This cretin was a Vice Chancellor of a University?  This fuuktard called Ishaq Oloyede was appointed a Professor? Look at his whole "Us vs Them" mentality and his "FACTS" based on pure conjectures in the article below.No wonder our education system is churning out fuuktards. The country is in trouble. http://www.punchng.com/news/persecution-of-muslims-higher-under-jonathan-oloyede/[size=18pt]Persecution of muslims higher under Jonathan —Oloyede[/size]
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is currently the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. In this interview with ADE ADESOMOJU, he speaks on insecurity and welfare of Muslims.
Would you agree that the abduction of the Chibok girls is a setback to the drive towards bridging the education gap between the southern and northern parts of the country?
I agree, it is a setback to development. It is a sad thing that it has happened. I also believe that God will reveal those behind this. I believe there can be miscreants who claim to be Muslims who might be part of it. But definitely, from what we can see, it is more than the ordinary. You can see what happened with the President of the Christian of Association of Nigeria’s jet. Even a fool will not believe the story being put forward by the Federal Government concerning the arms deal in South Africa. Many traditional leaders have told me on enquiry that they have seen aircraft – helicopters – dropping ammunition and food for these militants (Boko Haram). And they believe that there must be an official hand trying to use this so-called insurgency to cause maximum damage to Islam and Muslims in Nigeria. But as God will have it, we have seen what happened in South Africa.
Despite the stories being peddled by the Federal Government and some religious leaders, I think everybody who can see and think, will see that there are so many non-Muslims who have been arrested doing one violent thing or the other. Once those who are not Muslims are arrested, it is immediately dismissed by Marilyn Ogar of the Department of State Security. When it was the case of a former Governor of Borno and a former Chief of Army Staff, you could see that DSS did not mince words in quickly acquitting one and leaving the other, because the other man is a Muslim. You cannot get to the root of this crisis, if you think this is a religious thing – ‘the Muslims are the one’ – and you want to do everything to demonise Islam and the Muslims in Nigeria. God will continue to expose them, as He has exposed them in South Africa.
It is gladdening that there are still some sane people in this country, despite the fact that they are Christians, who have been able to speak the truth about what is really going on – that people are using Christianity in Nigeria to commit irreligious crimes; they are using religion for irreligious purposes. What these flying pastors do is that because they have created the image of men of God for themselves, security men are not critical of them. Their planes are very good materials to be used to commit all sorts of atrocities across countries of the world. I do not go for the claim of money laundering (in South Africa), I know that the Almighty Allah wanted to expose the evil they are doing.
Who are the people you are referring to?
Who are the people? It is clear for you to see. How can the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria transact such business with an aircraft belonging to the President of CAN? There are so many things to be looked at. The fact that the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs is keeping quiet is because we are still studying the situation. At the appropriate time, we will come out. We are not fools. What is happening in Nigeria now is that, they want to create the impression that Muslims are violent. But God has started to show those behind Boko Haram. Eighty per cent of those who have been killed by this Boko Haram are Muslims.
I am not persuaded any way but some people are trying to bring this ex-militant – Mujahid Dokubo-Asari – into it just to show that maybe a Muslim was involved. I don’t believe he is involved. I am not speaking for him. Go to South Africa, you are a journalist, and find out the names of the two Nigerians who were involved. Whe the press talks about these people; they deliberately do not inquire into the names of these people and they are now talking about Asari-Dokubo.
You seem to believe that the purchase of arms from South Africa were not meant for the fight against Boko Haram.
If they (arms) were to be used in the interest of the nation, it (the transaction) would have followed the correct procedure. A religious leader’s aircraft would not have been involved; the Federal Government has many aircraft to be used. They can tell that to the marines. The impression they have is that Muslims are stupid; they are docile; they don’t know what is going one. I think that is wrong. The fact that we keep quiet does not mean we are stupid.
What is then the solution?
That is why we, as Muslims, don’t have confidence in the Federal Government of Nigeria to be fair to us. On this matter, what we believe we should do is to call on an independent international body to look into it.
Which matter?
