LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN, BY AL-
MUSTAPHA
Your Excellency, I bring you good tidings. I
want to thank you for this generous gesture
of yours which has made it possible for me to
breathe the air of freedom again, and to
reunite with my family, especially my wife
Hafsat, who had dwelt in her own prison
throughout my incarceration.
I decided to write you this letter the very first
day I learnt that you had made up your mind
to set me free. That was weeks before my
eventual release. I know some of my words
will sound unpalatable; but I am a soldier in
whose squadron flattery is hardly a virtue.
Obviously, this freedom makes me happy
indeed but your motive, at least the perceived
it, tore my heart to shreds. I heard it is all
about 2015, and not that I was unfairly
incarcerated or that a court of competent
jurisdiction had acquitted me.
However, I maintain even now that I am
innocent of the crimes I was accused of and
condemned to death for. I am not the only
one to rise from the dead. Your wife, Patience,
also died and returned, remember?
I am scandalized by the political undertone in
the broth of my freedom. I was once the most
powerful military officer in this country but
now, from what I gather, you have reduced
me to a pawn on the chessboard of politics?
In the past, generals paid me compliments;
but time changes everything.
Mr President Sir, please permit me to call you
by your pet-name Jona. I understand that
everything you do these days has 2015
imprimatur, but bringing me into the realms
of politics is not a wise idea.
Let me refresh your memory a little, if you
would let me. I was incarcerated in
connection with the murder of Mrs Kudirat
Abiola. Of course just as your popular picture
as politician who is respected among his
neighbours in Otuoke sticks on you like glue,
my reputation as a daredevil and fearless
intelligence officer precedes me. My creation,
the Strike Force, is the deadliest Abuja, has
ever known. Oh, I am so proud of its
accomplishments. Strike Force made a snake
in a garden shudder in fear during our time.
Some even said that we had a crocodile pond
into which we threw uncooperative people,
usually NADECO members or stubborn
journalists. But I can assure you no one has
pointed out the pond since we left power.
You see, I do not know how many books you
have read Jona; but I have even memorised
the Holy Qur’an. As a Muslim, it fortified my
belief that in spite of the desire of those who
wanted me dead, I would be free; may be not
as quickly as I was discharged and acquitted
but obviously anytime soon.
Why did you release me Jona? Almost all of
those who learnt of my release that fateful
Friday morning hung my freedom on 2015.
They say you are obsessed with it and that
you would unchain the devil himself to realize
your goal. But I am what the Americans call a
goon, you know? I know nothing but
soldiering. Forget my grandstanding at the
Oputa Panel. It was military strategy. I knew in
my military wisdom that a million SANs would
not free me if I did not take my destiny in my
own hands, with facts and warts.
Lawless people don’t change overnight.
Without any prejudice to the lawyers in this
country, Jona, I can say without fear of
contradiction that my tactics hit a chord, with
and I believe that is why I am here. But mark
you Jona, I Al Mustapha, have no political value
in my region, the north, which you are trying
to reach out to but which you have also
offended in no small measure.
Northerners will hardy forget how you
ignored the Boko Haram insurgency until it
got out of hand. Unofficial sources claim that
close to 800,000 people, most of them
northerners, lost their lives and property
worth billions destroyed by the insurgents.
The insurgency has resulted in northerners
losing their positions in the armed forces;
mediocrity now reigns. To me as a former
Chief Security Officer, your initial inaction
depicted a total loss of control. You were a
lame duck, even in your first term. So what’s
all this elaborate orchestration for 2015?
But don’t mind my position, Jona. Time on
death row has taken the winds off my brains.
Never mind Yerima Ngama, your minister of
state for finance, who told people that my
sharp reasoning still amazes him. Ngama is
not a psychiatrist. He probably never paid any
attention to my behaviour while I marked
time in Kirikiri. I had been confused.
Sometimes, I greeted people with a clenched
fist; while some other times, I smiled, like
General Gowon does. At other times, I smiled, like
General Gowon does. At other times, I saluted
in military fashion.
You would have noticed too, Jona, that my
choices since coming out are dangerously
flawed. I greeted everyone in sight: TB
Joshua, Fashehun, Otokoto, Ganiyu Adams
and Tokyo, to mention a few of them. I make
no distinction between the living and the
dead, just like I have not adjusted to life
outside prison. I even sought Abiola out only
to learn that he is deceased. In that miasma, I
paid first homage to the Kano Sate
Government instead of my people in Yobe. It
would have served me just as well if I had
driven straight to Gashua and shook hands
with Shekau!
Mr President, I am saying all these because
personally I know that where the north is
concerned, I am a political paper tiger. Like
Larry Hagman of the famous soap Dallas, I am
the man that people love to hate. I lack the
political value you ascribe to me, and if you
released me to score a political point in my
region, you have only taken a fool’s gambit.
But I’m sorry; I can’t help your 2015 dream.
Yours faithfully, Al-Mustapha.
culled from: Daily Trust

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For a soldier, you are too political and perhaps should have remained behind bars!

Does the President have the authority to influence the outcome of a Court Case?

I thought he could only grant pardons, post judgement.

This continuous reference to GEJ as the author and finisher of Mustapha's release is indicting and undemocratic.

My 2 cents!

The fear of the Northerners is the beginning of wisdom for Nigeria to move forward. Al-Mustapha, why are you castigating Gej for nothing. U didn't attack the like of IBB, Buhari, Atiku for sponsoring Boko haram insurgents, you now attacking Gej. U are an ungrateful and needs to send back where you are coming from

I sincerely dont believe this piece is coming from al-mustapher, but if by any chance it is proven then ur gueess of his reward is as good as mine. Recalled that he was warned not open his mouth. I pity his sorry life afterward, he should have knows better.

amasule: For a soldier, you are too political and perhaps should have remained behind bars!

