50 Foreign nationals arrested over Jos riot
From Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, 12.26.2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008

As the Administrative Committee of Enquiry set up by President Umaru Yar’Adua to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the Jos riot last month start its work, it has emerged that some 50 of the 530 persons arrested in connection with the skirmishes which claimed over 400 lives, were foreigners.





Making the disclosure yesterday while receiving the primate of the Anglican Communion of Nigeria, the Most Rev. Jasper Akinola, the governor of Plateau State, David Jang said the foreign nationals were caught in Nigerian military and police uniforms, and were armed with guns.

Several foreign nationals from neighbouring Niger and Mali were said to have taken part and were arrested during the riot last month which left more than 400 dead in the aftermath of disputed local council elections in the state.

Throwing more light on his experience from the recent riot in Jos, the governor confessed that in all his years in the military and even during the civil war, he had never been so overwhelmed and dazed by the experience he had during the crisis in Jos.

Jang admitted he had never been taken by such surprise, as was the case during the riot in the city.

The governor said: “I will tell you very frankly, Your Grace, that I have been a military man all my life. But even the civil war we went through did not devastate me in the manner the event that just happened in Jos.

“Since the incidents of 2001 and 2004, we have done everything possible to ensure peaceful co-existence. We went out of our way to accommodate everyone irrespective of religious or tribal inclinations.

“We had a very wonderful and in fact the most peaceful election ever conducted in Plateau State, and suddenly, when we were relaxing, awaiting the results of the elections, we heard that some parts of Jos city were on fire.”

“When this kind of crisis happened in 2001 and 2004, a judicial commission of inquiry was set up and chaired by Justice Niki Tobi. This report has not been released. The government then, in its own wisdom, drafted a white paper and decided not to do anything.

“We are determined, as an administration, to get that white paper and study it while we await the new judicial commission. We shall now look at those who have been perpetrating this arson and killing innocent people and they would be brought to justice by the law of the nation,” Jang said.

Akinola said he could not bring himself to believe that the heinous act was perpetrated by unemployed youths.

He expressed shock and disgust that “human beings could take other human lives which are sacred and sacrosanct.”

He told Jang to liaise with his counterparts in other states on the problem and come out with a permanent and lasting solution.

The Federal Government, Wednesday, set up the Administrative Committee of Enquiry into the Jos riot that will be chaired by Major General Emmanuel Abisoye (rtd.)

The terms of reference of the committee are among others to determine the remote and immediate causes of the unrest; determine the extent of the loss of lives and property; determine the types and sources of weapons used during the riot; and identify person(s), groups or institutions responsible for the unrest.

The committee is expected to submit its report to the Federal Government within three months from the date of its inauguration.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/27/201.html

earTHMama:

Throwing more light on his experience from the recent riot in Jos, the governor confessed that in all his years in the military and even during the civil war, he had never been so overwhelmed and dazed by the experience he had during the  crisis in Jos.

Fu-cking idiot!! the civil war that took away more than 2 million lives did not overwhelm your fricking ass? But a backyard fight between boys that took away less than 500 lives (though insane) has dazed your imbecilistic mind. Bunch of illiterate leaders.

They should be sent to Lagos prisons to await trial

They should be sent to Lagos prisons to await trial

Why flood lagos with terrorists?. They should be sent to Jigawa instead to await trial, abeg.

earTHMama:

Why flood lagos with terrorists?. They should be sent to Jigawa instead to await trial, abeg.

Surely our area boys behind the wall will have a thing or two to teach the cowards about being a terrorist

Pennywise:

Surely our area boys behind the wall will have a thing or two to teach the cowards about being a terrorist

our 'area boys' are cowards beside these guys o, 'dont think it'

these almajiri guys are insane animals.

though area boys' brains have been befuddled by too much igbo but at least they still got brains

these nothern 'muturus' have none at all.


Hope you never get to experience an ethno-religous crisis in the north as I did in Jos

Pak

I concur, area boy versus Jihadist. Na 3rd world war be that, but area go maintain and sustain later.lol

pak:

our 'area boys' are cowards beside these guys o, 'don't think it'

these almajiri guys are insane animals.

though area boys' brains have been befuddled by too much igbo but at least they still got brains

these nothern 'muturus' have none at all.


Hope you never get to experience an ethno-religous crisis in the north as I did in Jos

Na your talk be that. A hundred almajiris chanting allahu akbar is not like one almajiri surrounded by 10 igbo hardened omo eko inside kirikiri maximium. Make e sing am now.

now we know who the mercenaries are now that the gov is scared of a panel of inquiry from the federal govt.
He had wanted to set up his own "panel" and dictate wat they will do.

our 'area boys' are cowards beside these guys o, 'don't think it' Shocked

these almajiri guys are insane animals.

though area boys' brains have been befuddled by too much igbo but at least they still got brains

these nothern 'muturus' have none at all.


Hope you never get to experience an ethno-religous crisis in the north as I did in Jos

Spot on!. Who is comparing almajiris with area boys?. Area boys are only interested in little pilfering, robbery with small arms etc but not chopping off your head. They are a necessary social nuisance but not a menace to our society like the Hausa almajiris.

We’re no terrorists, say Islamic clerics arrested by police
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The State Security Service (SSS) has set free six foreign nationals arrested recently by the police in Abuja over allegations of being Islamic terrorists.



The six Zambians who were arrested by the police in Abuja on the suspicion of recruiting and training terrorists in a mosque in Kuje, Abuja, regained their freedom last week and spoke to newsmen at the weekend in Kuje, Abuja where they are currently carrying out their missionary work.

They denied being terrorists and expressed gratitude to the SSS and the police, adding: “At the end, we have been vindicated by the same security agencies that arrested us.”

The foreign clerics said they had forgiven the police for the travails they went through in detention.

Vali Shoeb Akubar, the leader of the group said: “We are always prepared for all sorts of hardships, arrest as well as detention, because we believe that no one in such position as ours should expect less, stressing that “Even Prophet Mohammed faced greater travails and tribulations among his own people.”

The Zambians further explained that they were not terrorists as the police alleged, but Muslim preachers.

They explained that on arrival in the country, the State Security Service [SSS] in Kuje had cleared them after screening their documents and other details, but surprisingly, the police still accused them of terrorism and detained them.

Against all explanations, the clerics lamented further that the police detectives still doubted their mission and they were eventually taken to the Inspector-General of Police on the orders of the FCT Commissioner Police.

“The IGP directed that we should be handed over to SSS for further investigations, but after listening to us, they found nothing incriminating about us,” the Islamic clerics stated.

The Zambians, Vali Shoeb Akubar, Abdulaziz Chadat Musa, Muhammad Ali Patel, Abdurrahaman Abbas Patel, Dawood Vali Ahmed and Muhammad Sakil Sadiq as well as their Nigerian guide, Alhaji Bala Mohammed Usman said “it is incumbent on every Muslim to spread the love, kindness, peace as well as every goodness to all nations and that formed the basis of our mission to Nigeria.

“Where there is absence of peace, crisis abound and selfishness, of course, is the root cause of conflicts and war in most parts of the world. Our mission is in line with Prophet Mohammed’s command to spread the word of Islam to other Muslims.”

We leave our families, dear ones, and businesses to go round the world to preach because it is incumbent on us. Zambia where we come from has less than one per cent population that are Muslims but we practice our faith without molestation,” they explained.



http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/30/509.html

Romeo you can say that again