The whole Boko Haram saga: who are those arming Boko Haram and what connection does that have with what is going on in South Africa? You will recall that when the first bombing occurred in Abuja, many accusing fingers were pointed to some Muslims; that they must have done it. Somebody was caught in South Africa, he happened to be a non-Muslim. He has been convicted but it is played down because he is not a Muslim. Many Christians have been arrested; you remember the episode of the Federal Ministry of Information; you remember the Bauchi episode; you remember the Osogbo episode. These are non-Muslims who were caught unleashing or about to unleash violence on people. But because they were non-Muslims, the issues were not played up. But there are hundreds of Muslims who are being detained; who are being persecuted simply on the suspicion that they are Boko Haram, whereas, the real Boko Haram are left to go about to perpetrate what they are perpetrating in this country.
The Federal Government should deeply look inwards. The persecution of Muslims must stop in this country. We want a country that is just to all; a country which everybody will be proud to be a member of. A situation where you are using agencies of government to persecute and suppress a group will not work.
But there is a forum where the Islamic body meets with the Christian body, especially on the issues of Boko Haram and insecurity in the country.
We don’t meet on Boko Haram. We don’t meet on terrorism. Let me tell you, we have the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council but for now I don’t want to talk about that. You cannot continue to play politics with religion. What is happening now is that we are playing politics with religion. Religious leadership in Nigeria has been infiltrated by crooks and criminals and they are just using religion as a camouflage to commit atrocities against this nation and the citizens. You can imagine that if what happened in South Africa had involved a Muslim, by now, the Muslim would have been arrested. Look at the people who were accused of either kidnapping or of Boko Haram membership; military will destroy the whole house, even if the landlord is not living there. What’s the offence? ‘You have given out your house to kidnappers or Boko Haram, so we must destroy.’ Why would that not apply in the case of the aircraft now? Is it because that there is no Islamic link to those who were found?
Has the Muslim community ever raised these issues of alleged persecution before the President or the government?
When you raise issues, what happens? Did we not raise the issue that Muslims were marginalised in the case of the National Conference, where only about one-third or less of the chosen members were Muslims? Didn’t the President promise us that he was going to rectify it? Did he do anything? He didn’t do anything simply because the religious contractors might have advised him that he should not do anything. After he promised us, did he do anything?
Would Muslims also complain about marginalisation over appointments into public offices?
It is obvious. You are journalist, go and find out what is happening in the military, the police and in public service. Go and see where a Muslim chief executive is removed and look at who replaces him; where a Christian is removed, look at who replaces him. We are not fools. For the fact that we are not talking now should not be taken as if we are ignorant. We are keeping quiet because we know that we have to pay some price for national security. It will get to a point that the government will know that Muslims are not fools in this country.
Have you noticed the alleged marginalisation and persecution under the current administration?
It is pronounced under this administration. It is particularly pronounced. Go and do the analysis yourself. You say you want to empower minorities, why have you not appointed a minister from the South-East who is a Muslim? Why have you not appointed a minister from the South-South who is a Muslim? But you can go and search for a Christian in Borno; you can go and look for a Christian in Sokoto. Is that not selective searching? God has started in His own way of revealing the evil. I am sure that at the end of the day when we get to the root of what is happening in this country, people will know that some people are committed to the destruction of this country.
What about the allegation that the Islamic body has not been doing enough to seek the release the abducted Chibok girls and end the terrorism in the country?
What would we have done? We have issued statements so many times. All Muslims are now being treated as culprits. The fact that you are a Muslim, makes you a suspect even if you do nothing. There was poor construction in that church in Lagos and the building collapsed. And when they were looking for reasons, they said it was Boko Haram – ridiculous claim. Some of these stories are offensive to anybody who is reasonable. The Federal Government has to reassess itself, be upright and just. 2 Likes |
This fuuktard was appointed a Professor? A professor that declared a cure without a SINGLE test? Her source is "God"? Our education system is finished! http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/features/natural-health/178497-how-i-discovered-ewedu-cure-for-ebola-bitter-kola-drops-for-glaucoma[size=18pt]‘How I discovered Ewedu cure for Ebola, bitter kola drops for glaucoma’[/size]
PROF. Adebukunola O. Adefule Ositelu is a consultant ophthalmologist at the College of Medicine University of Lagos (CMUL)/ Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Ositelu is akin to the mother of everyone at the Guinness Eye Centre, having played a pivotal role since the setting up of the department in the late 1970’s. She has previously held the post of head of department, and then moved up to becoming the Dean of the School of Clinical Sciences for the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. The school then became a Faculty, and she was the first Dean of the new Faculty of Clinical Sciences, overseeing 13 departments. She has since retired from these official roles, but continues to serve with passion as a contract Professor and a role model to the budding ophthalmologists and consultants within the department. She has also played a significant role in the creation of posts for ophthalmology subspecialists at the Guinness Eye Centre, with appointments of a retinal consultant and paediatric ophthalmology consultant over the past few years.
