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The Anarchy I Warned You Of Last Year!

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By Dele Sobowale

My Fellow Nigerians, I told you what to expect last year. Read.

NEXT LEVEL IS PURE ANARCHY

“The Katsina State Government has cancelled all activities lined up for the inauguration ceremony of the new administration in the state.”

PUNCH, May 24, 2019, p 2.

The government gave its reasons. “The decision on a low-key celebration was taken following the unfortunate incessant attacks by bandits in some areas of the state which led to the death of many people and left several others injured or homeless.” Katsina, it needs to be repeated is Buhari’s own state. Unless charity no longer begins at home, we have the scary scenario of a leader who cannot defend his own home assuring the rest of us of our safety. Anarchy is here.

When Buhari is sworn in on May 29, 2019 for his second term (which cannot end soon enough for me) his state would have been on record for posterity as the first state to succumb to the dictates of hoodlums – now called bandits.

When, a few weeks ago, the article FROM BEGGING TO BANDITRY: REVOLT OF THE ALMAJIRIS was published, a lot of things were deliberately omitted from the facts presented in order not to frighten too many Fellow Nigerians – especially those who we were told provided Buhari’s winning margin. Katsina was one of them.

Close to ninety-eight per cent of the voters there voted for their “Baba”. I have bad news for them. A Baba is supposed to take good care of his kids in any society. Otherwise he is unworthy to be called “Father”.

The government’s submission to the will of bandits – formerly almajiris – is the beginning of more state surrender of power to unelected governments called warlords controlling certain areas of the state. Let me cite another one.

 Unknown to Nigerians and perhaps also unknown to their Baba, the criminals have already CHANGED the annual farming calendar in the state. Hitherto, farmers, mostly women, start as early as the end of harmatan to prepare the land for a new year.

This year, not only in Katsina but in all the states of the North, the bandits have already driven millions of subsistent farmers off the land.

A woman, stupid or crazy enough, to go to the farm alone, as in the past, would be fortunate if all she suffers is rape. She might disappear; as many have done.

Thereafter, the farm lies fallow. So, the bandits of Katsina have already decreed inescapable mass starvation as the year progresses. Anarchy is here.

“A man’s home is his castle”. That was several years ago. Today, in most communities, the home is turning to a detention centre while bandits ransack the entire place – taking with them food, money and women as well as girls.

Increasingly, home is becoming not a place you run to for safety but a place you run from for dear life. The Katsina Government was unavoidably honest by admitting what informants from that state had told me months ago.

Main urban centres in the state — Katsina, Funtua, Dutsin Ma, Malumfashi etc – are now bursting at the seams as thousands of refugees stream in from rural areas now ruled by bandits – without challenge from anyone. Anarchy is here.

 Katsina is not alone now. Hemmed-in between Kaduna and Zamfara states, where several communities are also under the control of rough necks, the state will not experience respite until the other two states can control their armed gangs.

Outgoing Zamfara Governor, Yari, abdicated his responsibility years ago and handed the state to cattle rustlers, farm produce thieves and of course bandits when he fled to Abuja to govern from there.

Only, in a country where impunity gives way to chaos can a state governor abandon his state and nobody – not even the President of Nigeria – called him to order.

Can the Governor of Kentucky or New York State run to Washington DC to set up his office? Yet, this was the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum. What did the others see in him to elect him as their leader? The consequences of the man’s cowardice and gross irresponsibility are now evident. Anarchy is here.

 “Nature abhors a vacuum”. That is what Physics told us in secondary school. That is what Political Science tells all those who care to learn the truth. While Yari was AWOL in Abuja he left a power vacuum which was increasingly filled by hoodlums. He was not alone.

Buhari and the armed forces also ignored the growing menace of the Organised Private Criminals, OPC, of Zamfara state. Buhari’s negligence was especially incomprehensible.

I had thought that an old man, like me, would know that “When your neighbour’s wall is on fire, it becomes your business”(Horace, 65-8BC).

I had expected the President to understand that Zamfara cannot long remain the hands of OPC, who took control after Yari abdicated without eventually affecting Katsina state. He ignored Yari’s dereliction of duty; did nothing as the OPC crept closer to his state border. Now anarchy is here.

