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By Baba Haliru Dantiye

Kano State Gov't Release: Continue Pursuing Your Legitimate Business, Kwankwaso Tells Released Abia Travelers

Kano state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has advised the 29 indigenes of the state, out of the 486 travelers from Northern Nigeria, who were arrested on transit in Abia state by security agents about two weeks ago, on the allegation of being insurgents, to continue pursuing legitimate businesses anywhere they found themselves in the country.

He made the call when the 29 freed indigenes visited him at the Government House in Kano following their release from detention in Abia state.

Governor Kwankwaso argued that there is no law in the country that restricts any citizen from traveling and doing business lawfully anywhere in the nation, lamenting that what the security agents did to the travelers was a clear violation of their fundamental human right.

“Upon hearing that some Northerners were apprehended in that state (Abia), even though we were unaware that Kano indigenes were among the captives then, we began discussion with the authorities concerned to secure their release. But we later thought that it will be impossible to have that number of people going on business without having anybody from Kano. This is the reason why we sent a powerful delegation to discuss with them for your unconditional release or referral of the matter to court,” the governor revealed.
The governor who thanked Almighty God for making the captives to return home safely and urged them to take what happened to them as predestined.

Earlier one of the released travelers, Mudasir Aliyu Kumbosto revealed that they were severely tortured and painfully maltreated while in detention at the barracks in Abia state and denied access to the Kano state government delegation that went to see them.

He, however, thanked the governor for his effort and for making time to see them return home safely and for giving each of them N20, 000 as a transportation money to their respective communities in the state.

Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye fnge, mni
Director of Press and Public Relations
to the Executive Governor of Kano state

We are one nigeria

Some Jigawa State indigenes who returned to the state at the weekend after their release by military authorities in Abia State alleged abuse in the hands of soldiers while in detention.
One of the returnees, Shehu, said they were arrested while taking the new wife of a relation to him in Rivers.
“I was in the entourage of seven people who were taking a new bride to her husband who is a serving soldier in Rivers State. The other women detained were also in the escort as part of our tradition. We were all arrested, detained and returned. We tried to explain but they won’t listen. Imagine the experience of the girl who got detained for 13 days after her wedding”, he said.
Kamilu Nasiru, another returnee, said they were fed with moimoi once a day and were cramped into a single room, adding that most of them became sick because of the congestion.

Ibrahim Musa said most of them did not pray for 13 days, adding that they were given biscuits and water during interrogation. The Chief of Staff to Governor Sule Lamido, Malam Aminu Ringim, who received the returnees, said the government worked round the clock to secure their release. He added that it is wrong to politicise security issues. He said the state government would protect indigenes anywhere they may be.

How we were arrested, treated

A trader who was among those released Friday said while in detention they were given only one moimoi as daily meal. He said one of them who hails from Jigawa State already went mad.

“We are businessmen, I used to travel to Port Harcourt, some of us travel to Aba, Ekiti and Bayelsa. All the vehicles used took off on Saturday from Jigawa and came to Kano to pick the remaining passengers. We took off from NNPC Hotoro. We heard some people saying we travelled in a convoy of 36 vehicles. This is not true. What happened was, we arrived at a check point in Aba in two vehicles on 15th June. When we arrived we meet three vehicles. They started the arrest before 2:00am, some were arrested at 1:30am. They kept us until the number of vehicles reached 33 and they told us that we should exercise patience until 6:00am because of the security situation and we should not be allowed to proceed until morning, promising that they would release us by 6:00am.

“At 6:00am, instead, we started seeing more well armed soldiers with their combat vehicles. They surrounded us and started entering every vehicle, seizing our phones. They tortured passengers who first arrived at the barracks, but they did not beat us. They however collected all our belongings.”
He said on their first three days in detention;
“They removed only eight females among us and put all the remaining 478 in one cell where we slept, urinating there. They never opened the cell until 5:00am when they served us one moimoi and a cup of water each which served as our daily meals.”
“We were sleeping in shifts because the cell could not accommodate us. We spent three days. They later brought a container for us to urinate in. There was a time we spent two days without even the moimoi, a situation many of us could not cope with. As I talk to you, there is one who is completely insane now. We are physically and mentally touched.”

