JUBAL'S RADICAL FAITH FILLED PRAYER GOD LET US SETTLE THIS

I admit you clearly stated that I should Call the Father's Kingdom down to earth (Mathew 6:10). I equally admit I have always settled for taking the earthly kingdom to the heavenly Kingdom. Now let us settle this.

You told me to love my enemies (Mathew 5:43-48) I have obeyed.

You particularly asked me to pray for those who persecute me (Mathew 5:44). That I have kept.

I obediently follow the Apostle's call to live in peace with others (Roman's 12:18
And Hebrew 12:14)

In the scripture you gave me no option but to seek peace:
Zacharias 8:19
Psalm 34:14
1Peter 3:11
2Timothy 2:22
2Coribtians 13:11
Mark 9:50
1 Thessalonians 5:13
I have obeyed these too.

Because it is your call that i live in peace with others regardless of whatever cause I faithfully kept to that. I and most of my brothers and sisters can firmly say as in Romans 14:19, because you Lord said it "So then we pursued (sic) the things which make for peace and the building up of one another".

All these never made the enemy settle for same peace I gave him for though I give them peace and " I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for
war". (Psalm 120:7)

In Exodus 20:13 you said I should not murder, I am keeping that too.

Recall you commanded me thus "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself", (Luke 10:27). I have been faithful to that to the best of my ability.

I always bear in mind that in Genesis 9:6 you commanded that "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

Also in Exodus 21:12 you repeat, "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. I never let these off my mind.
Your scripture reminds me on how you are not happy with murderers, shading of blood or anything of that sort and how you have sued to deal with them who are guilty of that as contained in:
Genesis 4:8-23
Genesis 9:5,6
Exodus 21:14,20,29,
Leviticus 24:21
Deuteronomy 5:17
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
2 Samuel 12:9,10
2 Kings 21:16
2 Chronicles 24:22
Psalm 10:8-11
Proverbs 1:11,18
Isaiah 26:21
Jeremiah 26:15
Matthew 5:21,22
Acts 28:4
Romans 13:9
Galatians 5:21
1 Timothy 1:9
James 2:11,13
1 John 3:12-15

More clearly you said I should not revenge for vengeance is yours as contain in:
Romans 12:19 and Deuteronomy 32:35.

This clearly proves that the war is yours and you disapprove of me fighting your war.

Now let us talk this reason this together. My people, I mean your very own people are killed, their properties destroyed and you who is all seeing is seeing.

Innocent blood flow the land and the cry for vengeance much more than the blood of Abel did, and you are Listening.

Your people accepted to be termed overpowered in obedience to your word trusting you who is all powerful owns the war.

In 2 Chronicle 20:15 your prophet spoke "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: 'Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.

God. I do not stand to remind you what I know you are true to (your words) but I stand this morning, by invocation of your word, I stand on the authority you have given me when you tagged me your son. I stand by faith, I hold on your words. And invoke your anger on your enemies as I call you with a big voice; OH GOD OF ISA'AC, GOD OF JACOB, GOD OF ABRAHAM, GOD OF OUR FOREFATHERS, GOD OF OUR GENERATION. arise in anger, arise with might, arise with fury, arise in BATTLE and fight your WAR.

ARISE OH LORD AND LET YOUR ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. Prove to them you are the one true God. The time have come for you, your people have endued enough. I Invoke the spirit of the dead victims of our attackers never to rest until you avenge there dead. I invoke the blood of the innocent victims to cry out until the enemy is brought down.

I have prayed for conversion, now I ask for vengeance.

I am sure I am not asking too much of you. All I ask is that you fight your battle.

A LETTER TO MY PEOPLE SOUTHERN KADUNA: A PEACE PACT IS A SEAL OF RECONCILIATION AND NOT A PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION

                                                                                             Wednesday 26 October, 2016              

Dear Brother/Sisters
It would be recalled that early this year Southern Kaduna Signed a peace pact, as was reported in page 14 of the Splendor of Truth News Paper Vol. 6 No 4 of April, 2016. The pact was tagged 'Kafanchan Peace Declaration' which the center for humanitarian dialogue facilitated as sponsored by the Canadian government subject to the inter-communal dialogue process initiated by her last year in areas affected by the 2015 communal clashes. In the report, Five Local Government areas were said to have been covered in this pact to include as reported; Sanga, Kachia, Kaura, Zangon Kataf and Jama'a. This pact was signed by Christian and Islam representatives within the areas covered. But just after this drama and what could be better described as a day dream, the next we heard was yet another attack much more terrible in Jama'a Local Government Area.

To this regard many commented for and against the pact. In my last epistle titled "An Open Letter to My Leaders: I Hear Gurara Cry We No Longer need Peace But Justice" I rised some fundamental questions regarding that pact. I attempt bringing to our consciences the fact that we are not ready for no peace pact now. And I gave my reasons which I shall still repeat here.

This morning again we woke up from our little one eye sleep only to be greeted with yet another news of a peace pact and this time with a larger number of over 29 communities involved in the signing. This particular pact is reported in today (26/10/2016)'s print and electronic media. It is reported as being lead by a Swiss Humanitarian Body.

Dear Traditional, Religious and Political Leaders, Dear Elders, Parents, brothers and Sisters I seek to know:
1. What peace pact could be signed in southern Kaduna now?
2. With whom are we signing the peace Pact?
3. What knowledge of grievances against us as held by our attackers do we have?
4. Who in fact is the attacker?
5. To what extend can we say the attacker is truly ready to lay down arms?
6. Before the signing ot at the venue of the signing how many weapons were surrendered and by who?
If we cannot positively answer this questions raised and many others, I stand to say without fear of contradiction that Southern Kaduna is dancing yet into another trap.

In the last letter I asked and I am still asking, for how long shall we be fooled and distracted into this ventures of signing for peace and entering into dialogues that never yields any thing fruitful as far as the desired goal is concern? why should we keep signing a document with the very wrong fellows?
I call it signing with the wrong fellows because both those who signed the last peace pact and those who signed the present from our attackers side will surely tell us they do not know who the culprits of the last and present attacks are. Those we keep signing with are those who will better prove that they are in total ignorance of the attacks and those behind it than they would prove it is those we suspect are. 

Once again I still see a painted picture of a father who has a very stubborn child, he knows this child will never listen to his words that is in fact if he is even able to set eyes on this stubborn child. But while the child is busy planning for his next crime the father is in bed and at the moment of the child's execution of is planned crime, the father will be at the oath desk taking an oath and signing documents ordinarily his son should.

In my little wisdom, I feel the need for reconciliation arises only after we truly know who is attacking us, why the attack, and after we have accepted the solutions we arrive at together with our attacker and then after meeting all we require of each other then the signing can come in which case it will be but the seal of our reconciliation. 

But what do I see? we are signing for peace over a problem we have no grasp of let alone talk of reconciliation about, we are signing with who we know will forever claim he is not aware of the problem and at a time we should be busy building our defense. This is a fruitless venture, it is fruitless and only a distraction to the victims in waiting. We are always the victims and always it is to us the plea for peace, calm, and tolerance is addressed.

I wish to call us to order, SOKAPU cannot be making a press release that is laying unanswered and in another angle signing a peace pact. We know how localities in Jama'a Local Government are laying cold with no sound of humans but the Fulani who are grazing on the peoples Farms at a time Government are calling for the revival of the Agricultural sector. We are all aware of the situation in Pasakori and Gidan Waya axis as at this moment. Bearing these facts in mind one would want to ask, What is the Peace Pact addressing?

To this regard I humbly make these prayers:
1. That Southern Kaduna should clearly defined who is speaking for her at this moment.
2. That southern Kaduna should come up with conditions that must me met before signing any Pact.
3. That among those conditions in 2, above southern Kaduna should clearly seek to know;
a. Who is attacking her.
b. For what purpose is she attacked.
c. Have the purpose for the attack been achieved?
c. Who sues for the peace?
d. Have the attackers truly lay their arms?
e. Where are the arms.
f. Why are the attackers in fact laying the arms? 
For unless and until these are favorably answered there is no need for entering into any agreement.

4. That SOKAPU should stage out a global protest against this issues.
5. That Southern Kaduna should agree and walk as a group than fighting this as individuals.

We appreciate the international bodies for their interventions, but I will better appreciate our leaders to seek the help of this international bodies more on trying to know what really the problem is because we cannot solve a problem without knowing what the problem is. The problem with southern Kaduna is not that she is attacked. The attack is just a result of the problem. So we must seek to know why we are attacked, what our attackers need.

Fellow comrades, I want you to bear this fact in mind that there are only two reasons that could make our attackers lay down there arms. These reason would be:
1. That they (they attackers) have achieved the aim of attacking us, or
2. That they are forced or over powered that they have no way but to lay down their arms.
Clearly you would see a peace pact is not part of this.