People in several places in both states now pay protection money to the OPC who don’t pay tax at all. They know which government controls their lives; and it is not the one in Gusau or Abuja.

During a stop over in Chafe, last year, after the terrified residents of a small community had coughed up the “tax”, I asked “what is government doing about it?” The looks on their faces said it all. “This fellow must be a lunatic”. One finally politely told me.

“By the time the police or soldiers arrive we will all be dead; so we pay them.” Anarchy is definitely here.

“You don’t fight terror with appeasement. You fight terror with terror.”

Adolf Hitler, 1897-1945.

Even a world-class terrorist can teach us something. Hitler, as one of world’s first class terrorists himself, had a point when he uttered those words now carved in stone.

When the Federal Government under Buhari started to openly allow the herdsmen to terrorise farmers and communities with impunity, the last thing they must have considered is the boomerang effect. When millions of farmers discovered that government was not about to check the atrocities of the herdsmen, who soon became ranked among the deadliest terrorists globally, some farmers resorted to self-help.

Herdsmen to some extent created cattle rustlers. There are some communities in some states which herdsmen avoid like the plague. Some of those communities were once docile victims of herdsmen invading their farms and destroying everything they had laboured to produce.

Eventually, according to information reaching me, some of the young men banded together and formed the avengers. They went after the herdsmen at night and the rest is history. They never returned to farming.

What is more, they now police their community and prevent herdsmen invasion. Some of them have since gone beyond defending their community. They now rustle full time and send meat home frequently. Anarchy is here too.

A sign should be placed at every entrance to Kaduna state reading: Hell is here.

Once the most congenial of the three regional capitals, Kaduna has now almost become a “No go area” for many people. The bandits, kidnappers, cattle rustlers are here. Governor El-Rufai is also here.

While the other Northern governors are mostly victims of anarchy created by collective neglect and incompetence, Kaduna has another element added to its list of perils – its Governor.

Governor El-Rufai, I have read, is extremely intelligent. But, nobody ever called him wise. Brilliant people without sagacity can create as much, if not more havoc than stupid people. El-Rufai is on course to provoke lasting anarchy in Kaduna state long after it has been erased in other states. More on that later.

“But, far more numerous was the herd of such, who think too little and who talk too much.” John Dryden, 1631-1700.

 The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is once again threatening to go on strike. The Federal Government has allegedly failed to redeem its pledge to them and they are unhappy with the leader of the FG’s negotiating team – Dr Wale Babalakin.

That is not surprising to me. ASUU had been led since 1999 by people who talk a lot but think very little. Like the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, they threatened to make the 2019 elections impossible by withdrawing their members.

In the end, the lure of filthy lucre, which comes with conducting was too much for them. So, they suspended the strike to go a fill their pockets. I can recollect how many times ASUU had been dribbled by the FG before elections only to renege after the votes were counted. 

The current leadership learnt nothing from the experiences of their predecessors. Now, another strike is threatened. It will get them nowhere. They will only succeed in sending the kids out into the warm embrace of drug dealers and other criminals.

There is hunger in the land and anger is pervasive. And, the Devil will definitely find work for some of those hands which they will make idle. Anarchy will be multiplied.

That said; two things astonish me about this perennial threat of strike by ASUU and FGs inability to solve the problem once for all. If the FG cannot pay, why not say so and we move on to the next option? If the funds are available, why not pay; and we still move on? 

Secondly, ASUU appears uncomfortable with Dr Wale Babalakin, apparently because of his strong belief that public universities should charge more if they are going to survive. To be quite candid, I find it difficult to disagree with him.

The notion of “free education” which started in the old Western Region under late Chief Awolowo, was practical and feasible under a different political system.

By contrast, the presidential system is ruinous and inhibits any attempt to provide social services – including education – as we should. Nothing will come of the threats, the negotiations and “agreements” until we undertake a comprehensive overhaul of the political system and the fees.

“Who is Osinbajo?” – Trailer driver on Eko Bridge, 2017.

