Governor demolishes senator’s house in kaduna state

•Senate condemns act, asks governor to rebuild house or… •Why we demolished the building — Kaduna State government agency •Our soldiers not involved in demolition — Army By Kingsley Omonobi, Henry Umoru & Ben Agande Kaduna – The lingering crisis in Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, worsened yesterday after a building located in the heart of Kaduna city, belonging to a leader of one of the two factions, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, was pulled down by the state government. The All Progressives Congress, APC, Secretariat, a building said to be owned by Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, along Sambo Road, Kaduna, demolished yesterday by the Kaduna State Government. PHOTO: Olu Ajayi. Senator Hunkuyi, whose faction, last week, suspended Governor Nasir El-Rufai from the party, immediately accused the governor of instigating the action, saying the building was used as the campaign office for Governor El-Rufai and also as the state headquarters of the APC. The senator, however, vowed that the action of the governor would not demoralise him. The Senate in a sharp reaction, condemned the move upon a motion on the issue brought by Senator Shehu Sani who on his part called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rein in the Kaduna governor. The Kaduna State Government, while acknowledging the demolition, said the building was pulled down upon failure of the owner to pay ground rent since 2010 and for public nuisance, including attracting political thugs. The building had reportedly been put to the use of the APC faction to which Hunkuyi belongs and from where the suspension order on the governor was issued. The one-storey building, located along Sambo Road in Ungwar Rimi, was pulled down in the early hours of yesterday by a team from Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency, KAPSUDA, in company of heavily armed military and police men. The government said a revocation order was issued out of Kaduna Geographic Information Services, KADGIS, but did not say when the notice was given. News of the demolition gained attention after a tweet from Hunkuyi on the incident. In his tweet, the Kaduna North senator, who has had recurring fallouts and reconciliations with El-Rufai, said: “It is on record that few months back, @GovKaduna Mallam @elrufai marked another property of mine in Hunkuyi town for demolition, but residents of the area prevented the officials from demolishing it. Today, he came well prepared with military men to destroy my house at Sambo Road.” Why we demolished Senator Hunkuyi’s house —KDSG Justifying the demolition yesterday, the Director General of Kaduna Geographic Information Services, KADGIS, Ibrahim Husseini, said the “illegal violation of land use had begun to distress neighbours who were being forced to endure an influx of thugs and blockage of the road.” The statement read: “The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA) is currently undertaking operations across Kaduna metropolis in compliance with its mandate. In partnership with sister agencies, KASUPDA is clearing illegal structures, tackling street hawking and restoring order across Kaduna. “This morning, (yesterday) a building on 11B Sambo Close was removed for flagrant violations of land use and non-payment of ground rent since 2010. This illegal violation of use had begun to distress neighbours who were being forced to endure an influx of thugs and blockage of the road. “The Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS) issued a revocation notice of statutory right of occupancy No. KD. 16712 that covers 11b Sambo Close in the Ungwan Rimi area. The appropriate notice of revocation was delivered at 28 Inuwa Wada Road, the registered address of the company that held the title to the property. The notice was also delivered to the building in question and sent by post to the registered address of the previous title holder. “The land has now been allocated to KASUPDA for the purpose of developing and maintaining a public park that will provide a green area and a serene place for recreation in that residential neighbourhood. “KADGIS wishes to remind all title owners to be fastidious in complying with the terms of their allocation. The purpose of allocation of land cannot be wilfully altered; neither can title holders lawfully neglect to pay their ground rents. “Since 2016, the government has been taking action on various land-related matters, including revoking all undeveloped land titles in the state and directed that all abandoned buildings be developed within three months of the notice. “The Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), as the government agency charged with ultimate responsibility on land matters in Kaduna State, calls for the utmost cooperation by the public with all our agencies.” Senate condemns demolition, asks governor to pay compensation The Senate in a sharp reaction, condemned the demolition, with the presiding officer and Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, warning that politicians must not overheat the polity ahead of the 2019 