Lastly, dear Comrades, My leaders, brothers and Sisters, we must never forget that signing for peace should be the last thing in the process. We would only sign for peace after reconciliation. Get me very clearly on this. A peace pact is a seal of reconciliation and not a reconciliation process. Signing pacts as these would only distract us to our attackers gain.

This I Humbly Submit.

Yours Ever.
Jubal Free-man Dabo B.
Jubalfreemandabo@gmail.com

KUNAK FOUNDATION PINK OCTOBER PRESS RELEASE

‎The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women in their life time. Every 3 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with invasive breast cancer world wide which is a huge number of women that are our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. Considering that women are the home makers and care givers in most homes and Men get breast cancer too which is rare but there with the same symptoms as that of the women, we have and will continue creating awareness. Cancer diagnosis does not affect only the fighter but family and friends also and sometimes total strangers with compassion. Cancer affects people more than malaria, thyphoid, TB, HIV/AIDS combined but it has not been given the attention it deserves which brings a lot of stress and burden to most families, families such as mine.
Kunak Foundation has gone on courtesy visits to every Administration since 2006 on health care and from 2010 to date on Cancer Issues to the Kaduna State Government asking the government to look into the pain and suffering of cancer fighters and survivors. We spoke about the importance of making a policy for Cancer using the existing structures of the Kaduna State Ministry of Health but we are still praying and waiting for our prayer to be answered.
It is sad to say that we don't have a place that we can run to as cancer fighters or survivors fighting the disease and complications daily. Once you are diagnosed with cancer, you are 100% on your own. 80% of the cancer fighters die not because of the cancer itself but as a result of lack of funds. If you are lucky to have people that care enough about you, they contribute if not, you are left to faith. We pray daily for a cure and trusting God for total healing.
Early detection saves lives, so we advocate and create awareness in Kunak Foundation for young adults ages 20-29 to have a clinical exam every 3 years and Breast self exam twice a week. Ages 40 and above both men and women should have an annual clinical breast exam prior to a Mammogram, followed by a Mammogram and a daily self exam in the bedroom or the shower. The fact that we are aware that breast cancer exist is not enough, going for a test, sharing the information with your family, friends and community is a big step in the right direction. Our prayer is for God to show us a cure soon to eradicate this suffering.
MMM Nigeria sponsored us for the first time in nine years for our pink october campaign. It is important to have such a partnership that brings hope, support, courage and love to fighters. I am honored and humbled with this partnership and the beginning of many great things to come.
Kunak Foundation is distributing breast cancer self exam flyers, media chat to create more awareness, two Football matches by male and female teams. Victoria Kazah VS Ethel Ero-Phillips (both breast cancer survivors) and Jerry Adams VS Emmanuel Gideon to create male breast cancer awareness on Friday 21/10/2016 at Karatudu primary school, Gonin Gora @2:30pm. We are rounding up with a 2kms walk on Friday 28/10/2016 from Police College round about to Ranchers Bees stadium independence way Kaduna @2:30pm. Please be our guests for the Pink October Campaign. Please note that breast cancer does not end at the end of October so the awareness also does not end. No one fights Cancer alone, with Prayers, love, strength, hope, faith and the support of our family and friends, we are in this fight together to the end.

KICKING BREAST CANCER OUT By Shawuya Buru-nno Anthony.

It was a clash between experience and youthful exuberance yesterday 21st October 2016 at the L?E.A Primary School field Karatudu, Kaduna, when men and women

came together as KUNAK FOUNDATION organised  FOOTBALL MATCHES in a bid to create awareness on BREAST CANCER.
The football matches saw experience and exuberance come face to face when women aged 40 above tagged Team Victoria Kazah, clashed in a football encounter with women aged 40 below tagged team Ethel Ero-Philips. (Both women are Breast Cancer Survivors). In like manner, the men had Team Jerry Adams treading tackles with Team Emmanuel Gideon.
The women's encounter presented lots of drama and entertainment from start to finish as the ball kept rolling from one direction to the other with women of all sizes and shapes pursuing it. There were lots of funny falls and dangerous swings of legs that left other women spectators shreiking with exhilaration. The under 40s featured a lady who must have played professional football due to her sheer talent and firepower. But as the saying goes, a tree does not make a forest, all her effort only got blown in fruitless kicks by her teammates.
The female competition took a more entertaining dimension as the ball became like a handbag and trust women with handbags...they ran only to grab the ball and head towards the post. One spectator asked, were they playing rugby? The match ended in a one all draw but the older women took the day by their endurance and experience.
Then the men's clash followed which became the epic of the day. Earlier on, James Kanyip was seen drawing up a line up of the 40s above and in a Mourinho style of things, he was calm and calculative. The 40s above featured some eminent old tamers in the likes of Jerry Adams of the famous (Bashonshon Bombers) who was team captain, the gentle and brilliant Reuben Buhari who manned the post of the 40s above, and the silent dribbler Alex who combined skill and experience to shatter the defence of the young boys. Representing the Parish Priest of St. Monica Karatudu(MoreHill) Fr. Edward Sati was Rev. Fr. Vincent Tanko who also featured for the 40s above.
The under 40s on their part were full of raw energy and speed outrunning the older folks in an Ussain Bolt speed only to end the balls in the air away from the target. Yet, they slotted two early goals that sent shivers in the spines of the older folks but the coach was equal to the task. With a little change of one or two players, the 40s above equalized and were awarded a penalty to end the day in a 3-2 victory to the 40s above. A roadside commentator said 'anyi ma yaran pdp ne kawai.'
The younger team saw the likes of Midat Joe, Kazzahyetdikan Mousa Immanuel, Clement Dan Juma(of Manchester United, karatudu) and Emmanuel Gideon the
 leader of the 40s below.
The two matches clearly brought out one thing very important that team work remains the best way to succeed in global efforts and local action against breast cancer.
The amiable and ever hopeful and courageous woman behind the initiative is the founder of KUNAK FOUNDATION Miss Nyan Bavo. Her foundation is aimed at Developing rural communities one village at a time. The event of yesterday was tagged KUNAK FOUNDATION PINK OCTOBER FOOTBALL.
Miss Bavo was full of smiles and obviously very happy with the turnout for the event. On the faces of many also were smiles of satisfaction that provided a sure relief in these harsh recession times. It was also an educable moment for many especially the writer of this piece who never knew that men too can have breast cancer.

*Fr. Shawuya is Deputy Director, Media Service Centre, kaduna.*

24HOURS CURFEW IN KAFANCHAN WHEN WAS IT IMPOSED?

The announced curfew in Kafanchan today brought to my mind these lines of the British Poet's

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the Lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) 

ASTAR BAVO IS BORN

Laying tightly twiddling low,
Then a sound of joy I hear,
From the distant desert flies,
A bird of joy for birth annouced
Such as parrots' sounding praise.

What will be the wailer's trust,
Could the joy join countless cods?
What a sound so sound at night,
Could the night dwell just in me?

But now so clear a board I see,
Gently, gently flowing fast,
As on a day at mesa we stood,
When the air produced the mist.

A child is born they seem to sing,
A Star to live Esther be becalled,


Now my eyes so mesty grew,
As I watch the cause of joy,
Joy at last at home have come,
When a queen in majesty march,
A birth so great as England coronate her queen.

A child is born they seem to sing,
A star to live, Esther to be called,
Brightly shinning the Best so Shown.

Some more the birds so loud shall sing,
All shall stand in nicely shades,
And the earth shall dance in turns,
Esther Bavo's Birth it is.

THE POSITION OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COUNCIL ON THE RECENT INVASION OF THE RESIDENCES AND ARREST OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES (DSS)

At its last Emergency Meeting which was held on  October 11th 2016, Council decided among other matters, as follows:

That the National Judicial Council is a creation, by virtue of Section 153 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, with its powers specified in Paragraph 21 of Part One of the Third Schedule whereof.
That by virtue of Section 160 of the 1999 Constitution, Council fashioned out:

Judicial Discipline Regulations;

ii)      Revised NJC Guidelines and Procedural Rules for the   Appointment of Judicial Officers of all Superior Courts of Record;

iii)      Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; and

          iv)    National Judicial Policy

to inter-alia, regulate its own procedure while exercising its Constitutional Powers.

3.      That Section 158 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, has unequivocally provided for the independence of the National Judicial Council vis-à-vis directing or controlling it by any authority or person while exercising its powers.

4.      Reiterated its absolute confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari Administration and its unwavering determination to uphold the Principles of Democracy, Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended and the United Nations Charter, which Nigeria is a Member.