  Acting President Osnibajo had staggered into Lagos when Buhari was ill in London and had ordered the articulated vehicles blocking the Apapa port area and Eko Bridge to leave in 72 hours. Two days after, I was in one of several hundred vehicles stuck in a standstill at the Ijora/Lagos Exchange on account of the vehicles which were still there.

Two young men had gone to the point where two trailer drivers were arguing about right of parking and blocking the rest of us. One of the young men then angrily asked: “When are you people leaving, the VP gave you 72 hours to leave this place?”

“Who is Osinbajo?” the Northern driver of a famous company’s vehicle asked in reply. And, for good measure, he added, “Osinbajo cannot order us to leave, only Alhaji Dangote can tell us to leave.”

 This column was started before the latest order from the Federal Government to the transporters. This time, we were told that President Buhari approved the order to leave in 72 hours. I suspended the article and waited ten days to see what would happen.

History will record that on June 1, 2019, ten days after the FG issued its 72 hour order the trailers are still there in large numbers on the major roads. The President of Nigeria had spoken in vain. He deserves the insult.

 Any President who allows trucks to block the access to his country’s main ports for thee years while the economy bled and the people became progressively poorer has encouraged impunity and lawlessness. He is now reaping the harvests of allowing anarchy in Nigeria. Believe me; anarchy is here at the Next Level.

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What I Experienced In Detention – FirstNews Editor Narrates

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The Editor of FirstNews Online Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, has narrated his ordeal in the detention of the Nigerian military.

Recall gunmen suspected to be military officers had invaded Olatunji’s residence at Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos state, on March 15, and took him away.

Since his abduction, there has been a strong outcry from family members, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), and the Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) calling on President Bola Tinubu to order his immediate release.

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However, on Thursday morning, the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) was said to have released Olatunji after spending two weeks in its custody.

Speaking at a press conference shortly after his release, Olatunji said while in detention, he was interrogated about certain stories that FirstNews had carried.

He added that he was questioned about his stories regarding the Chief of Defence Intelligence and the Chief of Staff to the President.

Olatunji asserted that those behind his detention are part of the government, who are not happy with what FirstNews is doing, and are they bent on punishing him.

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The press briefing was organised by the leaderships of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI).

He said: “At first, they put me in a cell. There I was left with leg and hand cuffs. And at a point, one of the officers came and tightened the right leg and the right hand and I was there growing in pain. And they didn’t loosen it until about two or three days later. And at that time, the whole part of my body was getting node. In fact, up till now, I can still feel the pains.

“While in detention, they were asking me questions about certain stories that FirstNews had carried. They first told me that I was one of those abusing the chief of defence intelligence. They didn’t say much about that.

“Then they also asked a story we carried about the Chief of Staff to the president, and that was a major thing. That’s why I told some people earlier that those behind my arrest are people behind the corridors of power, who are not happy with what FirstNews is doing, and are they bent on taking their own pound of flesh.”


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Man Throws Wife Out Of His House For Refusing To Drop Case Against His Brother Who Raped Their 8-year-old Daughter

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A woman has been thrown out of her matrimonial home for refusing to drop the defilement case against her husband’s brother who raped her 8-year-old daughter.

This was disclosed in a post by a Kenyan activist, Njeri Wa Migwi, via her official X handle on Wednesday. 

Migwi said the father of the victim is also in support of dropping the case against his brother, preferring to resolve the matter at home. 

Her tweet read, “This lady has been thrown out of her marital home for continuing with a defilement case of her 8-year-old child after pressure to drop the case since it’s her brother in law. They want the case to be resolved at home not to bring shame. The way rapists get to have community support.

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“She is in our office because she’s been told not to go back unless she drops the case. No one cares about the harm the little one is going through. Today was the mention of the case and the family raised bail for the perpetrator.”

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NSA: Tinubu Makes New Appointments

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Coordinators for the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) and National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) working under the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA.

This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja.

Ngelale said that new Coordinator for the NCTC is Maj.-Gen. Adamu Garba Laka while that of the NCCSALW is retired DIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, both under the Office of the National Security Adviser.

The presidential spokesman said that Laka served in various capacities in the North-East, where he deployed tactical means to degrade terrorist groups.

