₦airaland Forum

How long does it take a retired civil servant to have his/her gratuity in your State?

" A NAIRALANDER RAMADAN MESSAGE TO PMB"-Uthman Qasim.

When the safety of lives and properties, endeavours and optimism, benefits and incentives are not guaranteed in any society, the imminent reflection iS chaos in social settings, settlements, state of reasoning and natural atmosphere. Nigerians have once in the past enjoyed the tranquil atmosphere of nature; good family settings; communal inter-relationship, and hope for the unborn generations. However, the aforementioned seem to have ceased in the present day Nigerian state. Insecurity in families, communities and the country as a whole, most not be seen as a divine phenomenon but rather a human fetched catastrophe. The mutual cheat in families, inter-communal clashes; herdsmen invasions; street violence; cultism; territorial invasions and other social vices in Nigeria which amount to general insecurity of affairs, call for reasonable attention. The entropy which has led to denting our image as a nation, is also in many capacities, jeopardizing the promising future of our younger generation.
Furthermore, poverty and high cost of living have contributed immensely to the emergence of insecurity in the country as quality education cannot be accessed by citizens who can hardly afford two square meal a day. These citizens would either take to the street as beggars or use violence as a means of sustaining their living. Able youths go into thuggery because they lack something good doing. To this effect, the society is characterized with all forms of social violence. Poverty which makes most parents to be negligence of their duties as parents, also sees to the increasing rate of way-wards in the society.
In addition, philistine of academic grades over competence forces competent ones into joining criminal groups. Group members with good tactics of operation are not the best graduates but rather the abandoned talents. While government efforts have been more criticized than appreciated, the society also have not focus much in the proper upbringing of her children.
Therefore, effort must be re-directed to entrepreneurship as it paves way to curbing the menace of insecurity in different ramifications. Literates and illiterates can be gainfully employed if they have entrepreneurial skills supported by the government. The richest people in the society are not the government employees but rather those who take to what they can do for themselves and the society because competence pays than academic credentials as the good society appreciate result than process. Online businesses must be encouraged and legalized as it is a panacea to jobless status of some.
As a matter of urgency, basic and post basic schools’ curriculum should include entrepreneurial subjects to enhance creativity and self-reliance potentials in students at these levels. More vocational centers should be established with full and relevant equipment by the government and non-governmental organization. Parents must encourage their children into skills acquisition as it is paramount to national development. Attitudinal change towards ‘certificate’ and competence is required as we encourage education and passion pursuit.

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I.G YUSUF


‘ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
TEACHER BECAUSE THE
TEACHING PROFESSION
REPRESENTED TO ME AN
EPITOME OF INTEGRITY. I
HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT THROUGH
EDUCATION, WE CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
SOCIETY.
SO, CONSCIOUSLY, I
CHOOSE TO BE A
TEACHER. I HAVE
STRUGGLED ALL MY LIFE
TO PROTECT MY
INTEGRITY AND THIS IS
WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO
SPEAK OUT BECAUSE
SILENCE IS TANTAMOUNT
TO ACCEPTANCE. MY
ORDEAL STARTED WHEN
MY PHD SUPERVISOR (DR
ABAYA) WHO IS
CURRENTLY A SABBATICAL
STAFF IN MY
DEPARTMENT ASKED ME
TO HELP HIM
ADMINISTER A 40-
MINUTE TEST OF ENG
409, A COURSE MERCY
WAS WRITING.
THE CLASS TO BE USED
FOR THE TEST WAS TOO
SMALL THEREBY
NECESSITATING THE
DIVISION OF THE CLASS
INTO TWO. THE RULE
SURROUNDING THE
CONDUCT OF THE TEST
WAS LAID DOWN BY THE
EXAMINER, THAT A
STUDENT CAUGHT
CHEATING WOULD HAVE
HIS OR HER SCRIPT
DESTROYED. MERCY SAT
BEHIND HER CLASSMATE
NAMED SAMUEL, AND
WHEN THE TEST WAS
ABOUT TO ROUND UP,
SAMUEL RAISED UP HIS
SCRIPTS FOR MERCY TO
COPY. I WARNED SAMUEL
TO DESIST BUT HE JUST
SMILED AND CARRIED ON.