5.      That it shall continue to support the President Buhari Administration in its fight against corruption in all its ramifications in the Federation; and in cleansing the Judiciary of corrupt Judicial Officers.

6.      However, expresses its grave concern on the recent invasion of the Residences and arrest of some serving and suspended Judicial Officers by the Department of State Services (“DSS”); and condemned the action in its entirety.

7.      Viewed the action as a threat to the Independence of the Judiciary, which portends great danger to our democracy; and also considered the action as a clear attempt by the DSS to humiliate, intimidate, denigrate and cow the Judiciary.

BACKGROUND FACTS

8.1    RE: HON. JUSTICE SYLVESTER NGWUTA

         The Public is aware that Hon. Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, was arrested after his House was invaded by heavily armed and masked operatives of the Department of States Security on Friday 7th October, 2016. The operatives did not leave his house until 12.00 noon of the following day, when he was whisked away to the (“DSS”) office.

8.2    RE: HON. JUSTICE INYANG OKORO

The Residence of Hon. Justice Inyang Okoro, a Justice of Supreme Court of Nigeria, was raided in the same manner and was arrested by the same operatives of the DSS.

         Contrary to the claim by the DSS and as published in the electronic and print media, Council has never received any petition against the aforesaid Judicial Officers: Hon. Justices Ngwuta and Okoro of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, by the DSS.

8.3    RE: HON. JUSTICE MUHAMMED LADAN TSAMIYA OF THE COURT OF APPEAL

At its Meeting which was held on 29th September, 2016, Council had found His Lordship culpable of professional misconduct contrary to Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the provisions of Section 292 of 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria. Accordingly, he was recommended to Mr President for compulsory retirement from office following the petition written by one Mr Nnamdi Iro Oji for demanding the sum of N200,000,000.00 (Two Hundred Million Naira) bribe.  It is to be stressed that from the evidence before the Council, Hon. Justice Ladan Tsamiya did not receive N200m bribe.  The Petitioner adduced evidence to support his allegation that Hon. Justice Tsamiya only demanded for the money.

 In the exercise of its power, Council had suspended Justice Tsamiya from office, pending when the President will act on the recommendation. And Mr. President has approved the recommendation of the Council and compulsorily retired His Lordship from office yesterday, the 12th day of October, 2016.

8.4.   RE: HON. JUSTICE I. A. UMEZULIKE, OFR

         Hon. Justice I. A. Umezulike, OFR, Chief Judge, Enugu State, was recommended for compulsory retirement from office to Enugu State Governor for gross misconduct, pursuant to the petition written against him by Mr. Peter Eze.

         In the meantime, National Judicial Council has suspended His Lordship from office pending when the Governor of Enugu State will act on its recommendation.

8.5.   RE: HON. JUSTICE A. F. A. ADEMOLA, OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT

         Hon. Justice A. F. A. Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division has been petitioned by Hon. Jenkins Duviegiane Gwebe on allegations bordering on corrupt practices.

         Currently, a Committee of the Council is investigating the allegations.

         There is no other petition against Hon. Justice Ademola from DSS pending at the National Judicial Council.

8.6.   RE: HON. JUSTICE KABIRU AUTA, KANO STATE HIGH COURT

         Hon. Justice Kabiru Auta was investigated by Council based on allegations of corrupt practices levelled against him in a petition forwarded to Council by one Alhaji Kabiru Yakassai. His Lordship was recommended to the Governor of Kano State for removal from office by dismissal.  Council wrote separately to the AIG Kano Zone 1, for Police to prosecute Hon. Justice Auta.

Council has suspended His Lordship from office pending when the Governor will act on its recommendation.

8.7    RE: HON. JUSTICE MUAZU PINDIGA OF HIGH COURT, GOMBE STATE

The DSS petitioned the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council alleging corrupt practices against Hon. Justice Pindiga, inter-alia:-

“i)     That the Hon. Judge in a bid to illegally enrich himself, perfected plans through third party proxies/conduits, with a view to influencing the outcome of the Election Tribunal in the governorship polls in favour of the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike.

 ii)    That further ongoing discreet investigation, Justice Pindiga is observed to have illegally enriched himself through corrupt means. Part of the illegitimate proceeds suspected to have accrued to Pindiga includes the underlisted:

a)      Two (2) completed blocks of six (6) units 2 bedroom flats in Federal Low Cost Estate in Gombe metropolis;

b)      Four (4) units of bungalow in another part of the Estate;

c)      An uncompleted property at GRA in Gombe Metropolis;

d)      a Mercedes Benz C300 car in the name of MUBAJJAL;

e)      A Toyota Venza-Model SUV.

 iii)   From all indications, it is apparent that Pindiga, who is a very Senior Justice in Gombe State, is highly corrupt. His continuous stay as a Justice in any capacity would likely embarrass the current administration and pervert the cause of justice. In view of the foregoing, it is strongly advised that immediate necessary administrative and judicial measures be taken on him, including appropriate sanctions and trial to set a precedent to others of his like”.

The complaint containing the allegations of corrupt practices against the Hon. Judge were conveyed in a letter Ref No. DGSS71/3161 and dated 26th February, 2016, written by the DSS to the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council.  The petition was not supported by a verifying affidavit deposed to by the DSS, as required by the National Judicial Council Discipline Regulations 2014. The Petition should have been disregarded for non-compliance with the National Judicial Council Regulations, but by letter Ref. No. NJC/S.15/HC.GM/5/1/128 dated 19th April, 2016, the DSS was notified and requested to comply and to depose to a verifying affidavit in support of the allegations of corrupt practices levelled against the Hon. Judge.

By letter Ref No. LSD.232/4/68 dated 6th May, 2016, to the Council, the DSS deposed to a verifying affidavit in respect of the allegations against Justice Pindiga.

On the directive of the Council, Hon. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga responded to the allegations against him by DSS.  Thereafter, a Committee comprising Members of the Council investigated the allegations of corrupt practices.

Both Parties - The DSS and Hon. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga, together with their witnesses and counsel appeared before the Panel set up by Council in compliance with the National Judicial Discipline Regulations and Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, on the Right to Fair Hearing.

The DSS was represented by a Director, S. U. Gambo, Esq. who is also a Legal Practitioner in the Department and Hon Justice Pindiga was represented by Joe Agi, SAN.

At the end of the investigation, the DSS could not substantiate any of the allegations of corrupt practices either by documentary or oral evidence against the Hon. Justice Pindiga.

Consequently, at its Meeting of 15th July, 2016, Council decided to exonerate Hon. Justice Pindiga of the allegations of corrupt practices levelled against him by DSS.

The Council’s decision was conveyed to Hon. Justice Pindiga in a letter Ref. No. NJC/HC.GM/5/1/132 of 9th August, 2016 and copied the DSS.

8.8.   RE: HON. JUSTICE NNAMDI DIMGBA OF FEDERAL HIGH COURT ABUJA DIVISION

Council is aware that DSS had written a complaint alleging corrupt practices and professional misconduct against Hon. Justice Dimgba by a letter Ref. No. LSD.158/2/31 dated 5th August, 2016.

At its Meeting of 29th September, 2016, Council constituted a Fact Finding Committee comprising its Members to investigate the allegation.

During the last Emergency Meeting of the Council, it received a Report from Hon. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba that his Residence was also raided and ransacked; and in the process, his nephew and driver were man-handled, using a wrong search warrant which was not meant for the search of his house.

The Committee has commenced the process of investigating the allegations before the recent unfortunate raid and search of Hon.  Justice Dimgba’s Residence.

9.      Council meticulously considered the entire unfolding events that led to the arrest of the Judicial Officers and the misinformation and disinformation making rounds in both Electronic and Print Media that the DSS acted thus because the National Judicial Council was shielding the Judicial Officers from investigation and prosecution for corrupt practices and professional misconduct.

10.    Council noted particularly, that from the available records, the DSS forwarded only two(2 no.) separate complaints containing allegations of Corrupt Practices against Hon. Justice Pindiga; and corrupt practices and professional misconduct against Hon. Justice Dimgba.

11.    The impression created and widely circulated before the public, that the DSS forwarded a number of petitions containing various allegations of corrupt practices and professional misconduct against some Judicial Officers to the Council, and they were not investigated, is not correct.  The Council urges the DSS to make public the particulars of such petitions to put the records straight.

12.    Given the above background facts, on behalf of the Judiciary, Council is constrained to inform the general public that all petitions and complaints forwarded against Judicial Officers bordering on corrupt practices and professional misconduct, have been attended to and investigated, where applicable, by Council since year 2000 to date, within the powers conferred on it by the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

13.    Therefore, any Judicial Officer that was reprimanded by Council or recommended for removal from office by compulsory retirement or dismissal to the President or Governor, was done in compliance with the Constitutional power, Rule of Law and Due Process.