He said that Laka also served in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo under the United Nations and was part of the Nigerian contingent in the US AFRICOM exercise in Senegal.

He holds Master’s Degrees in National Security from the National Defence University, Pakistan, and in International Affairs and Strategic Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy.

Ngelale said that Kokumo is a seasoned and accomplished law enforcement professional with over 30 years of experience in crime prevention, management, analysis and control.

He said that Kokumo was Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja, from 2022 to 2023.

Ngelale said that President Tinubu anticipated that the new appointees in the office of the NSA would bring their vast experiences into these critical roles to effectively remove security threats through pre-emptive, proactive and diligent coordination.(NAN)

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How To Cope With  A Self-Centred Husband

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Getting married is a lifetime commitment that must not be compromised, however, having a self-centered husband might be detrimental to your mental health. Here are seven ways to deal with such a self-centered husband.

Find out his triggers

 Look out for the causes of his actions. You may be able to deal with your narcissistic husband better by learning about the insecurities he has been frantically attempting to hide. Consult with his friends or family to get their advice on how to handle his issue.

Know his true behaviour

Your self-centered husband might resist your authority if you confront him about his actions. But being aware of his genuine conduct will enable you to find the best answer.

Stop focusing on him

Your opinions might soon seem to be irrelevant. Stop concentrating on him and  then take some time for yourself to work toward your objectives.

Make a decision

Declare your rights and let him know how his actions and comments are affecting your life. Additionally, be consistent and explicit about the behavior you anticipate from him.

Seek assistance

Get in touch with your friends and family if you are attempting to make your relationship healthy but are dissatisfied with the results.

Speak with them and solicit their assistance, by conversing with them, you’ll gain confidence. Additionally, if you seem to be experiencing any anxiety issues, you must consult a doctor.

Insist on immediate action

It’s crucial to be clear about what you want, need, or expect and to express yourself quietly and softly, without any confrontation. Inform them that you would only meet their requests once they have complied with yours.

 Keep support system

 If you spend time with others, your self-centered husband can feel resentful and desire your undivided attention. It may be simpler for your husband to exert control over your life if you are not interacting with a support network. Consequently, it’s critical to surround yourself with people who are giving you the proper support.

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Anxiety As Nigerian Army Sets To Release 200 Suspected Boko Haram Terrorists

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About two hundred detainees linked with the Boko Haram terrorists have been reportedly cleared by the Nigerian Army and set to be reintegrated into the society in Borno State.

According to Naija News, the detainees who were arrested by the military in the heat of insurgency would be released to the Borno State government on Tuesday.

GWG.ng also gathered that the Governor Babagana Zulum-led government will receive the suspected terrorists Tuesday for proper reintegration into society.

It was reported that the event will occur on Tuesday morning at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the state capital.

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“Not fewer than 200 cleared Boko Haram suspects are being cleared of any wrongdoing (terrorists) by security operatives, and they will be handed over to the Borno State Government for rehabilitation and reintegration.

“The handing over ceremony is set to be this morning (Tuesday) at 10: am at Giwa Barracks,” a source, who spoke with Daily Trust revealed.

The source further disclosed that the Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Zuwaira Gambo, and her Information and Internal Security counterpart, Prof Tar Umar, will receive the detainees cleared of being Boko Haram terrorists.

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Naira Climbs Again, Makes ₦60 Gain Against Dollar At Parallel Market For March 26

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Naira today, Tuesday March 26 2024, is exchanging 1,345.370 Naira to 1 US Dollar at the parallel market (black market) in Nigeria according to Naira rate’s Official X handle on Tuesday. This means that you can get 1,345.370 Naira for every 1 Dollar that you exchange.

The black market rate signifies the value at which individuals can trade their dollars for Naira outside the official or regulated exchange channels..

Note that the Black Market Exchange rate is typically higher than the official exchange rate because it is not regulated by the government.

Today, March 26 exchange, shows that the naira made ₦60 gain against dollar compared to yesterday, when naira exchanged $1 to ₦1,405.466.

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GWG.ng reports that the value of any nation’s currency is determined by aggregate supply and demand.

