I HEARD GURARA CRY: WE NO LONGER WANT PEACE BUT JUSTICE

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY LEADERS

Hon. Katunk Humble the IMC Chairman Jama'a Local Government on June 1st made a post on his facebook wall thus: "NINTE: At about 2am,Ninte village in Godogodo District was attacked by unknown gunmen. It is with a great shock that we received this sad news.Our heart bleeds with this in-human act. The very relatively peaceful LG have been threatened by evil men who do not wish us well. But in moment like this we'll remain committed to promoting elements that unite us against those that attempt to destroy our peaceful coexistence. I thank the youths of the community for their cooperation despite their ugly situation and their willingness to work with the security operatives to secure the village pending when all will be ok with the help of God. We thank the commissioner of police who under the permission of His Excellency rushed to meet with us and the AC in the village on same day and provided more support. We also thank SEMA executives in the office of the Deputy Governor for their show of concern and preparing to come to our aids to assist the victims of this evil."
The potion of the post that moved me into writing this piece reads: "Today,we called for an emergency meeting of the LG's security committee where a 7 man reconciliatory committee was inaugurated to identify both the remote and immediate causes,meet with displace persons in their various place of temporary resisdence,suggest reconciliatory steps to be adopted and other relevant recommendations that would assist in restoring normalcy in the area in addition to curtailing future occurrence and report back to the council within three days."
Now let us think together. We have had a series of this attacks for years now, this is just one among many. The Council couldn't have done any better than the step taken. However. I wish that this does not just end like I suspect it will. This is because more often than non, when issues like this arise, the most popular if not the only recommendation ever given is to invite the 'parties' involved to sign some sort of peace pact that have never yielded any result worth the while.
This attack came shortly after something of that sort was signed and I find it relevant in passing my message clearly here.
It was reported in page 14 of the Splendor of Truth News Paper Vol. 6 No 4 of April, 2016 that "Southern Kaduna Communities Signed a Peace Pact". The pact was tagged 'Kafanchan Peace Declaration' which the centre 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. Five Local Government areas were 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 descriped as a day dream, the next we heard is yet another attack much more terrible.
Now I ask Our Religious, Traditional, and Political leaders, 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 those who signed the last peace pact for instancw will surely tell us they do not know who the culprits of the last attack were. 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 the would prove it is those we suspect are. The picture I see is that of a father who has a very stuborn child, he knows this child will never listen to his words that is infact if he is even able to set eyes on this stuborn 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 ought desk taking oughts and signing documents ordinarilly his son should.
In my little wisdom, I feel the need for reconciliation araises only after we truely 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 is but the seal of our reconciliation.
But what do I see? we are signing for peace over a problem we have no grasp of, with who we know will forever claim he is not aware of the problem and at a time we should be busy building our defence. This is a fruitless venture, it is fruitless and only a distraction to the victims in waiting. I could feel this is still part of the strategy. We are always the victims and always it is to us the plea for peace, calm, and tolerance is address.
The security agents also have not help matters over time, they are only available when they are not needed. They appear at the scene only quick enogh to allow the culprit have a smoth run to his hide out. The time is now to give a squize face to this kind of unrealiatic ventures and seek that only which is capable of given us the desired peace and security we so demand and that is our due. Imagine, the NPF and NA were quickly mobilized to the village to secure it after the evil agents had possibly began the merry for a job well done. And the people are left with nothing more than words that will say "remain calm  and be more security conscious amidst prayers."
Well on this Occation, it is reported that the "Suspects alleged to have a link to this evil have been  arrested  and are undergoing investigation at the moment." I wish the goverent to know, for me and my likes, we have lost confidence in the Nigerian System, we have had enough, we have listen and obediently acted in accordance to the government plead for calm to no avail over the years. To regain this confidence, we demand to see our enemies face the law as should. You have constantly promised us peace, we have all wait in vain to an extend WE NO LONGER WANT PEACE. What we need is Justice, Justice against the culprits of the recent attack, Justice against the culprits that attacked Francis in Kaduna, Justice for our brothers and sisters whose blood still cry. We want JUSTICE, JUSTICE WE SEEK AND JUSTICE WE MUST RECIEVE.
To our Religious, Traditional and Political leaders please know that Yar'adua would not have made such an achievement as bringing low the activities of militancy in the Niger Delta except for the fact that he entered into an agreement with the right people. Pleas we suggest You know who you enter into dialogue with, know who you sign what with as it regards our security challenges. No peace should be sihned any further excepy we know why we are attacked, what our foe want, what we are ready to offer and if our foe is ready to truely drop his arms for peace. Sign no peace pact except where and when the leader of this deadly agender is out and ready for that. Rather, sue for justice than peace that you cannot find at this moment. Bear this in mind; as your ink flowed so our brother's blood flowed for a peace that never came.
Obediently Yours,

Jubal Free-man Dabo
Jubalfreemandabo@gmail.com
08074962224

"OUR ELDER STATE MAN" AND THE REST OF US: By Jubal Freeman Dabo B. A Rejoinder to "An Open Letter To The People Of Southern Kaduna on Why We Must REMAIN RESOLUTELY IN PDP". BY Allahmagani Yohanna. Published on Kaduna Dreams facebook page BY Adamu Abdullahi