14.    From year 2000, when the National Judicial Council held its inaugural Meeting to 2016, 1808 petitions and complaints against Judicial Officers, including Chief Justices of Nigeria, Justices of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal were received by the respective Honourable, the Chief Justices of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council.  Eighty-two (82 No.) of the Judicial Officers were reprimanded (suspension, caution or warning), by Council, in the exercise of its exclusive Constitutional Disciplinary power over Judicial Officers. Thirty-eight (38 No.) of the Judicial Officers were recommended to the President or Governor where applicable, for compulsory retirement from office; while twelve (12 No.) were recommended to the President or Governor as the case may be, for dismissal from office.

In conclusion, Council wishes to state as follows:-



That it maintains its earlier decision that no Judicial Officer shall be invited by any Institution including the DSS, without complying with the Rule of Law and Due Process.  That explains why when the DSS wrote to the Council by letter Ref. No. LSC.960/4 dated 14th September, 2016, to direct Hon. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga to appear before it, The Hon. The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council directed the Hon. Chief Judge of Gombe State to ask Hon. Justice Mu’azu Pindiga to report to DSS, which His Lordship did.
That the National Judicial Council has never shielded nor will it shield any Judicial Officer who has committed any misconduct.

3)      That the Department of State Services is an Agency in the Presidency and its functions as specified in the statute establishing it, is primarily concerned with the internal security of the Country.

4)      That the action of the DSS is a denigration of the entire Judiciary, as an institution.

5)      That by the act of the DSS, Judicial Officers are now being subjected to insecurity, as criminals might take advantage of the recent incidents to invade their residences under the guise of being security agents.

6)      The Council vehemently denounces a situation whereby the Psyche of Judicial Officers in the Federation is subjected to a level where they would be afraid to discharge their Constitutional judicial functions, without fear or favour, intimidation, victimization or suppression.

7)      The Council will not compromise the integrity and impartiality of the Judiciary.

8)      The Council wishes to reassure the public that any person who has a genuine complaint against any Judicial Officer is at liberty to bring it up to the Council for consideration, after following due process vide its Judicial Discipline Regulations.

9)      At the end of the Meeting, Council unanimously agreed to recommend Hon. Justice W. S. N. Onnoghen, CFR, as the most senior, suitable and competent Justice of the Supreme Court to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for appointment as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria to succeed Hon. Justice Mahmud Mohammed GCON who retires from office on 10th November, 2016.



Soji Oye, Esq

Ag. Director (Information)

OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

BEAIN A TALK PRESENTED TO THE CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION (CYON) AND NIGERIAN FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC STUDENTS (NFCS) AT THEIR JOINED NIGHT VIGIL ON 3RD JUNE 2016 AT ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH MANCHOK
BY
JUBAL FREE-MAN DABO B.
When I received the invitation to this talk, my attention was drawn to the topic, and I ask myself, why this choice. This is because almost all talks I have delivered within this five months and about three yet to be delivered at Cross River, Pankshin and  Makurdi seem to either be same, directly linked or draws much more meaning from the above theme respectively. For your part I do not know what this sounds like to you, but for me, it sounds greatly words that seem to say ‘overcoming temptation is one achievement you must attain.

Temptation have been defined as a desire or craving for something, especially something considered wrong. It is often described too as an incitement of desire or cause of desire. When the Bible says ‘the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet.’ Isaiah 3:16 (King James Bible) it portrays the daughters of Zion as a temptation. Let us take for granted that when some see temptation as a CAUSE of desire, he/she sees it in the point of view of Isaiah 3:16.

Temptation is part of us, it is a reality we must live with, it is a cross we must bear and it is a thorny path we must journey through victoriously. But like Jesus, this cross must bring us a CROWN and this thorny path should lead us to the THRONE as only then can we say we have proven ourselves worthy of the Christian tag. It is recorded thus: “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him”. James 1:12.

To this end, Christ never promised his followers a sugar-sugar life on earth rather he taught us life is bitter but called us to make a sugar out of the bitter life. This he showed us through his embrace of not only the cross but much more pains before the cross. What is beautiful is that, his hanging on the cross which is largely the symbol of our way to the throne, gave us the nuggets to overcoming the pains of bearing and journeying through this ‘crossy,thorny’ path. These nuggets include, Patience, endurance, contentment, perseverance, focus to mention but these.

WHO IS LIABLE TO FACE TEMTATION
As Christians, there is an attitude we must put on, the attitude that says “temptation is our inheritance, our birth right and our meal.” A goodness that does not pass through a test of some sort is yet a goodness to be trusted. The day we chose to do good, whether as Christians, muslims, ATReligious, Buddhist, or free thinkers, we subscribe to temptation. And as Christians, on the day we buy the ‘Christ like’ name, I mean from our baptism we begin a journey into the wilderness to be tempted. “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Matthew 4:1-4.

Again , C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963) the Irish-born British novelist wrote in his collection of works 'The Screwtape Letters’ saying “The safest road to hell is the gradual one the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts”. As if to support Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714) the english clergyman of his words in his exposition on the Old and New Testament where he said “Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep”. This clearly shows that temptation never comes as temptation, most times it is seem real than any reality before us. It is also inviting as it shows of a success and or pleasure so easy to attain and it is the most beautiful of all options. But the wise easily knows its true nature as a temptation since first, it is a fact that the hard way is the holy way and beauty stands in the admiration of only weak minds led captive.

WHY OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONTEMPTATION
AN ALLEGORY OF THE "YOU", " YOURS" AND "MY, " ME"

The fact with life is that there is nothing the “You” or the “me” ever enjoys from temptation. All I need, all you need, temptation never promises as she (temptation) never dare to promise. What temptation ever promises is what only the “yours” and the “my” enjoys.

THE "YOURS" AND THE "MY" MERE POSSESSIONS OF THE "YOU" AND " ME"

The “yours” or  “My” is but a possession, or a property of the “you” as the “My”  is of the“Me”. The “You” here is the human soul, this is the substance of that call the human being. And this is that reality that shall ever be. This means it is the original, and the real you or me. My believe is that the human soul has no capacity to sin nor to do the saintly, it is just there as created and the book of Genesis 1:31 would say “God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased…”. All Christian literature will tell us God is good hence only goodness pleases him. If this be true, the human soul then will be a good substance and if it has any capacity then, it will be of goodness. But there is more to the soul from my point of view. I see the soul as only a receiver that is caged in it property. The only hope of the soul is the operations of the mind in relation to the body (from the abundance of the mind comes forth … )

The body that is the “Yours” of the “You” and “My” of “Me”, simply put, the material property of the immaterial soul is limited by the operations of the mind or conscience. This makes for the weakness of temptation. But the advantage temptation enjoys despite the limitations is the fact that the body, though is influenced by the mind (an immaterial property of the soul) to act, is also capable of acting independent of the influence of the mind or conscience through a uniquely independent attribute of human existence (the free will)  temptation is able to outgrow this weakness when the body though is miss led by the excesses of using this gift and attribute of human existence to spaiess the voice of the mind.

Sadly enough, the soul that is but a caged receiver from the operations of the body, receives this indirectly or on the opposite or contrary phase. This is because the soul and the body largely move in opposite directions.
Where the soul goes right, the body goes left. That is, if the one's pleasure is the other's pain. Hence, as they move in this opposite direction so they meet with each facing the opposite direction. To mean, in most cases, the soul suffers from the results of the pleasures of the body and enjoys from the result of the pains the body endures. This makes me reason that when Christ says “pick up your cross and follow me”, he meant suffer the body for the pleasures of the soul.

More worrisome is the fact that the soul suffers or enjoys eternally while the body suffers or enjoys temporally. Surface therefore to say, it is only great foolishness yielding to temptation that only aims at given some temporal pleasures to the outer destruction of an everlasting and ever living soul for the soul never dies. Yielding to temptation is as foolish as a man who is healthy and normal in his senses but chose to walk naked to keep is cloth from getting wet by the drizzling of rain.Here we have seen that we must overcome temptation because:
- We enjoy nothing good from yielding to it.
- We have the power to.
- It is foolish to yield to what we have the power against.
- Overcoming it proves our Christian worth.

TEMTATION IS HARD TO OVER COME
It was Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) the Irish poet, playwright, and wit. That wrote “I can resist everything except temptation”. It is a common fact that temptation is hard to overcome, but it is made easy by the ever sufficient grace of God who shall not test us more than we can pass. The devil will come with what may seem so dear to you but in fact is only dear to my flesh. A quote attributed to Theodore O'Hara (1820 - 1867) the U.S. poet and soldier. Reads thus “He's a businessman. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse”. This describes the Wight of temptation and explains why it may seem so difficult to over come.

