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The Niger State Government has clarified a viral video of the state governor, Mohammed Bago, seen ordering security personnel to slap a man during the Fidua prayer for the late wife of the deputy governor, Zainab Yakubu.

The video which went viral on Saturday captured Bago speaking in Hausa and ordering a security operative to slap the man and arrest him.

The Special Adviser to the governor on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso in a statement on Tuesday said the cleric was only an impostor who attempted to play the role of an Imam.

Wakaso stated that the man had since apologised to the governor and forum of Imams for his misconduct, saying that he was neither slapped nor arrested by the security operatives.

The attention of the Niger State Government has been drawn to an editorial in the Daily Trust Newspaper of 15th July 2024, titled “Bago: Let Temperance Reign”. This editorial and many other reports did not only misrepresent the incident that took place during the three-day Fidau Prayers for the late wife of the Deputy Governor, Hajiya Zainab Garba, wherein the Governor ordered security agents to remove an individual who attempted to take over the spiritual duties of the Imams gathered at the Deputy Governor’s residence, it also came up with some fictitious claims.

“While the state government preferred not to engage in the controversy currently celebrated on social media and other platforms, especially when the state was in a mourning period due to the demise of the deputy governor’s wife, it has become necessary to set the record straight and correct the misconceptions about the Governor’s actions.

The governor considers the three days Fidau Prayers as a very sensitive and important event that should be presided over by an Imam or any renowned Islamic Scholar, not by an unqualified individual. The governor’s decision to ask the individual to leave the venue of the prayer is based on maintaining the sanctity and solemnity of the occasion.

He found the act of the person not just as disrespectful to the dead and the reason for the gathering but also as insensitive which led to him requesting that he be taken out by the security agents. The continued attacks on the Governor’s character by some. media outlets over this issue are unfortunate and uncalled for, especially since the Governor’s actions were meant to curb the excesses of unruly individuals and prevent the Fidau prayer from being reduced to a mere spectacle or a child’s play,” Wakaso stated.

The Special Adviser, who disclosed that the fake cleric had been a fan of the governor whom the governor had tried to empower several times, merely showed his overzealousness to get noticed by the governor.

“The individual involved not only denied being slapped by the security agents who ordered him out of the deputy governor’s residence in a video but has publicly apologized to the Imams and the governor, acknowledging his overzealousness and inappropriate actions. He has shown remorse and requested forgiveness from both the governor and the forum of Imams[l.

“The Governor’s actions were driven by respect for the deceased, the purpose of the gathering, and the need to preserve the sanctity of the Fidua Prayer,” she added.

Matheusmartin:
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I think the use of ussd is cheaper and more convenient.

Or is it jamb fault that airtel and Co refused to have stable network

BOOKWORMLUX:
It's fraudulent for JAMB to make the results unavailable online just to help MTN and the likes make massive profits from students
What happened to being able to check one's result online as it used to be.
EFCC should look into this

Beautifulday:
na wa ooh. nah some people business be this ooh

rentAcock:
My thread is not dead, please find another thread

mozkidayo:
Yeah I’m sorry I had to come back. I recently got to know about a group where people announce early dates available for Lagos and Abuja. Is it not possible for me to quickly reschedule once they announce an early date available for Lagos sir? I just wanna try and make use of any other opportunity instead of relying on only the emergency appointment if possible sir.

mozkidayo:
Alright thank you sir

mozkidayo:
Ohhh I grab sir. Last question sir. Is there a way I can check for earlier dates and the Change my date to that date? Or I should just wait for the emergency appointment duration/period?

mozkidayo:
Alright sir I’ll just do this then. I’ve paid my Sevis fee. Thought there’s something like rescheduling to check for dates or so

mozkidayo:
Ohh alright lemme paste it here sir

Good afternoon sir. Sir I saw your post on the travel section about getting approval and it was really helpful sir. Thanks sir. Sir I got a date that is very very close to my resumption date sir. I already scheduled. Sir is there a way to get earlier dates sir? Thanks sir

mozkidayo:
My Oga at the top

Tim37:
Good afternoon house!
I need an assistance with this. My request to book an appointmemt has just been approved, checking my cgi profile the earliest date i got was 13th Augt. Is there possibility of getting earlier date after accepting the 13th ? And how manytimes can one reschedule an appointment if earlier dates resurfaced?

Greatkenny2:
Bro can I try this? I submitted a request for an interview last week Friday, for Lagos, so can I change to Abuja on my CGI profile then request, and the when approved change back to Lagos to schedule an appointment? I'm a bit skeptical about the process... PS, I've not paid my SEVIS fee yet.. please advise

FAMILY247:
Thank you so much. The method was very effective. Changed my location this morning and it was approved almost immediately

Michaelcoolid88:
This worked after waiting for over two weeks using Lagos without any mail, I tried this around 5-‘ and got approval mail by 8am, thank you so much. God bless you

Asher100:
Thank you sir...it went through within 10hours and i changed back to lagos to get a date around Early August

EmmyPers:
Please how feasible is this? Which location would you advise someone wanting to start their visa application now? I'm particular about approval for interview date search, date availability and emergency approval in the event one has to go through that route.

Tim37:
Good evening!
Are you talking about this👇 on our cgi profile

And also remember on our DS160 profile we filled lagos, wont this contradict the whole thing? Honestly the wait time is taking too long.

Greatkenny2:
Bro is this advisable?any implications? I applied for a date Friday last week.. can I try this or I should just wait a little longer

FAMILY247:
Hello house,

Please how many weeks/days does it take for the US embassy to respond to your request to schedule a visa appointment. I requested last week.

rsogbuyi:
To be sure if I get you right,
Is it that when it’s 60 days to by resumption (June), I will make an application for emergency date, or I can make the application for emergency date anytime but I’ll be given a date from June-July?

rsogbuyi:
For those applying for visa for Fall 2024 (august resumption), will applying for visa and booking appointment by april ending/ early may be too late?

Also, if one gets a late date, how can one get an earlier date?

Your several advices will be helpful. Thank you

sunspartech:
Does that mean without the payment of SEVIS FEE you won't be able to receive visa application approval? I don't think so

Greatkenny2:
Bro how did you know? I just checked and it's still showing 1800 ie 3330000