Dear 'Sir'. Allahmagani Yohanna, Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Late Governor Yakowa Patrick. I was so amazed by your open latter to us SK people. In the first lines of your letter and by way of introduction you made clear your motive behind the open letter 'as the race toward 2015 is drawing near'. Sir, you are of the opinion that SK "must remain Resolutely in PDP with very beautiful but unsubstantial reasons to back your view. It is good that you and I agree on one fact which is that we in sK 'are known to appreciate if someone has performed, and we do not hide our satisfaction if such share us in the face' (your exact words) but you seem not aware of the fact that we also express our discertisfaction too, we are not bear boot lickers nor praise singers.
Let us look at your said 'general improvement in our lives: on this you start with:
APPOINTMET:
Here you showed how desperate you are even to and extent of attempting providing reasons even where there seem none, you began with the two Chief of defence Staff AGWAI and Chief of Naval Staff Iko. Which you forgot that it is a matter of merits than privilage. Besides, with no Yero's effort. Then the ministerial postions from the late senator  Balat to Mrs. Lawrecia Mallam, which we know are federal appoitments subject to the appointees contribution to the party and society which makes it what I call a "a privilleged right". Deputy Governo of Central Bank, GMD NNPC, DG NEma and National Chairman Sure-P all these you mentioned. You equally said PDP made it possible for Patrick Yakowa to become first ever southern Kaduna governor without telling us which party made it impossible before now. About professor W.B Qurix his VC-ship is also with higher passentage of merits which you know Yero contributed nothing to it.

PROJECTS:
On projects you mentioned many projects as the 2016 thermal power plant in SK, 30mw generated in Gurara dam using a KVA high voltage transmission lines to SK. All these and others are Federal government projects and more so none was initiated by Yero. You claimed YERO appraised ongoing projects across the state and 65% of the ongoing road projects in the state were all SITUATED AT SOUTHERN KADUNA. You never cared to find out why only the southern kaduna based state projects still reamin on the ongoing level, you were concern with the fact that their are ongoing projects without asking why SK should carry 65% single road projects at a perticular time when it is obvious these are a jam-pack of different abandoned projects.
In conclusion you adviced us not 'to ignore glaring DIVIDENDS that our people have benefited from the PDP'.
 Sir. We are not insencere to say we have benefited nothing from PDP but sir, your letter says a lot about your person than the people you fight for.
• PDP is painted in your letter as truthfull than even yourself.
•PDP appear a SK party than you as SK indigine if incase you are.
•you have defind yourself more selfish than a patriot of the land.

WHAT DO YOUR LETTER SUGGEST:
¤it suggest you are afirming that Yero have really not performed.
¤it suggest that you still want Yero back on that seat with or without good leadership.
¤it suggest that you know yero's score card is not enough to get him back to office come 2015.
¤it suggest that you agree Yero has nothing to offer but need to be covered.
And so what did you attempt:
»You attempt to confuse the masses to their doom. What a betrayal.
»You attempt to use the party's "glory" to cover Yero. What an unfaitful player.
»You attempt also to enrich yourself and protect your political carree. What a selfish fellow.
» You attempt to sale the land. What a ??? I just pray not a curse. Worse of all
»You attempt to present PDP as a god and more than God saying: 'made it possible for us to produce a governor" what an unreasonable claim. Who made it impossible?

WHAT YOU SUCCEDED IN DOING:
Yo succeded in telling the world Yero is not any good a leader for Kaduna State, but that he is trying hard to force himself on the. People. You also afirm our doubts on Yero and showed how incapacitated he is in that office as it regards just leadership or even good ledership. You are out there preaching to us counting of blessings and you don't want to see the people who your man turned god has under him as a blessing, little wonder you do with them as your man turned god wills. See how you turned your self deef to the fact that the blessing you want the people to count includes more intellegent and logical sound minds that your games cannot stand.

This is a preaching on faithfulness to a party. As a people has the party been faithful to us over time?
Is the PDP at the national level even same with that at the state level? If same why is it that in the state level she does not recognized the zoning sysytem especially on the gobernoterial seat. Why do you Sir. Yohanna choose to be a scab goat to your unqualified master. In all your years in the PDP Sir have Yero contributed to the party more than you or all others that only him even when it is crystal clear he has nothing to offer should lead? Why cover him to take your birth right.

Let me remained you what you don't want to remember which is the fact that SK has no problem with the PDP at the national level nor at the state level nor do SK have problem with GEJ but not only SK, rather Kaduna state as a whole sees yero as her problem and her doom. The problem will only affect the party in the state level as a whole ony if she insist on Yero returning back for even if she used her usual masures to get him back, one thing is sure, Yero will never win the heart of a people and if he were a good leader; knowing he do not dwell in the heart of the people he would gladly step down for the growth of the state but am sure greed and selfishness added to the bad and false councile the likes of you Sir offer him, he will never step down for good but he is doom to walk the night.

TO YOU "ELDER STATEMEN"
Be truthful when representing the land, whatever you will say and it is as you know not in the interest of the people please keep mute; it saves. It is better to be silent than speack rubish throwing distorted facts an expression of blind sycophancy which clearly definds you not only boot lickers and praise singers but like Kokwain Adamu will say: "Ass Kissers". We have had enough toxic waste in the past do not add to the many we have to garbage out. Above all, bear in mind southern Kaduna have outgrown the age of faifulness to an unfaithful party, our eyes are turned to creadible candidates with total disregard to whatever party the come through. Lastly I repeat. SK have no problem with PDP am sure you know that which is why you used the PDP in your open letter. But we will want an answer as to which party made it impossible for Sk to produce a governor which was made possible by PDP.

PEACE....