HOW DO I OVERCOME TEMPTATION
When options are set before me, the first question I most ask first what each option appeals to, pleasure to my soul or body and then ask what would Jesus' answer be on each of these options if he should be in my place now. The Bible said “And when the woman saw that the tree was
- good for food, and that it was
- pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
- be desired to make one wise”. Genesis 3:6-7.

Food in the literal sense is for the body the woman was to overcome this temptation by replying the devil in Jesus’ words.  “man shall not live by bread alone” (Matthew 4:4).
Again seeing that what the tempter offered was pleasant to the eyes and not the soul, shows it appealed for her worship of the tree. Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) the British poet will say: “Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure”. Put Jesus in the woman’s shoe would say “the scripture says worship the Lord your God and serve only him” (Luke 4:8).

The desire for wisdom when done wrongly will only bread pride. And since God had told both woman and man they shall die should they eat of the tree. What the woman did with regard to ‘C’ above is test to see, would she be wise as the tempter suggests or die as God said there by putting the Lord to the test Jesus in Mathew4:7 would reply “the scripture says, do not put the Lord your God to the test.”

KNOW YOUR TEMPTATION
 I am not so afread of temptation because I know that which is not profitable to me cannot tempt me. But I seek wisdom because I know it is that which is profitable to me that could be used against me.

STAND AGAINST THE FORCE OF TEMPTATION
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak (Matthew 26:41). It is of great importance that a Christian should be prayerful for the powers against us are much more beyond flesh and blood. The best and strongest prayer ever is one that says “Lord lead me not into temptation.”

KNOW WHO YOU ARE
One fact you must know is that you are call to sainthood by your baptism you have been marked to be a saint and the father of sin is the one foe against you. Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987) a French dramatist says “saintliness is also a temptation”.

CALL TEMPTATION BY IT'S NAME
The problem with my generation is that we baptize sin and makes it simple to commit. To overcome temptation, we must call our temptation by it name. call sin by it name and the devil too should be call the devil.
Be Contented: what you do not have is what you do not need. What you want is not always what you need. So what you have is just that which you need hold on to it. Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) British poet affirms that “Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes and heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all that glisters, gold”.

LADY KNOW THE MAN
Man is the greatest thread to woman when it comes to temptation. Sadly, she appears ignorant of that. At the end she cries in the words of Anthony Burgess (1917 - 1993) British writer and critic that says “He said it was artificial respiration but now I find I'm to have his child”. The woman should know well enough “Not trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near as Helen Rowland (1876 - 1950) the U.S. writer, journalist, and humorist would say. She should know too that not all men who come to her professing love that really loves her. Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892) the British poet say:

“Man is the hunter; woman is his game:  The sleek and shining creatures of the chase,  We hunt them for the beauty of their skins”.
The man will enjoy her only while she’s kind; But when she dances in the wind and shakes the wings, and will not stay he puff the prostitute away. John Dryden (1631 - 1700). As a lady you should read the mans lips and  think ahead of the him through his words. And when you realize his words would lead you astray, simply say to him politely “if you don't mind me saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange I have something to do. Then go away for good.

MAN KNOW THE LADY
Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) U.S. president made a statement to reporters on his 75th birthday, he said: “Three things ruin a man, power, money, and women. I never wanted power, I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now. Even the devil should rebuke Belial when he suggest you should be tempted through a woman as in Mark Twain’s ‘Paradise Regained’   because you already know, that is the worst temptation you should pray hard not to face. Robert Burton (1577 - 1640) an English scholar and churchman said in his The Anatomy of Melancholy. “I may not here omit those two main plagues, and common dotages of human kind, wine and women, which have infatuated and besotted myriads of people. They go commonly together. Tertullian (160? - 220?) will say to men; face the woman when she tempts you and say to her  “And do you know that you are an Eve? God's sentence hangs over all your sex and His punishment weighs down upon you. You are the devil's gateway; it was you who first violated the forbidden tree and broke God's law...You should always go in mourning and rags.

WATCH YOUR DRESSING
Watch how you dress lest you lead someone to sin or be let to temptation by a misrepresentation of yourself. Know too you are address the way you dress. A Hindustani proverb says “Open chests tempt even the righteous”.
Beware of Wealth: Do not wish for too much, if you have, be master of that which you possess. Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) says “The vast majority of the sons of rich men are unable to resist the temptations which wealth subjects them to, and sink to unworthy lives”.

CONCLUSION
We all agree the devil tempts through what man so desires most, Food, Power and the pleasures of the flesh. It better said, once you know the problem, you are better equipped to face it. Temptations will come, when they come let them achieve the purpose for which they are allowed to meet you, which is  to prove you a true Christian worthy of God’s throne. Never forget. Prayer is your strongest weapon, wisdom, your code and focus your middle name for since we know where we are going, we should know the vehicle that will carry us there safely. May the ever living Lord grant us the necessary graces we need against temptation as together we pray:  “Lord lead us not into temptation.”

AN EPISTLE FROM THE WORLD BEYOND THE TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO KNOWS: SIR IBRAHIM PATRICK YAKOWA STILL ALIVE

BY

JUBAL FREE-MAN

DABO

Dear World,

I was inspired to write, and with a heart full of joy, lips full of “Halleluiah ”, a face covered with smiles and a hand trembling in hestful delight, I took my pen seat and drop you this piece.  A piece to make the world go wow! A piece to give hope to the living, a piece to testify the ever living Hero, a piece to expose the hidden fact ‘Sir Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa, CON, KSM, KSG, Danmasanin Gwong and Executive Governor of dear a age in  Kaduna State is ever more and alive.’

It was pass nine o’clock pm as I was listening to the National Net Work News at home with my parent; that a call came in, rushing into the bed room I picked the call that reported ‘… have you heard? our Governor is Late.. ’ ‘what……?’ as a shock held me to the ground, it was unbelievable, ‘it cannot be true…’ I said! He just observed the Christmas Carol; He was at Kagoma not so  long to  supervise the ongoing renovation work  at the Rural Hospital, no it can not be true… but Agnes was so optimistic about it since it is all over the internet. Left speechless I requested ‘permit me a minute let me verify the news’. I dialed a friends line at the Government House who confirmed this sad news. But still yet, I was so sure as now that He never died, He is still living.

Now I write this from where he is, as he directed in confirmation of His ever presence in the world today and always.

MY TESTIMONY

I begin my part of this testimony with a flash back at the Gurara nation Before Yakowa  (BY) when the Gurara  man was speechless, humbled than should, rejected where he is most needed, marginalized at home, when the Gurara nation suffered self colonialism, when we fought our self to the glory of the guest, injured ourselves, killed ourselves and almost buried our selves. We where the makers of our doom, the breakers of our bounds, the foes of our lives.

At the Pre-Yakowa age, I had a dream, I saw dawn breaking, my great grand Dad will always come visiting singing ‘it shall be well’. Hope came, prosperity showed , indeed hope came home. A new Gurara nation is formed.

At Mid-Yakowa, enlightenment came increasing like wild fire, the age we saw greatness and in the Gurara man’s hopeless past came forth a broken trail and a blazing fruitfulness. An age when the unknown became most known, the rejected became universally accepted and celebrated. The Gurara nation; a home for exemplary leadership they will now and forever say. In deed there are many Israel to whom God keeping His promise of old. From 1967 through 2007 kindly note the number seven (7). The highest Gurara could attend was the kitchen… I mean the helper, except  for the brief yet everlasting years of this age of Mid-Yakowa (MY), though so short an age.

Good leadership is life saving, and that is the fate of Sir. Yakowa. with just few years in office he gained everlasting life a reason I testify He is still living. When all earth is mourning and wailing ‘he is gone’ he lives, when the world thought she would have forgotten him, he lives, yes he lives again. Come with me to where Yakowa is, though a long journey, however we shall get there, he is always every where at every time but just come with me I say, we shall get there.

On the day of His supposed burial, I was with him in the farms some where within the state tiling the soil on the one hundred and eighty six (186) tractors he alone is operating while you all were crying ‘he is gone’. You where settling him to mother earth while he was there working hard to improve your agriculture. I thought Hon Ramalan Ibrahim Giwa, his Hon. Commissioner for Agriculture will meet  us there but before he got there we where long gone.

