ASHIWAJU MEDIA

Tuesday

Boko Haram Leadership Begins Force Recruitment

BOKO HARAM BEGINS FORCED RECRUITMENT
. Two die as military helicopter crashes
The Boko Haram sect on Saturday killed over 60 people at Gaidamgari village in Bama local government area of Borno State, following refusal by residents to allow their young males to be recruited as members of the terrorist group.
The sect, it was learnt, had embarked on a conscription drive to shore up their ranks dwindled in a series of battles with government troops, but villagers resisted the move.
Sources said the attack on the village, which took place about 10pm, was masterminded by the terrorists as punishment following the refusal by parents and elders to heed the demands of the sect to recruit young men from the village into their fold.
“The refusal of the community to allow their children particularly young boys between the ages of 15 and 20 to be recruited into the Boko Haram group, led to the carnage that befall them as the terrorists mobilised and launched a deadly attack on Gaidamgari village,” a security source said. He noted that during the attack, over 60 residents were killed, while several others sustained gunshot wounds.
The source said the gunmen invaded the village in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles and launched attacks with improvised explosive devices, IEDs, on defenseless civilians.
Another security personnel, who did not want his name mentioned, confirmed the attack on Gaidamgari, but said that 29 people were killed. In another development, about five motorists, including passengers, were at the weekend ambushed along Bama- Maiduguri road by a group of terrorists.
A source at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital told our correspondent that five dead bodies were brought into the hospital. Preliminary investigation revealed that they were victims of Boko Haram ambush.
Our correspondent gathered that a large number of troops were yesterday deployed to the surrounding villages and towns of Damboa to confront the terrorists.
This is even as the Federal Government has vowed not to cede an inch of the nation’s territory to the sect, pledging the commitment of its armed forces and other security agencies to the fight against terror.
Government’s reaction came on the heels of reports that the sect had at the weekend effectively sacked Damboa village and consequently hoisted its flag in the area.
Media reports had detailed how Boko Haram militants killed more than 100 people in the area and hoisted their black and white flag in Damboa, about 85 kilometres from the state capital, Maiduguri.
At a security briefing in Abuja, the Director of Defence Information, Maj.- Gen. Chris Olukolade, said no portion of Nigerian territory would be conceded to any terrorist group, insisting that security in Damboa would be restored.
“We are not conceding any portion of the country to terrorist groups; we are sure that Nigeria security agencies have firmed up deployment in that area; patrols are active and we are going to reverse any form of security threat around the area,” he said. Olukolade, however, dismissed reports that terrorists had overrun the town.
He said: “I will not be stampeded to endorse what you read on social media. Nobody, I repeat, nobody will be allowed to hoist any flag in any portion of land belonging to this country.”
Meanwhile, a Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter on a training mission crashed yesterday afternoon due to technical fault at a location South of Bama in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, the military said.
The co-pilot and the technician died in the crash while the pilot survived. Bama, about 70 kilometres drive from Maiduguri, is located along the fringes of Sambisa Forest that has witnessed series of deadly attacks by suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram sect. This was contained in a statement by Olukokade and made available to our correspondent in Maiduguri yesterday.
The DHQ spokesman noted that investigation had commenced to unravel the circumstances that led to the accident. “It is established that the crash is not as a result of any enemy action. Further details on the crash will be made known as soon as the investigation progresses,” Olukolade stated.
Source: National Mirror

The Boko Haram sect on Saturday killed over 60 people at Gaidamgari village in Bama local government area of Borno State, following refusal by residents to allow their young males to be recruited as members of the terrorist group.