The forces of Supply and demand are themselves influenced by a number of factors, including interest rates, inflation, capital flow, and money supply.

The most common method to value currency is through exchange rates. The two main exchange rate systems are fixed rate and floating rate systems.

Investors and participants closely monitor these parallel market rates for a more immediate reflection of currency dynamics.

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Looking For The Living Among The Dead 

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“But very early on Sunday morning the women came to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone covering the entrance had been rolled aside. So they went in, but they couldn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.

They were puzzled, trying to think what could have happened to it. Suddenly, two men appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed low before them. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking in a tomb for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He has risen from the dead! Don’t you remember what he told you back in Galilee” (Luke 24:1-6).

 There are so many religions in the world today, and Christianity being one of them is also easily recognized as the largest. But having the largest followership in the world is not just what makes Christianity unique.

The issues are that, first, other religions are human efforts searching for the supernatural, the supreme being or the invisible. But Christianity is God’s effort in search of the lost man. The former involves human ideologies, imaginations and methods, but the later is a divine – initiated intervention, God coming down from heaven, putting on the nature of man in order to save man. Secondly, another difference between Christianity and other religions is that Jesus lived in this sinful world without getting entangled.

Thirdly, among the founders of the religions, he was the only person who predicated and willingly submitted to death, and also came out from the grave to live forever. While all others who claim to be saviours or messengers of God are still held by the powers of death and grave. In fact, this is the essence of the Christian faith. That our saviour died, was buried, and on the third day he broke the chains of death and the walls of grave, coming out majestically to reign as the LORD of Lords and King of kings forever.

     So, when we celebrate Easter, we should always remember that the event remains the most dynamic and efficacious divine efforts to unite us with our maker. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ remitted our sins, brought us back to God and gave us eternal hope. Without his resurrection man would have been eternally hopeless. Look at the way Apostle Peter saw it while addressing the Jews, “But you followed God’s prearranged plan.

With the help of lawless Gentiles, you nailed him to the cross and murdered him. However, God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life again, for death could not keep him in its grip. King David said this about him: ‘I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is filled with joy, and my mouth shouts his praises!

My body rests in hope. For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy one to rot in the grave. You have shown me the way of life, and you will give me wonderful joy in your presence?  Dear brothers, think about this! David wasn’t referring to himself when he spoke these words I have quoted, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.

But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on David’s throne as the Messiah. David was looking into the future and predicting the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that the Messiah would not be left among the dead and that his body would not rot in the grave. This prophecy was speaking of Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, and we all are witness of this. Now he sits on the throne of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand” Act 2:23-33 (N L T).

I quoted these long verses so that we could have the full view of a man who stayed, worked and knew a lot about Jesus. He (Peter) started by telling us that everything about Jesus including his death and resurrection went according to God’s plan. He said that it was ‘God’s prearrangement’. The role that Jesus played in our salvation is paramount.

Before Jesus came, God initiated several sacrifices and ordinances to try to remit the sins of man, but all were not able to totally eradicate the guilt and consequence of it. There were sacrifices of bulls, goats, lamb, etc. But the blood of those animals could not do the job. Then he unfolded his prearranged plan. And that plan was that his only begotten son Jesus would pay (once and for all) the ultimate price to save mankind by dying on the cross.

Jesus died for you. He died so that you will live. His coming brought to you, to mankind salvation from sin, deliverance from Satan, demons and evil powers. He also brought to us protection from destruction, healing from sicknesses and diseases. Peace in the place of trouble, fear and restlessness. Prosperity instead of poverty and wretchedness, and hope for eternal life.

Are all these working in your life today? If not, then Easter is not fully manifesting in you. Jesus’ sacrifice automatically activates all the promises of God in your life. He indeed gave up all to achieve all for us. He is the only savior of mankind -the only way to God. Why are you looking for salvation where there is none? Accept him into your life today and all these will be released upon you. Happy celebration!