We returned to the city to keep it clean and he Yakowa was single handedly operating the twenty three refuse collection vans evacuating refuse and living a healthy environment. I was however distracted by the sound of a great Moab gathered to buy Kerosene at N 50 per litre from the trucks of Yakowa’s Kero-Direct scheme, with seven thousand commercial motorcycle riders waiting in there branded crash helmet provided by Yakowa. I could hear Hon. Suleman Yahaya Richifa his  Hon. Commissioner of works and transport saying ‘Yakowa is protecting us all.’ Meeting  Hon. Nazifi Jibrin Mohammed he will tell you to Our youth Yakowa was alleviating poverty through the computers, generators and sewing machines while we were just mourning him. 

I went with Yakowa distributing drugs to different hospitals in Kaduna State while you were mourning. And now, when I say he lives You take it for the impossible. The amassing part of it all is, each day that passes by, he is still performing all these work. What I report about here is ‘ a tip of the iceberg’, because Yakowa is resolve to lift Kaduna State to a greater height and he is doing it already.

Dear Brothers, the next time you travel around Kaduna State, watch out carefully, pretty sure Yakowa will be by the road side biding you farewell, especially at such roads as Hayin danmani-Rigasa, Cemetery road in Sabon Gari, Soba-Ikara, Jere Kurmin Jibrin road, Kamfani Zango-Igabi dawaki, Spurto Lamba Zango road, Manchok – Kagoro road, Bundu Kahugu road to mention but a few. Certainly you will see him at the Kaduna fourth bridge, holding the pillars, be sure to meet Him there. Should you not understand your body system on your way, feel free to branch in to any of the health centres for effective treatment courtesy of Yakowa in any of the three Senatorial zones. I cannot say all where he is but just be sure, he is every where any time and is really working hard for us all. He had done many things and is still doing many more that these pages cannot contain, however, a little is recorded her that You may believe, thought he is no more, God raised him from the dead and he is still living in his many works where he will dwell forever. He is there doing the things he knows how to do best as man beyond men. Listen to Dr. Sheu Mahdi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dialogue Computers Limited, Kaduna  will support me in his definition of Yakowa.

Sees him as a man with a stubborn and unapologetic strength to survive all situations irrespective of obstacles on the wat …  see how he (Yakowa) is able to survive death after death? The Dr. continued, with a renewing zeal and commitment topartake, participate and contribute wherever, whenever, and howsoever, he is involved, always leaving indelible marks behind for all time to come… see how he (Yakowa) is still working like a spirit every where at all times?... Dr. Mahdi is still not done yet, … A true Nigerian who is always ready to follow less followed roads in search of solutions often times exposed to chilly cold for others to remain warm or to extreme heat for others to enjoy the cool…  you see how he denounced matter, taking with him only his substance that your matter  may gain protection and enjoy all human good you dicerve? Dr.Mahdi will conclude description of Yakowa as… A conscious and cautious person, who knows when to take calculated risk in search of result. A cool, calm level headed, methodical and polished administrator. A private diplomat with an etra ordinarycapacity which eventually consigned him to a unique page of being an owner of the most cherished curriculum Vitae never achieved by any Nigerian to date as testified by his public service record, which commenced in 1972 non stop and still counting. And I say tell me how such a man will ever die.

In this age that began in 2013, known as an age after Yakowa almost 001 AY, he just began a new life. Not really death.

PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF YAKOWA

Here I am directed to write as reply but a personal testimony of Yakowa himself who lives with us as before. It is a reply to the Hon. Sir. Allamagani H. Yohanna; a reply to his “A letter to my Boss”

Dear. Sir,

I am sure you would have received your reply by now, however, in case you are still yet to, he it is more clearly. In your letter, dated Thursday 20th December, 2012, you raised a lot of questions ranging from where I am going to Where am I now; I have directed my new secretary to reply you and Kaduna State thus:

 I am still ever more with you, yes your letter would not have reached me should you had send it through any of the addresses suggested in your letter because I am certainly not there, he said I should tell you he had to answer a more higher call which  he thought was a call to duty, little   did hi know it was a call to rest, an answer to Bishop Kuka’s advice on readjusting his schedule to drop the idea of working/meeting up till 0ne O’clock in the morning only to start again at five same morning.

He is not in Abuja as you suppose, he has not reached and may not reach the way and manner you expect, nor is he at Port Harcourt, Rotimi Ameachi himself will testify that to you when he finally reach Kaduna with his colleague because I was call home on my way and had to change plans, I was called to improve my eating habit, to reduce the strength of my labour and also the time too, as you will always advice. he said; I was called home to take a lasting sleep and rest. 

He wish that you help him deliver this message; to the owners of those many cars you saw at at the government house on the day of his departure for home, those gloomy faces. Tell them to stop the crying and wailing, to the group of women you saw with mummy when you got in take this message too, let the first Lady and the Vice president’s wife seat around mummy as they too hear my message. Let all the world here that I am not gone, I am with you all, I am with you in my new home. ‘The heart of the ’Gurara youth, still yet your governor in this my new home. Let your heart not be troubled, I am ever alive with you.

To my friends let them keep the love we share in this Gurara Youth the home where I dwell,  the should complete the project in this youth I so much labored to build and make a lasting place of my dwelling. You all my Elder-state men, Executive members, the Legislators, Judiciary, my Local Government Council Executives and all Kaduna state citizens has help so well in the administration of this state, I want you all to do same to my new home, ‘ the Gurara youth.’ give them a chance to serve their father land.

To Aunty Yawo tell her not to cry any more, I don’t love to see her in that condition, you too know that very well. When you get upstairs tell Kyola and Daa that I love them all and am in there brothers and sisters back home.

My Secretary, He called, permit me be a bit official with the name today, you asked where I am: and I am sure now you know where your Boss and Brother is, a place you cannot come yet you have him with you always.

He equally wants to remain you all, he said; remember always what I said at my inauguration in 2010, 'I am not a Christian governor, I am a Governor for all, irrespective of religious or tribal affiliation.’ That he said further is what I will continue to be in the Gurara youth. Tell the people of Kaduna he said, I love the peace we are enjoying now, the should keep this flag flying. Bearing in mind that God gave us our great religious of Islam and Christianity so as to build a world of love. That should be a blessing I pray you all and not a threat.  I assure you, the Gurara youth will accept the task of service to the state like I did with a deep sense of awe, personal humility and gratitude to God Almighty.

He emphasized that you tell every one to take the Homily delivered by Bishop Hassan Kuka on Thursday 20th December, 2012 at my home Church in Fadan Kagoma not for a joke but as a message from my   heart through his Lordship’s Lips. He also said, copies of this homily be stored in all Libraries especially in Kaduna State and Nigeria as a whole. He said ‘’ seek me not where I cannot be but where I am, and where I am, not all will come but all can come that live in humility, justice, peace and mutual love  see you soon he said. 

Lastly to you also he request;  extend my regard in love to my brothers and co-workers in this service, the PDP family under whose trust I gain acceptance, My traditional Fathers makers and custodians of the customs that so molded me. My Spiritual Fathers; all around the world; from the Vatican back home in Nigeria. My worthy brothers and Sisters the Knight and Ladies of St. Mulumba, the Papal Knight family world wide, My friends, My wife and Family, all peoples of Kaduna and the Gurara Family. I love you all.

TESTIMONY OF THE GURARA YOUTH.

This is the Gurara youth today; Yakowa has started a race we must continue, in humility, justice fairness, peace and love. He had set the ball rolling and we must play in fully spirit of sportsmanship, fearlessly as the hungry lion, bravely as the world’s greatest warriors we truly are. He have rekindled the strength of our ancestors so long buried in us; he is our model and we must follow him in true spirit of obedience, unity and in patience from step through step till we get to the top. He like Christ is the living stone of the Gurara nation, rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him. We too set ourselves close to him so that we too, his sons and brothers are ready to offer this scarifies of selfless service to God through humanity by which we will be made acceptable to God and his people. We too will become the living stones as he lives in us, making ourselves a living house for him in and for Gurara, Kaduna State, Nigeria and the world at large.

 YAKOWA IS NOT DEATH, YAKOWA STILL LIVES, HE LIVE IN US. 

This letter is not denying the fact that the plane crashed, that Yakowa was in the plane, that he died and was buried. No   it rather reaffirm those facts, while establishing also the fact that he died a fulfilled man, restructuring the minds of his youth and in away building the future. In this fact, he live in us, and shall forever be in us to inform our thinking and actions as it regards the building of our society.

I close saying; let Yakowa continue to live in us all. 

I remain faithfully the me you know. God bless Gurara, God bless Kaduna, and God bless Nigeria. Amen. 

SUNNIS AND SHIITES

By
Dr. C. George Boeree.

