IS NOT ABOUT THE PLATFORM(APC) IS ABOUT GIDEON(AREWA).

You support is paramount to continue the good works.

Gideon has displayed his leadership qualities in different areas tried.

This is a proactive chairman particularly when it comes to security matters.

He is a bulldozer.

He has done it and it speaks for itself.

He is for all.

No segregation.

He maintains one Jos South One People.

The devil you know is better than the angel you never seen!

Vote Gideon for justice & Equity!

Point of Correction in Mr. President's (COCIN PRESIDENT) Interview in the September 2021 Edition of The Light BEARER.

Point of Correction in Mr. President's Interview in the September 2021 Edition of The Light Bearer

I read with considerable interest the text of the interview granted by the President of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Reverend Professor Dachollom C. Datiri, published in the September 2021 edition of The Light Bearer, specifically on page 17 of the widely read newspaper.

 While responding to the question on the suspension of the KKU license, Mr. President responded thus "Rather, the Proprietor was drawn into the issue by a distress call through the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nanven Gambo on the 21st of June. 

He called me to say that he is at the University site but he cannot go in because there is a protest and that he doesn't know what to do and if there is anything the Church can do". This is gross misrepresentation of the phone conversation that ensued between Mr. President and my humble self.

 Ordinarily I would not have articulated my response to this but for the fact that the President's response was to justify the Proprietor's interference in the management of the affairs of the University, this provides me a compelling reason to do so. 

George Bernard Shaw had also cautioned us to beware of false knowledge because it is more dangerous than ignorance. 

Let me correct some of these misrepresentations in the President's interview.

 First, it was on Saturday 19th June, 2021 I came across the text of press conference held by two Berom youth organisations (Berom Youth Movement, led by one Barr Emmanuel Mangu, and Vwang Intelligentsia  led by one Barr. Emmanuel Weng). The tone of the press statements was not only threatening but also combative. I got intelligence that the two youth groups were planning to stage a protest at the main gate of KKU. I got in touch with the Gwom Rwey of Vwang to find out if he knew anything about the planned protest by some youth in his community. He dismissed the allegation as utterly false. He later sent me a voice mail of a conversation between him and an alleged youth leader. In the conversation, the Gwom Rwey was demanding to know from the purported youth leader if there was any plan by the youth to stage a protest at the main gate of KKU tomorrow Monday, 21st of June, 2021.

 The purported youth leader's response was emphatically no. This was a stage managed conversation to mislead me into believing that there was no threat to peace on the campus of KKU. 

I took a proactive measure by meeting the Director of SSS, Plateau State Command to brief him on threat to peace on the campus of KKU. The Director graciously deployed his men as early as 6am to take custody of the main gate of KKU. The men of the SSS conducted themselves responsibly and professionally in managing the situation. 

I was already on my way to the office when some of my staff called to alert me about on going protest at the main gate of the University.

 As soon as I arrived, I moved in the company of the Director of Academic Planning and one other staff , to address the protesting youth. When I sought the attention of the youth leaders, their response was, they had no grievances with the University Management and would only listen to the Executive Committee of the Church who signed the MOU with the host community.

 This was the context of placing a call to the President to let him know about the demand of the protesting youth. It is therefore not true that I was unable to secure entry into the campus. It is also not true that I made a distress call for want of what to do in response to the protest by the youth of the host community. 

It is not that the Vice-Chancellor deliberately reached out to the President to help in managing the situation but as a matter of compelling necessity since the protesting youth insisted on having the EC of the Church who signed the MOU with the host community to address them.

 At the time of the protest,theVice-Chancellor never knew about the MOU until much later when the protest had been brought under control. 

This cannot by all intents and purposes be used to justify any action that  violates the NUC's Code of Corporate Governance of Private Universities. Only the  youth of the Vwang community can explain why they have grievances with the EC of the Church. God bless KKU, God bless COCIN. 

Professor Nanven Gambo

Vice-Chancellor, KKU Vom

12th September, 2021.

HERDSMEN DESTROYED CROPS IN SHO COMMUNITY OF BARKIN LADI LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA 🇳🇬🇳🇬

These are the people(farmers) facilitating and consoling themselves the lawlessness perpetrated by these Fulani herdsmen. So how much is paid for the crops destroyed and the lives wasted?

