ farmers clashes and the disrespect for Nigeria’s Constitution and federal character principle.
“It is more bemusing to unearth the persona inside some of the personalities in NCEF who are mouthing sanctimoniously about concern for Nigeria, sanity and Christianity. In the NCEF meeting in Abuja, last Thursday, retired generals like TY Danjuma, Joshua Dogonyaro and Zamani Lekwot and the former Governor of old Anambra state, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife were among a retinue of others who graced the parley and released a public statement pontificating about saintliness.”
The MBPP leader said the so-called Christian elders and self-styled elder statesmen unfortunately felt adopting the Nigerian usual game of bulk passing of blame to President Buhari would cleanse them of their repulsive past.
He added, “In their infantile reasoning, they erroneously thought, they could hide their dark misdeeds, with the diction of “current” problems in Nigeria and effectively blind every Nigerian to any sense of history and the subtle incitement to begin another mass massacre of themselves along religious, ethnic and political persuasions.
“Except Gen. Danjuma flaunts a conscience that is dead, or else he would have reminisced that secession agitations and jihadists agenda are not problems of today under a Buhari Presidency. We all know unmistakably that the gory events of the 1966 counter coup by young Northern military officers precipitated Col. Ojukwu’s declaration of a Biafran Republic. He lost that war, but the dream has refused to extinguish in the minds Igbos in Nigeria, evident in the sprouting of MASSOB and IPOB years back before the Buhari Presidency. Nigeria has lived with it.”
“And for ex- Governor of old Anambra state, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, recounting his narrative has been so bewildering. A man who has lived the Biafran dream in words and actions all his life, since its debut in 1967, deceptively sermonizes in the new millennium that lopsided federal appointments by President Buhari is responsible for the agitations by his kinsmen for separatism. And he feels no modicum of shame to play this in public domain. That’s the extent dishonesty in Nigeria is garbed with garments of religion.
“Nigerians who mouth such profane things against President Buhari forget easily that the deadly Islamic sect Boko Haram terrorists festered uncontrollably when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian was President of Nigeria. But Buhari has crushed it. We ask rhetorically that is it not easier enough for a leader with a Jihadist agenda like they have tagged President Buhari to have allowed, sustained and nourished Boko Haram to overwhelm Nigeria?
The group further observed Nigeria is crippled today because of its systemic plundering by the likes of some members of NCEF, notingthat, “if these loots are returned to the coffers and put into good public use, it will substantially alleviate some of these problems and vanish the agitations.
READ: Nigeria: Helping Buhari To Help Us
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In a bid to reposition the party to take over power come 2019, former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Expanded National Caucus of the PDP had a meeting at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja yesterday July 17th. In attendance were PDP governors, National Assembly members and other party chieftains.
They also deliberated on the way forward for the Party after the judgment of the Supreme Court that affirmed the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee as the authentic Executive of the PDP.
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Handling stressful or difficult clients is not something many businesses look forward. Regardless, they have no choice than to deal with the client’s complain because they are the oil that lubricates any business.
Clearly, they exist in every business but you know that it is better to keep them if you can. This is why they say that the customer is never wrong. So, how may you keep your difficult clients?
1. Allow them to vent
Sometimes, you have to just keep quiet and allow your client to express everything on their minds. You should note that they become difficult because they feel they cannot say what they have experienced by using your service.
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A hotel stay should be a smooth and exciting experience. You do not want anyone harassing you. This said, there are some people who call for embarrassment by the things they do in their hotel rooms.
So, whether you are a hotel room regular or save your stays for special occasions, there are few things you should never do in a hotel room, particularly, if you want to keep yourself safe or return to lodge at the hotel again.
1. Smoke
In some hotels, the no smoke sign is clear. However, some persons feel that since they are in the comfort of their room, there is no need to observe the no-smoke rule. You are wrong. If smoking is not allowed, just do not smoke. Remember, you are not the only one that will use the room.
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Actress Halima Abubakar’s brother, Isah Abubakar, today revealed that she is currently suffering from complications from the Fibroid operation she had in India earlier in the year.
Recall that in April, Halima disclosed via her IG page that she had just undergone a Fibroid operation. Her Friend Tonto Dikeh, shared a shocking new photo of her online over the weekend.
Isah who manages Halima’s social media handles now, gave an update today. He wrote
“On behalf of our big sister,we want to thank everyone who called,commented and prayed for her.we all are grateful.And to Aunty Tonto for being a good friend and for always being there..And to her mentor and guidance The First Lady of Kogi state @rashidayahayabello for being an example of love,and kindness towards our sister who had complications from fibroid. We love and pray for God to keep uplifting you for all you do for every one.
For being a mother to our sister.Your kindness will never go in vain. Written by @itsyungissy Isah Abubakar ps to all her colleagues who posted pictures,calls omg called much respect to you all.she will thank you her self as soon as she is fit”.
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Diddy and JAY-Z are two men who have built impressive empires for themselves while forging a remarkable friendship along the way.
Diddy just unveiled a short film titled “Black Excellence: What’s Better Than Two Billionaires? Two” which shined a light on their relationship. The clip primarily serves as a B.T.S of the Roc Nation brunch held on Grammy Weekend as well as Diddy’s official after-Grammy party.
The star-studded visual features shots of the likes of French Montana, Jaden Smith, 2 Chainz, and DJ Khaled, and is set to the backdrop of JAY-Z’s “Legacy,” Notorious B.I.G.‘s “Hustler’s Story,” and Cheryl Lynn‘s “Got To Be Real.”
Watch the video below:
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Emmanuel Akola, a 24-year-old student of Benue Polytechnic who was stoned to death on allegations of cultism, has been buried.
He was buried on July 15 after his body was finally released to his family. The deceased’s brother, Akola Gabriel said the vigilante members who killed him were arrested and detained, following which they allegedly confessed that Emmanuel was not guilty as claimed. Gabriel further claimed that his brother’s killers said they went to his house and took him while he was with a friend, then they lynched him.
In exclusive messages sent to Linda Ikeji’s Blog, the brothers of the deceased said that the chairman of Okpokwu LGA came with some prominent men to plead for peace with his family but the condition given to the chairman by the family is that they will only agree to make peace if the emissaries should go to media houses and publicly proclaim that their dead son was innocent.
A message from Akola Gabriel read: “The family has buried Emmanuel Akola yesterday being 15th July as the remains was released. They refused to accept money from anyone since they see it as blood money.
“Any money given in respect of Emmanuel’s death is blood money since he was killed innocently and let his blood be upon his killers,” Akola Gabriel said.
He continued: “The viligantee confessed they went to his house to pick him while he was with his friend gisting. Emmanuel’s landlady and his friend who witnessed the killing said those vigilantee men were heartless and did not act like a human being. The family said they would only listen to any man if they can go to the media house to rebuild the image of Emmanuel and his family. Meanwhile, the chairman of Okpokwu LG promised to visit again since those vigilantee boys could not be released by the police.”
A second message from another brother of the deceased, Akola Okewu ThankGod, read: “As regards the death of Emmanuel Akola, an ND11 student, who was murdered by the vigilantee at Ugbokolo on the 1st June 2017, his killers who were arrested and detained by the police in Makurdi for almost two weeks now confessed he was picked from his house and killed without any crime.
Akola Emmanuel went to Ugbokolo that very morning between 8am-9am to check on his project supervisor and was killed. Meanwhile, the chairman of Okpokwu Lg with some prominent men came to plead for peace with the family of the deceased but the principal condition given to the chairman is that, before the family will agree to make peace, they should go to the media house and publish that Emmanuel Akola was killed innocently by them since they have hurt the reputation of the family.”
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