I THEREFORE COLLECTED
HIS PAPER AND WROTE
ON IT, “CHEATED”.
THEN I KEPT THE SCRIPT
ON THE TABLE WAITING
FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO
FINISH. AS THE TEST
ENDED, DR ABAYA CAME
IN AND ASKED ME IF
THERE WAS ANY
PROBLEM DURING THE
TEST, AND I REPLIED YES.
I SHOWED HIM SAMUEL’S
PAPER AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAPPENED.
THE PAPER WAS THEN
TORN. THE FOLLOWING
DAY, MERCY KEPT ON
CALLING ME
PERSISTENTLY THAT SHE
WANTED TO SEE ME
BECAUSE SAMUEL HAD
BEEN DISTURBING HER
AND SHE NEEDED ME TO
HELP THEM TALK TO DR
ABAYA ON BEHALF OF
THE SAMUEL. I CLEARLY
TOLD HER THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING I COULD
DO ABOUT IT. I STAYED
IN MY OFFICE PREPARING
MY HANDOVER NOTES TO
THE NEXT EXAMINATION
OFFICER IN MY
DEPARTMENT AS I WAS
JUST RECENTLY
APPOINTED AS THE
FACULTY EXAMINATIONS
OFFICER. I WAS ALSO
BUSY PREPARING
MATERIALS FOR THE
FORTH COMING FIRST
SEMESTER EXAMINATION.
I LEFT MY OFFICE
AROUND 10:00PM ON
THE FATEFUL DAY FOR MY
HOUSE IN LAPAI TOWN.
ON MY WAY HOME, I
SLOWED DOWN NEAR
THE MASTER CHEF
RESTAURANT WHERE THE
ROAD WAS SANDY AND I
SAW MERCY BY THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD. BEFORE I
COULD FATHOM WHAT
WAS HAPPENING, FOUR
BOYS OPENED MY CAR,
JUMPED INSIDE AND
CLOSED THE DOORS. ONE
OF THEM PRESSED A GUN
BEHIND MY HEAD AND
ORDERED ME TO KEEP
DRIVING UNTIL WE GOT
TO MERCY’S HOUSE.
THEN THEY FORCED ME
INTO THE HOUSE AND
ORDERED ME TO LICK
SOME ORANGES BUT I
REFUSED. SUBSEQUENTLY
THEY BOYS FORCED ME
TO TAKE SOME WATER
MELON! ONE OF THE
BOYS SLAPPED ME
REPEATEDLY. HE SAID
THAT HE FAILED MY GST
COURSE FOR THREE
YEARS AND KEPT ON
SLAPPING ME AND
SLAPPING ME WITH BOTH
HANDS SIMULTANEOUSLY
AND SHOUTING AT ME,
“AM I DULL!, AM I DULL!?”
HE KEPT ON BEATING ME,
SHOUTING THAT HE WAS
SO ANGRY WITH ME. UP
TILL DATE, I STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH MY EARS
AS A RESULT OF THE
SLAPPING AND BEATING
THE BOYS SUBJECTED ME
TO. THEY THREATENED TO
KILL ME IF I DID NOT
COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR
DIRECTIVES.
UNDER DURESS, I WAS
FORCED TO WRITE FOUR
UNDERTAKINGS TO PASS
SOME FOUR STUDENTS IN
THE EXAMS. THEY BEAT
AND KICKED ME AND I
SUSTAINED INJURY IN MY
HAND WHICH STARTED
BLEEDING. THEY ASKED
ME TO SIT AND WRITE AN
ESSAY OF 450 WORDS THE
WAY I USED TO ASK THEM
TO WRITE ESSAY IN THE
CLASS. ALL THROUGH
THESE, THEY WERE
SMOKING AND
DRINKING. THEREAFTER, I
WAS ASKED TO UNCLOTH
BUT I REFUSED. THEY
FORCEFULLY STRIPPED ME
AND TOOK SOME SHOTS
OF ME AND THEIR LEADER
IDENTIFIED AS SKT. THEY
TOOK MY HANDSETS, ATM
CARDS AND SOME CASH
THAT I HAD IN MY
POCKET. THEY SOAKED
MY SHIRT IN WATER.