The major split in Islam is that between the majority Sunnis
and the minority Shiites. The split goes back to events in
the 7th century:
After Mohammed’s death in 632, leadership of the Islamic
community passed to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, one of
Mohammed’s closest companions. Some in the community
felt that this succession was not legitimate, and that the title
of caliph really belonged to Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali’s claim was
supported by the fact that he was Mohammed’s cousin, his
adopted son, his first convert (at the age of nine), and
husband of his daughter Fatima. Both sides believe that
Mohammed specifically designated their man: Supporters
of Abu became the Sunnis, those of ibn Ali the Shiites.
The Caliphate passed from Abu Bakr to Umar, and from
Umar to Ulthman. Ulthman at last passed the torch to Ali.
When Ali was murdered in 661, the Caliphate passed to
Muawiya, who would found the famous Umayyid Caliphate.
Ali was buried in Najaf in what is now Iraq, and the site
remains a major Shiite holy site.
Sunni refers to the sunnas, or oral traditions and
interpretations of the Koran -- a body of work similar to the
Jewish Talmud. Sunnis believe that the position of Caliph
should be a position to which one is elected by the religious
leaders of the Islamic community, and not dependent on
direct lineage from Mohammed.
Shiite comes from the word shia, which means "the party (of
Ali)." They are mostly found in Iran and Iraq, and among the
Palestinians. They consider certain direct descendants of
Ali - the Imams - infallible and the true inheritors of
Mohammed. Ali was the first Imam, his son Hassan the
second, his second son Hussein the third. Ali’s sons were
killed in the conflict with Caliph Muawiya.  However, their
succession ended with the 12th Imam, who went into hiding
in 940. Most Shiites believe that the 12th Imam will
reemerge someday as the Mahdi or Messiah, and reassert
his leadership of the Islamic world. In the meantime,
ayatollahs are elected to serve as caretakers of the faith.
Most Sunnis and Shiites are liberal, although not by western
standards. In peaceful and prosperous times, there is little
conflict between them.  But both have more extreme
factions as well. Some Shiites, for example, have a tradition
of valuing martyrdom that came out of their early
experiences of conflict with the Sunnis. The most famous
Sunni extremist faction is the Wahhabi sect, of which
Osama bin Laden is possibly a member. It is characterized
by radical fundamentalism: The Koran is not to be
interpreted but rather taken literally.  There are to be no
prayers or other appeals to prophets, saints, or any entity
other than God.  There are to be no images of or
monuments to any supposed Islamic leaders, not even
elaborate tombs for famous Moslems. And the Koran is to
be the sole source of secular as well as religious law.
Another famous group is the Sufi movement, which can be
Sunni or Shiite. Sufis are mystics who believe that God’s
love shines through everything, even ugliness and evil, and
that by attaining a certain state of mind, one can directly
experience this.  In this sense, they resemble Zen
Buddhism. Sufism is also noted for its use of stories that
have layered meanings, much like the parables of Jesus.
One subgroup of the Sufis is the “whirling dervishes,” whose
mystical practice includes religious dance.

[Discussion Continues] IT WAS NOT IN MY INTENTION TO TAKE IT TO THIS END BUT WHY NOT IF YOU WANT IT THIS WAY

The piece from where this continues generated a lot of controversies as expected. This is so on the fact that the writers is the word and the readers is the interpretation. Also for the sake of reading without studying. A very view read it through the authors mind, others supported the writer because they feel it favours there blindfold, others totally got their nerves on the wild and would probably be still mad at the writer because they feel the piece was designed against their blindfold, some others simply remind indifrent while the rest got critical but injected some bias thoughts their blindfold brought hence got it all twisted.

WHY THE INTERMISSION
You may want to wonder and ask why intermission, Was it necessary, wouldn't he had just made his point than play with our intelligence? Sorry, but the purpose had been achieved which was to set the record right that our world view have been so dark colored by our blindfolds (sentemets) that our view of things is totally one sided and something close to being myopic. A christian will first see the Islamist in the writings than the facts and falls of his piece, an Islamist will first see the Christian in the writer than the facts and falls of his piece, so much so that we see how unqualify we each are to talk on religions we do not follow forgetting knowledge is vast. On the political realm, we APC members will see the hate in a PDP member talking about Buhari even when he says "Buhari is good" same will PDP members first see the hate in an APC member to PDP when he chooses to talk on PDP.
Back on the piece you could see that majority read the book by the cover, many of them never noticed the fact I established something that suggest the fact that the change we want and expected is not the change we see. (Different varying definitions)

THE CHANGE
APC promised us change, PDP promised us Transformation in their respective campaigns. The Change have come, we live with it, but do not understand it. I cannot recall any body asking APC what change they offer us. Change can be to anything good or bad. If APC's definition of change was removing PDP from power, have they not achieved it? If Olamide's definition of change was "Bihari and Osigbanjo" as he sang has he not achieved his change? If most Northern Muslims definition of change was to remove Goodluck Ebele Jonathan from power have they not achieved their change?. That is on the one end which is to say our satisfaction lays on the definition of what change is. My frequent follows will rightly know that my first article with regards to the present administration was a call to Buhari on his definition of fighting Corruption where I called for a redirection since I noticed he was fighting what I called the crime of corruption and not corruption itself.

ON TRANSMISSION
It will be with little or nor wit if anyone will say there is nor transformation ongoing even though the present administration did not promised transformation as a word but change which in a way is transformation.
Transformatoon is a marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better. It is not something that will go through legislative processes nor is it something that goes only when the going is soft but even when the going gets tough. I recall I was asked what the change and the transformation are. Now I answer that the change is the transformation we see. And what is the transformation?

I leaved in a society where everyone seem to be waiting for government for their daily bread. A society where a very good farmer waves the farm, sacrifice his tools for a white paper they call employment letter. It was a society where as soon as government offers a person his so called "pensionable work" he sacrifices all his potentials. In that society I lived there was a youth running a car wash business, if what he told me was true, he was saving two thousand Nigerian naira a day after, but he abandoned that business and was careless about it till it gradually died off, cote-cee a primary school teaching government employment.

In this same society I lived largely among civil servants who spend all their earnings in advance and even spend far above their earnings. This made almost all of them
Professional deptors only for their stomach and not even a better live or an investment of some sort.

I lived in a society where Local government workers only come to office at month end to claim their salaries. A society where the politician is a god that must not be talked ill of even if he were wrong. I society where any body can be anything at whatever time.

I lived in a society where a party member card was enough to give you whatever you wanted. A society with an identity card that was not as useful as the party card. It was a society free to air through b
Disgusted doom.

I lived in a society where the widow, Widower, and Opherns live in hell even when their Fathers, Mothers, Husbands and wives have worked and left enough death benefits for then to live on. A society where out of share heartlessness people enjoy other people's death benefits living their love ones suffer much more hell than allocated them by the demise of their love ones.

It was a society where there was high unemployment rate yet there was enough vacancies for the sons and daughters of party excos and members, highly placed personalities, politicians, Directors, Local Government education sacretaries e.t.c even when such children were not quified.

A society where children of the oppotuned get paid salaries even from tender age, monies they never worked for yet the life of the view workers were pathetic under the guise of the norm that hides in the claim of no sufficient funds.


A society that the grand norm seem to suggest keeping the poor in perpetual poverty for loyalty sake. That society where every on wants to be the all in all in his locality and can do anything what so ever so sacrifices communal unity for self glory. That time when our brothers will hide our files to ensure we do not get promoted at work. When the would rather sale any opportunity they have to the stranger and sale it at home let alone given it freely.

A society where infrastructural development was poor and In some localities unavailable yet in paper it was available. And no one knows but the beneficiary.

A society where everything can go wrong with little fellows or now fellow at all saying anything about it possible because the master was one, his house was one so to speak against the masters house was to speak against one house.

And politics generally became a dirty game with may parents, religious leaders, ... Barnning their subjects from joining. That time when the only lier known was a politician.

WHERE THEN IS THE TRANSFORMATION IN ALL THIS

The point here is not in the act of better things that have come but if the fact that the bad things are now seen and felt by all against the tradition of old when it was only the poor that see feel the pains of it. That is to say, I am not saying the miracle have come but I am saying the problem is known and the first stage of solving a problem is knowing the problem.

Today almost everyone knows well not to depend on government but to find their sources of livelihood that will complement whatever penny the get from the government. We seem to all agree that government work should be a sort of additional means of livelihood and not to replace our earlier means of livelihood. Isn't that transformation and change.

Today also, many of the civil servants in my locality knows well to cut their coat a little less than their sizes so that the can save some for other purposes rather than live on a higher cost and remaining slaves to those they are incepted to forever.
In the same society, where for years I like many others have been preaching self reliance, entrepreneurial developments, savings and investments to no avail, today on their own the are being resourceful.
For instance, in my nighbourhood alone we have three to four shops ranging from profession stores, mini coca-cola depot, kitchen utensils store, and betteringtwo saloons of the respective sexs all owned by civil servants who never saw the need for an investment before. And all this began within this year cot-cee the cahnfe hardship.
We now have teachers and other civil servants on road transport business about six of them that I can identify and this does not affect their commitments to work in any way as they have peoples running this things for them and God's faithfulness abiding with them.