Check These Out »

2015 ELECTION: Jimi Agbaje Meets PDP Exco

2015: JIMI AGBAJE AT LAGOS PDP OFFICE, MEETS PARTY EXCO
RUMOUR doing the rounds that former governorship candidate of Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 polls, Mr Jimi Agbaje, will contest the 2015 poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) ,to become the next governor of Lagos State, finally ended on Monday.
This is as the pharmacist-turned politician stormed the party secretariat in Ikeja with core of his supporters led by Chief Wahab Owokoniran, former Director-General, Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation (BATCO) in 1999 and former Student Union president, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State ,Mr Lanre Adeleke, among others to hold meeting with the party’s State Working Committee (SWC) members, headed by Captain Tunji Shelle.
Agbaje, who was not disposed to speaking with the press, was as at press time, also holding another round of meeting with the non- Central Working Committee of the party to dot the I’s and cross the T’s about strategies to be adopted by the PDP in order to win the 2015 election.
Addressing the SWC of the party earlier, in what he called a courtesy visit, Agbaje said he decided to choose the PDP to realise his political ambition based on common and aggregated opinion among core of his supporters across the state that the party was the most viable platform interested in causing the needed change desired by the Lagos people
Agbaje, who was reported to have joined the PDP some months ago and had been attending the party’s meetings at his Ward B, Apapa 1, said he was resolved to promote a consensus for what he called a Lagos agenda if given the opportunity to serve the state in 2015.
The governorship aspirant charged them to always remain united and make the party open and attractive for more people to join in order for them to make more meaningful impact on the party.
Responding, the Chairman of Lagos PDP, Captain Shelle, congratulated Agbaje on coming on board the party, declaring that the PDP was positioned to win the 2011 poll and form the next government in the state.
Shelle expressed the hope that Lagos people were ready to go the way of Ekiti people by voting the PDP to power, adding that the greatest opportunity that the party now had was the “misgovernance started by Tinubu and worsened by Fashola that has now caused disenchantment among Lagosians in particular and Nigerians in general.”
He, however, assured Agbaje that the leadership of the party under him would guarantee a level playing field for all its aspirants in picking who would eventually fly the governorship flag of PDP in Lagos come 2015.
Source: Tribune

Supposed rumour doing the rounds that former governorship candidate of Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) in the 2007 polls, Mr Jimi Agbaje, will contest the 2015 poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) ,to become the next governor of Lagos State, finally ended on Monday.
This is as the pharmacist-turned politician stormed the party secretariat in Ikeja with core of his supporters led by Chief Wahab Owokoniran, former Director-General, Bola Tinubu Campaign

Check These Out »

Read Why Arthur Nzeribe Was Bent On Stopping Okorocha Re-Election Bid

Veteran politician and elder-statesman, Senator Arthur Nzeribe, has vowed to resist the re-election of the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha in 2015.
Senator Nzeribe, who described Okorocha as, “a governor full of baggage” boasted that a new governor would emerge in the state in 2015. He described nine key governorship aspirants in the state as belonging to the “analogue age.”

Check These Out »

President Goodluck Jonathan Finally Meets Chibok Girls Family

JONATHAN FINALLY MEETS CHIBOK GIRLS' PARENTS
President Goodluck Jonathan is currently meeting with parents of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State.
The closed door meeting is being held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja.

The distraught parents were conveyed to the Villa at about 10.30am by four Abuja Urban Mass Transit vehicles.

They comprise parents of the girls still in captivity, parents of escaped girls, escaped girls and community/opinion leaders who are not direct parents of the girls.

The meeting commenced at 11.20am shortly after Jonathan, alongside Senate President David Mark, arrived.

The governors of Borno and Bauchi States, Kassim Shettima and Isa Yuguda respectively are also in attendance.

Top federal government officials and all the service chiefs are also attending the meeting.

Journalists were later asked to vacate the venue of the meeting which security officers described as strictly private.
Source: Daily Trust

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently meeting with parents of the abducted schoolgirls of Chibok, Borno State. The closed door meeting is being held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja.
The distraught parents were conveyed to the Villa at about 10.30am by four Abuja Urban Mass Transit vehicles.