Over the next few years, she envisions the Guinness Eye Centre to have two subspecialists for each subspecialty and for the Guinness Eye Centre to head towards becoming a renowned Institute of Ophthalmology. Ositelu who is also an ordained pastor is best known for her patented eye drops made with bitter kola for preventing blindness in patients with glaucoma. She told participants at an occasion organized by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), last week, to mark the 2014 African Traditional Day that she has got an Ewedu-based prevention/cure for the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). CHUKWUMA MUANYA, KENECHUKWU EZEONYEJIAKU and PAUL ADUNWOKE were there. Excerpts:
Are you saying you have discovered a cure for EVD?
The Ebola infection that is ravaging the world now remains a mystery even to the scientists because all efforts to find a cure have been evasive. The virus, which causes this fever, attacks the cells of the body, replicates and multiplies in such body causing the entire cells to be infected. Contact with an infected persons or the fluid of his body could transfer the virus to the one who contacts and the process repeats itself.
And you know, most of us don’t really eat monkeys, we don’t eat gorillas and we don’t eat bats; at least, down south here, may be some people do; but most of us don’t eat it. Those who eat bush meat, I’m not sure it’s gorillas and monkeys that they eat. I think, it became worrisome for us how we will be suffering from a disease transmitted through animals that we do not consume. We don’t even move with them because they are not pets.
So, some group went into prayers; a particular one went into reservation to pray and after praying and pleading with God, something was released: that it is true it is a virus and at the same time, something simple can be released to us because we have everything, the only thing is that we don’t make use of them. We don’t care when we discover things; people don’t take it seriously, we look down on ourselves so much, we don’t value what we have.
This was the thing that was released; that as simple as it is, it is potent enough to give resistance and immunity to the cells of the body against the virus.
Why have you kept quiet until now?
It was sent to The Guardian, Punch, The Nation and Thisday but none of them since July 25, 2014 acknowledged receiving it; and people are still travelling, looking for cure to the disease. Only recently, somebody died in LUTH, brought all the way from Jos. We don’t need to spread this thing. And the remedy is: take enough quantity of Ewedu, rinse and was it with liquid vinegar, then you blend it and cook with only drinkable water for five minutes. First thing in the morning, freshly made, just take 25cl of the herb in an empty stomach once a week for prevention as long as they still say there is Ebola in Nigeria. For cure, you take it daily for five to seven days.
This confirms that the wisdom of man is foolishness before God and He only grants knowledge when He desires so to do for the benefit of mankind, whereas many believes that it is their ingenuity that grants them fame- this is underserved accord.
Has it been tested and confirmed with any Ebola patient?
I don’t have Ebola and I don’t pray you have it; so who do you want me to test it with? They are doing experimental thing abroad and they are using it. It’s only here that we want to prove and make things difficult for ourselves. We know that skeptics would postulate and analyse, but the wisdom of God surpasses that of men and He as the creator of all things know what is good for men.
This was revealed by God to His people at a reservation after prayers, if you want, you take it, if you don’t want, you reject it. There is no cause for argument; the wisdom of God is more than any other person’s. He is the one who created all these things and He can reveal it to us as He wants. It’s a grace which I think everyone should embrace. Ewedu is what we all eat, but the way they told us to prepare it is very different from what we’ve been doing before because we use it as delicacy. But this time around, it is used as medicine, for prevention and cure.
For those who are vomiting, you know, that’s a very late stage; you can embrace the prevention so that it won’t even get to us because this thing will increase your immunity and make your cells impregnable to those viruses so that you can be able to fight it should incase it comes to you. When the cells are immune to the virus, it becomes impossible for it to penetrate, infect and duplicate itself in such body. Since cells die and new ones are formed, it is therefore important and necessary that the consumption of this grace be made constant- at least once every week throughout the period of the infestation. The constant ingestion of this preparation blocks all passages of the virus into the cells of the body and you combine that with the hygiene: wash your hands and keeping a good environment.
For those who are vomiting, it is going to help them; just a little bit at a time until they finish the 25cl. And they take it every day, for five days… For prevention, it’s once a week until they say the continent is clear of Ebola.
What about the claims about bitter kola cure?