Furthermore the farms are busy. For every moment I turn and see the ginger, the corn, the ground nuts, the maize, the beans (Mada, waken gida, and Achi-shuru) particularly, and many more farm produce that are entering into the homes of civil servants how have said bye to farming, I am on able to say a word but Thank the Lord as I ask, Is that not Transformation? Is that not change?

Today everyone seem to be extra careful with the work God have so bless him with, there is a positive turn on things with regards to attaining to official needs as should. That too is a transformation, it is a change.

Today there is a down turn on the power of party membership and cards in and appreciable manner with regards to influencing benefits especially illegally. That too is T&C.

Today we know the secret of the pains the widows, widowers, and "orphans had to suffer, we know a very good number of those heartlessly enjoying benefits of the death of those the have no formal affiliation to. We know many who were offered replacement jobs illegally bearing the names of the death, or claiming monies in the name of the death there by denying relatives of the dead their lost one's benefits. Is that knowledge a lone not change, is it not Transforming.

Though the unemployment is still there, but today we know those who have stopped meaningful and positive development, we know those who earn what the do don't deserve, we have a drastic reduction in the number of unqualified workers who have occupied the places of the qualified. We know those whose affiliations have granted them some favours even above their seniors but now are back to where the rightly belong. Is that not change? Is that not Transformation.

Today, it is not only the poor that suffers the hardship, the recession, and what ever ill our doing and undoing is causing but largely everyone each according to what his statues deserves. Is there no change, is there no Transformation? Would things not more easily solved and bear if we are on this same page?

Today we know a lot of areas who lack schools, water, electricity, schools, ... Simply because in the papers it is recorded projects as such have been awarded, executed and are in use. The knowledge of it is a change and Transforming.

Today there are two strong masters, two hauses, I can tell the master of house "A" his ills and be protected by house "B" and the table would still serve same purpose when turned over. That is a great transformation, that is a change.

Today there seem to be a sound the sings, politics is not so dirty, we cannot do without involvement, everyone in every field can be saint or sinner. And politics is gradually regaining respect as deserved. Transformation and change it is.

If APC is doing us good, it is changing us, it is transforming us, if they are doing us bad, it is changing us, it is trnsformaing us. [Positivity, Objectivity, Critical mindedness]
J.F. Dabo

REMOVE THE BLINDFOLD AND SEE THE ACHIEVEMENTS YOU NEVER SEEM TO SEE

Nigerians

keep lamenting about the pains of the present, they have cursed the day they voted out PDP and in APC. Some have cursed their thumps though I expect to see one who would cut off his thump all invain. In the court of public opinion, the present administration is judged a failure and a good number that have been heard says the present administration is a mistake they would never repeat. And Nigerians just keep crying and crying. I recall in hest the days of the 'higgy hagger' when the campaign drums where loud and each danced the tune he loves best, and it was so sweet and awesome. Change and Transformation they both sounded. Today we have achieved the change and the transformation is ungoing but no one that have been loudly heard seem to accept the fact of this achievements. This simply shows our myopic out look at things that really concerns us.

If I were a church man I know I would not contest the fact that my most sacred book would say 'all that God does is wonderful'. Can you imagine!! I think the church men should tell us the truth if what they preach us is not really true we should be allowed to enjoy this life and expect whatever the future holds because sadly they too join in the senseless outlook at what is prevailing with a negative goggles. They have told us to face challenges as the necessary bridge we must cross as they keep calling us to carry the cross with joy as it is the only way, sadly these too have helped in building this sense in us that seem to say hopelessness is the only thing we have now. They like the careless of the rest of all have failed to see the hand of God in what is happening at present. Possibly they too have falling to the grip of the pains and have balanced on the fleshy bank that they join in the song of lamentation when in fact they should be the moses of this Exodus. It was funny when I received a call that announced to me the policy that demands for #15,000 naira deposit from a friend of mine before baptism could be done ... '. Christianity for sale you could call that. Sure if it has reached this way, anything, everything and even the unexpected can be expected.

Again the Muslims are not left behind in this out cry, they have publicly cursed their own (the first of it kind in Nigeria). Well for my part that is an achievement for now I see the monster of religious, rigional, tribal ... Sentiments bow down to a realty that bedeviles us. At least for the first time we have a common ground to stand on, both are faced with same challenge and we can now reason together. It is a shift from the norm that have placed every Muslim or Islamist at the advantage above any other Nigerian especially in the North. If for no reason, the Christians in the North have the just duty to confirm this claim as true. For the first time altleast on an appreciable standard there is a shift from that all thanks to the Chanji dole that we now curse. I know you know too the pains that minority groups have had to endure all through history. I know you know through history we have not had a good number of Muslims stand against any of her blood that is occupaying any public office even if he were the Nigerian Hitler. It has always been 'Na su Nasune'. And now, the table has turn and we still cannot see. I laugh each time I read from bloggers who share how Buhari is hated even in his state. I care less if such is true, if it is true 'toh wallahi DA gaske' change is home.

Those who over time have logically and objectively followed my pieces of literature would affirm that from time I have never been a party dog as I go with the candidate that I feel best even if Shakau where his party chairman. This piece you should agree with me is not a way of gratifying or exunerating Buhari or APC, I have no reason to at least non of you have heard my appointment to any political office, again it is not a way of painting PDP or any party or person(s) black, at least you were not told of my arrest by the PDP government. All am saying is I have no reason to hate or love any I am only carrying out the task of letting Nigerians know how ungrateful we have become and how we have covered our eyes from objecrively seeing reality. This is born out of the fear that we are soon to return back to our once unwanted home.

THE PROBLEM WITH CHANGE
We have no problem from the word go with each other, the problem only came shortly after the elections. That problem is with the defination of the word 'change'. It is clear APC had her definition of the word change while myself and other Nigerians had our own individual definition of the word. I recall clearly at the early stage of the campaign I said in a post at Gurara Forum that "we would need to ask APC what change she is offering us as we would also need to ask PDP what transformation she mean to offer us", this was so said because I noticed the diversities in the definitions of the various slogans. If APC, PDP and Nigeran's had a uniform definition of the two slogans we would not have experienced this dark age with much misunderstanding as now. But APC had her own definition that by my assessment through her policies now seem to suggest a sanitation exercise. To most Nigerians like music star Olamide, all the change they ever wanted was a vacation for PDP and the emergence of a new ruling party as we listen in Olamide's song "APA, APC, APC, APC Bihari and Osibanjo na the change we want". To others it was a Change that would come and send many looters on the run as we would listen to in the popular Hausa song " Masu gudu su gudu". To people like me the change we defined was one that would come and plead to the conscince of Nigerians to return what is Nigerian's, a Change that would guide Nigerians toward forgetting the ugly past, redefind the Nigerian mind towards a new start. A change that would redefined the history of Nigeria with very little reference to the past. For my kind this change Knows no arresting and prosecuting but a plea for patriotism and a trust on posterity.
As we can clearly see there is a difference on the understanding of the change needed. Now, let us be sincere to ourselves, it is by our definition of change that this regret arises. Clearly we both presumed and we now reap the rich harvest.

ANY ACHIEVEMENT RECORDED?
Apart from the fact with the problem of defination, Nigerians are just ungrateful, inpatient and lack focus when she says there is nor gain in voting this government. Any one that would say this administration is a total failure is insincere, ungrateful, unnecessarily wicked or is just not ready for a better Nigeria. I am a 1987 born having no good romance with history but as early as 2004 I already knew the problem with Nigeria
 It is not as if Nigeria do not know the solution to her problems, rather, it is that no one is bold enough to be the agent of that solution, no one is ready to bear the challenges that accompanies such a change. That is because most that know this solution knows well that the challenges with it are bigger given the nature of Nigerians. They will throw stones, rain curses, humiliate, frustrate and do any other thing possible to stop that solution from coming home. I do not know if any body sensed the way and manner the military Obasanjo handed over power, I do not know if any one reads anything in Good luck's withdrawal from the removal of fuel subsidy. You see Nigerians just past through events without learning from them. Little wonder the politicians were able and are able to play over Nigeria with such ease and with no resistance.

From what is going on we can see that Nigerians expected a miraculous president and not the one they have in Buhari. We all love that changes, we want things to be better but no one whats to be part of that change process.

.............watch out for next: the hand of God in Change.............