ATTACKS by heavily armed Fulani herdsmen & other terrorists is rising....... Everywhere in Nigeria. 

This is NOT herder/farmer clashes as crops are purposely destroyed & non-Moslems targets.  With 60% in POVERTY, destruction of farms is meant to drive STARVATION.

Govt is NOT acting.

BREAKING NEWS;

*BREAKING NEWS !!!!!!!!!*

*Are you a Nigerian? Are u tired of being in Nigeria? Are you a Broadcaster, medical doctor, nurse, Lawyer, professional teacher, an engineer, a fashion designer, a software developer or a student athlete? Are you between the ages of 18 and 45? Do you want to travel abroad for work, sports or for studies?*

If yes, you are a *big liar*. Nobody is going anywhere. We are all going to stay in this country and *vote wisely in 2023*.  🤣

Let me go to another group to deliver this message. Pls help me do same.
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CELEBRATION OF BABA JANG ON HIS REAL BIRTHDAY~ EDWARD PWAJOK, SAN, LB, KSGG

CELEBRATION OF BABA JANG ON HIS REAL BIRTHDAY 

Though I know a book is being written on you, which will provide details on your legendary life, I felt duty - bound , as one of your sons to publicly state your real birthday which is today .

You were born exactly 75 years ago on the 15 th of March, 1946. The official date of 13 th March , 1944 was based on the information supplied by your elder brother, Da Pam Jang who took over the responsibility of fathering you after your Dad’s death in 1956.

However, a few years ago precisely in 2015, the then SUBEB Chairman, Late Dr Lyop Mang brought your Primary School Certificate to you. That Certificate has has your Date of birth of 15-03-1946 which was the date given by your Dad who took you to school and got you enrolled. 

In spite of loosing your Dad at that humble age and your humble background , God has so blessed you that today, you are one of the respected statesmen in the Country.

Years after leaving public Office, you are still a crowd - puller to confirm your charisma and popularity .A bold and patriotic leader , your position on public issues is within the public domain as you always speak for the people on critical issues , never shying away by playing safe .

Age has not dimmed your clear vision on national issues. It has not weakened your resolve. It has not diminished your faith . You still have confidence in the younger ones many of whom you mentored including my humble self. 

I can only offer prayers on this day for the Almighty to bless you with good health and longevity. Thank you for all the good things you have done for me . Happy birthday Sir, and age gracefully .

EDWARD G PWAJOK , SAN, LB, KSGG

INSECURITY: NIGERIA 🇳🇬 WITNESSING SIGN OF STATE FAILURE ~EDWARD PWAJOK, SAN, LB

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former member of the House of Representatives Hon. Edward Pwajok, in this interview speaks on the deteriorating security situation in the country among other issues.

*_Do you think having death penalty for kidnappers would resolve the reoccurring issues of criminality in the country?_*