elections. Ekweremadu, who noted that demolitions carried out against political rivals should stop, said the government should have taken resort to the courts in pressing its issues against the senator. “This is something we need to watch, as we head towards 2019. We must appeal to politicians not to overheat the system and then imperil our democracy. There is a limit to the patience of our people. “This should be the last of this kind of incident in any part of Nigeria. If people have grievances, they have the court to settle it, and our courts can be trusted to ensure that justice is delivered to whoever justice is due. “I do hope that the governor will make effort to go and rebuild the house or pay him adequate compensation. We condemn the act.” The Senate resolution to condemn the demolition was upon a motion brought to the Senate floor by Senator Shehu Sani, APC, Kaduna Central, who has himself been engaged in a long-running political spat with Governor El-Rufai. Presenting his motion earlier, Senator Sani said:  “In the last two and half years, we have been faced with tyranny and open dictatorship in Kaduna State. My constituency office was attacked by violent thugs, and it has also been clear that armed military personnel and policemen have been consistently used by the governor to intimidate and harass people who don’t agree with him.” Expressing concern that Governor El-Rufai projects himself as acting in the best interest of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Sani said:  “It is of concern to us that these actions by the governor had been done in the name of Mr. President. “We will use this opportunity to call on Mr. President to caution his beloved son who has unleashed a reign of terror and has been held in the most despicable and irresponsible way and it is a fact that if this crisis is not in every way nipped in the bud, it will in every way catapult and metamorphose into something  bigger.” I have forgiven El-Rufai — Senator Hunkuyi Meanwhile, Senator Hunkuyi  said he had forgiven Governor El-Rufai over the action and described the governor as his brother. He also noted that the same building was used as El-Rufai’s campaign office ahead of the 2015 elections and also as APC state secretariat. Hunkuyi, who wondered what would have happened, if it were during military rule, said that El-Rufai was incompatible with democratic norms, adding, “if such things could happen, what will the military have done?” He stated further: “Your own party, no matter the dispute, what will the military be doing in a location like that. “To me, if the intention of pulling down the property is to shut me down, it has given me more reason, strong reason to maintain my posture, my belief, maintain my direction in standing strongly with the electorate and my people in my state. “As I am standing here today, the 20th of February 2018, let that be a point for the growth of democracy in that state; let it serve as a rallying point for those who have been short-changed, pained in any way in my state by the leadership of Nasir El-Rufai. “This is not too much a price to pay for democracy to thrive, a price to pay to express the opinion of my teeming supporters. I am at the receiving end today. Over 40,000 people have lost their means of livelihood just because we disagree with El-Rufai. “Let me also use the opportunity to remind Nasir El-Rufai that there is another property which I housed him, which he slept in so many times in the course of bringing so many people together to elect him as governor on Queen Elizabeth Road in Zaria. In case he forgets and in case he still wants to take it, I rest my case.” Army not involved in demolition  —1 Division Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has denied any involvement in the demolition of the office of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna state. According to authorities of the 1 Division, Nigerian Army, none of its soldiers was involved in the demolition exercise, noting that attempt to drag the army into the issue was to distract it from its professional duties. The Army in a statement signed by Col Muhammed Dole, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, said: “The attention of 1 Division, Nigerian Army, has been drawn to a twitter message, report in mass and social media of alleged involvement of military personnel in the demolition of a politician’s property by KASURPA in Kaduna State. “This is not true. No Nigerian Army soldier was involved in the exercise. “The allegation and the attempt to drag the Nigerian army into issue of demolition is yet another baseless and unsubstantiated claim to malign the hardworking, loyal and professional officers and soldiers of 1 division, Nigerian Army and discredit them. “Contrary to claims, the troops of 1 division have not been involved in any illegal activity of either harassment of politicians or demolition of their properties in Kaduna and its environs. “Therefore, this claim remains the highest mischief and misleading and it is viewed as another calculated attempt to distract our troops from performing their professional duties. “Therefore, the public should disregard such false allegation.