Rev Gabriel Agbo is the author of the books / audiobooks: Power of Midnight Prayer, Receive Your Healing, Breaking Generational Curses: Claiming Your Freedom, Never Again!, I Shall Not Die, Move Forward, Power of Sacrifice and many others. Tel: 08037113283 Facebook Page: Gab Agbo E-mail: gabrielagbo@yahoo.com Website www.authorsden.com/pastorgabrielnagbo Twitter: pastorgabagbo    Whatsapp: 08164819333

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SDP Witness Says He Was Not Near Kogi During Guber Poll

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The star witness of the Social Democratic Party, SDP and its candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, in a dramatic twist, on Monday, told the Election Petition Tribunal that he was not in Kogi State on the day of the election.

The star witness, who is a data analyst with the Independent National Electoral Commission,  said this as he completed his Evidence-In-Chief and was cross-examined after 11 long days of his testimony before the Tribunal.

The witness, Abdulmalik Njidda, who was summoned by the SDP, had earlier testified to events that took place during the election in Kogi State, with regard to entries on the BVAS machines used for the election in Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi, Ogori Magongo and Lokoja Local Government Areas of the State.

However, drama ensued when, during cross examination by Counsel to the Governor of Kogi State, the APC and INEC, he turned around to say he was nowhere near Kogi State on the day of the election.

The INEC data analyst confirmed that he was posted to Imo State for the Governorship election, which held on the same day the election in Kogi State was held.

Specifically, the SDP witness admitted that he was never at any of the polling units complained about on election day in Kogi State and in respect of whose BVAS machines he examined before the Tribunal.

He said he was therefore not in a position to know or show how the BVAS machines were operated at those polling units.

In his further testimony under cross examination, the witness also admitted that as an INEC data analyst, he was never assigned any function on the day of the election in Kogi State, meaning that he had no reason to operate the BVAS machines he was brought to Court to prove its contents.

When further cross examined on the serial number of the BVAS machines that he was called to demonstrate in Court, the INEC data analyst said he did not know the serial number of the machines, adding that the BVAS machines he demonstrated in Court were not the entirety of the BVAS machines used for the election in Adavi, Ajaokuta, Okene, Okehi, Ogori Magongo and Lokoja Local Government Areas of Kogi State.

Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN represented INEC; Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN, represented Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo and E.C. Ukala, SAN, represented APC.

In summary, the SDP witness said he had no business with the election that took place in Kogi State, that it was the duty of the Presiding Officers to operate BVAS machines at any polling unit; to have the picture of Form EC8A on the respective BVAS used in their polling units and to transmit the result to IRev.

He noted that BVAS machines used for an election were meant to contain Form EC8A but that the BVAS machines he demonstrated in open court did not all have the picture of Form EC8A.

The witness added that he could not tell which ones had the picture of the Form EC8A used at the various polling units.

Attempts by Counsel to the Petitioner, J.S. Okutepa, SAN, to repair the testimony of the INEC official through re-examination questions were objected to by the defence team and were overruled as the objections were well rooted in law.

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Several Feared Dead, Injured, As Youths Clash Over Land In Plateau State

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Many people have reportedly been killed and houses burnt following a clash between rival youths in the Mikang Local Government Area of Plateau State.

GWG.ng gathered that many people were also injured during the clash said to have started on Saturday night between Taroh and Motola youths in the locality and lasted until the early hours of Sunday.

The tragic situation was disclosed by the Plateau state Commissioner for Information, Musa Ashoms, in Jos on Sunday.

The commissioner, who blamed the situation on disputed land in the area, said, “I have just called the Mikang Local Government Chairman over the issue who told me that it is something that could have been avoided and not allowed to escalate to the point that people lost their lives; and at the moment, there are persons receiving treatment at the hospital.

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“It started as a result of a dispute over land. According to the LG chairman, the land in question cannot even produce six bags of rice, and you know when people are attached to their land, they can go the extra mile, and it is something they could have controlled their nerves, but somehow, it got to a point where others too joined them and houses were burnt down, and people were maimed.

“But as it is, the affected areas have gotten relative peace because the Divisional Police Officers in Mikang, Lantang North, and LGAs have come together to address the problem. So, the LG chairman has been on the matter since 8am today (Sunday) to pacify the people and to make them see the need to embrace peace.”

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