For how many years have soldiers ruled Naija? Keep fooliing yourself.

Obviously not written by Al Mustapha but the OP.

Badly written too. Abgorgates logical reasoning.

ZackiGp: LETTER TO PRESIDENT JONATHAN, BY AL-
MUSTAPHA
Your Excellency, I bring you good tidings. I
want to thank you for this generous gesture
of yours which has made it possible for me to
breathe the air of freedom again, and to
reunite with my family, especially my wife
Hafsat, who had dwelt in her own prison
throughout my incarceration.
I decided to write you this letter the very first
day I learnt that you had made up your mind
to set me free. That was weeks before my
eventual release. I know some of my words
will sound unpalatable; but I am a soldier in
whose squadron flattery is hardly a virtue.
Obviously, this freedom makes me happy
indeed but your motive, at least the perceived
it, tore my heart to shreds. I heard it is all
about 2015, and not that I was unfairly
incarcerated or that a court of competent
jurisdiction had acquitted me.
However, I maintain even now that I am
innocent of the crimes I was accused of and
condemned to death for. I am not the only
one to rise from the dead. Your wife, Patience,
also died and returned, remember?
I am scandalized by the political undertone in
the broth of my freedom. I was once the most
powerful military officer in this country but
now, from what I gather, you have reduced
me to a pawn on the chessboard of politics?
In the past, generals paid me compliments;
but time changes everything.
Mr President Sir, please permit me to call you
by your pet-name Jona. I understand that
everything you do these days has 2015
imprimatur, but bringing me into the realms
of politics is not a wise idea.
Let me refresh your memory a little, if you
would let me. I was incarcerated in
connection with the murder of Mrs Kudirat
Abiola. Of course just as your popular picture
as politician who is respected among his
neighbours in Otuoke sticks on you like glue,
my reputation as a daredevil and fearless
intelligence officer precedes me. My creation,
the Strike Force, is the deadliest Abuja, has
ever known. Oh, I am so proud of its
accomplishments. Strike Force made a snake
in a garden shudder in fear during our time.
Some even said that we had a crocodile pond
into which we threw uncooperative people,
usually NADECO members or stubborn
journalists. But I can assure you no one has
pointed out the pond since we left power.
You see, I do not know how many books you
have read Jona; but I have even memorised
the Holy Qur’an. As a Muslim, it fortified my
belief that in spite of the desire of those who
wanted me dead, I would be free; may be not
as quickly as I was discharged and acquitted
but obviously anytime soon.
Why did you release me Jona? Almost all of
those who learnt of my release that fateful
Friday morning hung my freedom on 2015.
They say you are obsessed with it and that
you would unchain the devil himself to realize
your goal. But I am what the Americans call a
goon, you know? I know nothing but
soldiering. Forget my grandstanding at the
Oputa Panel. It was military strategy. I knew in
my military wisdom that a million SANs would
not free me if I did not take my destiny in my
own hands, with facts and warts.
Lawless people don’t change overnight.
Without any prejudice to the lawyers in this
country, Jona, I can say without fear of
contradiction that my tactics hit a chord, with
and I believe that is why I am here. But mark
you Jona, I Al Mustapha, have no political value
in my region, the north, which you are trying
to reach out to but which you have also
offended in no small measure.
Northerners will hardy forget how you
ignored the Boko Haram insurgency until it
got out of hand. Unofficial sources claim that
close to 800,000 people, most of them
northerners, lost their lives and property
worth billions destroyed by the insurgents.
The insurgency has resulted in northerners
losing their positions in the armed forces;
mediocrity now reigns. To me as a former
Chief Security Officer, your initial inaction
depicted a total loss of control. You were a
lame duck, even in your first term. So what’s
all this elaborate orchestration for 2015?
But don’t mind my position, Jona. Time on
death row has taken the winds off my brains.
Never mind Yerima Ngama, your minister of
state for finance, who told people that my
sharp reasoning still amazes him. Ngama is
not a psychiatrist. He probably never paid any
attention to my behaviour while I marked
time in Kirikiri. I had been confused.
Sometimes, I greeted people with a clenched
fist; while some other times, I smiled, like
General Gowon does. At other times, I smiled, like
General Gowon does. At other times, I saluted
in military fashion.
You would have noticed too, Jona, that my
choices since coming out are dangerously
flawed. I greeted everyone in sight: TB
Joshua, Fashehun, Otokoto, Ganiyu Adams
and Tokyo, to mention a few of them. I make
no distinction between the living and the
dead, just like I have not adjusted to life
outside prison. I even sought Abiola out only
to learn that he is deceased. In that miasma, I
paid first homage to the Kano Sate
Government instead of my people in Yobe. It
would have served me just as well if I had
driven straight to Gashua and shook hands
with Shekau!
Mr President, I am saying all these because
personally I know that where the north is
concerned, I am a political paper tiger. Like
Larry Hagman of the famous soap Dallas, I am
the man that people love to hate. I lack the
political value you ascribe to me, and if you
released me to score a political point in my
region, you have only taken a fool’s gambit.
But I’m sorry; I can’t help your 2015 dream.
Yours faithfully, Al-Mustapha.
culled from: Daily Trust

Zakipa abi wetin be dat your name. Don't go near that weed ever again I abeg u. It is too strong for ya head!!!

This is hilarous!

y nt channel same energy to NCC and Telcom coy 2hearken to Adroid users