Messi is Argentina’s only threat to Eagles — Siasia

 Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has stated that Lionel Messi remains the only real advantage Argentina has over Nigeria in this summer’s  FIFA World Cup in Russia. Speaking to brila.net ahead of the Mundial with Nigeria and Argentina paired to battle it out at the group stage again alongside Croatia and Iceland, Siasia said, “Argentina is a big side, but one fact remains, it’s Lionel Messi and he is the only advantage they have over our own National Team.” Messi “They have good players and we also have our own good players, but one person stands out which is Messi,” the former coach added. Siasia led the Under-20 Flying Eagles to the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands where Nigeria were runners-up losing 2-1 to a Messi-inspired youth team. The young Argentine at that time in 2005 scored from the penalty spot to give Argentina the lead but a flying header from Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi gave the Flying Eagles a deserved equalizer before Messi put another penalty past goalkeeper Ambrose Vanzekin. Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball being the best player of the tournament followed by John Obi Mikel and Taiye Ismail Taiwo in second and third respectively.

I had no child for Baba Suwe – Opeyemi Aiyeola

 Nollywood actress Ope Aiyeola has debunked rumours that she had a child in secret for veteran actor Babatunde Omidiran, a.k.a Baba Suwe. Aiyeola who now lives in London, told BBC Yoruba Service she was not in any romantic affair with the elderly Baba Suwe. “He is my boss and a kind man”, she said. “He used to cast me in a lot of roles when I started. And I am grateful to him”. Asked about the man she ever had a crush for, she mentioned the veteran Bollywood actor, Amitabh Bachchan, who is now 75 years old. “I used to write him as a child, using the addresses she read on the jackets of Indian movies. Now I have a secret, I reach him on Facebook”. Asked on the career path she would have trod, without venturing into acting. She did not hesitate in her response. ” I would have loved to be a midwife or a child minder or surrogate mother”, she said. Aiyeola, 41 next August, was born in Sagamu Ogun state. She is married to Babatunde David Olowolomose 

Fears of another Chibok-style abduction in Nigeria revives after school attack

A Boko Haram attack on a girls’ school in northeast Nigeria has revived fears of another Chibok-style mass kidnapping, even as the government claims the jihadists are on the verge of defeat. Dozens of heavily armed fighters stormed Dapchi village in the Bursari area of Yobe state on Monday evening, firing shots and setting off explosives. Chibok school girls Students and teachers at the Girls Science Secondary School fled into the bush for safety, fearing the Islamist militants would abduct them. The potential for a repeat of what happened some 275 kilometres (170 miles) away by road in Chibok, in neighbouring Borno state, has not been lost on many Nigerians. Both were state-run boarding schools in rural areas teaching girls of a similar age a so-called secular curriculum; Boko Haram fighters came in a convoy of pick-up trucks at night. Boko Haram, whose name translates from Hausa to “Western education is forbidden”, has kidnapped thousands of women and young girls since beginning its bloody insurgency in 2009. But it was only the mass abduction of 276 girls in Chibok, in neighbouring Borno state in April 2014 that brought global attention to the conflict for the first time. Fifty-seven girls managed to escape in the immediate aftermath while 107 have been found, escaped or released since May 2016; 112 are still being held. – ‘A dirty game’ – Some locals maintained Boko Haram deliberately targeted the school. But with all those who fled not yet returned and the institution now closed, it is still not clear exactly what happened. Some security analysts and those closely involved in the conflict said the attack may have been motivated by knowledge of payments to secure the release of the Chibok girls. Last May, at least two million euros ($2.5 million) is said to have been paid for the release of a batch of 82 students in an exchange with jihadist fighters in Nigerian government custody. Amaechi Nwokolo, a security analyst at the Roman Institute for International Studies in Abuja, said ransoms had become “a new way of financing” Boko Haram activities. “They need money for arms, ammunitions, vehicles, to keep their army of fighters moving across the borders. They’re spending a lot of money on arms and logistics,” he told AFP. Payment of a kidnap ransom is often seen as the only way of securing a person’s release but civilian militia said the government risked being dragged into “a dirty game of money”. Boko Haram has not specifically targeted a girls school since Chibok. But one militia leader said should they ever emulate the feat, “the government will be under intense pressure to secure their release, which means giving them money”. “The reality is whether girls from Dapchi school were taken or not, the importance of the attack is that this could be a new strategy for the group to raise money. “So we have to be careful.” – Wider tactics – Nigeria’s military and government have repeatedly claimed that Boko Haram is on the run after a sustained fight-back by troops since early 2015. A senior military source in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, said operations had “destabilised Boko Haram and they have realised they have nowhere to hide”. Kidnapping for ransom could purely be a way of making money for after the end of the conflict, he suggested. Others, including Babaji Katagum, a security analyst and former Nigerian Army captain, pointed out that Boko Haram had only ever made a ransom demand for the Chibok schoolgirls. Persistent raids across northeast Nigeria were now primarily about survival — the need for food, fuel and medication, he added. “You can see from the attacks in the villages in the Dapchi area last night. No one was killed. It was all about looting,” he said. “I believe the attack on the Dapchi girls school was not meant to abduct anyone. They were just there looking for food and other supplies, which they got. “If the school was their target, they would have gone straight to the school unannounced, like they did in Chibok.” Yan St-Pierre, a counter-terrorism specialist with the Modern Security Consulting group, agreed and said he saw kidnapping as part of its wider, long-established tactics. “They do so every week, regardless of ransoms… or the pressure put on them by military operations,” he said. 