THEY ASKED ME HOW
MUCH I HAD IN THE
BANK AND I TOLD THEM
IT WAS NOT UP TO A
HUNDRED THOUSAND
NAIRA. THEY KEPT ME
HOSTAGE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT DOING
DIFFERENT CHORES FOR
THEM, INCLUDING
MOPPING THE FLOOR
FOR MERCY. THEY
HUMILIATED AND ABUSED
ME THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT WHILE MERCY
VIDEO RECORDED. AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS AS I WAS
GOING THROUGH THE
ORDEAL, I STARTED
EXPERIENCING PAINS IN
MY CHEST AND STARTED
BRINGING OUT SOME
MUCUS. I WENT TO THE
TOILET TO SPIT OUT THE
MUCUS AND CAME BACK
TO BE ENGAGED IN
ANOTHER TASK UNTIL
ONE OF THEM
OBSERVING MY
CONDITION SAID THEY
SHOULD ALLOW ME TO
GO SO THAT I WOULD
NOT DIE IN THEIR
HANDS. THEN THEY
CALLED SOMEBODY AND
GAVE ME THE PHONE TO
TALK TO HIM. AS THEY
RELEASED ME, THEY GAVE
ME A PHONE NUMBER
WHICH I MUST CALL BY
10:00 AM WHEN I GET
HOME.
AFTER MY RELEASE, I
REPORTED THE INCIDENT
TO MY DEAN. LATER THAT
SAME DAY THEY STILL
CAME TO MY OFFICE TO
CONFRONT ME, LOCKED
ME INSIDE AND
DEMANDED TO KNOW
WHY I WAS “FOLLOWING”
MERCY. THEY FURTHER
DEMANDED THAT I BRING
THE N2MILLION THEY
ASKED ME FOR. EVEN
WHEN I WENT OUT OF
MY OFFICE LATER, I STILL
SAW THE PEOPLE THAT
CAME TO MY OFFICE IN
STRATEGIC PLACES
WATCHING MY OFFICE.
I DECIDED THAT THE
WORLD MUST HEAR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY
WHICH IS NOW BEING
INVESTIGATED BY THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENTS AND THE
UNIVERSITY AUTHORITY. I
WAS KIDNAPPED,
ASSAULTED, HUMILIATED,
AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
TRAUMATIZED. YET THEY
STILL SENT OUT MY
UNCLAD PICTURE AND
VIDEOS DOING CHORES
ON THE INTERNET. I
HAVE BEEN MALIGNED
AND DEFAMED AND I
WILL NOT REST UNTIL I
GET JUSTICE.
I.G. YUSUF[b]I.G YUSUF


‘ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
TEACHER BECAUSE THE
TEACHING PROFESSION
REPRESENTED TO ME AN
EPITOME OF INTEGRITY. I
HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT THROUGH
EDUCATION, WE CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
SOCIETY.
SO, CONSCIOUSLY, I
CHOOSE TO BE A
TEACHER. I HAVE
STRUGGLED ALL MY LIFE
TO PROTECT MY
INTEGRITY AND THIS IS
WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO
SPEAK OUT BECAUSE
SILENCE IS TANTAMOUNT
TO ACCEPTANCE. MY
ORDEAL STARTED WHEN
MY PHD SUPERVISOR (DR
ABAYA) WHO IS
CURRENTLY A SABBATICAL
STAFF IN MY
DEPARTMENT ASKED ME
TO HELP HIM
ADMINISTER A 40-
MINUTE TEST OF ENG
409, A COURSE MERCY
WAS WRITING.
THE CLASS TO BE USED
FOR THE TEST WAS TOO
SMALL THEREBY
NECESSITATING THE
DIVISION OF THE CLASS
INTO TWO. THE RULE
SURROUNDING THE
CONDUCT OF THE TEST
WAS LAID DOWN BY THE
EXAMINER, THAT A
STUDENT CAUGHT
CHEATING WOULD HAVE
HIS OR HER SCRIPT
DESTROYED. MERCY SAT
BEHIND HER CLASSMATE
NAMED SAMUEL, AND
WHEN THE TEST WAS
ABOUT TO ROUND UP,
SAMUEL RAISED UP HIS
SCRIPTS FOR MERCY TO
COPY. I WARNED SAMUEL
TO DESIST BUT HE JUST
SMILED AND CARRIED ON.