Check These Out »

Imo 2015: I will not allow that baggage called Okorocha be governor again-Nzeribe

Check These Out »

2015 ELECTION: President Jonathan Will Not Win Even A Local Government Vote In Northern States---Kwankwaso

2015: JONATHAN CANNOT WIN IN ANY NORTHERN STATE — KWANKWASO
Abuja—Apparently preparing the ground for formal declaration of his presidential ambition, Kano State Governor, Rabio Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, launched series of verbal attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of failing to provide security for lives and property in Nigeria.
Kwankwaso, therefore, concluded that it would be difficult for Jonathan to win election in any of the 19 northern states if a free and fair election was conducted in 2015.
In five posts he dropped on his Twitter page, Kwankwaso chided Jonathan and his administration for making Nigerians flee the country and take refuge in nearby countries.
In the first post, the governor said: “I have not taken the time to go to the South to study what is happening, but I had time to study the North. In the 19 states, I don’t see any state where under free and fair election; people will go and vote for the status quo. The status quo is not good for anybody because they have failed to provide the basic services to justify why the people voted for this government.
He also accused the administration of allowing insurgents to thrive to a point that they are trying to create their own territory within Nigeria without any response from the government.
Source: Vanguard

Apparently preparing the ground for formal declaration of his presidential ambition, Kano State Governor, Rabio Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, launched series of verbal attacks on President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of failing to provide security for lives and property in Nigeria.
Kwankwaso, therefore, concluded that it would be difficult for Jonathan to win election in any of the 19 northern states if a free and fair election was conducted in 2015.

Check These Out »

'WE DID NOT ARREST EZEKWESILI, SHE IS IN LONDON'- DSS

The Department of State Security through its Director-General, Mr, Ita Ekpeyong, has denied arresting former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili.
Media reports had earlier said that the leading member of the BringBackOurGirls campaign was arrested, quizzed and released.

Check These Out »

Oby Ezekwesili is seeking unnecessary importance – DSS:

Marilyn Ogar, spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS), has denied a report that Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, a coordinator of ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls‬ campaign, was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday Ogar, however, accused Ezekwesili of creating a scene with a view to attracting unnecessary attention at the airport during the process of screening passengers about to board their flight.

Check These Out »

Pastor And Wife Caught In Alleged Fraud

The love of money is the root of all evil, this is another clear case. In October 2012 it emerged that a large sum of money was missing from the academies’ funds and Pastor Samuel Kayode was arrested and his assets and those of his wife Grace, were frozen in the UK.

Check These Out »

Monday

True Reconciliation Is Needed In Abia State

THE NEED FOR RECONCILIATION, FORGIVENESS AND PEACE IN ABIA STATE - BY Benjamine Okezie Kalu

I am Benjamin Okezie Kalu and I am for the peace and reconciliation among political leaders in Abia State, our God's own State.

In an atmosphere of peace and unity ,growth and development are achieved at a higher speed. The pretense that all is well is very suffocating to me, the continuos claims from various quarters to monopoly of violence in the coming elections and thereafter, is very unpatriotic to our young State.

Believe me, I have worked closely with the two sides, not just in my various official capacities and responsibilities to the State, but as both family and friend and am amazed at the Billions of Naira being put outside for the battle of the soul of Abia come 2015. These Billions of Naira will be buying violence for all the youths and security for the privileged few on a voyage to truncate Justice, fairness and equity. I weep for the blood of the youths from very poor homes that may be spilled as a price for the bloated interest and ego of a few.

The question is whether this is necessary in the midst of so many hungry youths looking for work to do and the aged looking for who to take care of them and our State in dire need of more industrialization.

Why cry tomorrow for the societal vices we give birth to today, When the only thing our youths are good at, is to be used as instruments of violence and destruction? why do we complain when they opt to make that, their life career? Hoping the State is not getting pregnant again with the likes of Osisi kankwus and his twin brothers.

This acrimony, disunity and lack of peace tend to build a monster out of most of us, but in the beginning it was not so. This was not the intention of the founding fathers of Abia State. ABIA, GODS OWN STATE.

Suffice the above to note that so many people are benefiting from this and as such have fought me severally for propagating peace for the past six years. My message has always been "peace is cheaper than war and there is more to gain in peace, than all that is lost in war in war". I have had to warn a lot of political big wigs asking me to support one side of the battle against the other. Their reason being that people like us have lost a lot because of this.
As enticing as that sounds, it is mere sentiments when properly weighed on a just scale.

The path of patriotism is yet to teach me that war against one another in the same family is a fundamental option to the integration and growth of any family, community or State.Rather Patriotism showcases the beauty of forgiveness,reconciliation and peace as the bedrocks for growth, remember Nelson Mandela's Model, he was not God, he was human yet he was able to do it and today the Peace he brought is more than the Prison he passed. This is beyond politics and if not checked will extend outside politics.