source : vanguard news

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Tinubu to Obasanjo, IBB: let Nigeria move forward

FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkeAll Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday enjoined former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military president Gen. Ibrahim Babangida to retire and “allow us to move our country forward”.

Obasanjo, in a “special press statement” last month, slammed the Muhammadu Buhari administration and “advised the President not to seek reelection”.

Babangida followed it up with a controversial statement which was also not complimentary to the Buhari administration.

Tinubu and Chief Bisi Akande, the former interim chairman of the APC, met with President Buhari at the Aso Villa one and a half hours after the President’s meeting with another former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.

Responding to a question on the statements made by Obasanjo and Babangida, Tinubu said: ”I don’t address those shadows. We should let our former presidents join retirees’ club and take pensions but they can participate in our politics if they are interested.

“It is a free world but this freedom is not served a la carte. They should allow us to move our country forward. It is a challenge to every Nigerian.”

On the chances of the APC in the 2019 elections, the former Lagos State governor said: “You are asking me an obvious question. I belong to this party. My commitment is to this party. We have a better chance and we are strongly determined to prosecute election in a most transparent and democratic manner and we will win.”

Tinubu, who is the head of a presidential panel to reconcile APC leaders and unite the party,  told reporters that he felt “greatly honoured” being offered the job.

.He said: “I feel greatly honoured with the mutual confidence that the President has reposed in me, which is a very strong political challenge. We have started in earnest.

“He has given me a free hand to put cohesion, confidence and trust in the party. Democracy is about conflict resolution process. You can’t do it without resolving conflicts.

“We can’t build it without understanding the conflicts and sources where we are coming from. But we want to leave the country with a legacy. It’s not about Mr. President. That is what he’s telling the country.

“It’s about our country and no other choice to democratic tenets than through political party platforms.”

Tinubu described President Buhai as “one of those rare beings around the country, around Africa who has experienced both worlds: he fought a battle to save Nigeria and came to politics to save Nigeria.

“Very rare people have such an opportunity in their lifetime and that’s what we talk about legacy, and where we have all the challenges, do what we should do. I’m enjoying the challenges so far.”

Gen. Abubakar met with the President immediately after he received letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Niger to Nigeria, Mr Alat Mogaskia; the High Commissioner of Ghana, Alhaji Rashid Bawa and that of Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy Sea to Nigeria, the Most Rev. Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi.

The former Head of State declined to speak to reporters after the meeting, which lasted for less than one hour.

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