How we were screened

“After immigration officials screened us, the SSS did their own. The SSS asked questions like which group do you belong to - Tijjaniya, Kadiriyya or Izala or Boko Haram sect?

“They had some experts who specialise in detecting people who once carried guns. They checked all our hands for that purpose but they could not find anyone among us who ever handled a gun. They collected account numbers, they collected my own. They have all our addresses,” he said.
A 31-year-old father of three said he is into sale and repair of wrist watches in Port Harcourt. Another said when they were released they were given some of their belongings.

“All of us were prevented from proceeding with the journey, as we were escorted to Lokoja and handed over to soldiers there. From there we were escorted to Abaji in Abuja and handed over to soldiers, and from there to soldiers in Zuba and Dakatsalle in Kano State. Out of the 10 vehicles, nine proceeded to Jigawa State”.

A source told our correspondent that when they arrived Jigawa they were all handed over to their local government chairmen.
Receiving them, Kano State Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso donated N20,000 to each of the 29 victims who hail from his state. Kwankwaso advised them to look into some other businesses in the state despite the fact that the constitution gives them the right to go anywhere in the country to do business.
The released persons are from across the 13 local governments in the state with majority coming from Sumaila LGA. When they were arrested, the Kano State government sent delegates who were prevented from accessing them, making the governor to call for their immediate release or be taken to court.

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Sijo01: Unity we stand.......

and divided we fall, but are Northerners ready?

chai i made it at last. Ramadan kareem

I hear you, hope they act according to what you just said here.

I thought these guys were caught transporting arms, or is that another group of northerners?

Who says it's not coming down-South, it is and fast!

The political arm of BH, has woken up to the realization that this monster they created now threatens a region capable of producing 10 million plus anti-GEJ/PDP block votes in 2015 and little is supposedly being done. So what do they do? Spread the campaign of terror boys! Ship 400 plus BH agents to their region and let Allah begin to sort their souls.

A warped leveller in the run up to 2015!!

Mashaa Allaah.

BrAkingNews: and divided we fall, but are Northerners ready?

They gat no choice than to be ready.

This is sentiment driven, this won't let the security operatives do their work.
The arrested hausa/fulani people are not the only ones in the east or travelling on that path and won't be.
They were arrested on the ground of suspicion.

What if they were found wanting? Obviously, they were going to be released once the investigation was over and nothing incriminating is found.

This is what you get when the eyes of the mind is blinded by stark sentiment.

I believe this is another factor hindering our gallant soldiers in the north from finishing those bh demons.

Carry ur boko haram boys jare. Keep bombing north. Devils.

Ok

Noted

God is on d throne.He's waiting 4 us to take d 1st step b4 he grants us victory.

if na d igbos. dey wud have been cryin like fowls. making accusations.labelled dem BH yet dey had no weapon.jewish zionist suck abeg

Freed

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Veri suspecting,486 travelin for wat business?

What about the remaining captives?

Can you tell this to an Abia indigene in Borno State? Keep pursuing your business there.. Lol.. Hehehe.. E don dagbaru..
Abeg, keep them there jare.. Make we know how bomb take dey enter churches for here

ednut1: if na d igbos. dey wud have been cryin like fowls. making accusations. zionist oshi

Niggas getting older but are yet to grow up..tribalist bigot

good move ....hit like if you knw nigeria beat france....

panch001: chai i made it at last. Ramadan kareem

So after making FrontPage wetin cum happen Seun don pay u ? Abi u don receive alert ?
Nonsense Grow Up

Virtue of History

It has started

Our approach to security in Nigeria today is wrong. That's why it's not productive...

It needs Reforms FAST!


May GoD bless Nigeria!

I LoVe Research. What about you?

Big4wig: Niggas getting older but are yet to grow up..tribalist bigot

u even get time to reply that f.ool

Hausas should leave our land since we can't stay in theirs

Na wa oooo. From my observation. Terrorist hides in the mids of hausa/fulani settlements. And they harbour these terrorists without exposing them, . They cant see they dont know the nefarious activities going on around them by these insurgents without noticing it most especially abuja and other affected state.

The truth is there for us to see.