Let me answer in this way, by starting with some questions to you who is a journalist and to the media in general. For us to properly understand these issues, it is important to pose some of these questions to the relevant authorities. We should ask the government and particularly the security agencies and the police, how many kidnap suspects they have, that is those suspected of being kidnappers? How many have they prosecuted, how many have been convicted? From there, you go to the Ministry of Justice and find out how many suspected kidnappers they are prosecuting in various courts, and how many they have been able to convict. I am starting from that angle because I just read a report that a US government agency found out that over 8600 Nigerians were killed during violent attacks last year alone. Now, how many persons are standing trial on account of those attacks. So, we need to be scientific in our approach; that is why I am saying that the media has a role to play; we need to know whether they have been able to identify the kidnappers, whether they are with the Police, whether they are in prison or they are at large. If we just say let us slam death sentence on kidnappers, how many kidnappers are now standing trial; it may even be that some people are playing to the gallery, because if you don’t have persons that are standing trial, so it is a cosmetic pronouncement; at the end of the day, nobody will be convicted and nobody will be executed. So, to me we have to put the horse before the cart. That is to say, let us strengthen our intelligence gathering mechanism, let us strengthen our crime fighting mechanism. You and I know what is happening in today’s Nigeria; the Minister of defense said everybody should go and defend himself. The implication of that is that government security has failed; if the security has failed and you are now coming with a death sentence for kidnappers, that shows that we are at the mercy of kidnappers; it is only God that can save Nigerians. For me, the number one thing that we ought to be doing is not just strengthening or tightening the punishment, we need to strengthen intelligence gathering in Nigeria; by doing this you will be able to know who the kidnappers are. For example, if you go to beer parlours, brothels and super markets, you will see those who ordinarily have no visible means of income or livelihood but they spend outrageous amounts of money. That should raise some suspicions in the security agencies. They should be able to investigate that this person is spending beyond his income, where is he getting his money from. We have had that kind of information before on account of kidnappers because the kidnappers when they kidnap their victims and collect ransom, they spend the money either in beer parlours, brothels and supermarkets by spending profligately, some of them even talk freely when they get drunk, that will enable us get information. Are we doing that in Nigeria today? In our various communities, may be somebody was barely feeding but suddenly you see him driving expensive cars, nobody in the community even the traditional ruler will not raise eyebrows, do you know whether that person got his money from ransom from kidnapping? I am raising these issues because the government and security agencies ought to take them seriously and it is not just an issue of strengthening the punishment. I told you that over 8600 persons were killed in Nigeria and the punishment for murder is death; has it discouraged people from killing their fellow human beings; it has not and the reason is because there is no prosecution. You are a Journalist, find out, how many people that have been killing Nigerians; they call them either bandits, insurgents, militants or Fulani criminal herders; find out how many of them are being prosecuted. For me, issues of insecurity should be taken seriously and let government do the right thing, that is my take.

*_The Senate recently called for the declaration of state ofemergency on the security sector following the kidnapping of students ofGovernment Science Secondary school in Niger State, is that the way out?_*

That will not work. If you declare state of emergency, it means you have the tools to do things extraordinarily. What is the strength of the Armed Forces? If you declare state of emergency, it means you are going to deploy and strengthen the Armed Forces to certain areas to overwhelm the criminals in that area to restore normalcy. Today, we all know that the Armed Forces and the police are over stretched, their manpower is not enough. The Military are in all the states of the federation to the extent that if there are attacks in some areas, even if you invite the military to go there, they do not even have sufficient personnel, so how effective will the state of emergency be? If you declared state of emergency, let us say there are some forests where some kidnappers reside or criminal herders reside; they will go there in full force and take control. Do we have sufficient number of the military to do that? To me, the Senate should have engaged first with the security agencies to find out what should be done to declare state of emergency. State of emergency means you have to take some extraordinary measures to now go and overwhelm the criminals. But in Nigeria, it can be abused because you now have some security personnel that will now use the state of emergency to deny Nigerians their fundamental human rights; some may even take some people’s properties in the name of state of emergency. They should tell us what they exactly mean by state of emergency. Are you removing somebody from office, that will be illegal, what are you going to do, let Nigerians know pursuant to the state of emergency or what will the National Assembly invest in the security sector to now say we are declaring state of emergency; they are not very clear that is why I am afraid that it can be abused.

I JOINED OTHERS IN SEEKING CLARIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY OF THOSE FARMERS CARRYING AK47. . ARE THEY FROM PLATEAU, OR FROM WHICH STATE?

 Hmmmmm!

We are living in interesting times with many revelations. The other day the security invited Dr Mailafia for interrogation to clarify his interview on the identity of his informants on those causing insecurity in Nigeria. 

Sheikh Gumi went to the forests and bush to meet bandits and kidnappers who bore arms and no one has invited him as if the security are not interested in knowing the identity of the bandits .

The other day Garba Shehu declared that farmers should seek permission before going to their farms . 

The Gov of Bauchi has defended arms bearing by herdsmen .

Our Defence minister has declared those without means of defending themselves as cowards and urged citizens to defend themselves .

Now our Gov is reported as saying farmers also bear AK 47 Guns. 

I join others in seeking clarification of the identity of those farmers. Are they from Plateau , or from which state?

We know AK47 are expensive

and majority of Plateau farmers struggle to purchase fertilizer.

So is it the farmers that can barely afford fertilizer that can purchase those expensive weapons ? Or is it that our Gov who also doubles as the Chairman of northern Governors was referring to farmers from other parts of the north ? We need more details or clarification please. 

EDWARD PWAJOK, SAN, LB, KSGG