The two men at the center of this, are by no means saints and I say this without mincing words, for who is "let him cast the first stone" they have so many faults,both the one they accept and the one they argue about, they have made so many mistakes as well by the way they handled things or responded to things. This is why the issue is now beyond them, it is about us? Our State our peace our growth. Abia belongs to us all and not just for Dr Orji Kalu or Dr T A Orji. We must rise up for Peace, Unity and Growth of Abia State.

Where are the Stake holders in Abia State? Both the religious leaders from Abia State, the likes of Dr. Umar Ukpai? What has happened to the "rhema"in the beatitude message " blessed are the PEACE MAKERS for they shall be called the CHILDREN OF GOD"? To the traditional leaders, what has become of the famous adage of our fore fathers " dimkpa anaghi ano nu ulo, ewu amount no obu"?To the economic leaders , the captains of industries, when was the last time you built new factories in Abia ? Certainly the reason is not far fetched.etc. Lack of peace impedes growth.

Stop the blame game, stop the ugly name calling, stop heating up our polity with write ups that seeks to break us rather than build us, stop tagging me to such write ups, stop choosing war because your pockets are enriched by it and finally our leaders stop pilling up Billions of Naira for a fight that ought not to be there in the first place.

I have watched great older leaders in Abia do nothing about this, I have paid secret visits to a few great men of Abia to resolve this, I have spoken time without number to both the past Governor ,the current Governor and those around them and the response has been too slow. We are now reaching out to the Leaders in the South East Region.

If all fails, I know what revolution from the youths can bring at the appropriate time. In 2003 (11years ago) I was made The Mayor of Abia youths in an occasion where the then Chief of Staff, the current Governor was honored as well with an award. I know the value the youths bring to change and they are getting ready in their numbers for this change that is imminent. The recruitment we started about a year now has grown in their numbers to put things right in Abia State and Iam at the forefront with all supporters of peace, unity and growth of Abia State. SUPPORT PEACE AND RECONCILIATION, SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF ABIA STATE. ADD YOUR VOICE;Talk peace now. Not war. LONG LIVE ABIA STATE BEYOND DR.TA ORJI AND DR. ORJI KALU. Join me as we bring peace, unity and More growth to Abia State. You inspire us with sounds of PEACE than the DRUMS of WAR.

BARR. BENJAMIN O KALU
SILK PARTNERS LLP
LAGOS.

I am Benjamin Okezie Kalu and I am for the peace and reconciliation among political leaders in Abia State, our God's own State.
In an atmosphere of peace and unity ,growth and development are achieved at a higher speed. The pretense that all is well is very suffocating to me, the continuos claims from various quarters to monopoly of violence in the coming elections and thereafter, is very unpatriotic to our young State.
Believe me, I have worked closely with the two sides, not just in my various official capacities and responsibilities to the State, but as both family and friend and am amazed at the Billions of Naira

Check These Out »

ASHIWAJU FACE OF THE WEEK

Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the 14th president of the ANC. Ramaphosa became deputy president after his election to the position in the ANC in 2012. At the time he was wooed by President Jacob Zuma’s camp to give the slate “credibility” when then ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe contested Zuma for the top post. Before that he was the chair of the national planning commission that produced the National Development Plan, the country’s blue print for growth towards 2030.

Pages

Tuesday

Boko Haram Leadership Begins Force Recruitment

2015 ELECTION: Jimi Agbaje Meets PDP Exco

Read Why Arthur Nzeribe Was Bent On Stopping Okorocha Re-Election Bid

President Goodluck Jonathan Finally Meets Chibok Girls Family

Imo 2015: I will not allow that baggage called Okorocha be governor again-Nzeribe

2015 ELECTION: President Jonathan Will Not Win Even A Local Government Vote In Northern States---Kwankwaso

'WE DID NOT ARREST EZEKWESILI, SHE IS IN LONDON'- DSS

Oby Ezekwesili is seeking unnecessary importance – DSS:

Pastor And Wife Caught In Alleged Fraud

Monday

True Reconciliation Is Needed In Abia State

Translate

Related Post

Total Pageviews