Orogbo that is bitter kola is very good, it is the only drug that I am using for my eyes today; I have some of them here to show you. Not only that, there’s a reason why our people call it Orogbo, it has a meaning- it means Longevity. And my son incidentally had Apollo (redness of the eye that is conjunctivitis). He phoned me saying “my eyes are sticky, I am having fever, I have sore throat”, I said ‘ok, there is a drug on the shelf, please take one of it, it’s called bitter kola drops, just use it, keep your hands clean.’ This boy took the Orogbo bottle and used it and within two hours, he phoned me back and said that he has started to feel better.
When I came back, I now went; it was now the harmattan season; this harmattan season is when we have Apollo. Apollo is a virus. So I’ve used it, I had one in my bag that I was using for my own guard. One of the boys we went to visit had Apollo and all the boys in the school had Apollo. I just set them aside; I asked them who their teacher is? Nobody was looking after them. I took tissue paper and cleaned their eyes and started to drop the bitter kola solution into their eyes. I spent three hours on them; before I left them, they were all feeling better. I now made sure I sent more bottles to them so that they will use.
It is sellable, it is not toxic and I will not be accused of exposing human beings to it because it is good for human consumption. So, it must be used freely among today’s family and in any ceremony, Orogbo is there apart from other kola nuts. The efficacy is anti-viral and it is already known.
Now, Orogbo is being used in America because of Ebola. Yes! That’s part of the experimental thing they are using and we are sitting here…what are we doing? It is unfortunate that we don’t believe in ourselves. I’m sorry, there’s a remedy for Ebola.
We are very rich; in fact, we are very rich. We are more great and to be sought after. When I go out of the country and they ask me where I come from, I say I’m from Nigeria. Yes, I am proud to be a Nigerian anywhere, any day because we are blessed. The problems we are suffering from are self-inflicted. We are richly endowed in all aspects of life except in organisation and we are not thankful enough to God. We are created to lead the continent and the world at large but we prefer to roll in muddy waters. We need to rise from stupid floor mats, wickedness, selfishness, inequity, greed and self-inflicted problems.
What about the bitter kola drop for glaucoma?
I got the mixture from one of my patients who I promised we would work on it. I can tell you authoritatively now that we have done extensive research on this extract as an eye drop and we are successfully using it in our clinic in successfully treating patients with glaucoma.
The study by published recently in Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology concluded: “Topical Garcinia kola 0.5 per cent aqueous eye drops are as effective as timolol maleate 0.5 per cent eye drops in lowering Intraocular Pressure (IOP) in newly diagnosed glaucoma and ocular hypertensive patients. The mean IOP reducing efficacy after six months of use was similar in both groups. Garcinia kola extract may represent an alternate topical medication for patient with open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertensives in a resource limited population.”
The study is titled “Efficacy of Garcinia kola 0.5 per cent aqueous eye drops in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.”
The other members of the research team include: Adebayo K Adefule from the Department of Ophthalmology, LUTH, Idi-Araba, Bernice O. Adegbehingbe, Olayinka O. Adegbehingbe, and Elsie Samaila from Departments of Surgery, (Ophthalmology Unit) and Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and Kehinde Oladigbolu of the Department of Surgery, National Eye Centre, Kaduna.
Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the pressure within the eyeball as a result of the constant formation and drainage of the aqueous humour. It is the internal pressure of which allows the eye to hold on to its shape and function properly. Intraocular pressure is controlled primarily by the rate of secretion or rate of drainage of the aqueous humour. These will be building up pressure leading to increased risk of optic nerve damage, a pathological condition called glaucoma.
Glaucoma is rated as the second leading cause of vision loss worldwide. It is also estimated that 66.8 million people are affected by glaucoma worldwide and 6.7 million are bilaterally blind because of the disease. It was said to affect individuals of all age groups but is more prevalent after the fourth decade of life.
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness. The progression of this disease can be reduced or stopped by lowering IOP with medication and surgery. Among the several options available for medical therapy of elevated IOP, topical b-blockers and the prostaglandin F2á analogs, such as latanoprost, are the most commonly prescribed first-line therapies?
In Nigeria, the most commonly available IOP reducing agents are beta-blockers (mainly timolol maleate 0.5 per cent eye drops) and prostaglandins (mainly latanoprost 0.005 per cent). Latanoprost 0.005 per cent is more effective than timolol maleate 0.5 per cent in reducing diurnal IOP fluctuations. This is clinically important because optic nerve damage is accelerated by IOP fluctuations. 1 Like 1 Share |