I THEREFORE COLLECTED
HIS PAPER AND WROTE
ON IT, “CHEATED”.
THEN I KEPT THE SCRIPT
ON THE TABLE WAITING
FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO
FINISH. AS THE TEST
ENDED, DR ABAYA CAME
IN AND ASKED ME IF
THERE WAS ANY
PROBLEM DURING THE
TEST, AND I REPLIED YES.
I SHOWED HIM SAMUEL’S
PAPER AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAPPENED.
THE PAPER WAS THEN
TORN. THE FOLLOWING
DAY, MERCY KEPT ON
CALLING ME
PERSISTENTLY THAT SHE
WANTED TO SEE ME
BECAUSE SAMUEL HAD
BEEN DISTURBING HER
AND SHE NEEDED ME TO
HELP THEM TALK TO DR
ABAYA ON BEHALF OF
THE SAMUEL. I CLEARLY
TOLD HER THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING I COULD
DO ABOUT IT. I STAYED
IN MY OFFICE PREPARING
MY HANDOVER NOTES TO
THE NEXT EXAMINATION
OFFICER IN MY
DEPARTMENT AS I WAS
JUST RECENTLY
APPOINTED AS THE
FACULTY EXAMINATIONS
OFFICER. I WAS ALSO
BUSY PREPARING
MATERIALS FOR THE
FORTH COMING FIRST
SEMESTER EXAMINATION.
I LEFT MY OFFICE
AROUND 10:00PM ON
THE FATEFUL DAY FOR MY
HOUSE IN LAPAI TOWN.
ON MY WAY HOME, I
SLOWED DOWN NEAR
THE MASTER CHEF
RESTAURANT WHERE THE
ROAD WAS SANDY AND I
SAW MERCY BY THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD. BEFORE I
COULD FATHOM WHAT
WAS HAPPENING, FOUR
BOYS OPENED MY CAR,
JUMPED INSIDE AND
CLOSED THE DOORS. ONE
OF THEM PRESSED A GUN
BEHIND MY HEAD AND
ORDERED ME TO KEEP
DRIVING UNTIL WE GOT
TO MERCY’S HOUSE.
THEN THEY FORCED ME
INTO THE HOUSE AND
ORDERED ME TO LICK
SOME ORANGES BUT I
REFUSED. SUBSEQUENTLY
THEY BOYS FORCED ME
TO TAKE SOME WATER
MELON! ONE OF THE
BOYS SLAPPED ME
REPEATEDLY. HE SAID
THAT HE FAILED MY GST
COURSE FOR THREE
YEARS AND KEPT ON
SLAPPING ME AND
SLAPPING ME WITH BOTH
HANDS SIMULTANEOUSLY
AND SHOUTING AT ME,
“AM I DULL!, AM I DULL!?”
HE KEPT ON BEATING ME,
SHOUTING THAT HE WAS
SO ANGRY WITH ME. UP
TILL DATE, I STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH MY EARS
AS A RESULT OF THE
SLAPPING AND BEATING
THE BOYS SUBJECTED ME
TO. THEY THREATENED TO
KILL ME IF I DID NOT
COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR
DIRECTIVES.
UNDER DURESS, I WAS
FORCED TO WRITE FOUR
UNDERTAKINGS TO PASS
SOME FOUR STUDENTS IN
THE EXAMS. THEY BEAT
AND KICKED ME AND I
SUSTAINED INJURY IN MY
HAND WHICH STARTED
BLEEDING. THEY ASKED
ME TO SIT AND WRITE AN
ESSAY OF 450 WORDS THE
WAY I USED TO ASK THEM
TO WRITE ESSAY IN THE
CLASS. ALL THROUGH
THESE, THEY WERE
SMOKING AND
DRINKING. THEREAFTER, I
WAS ASKED TO UNCLOTH
BUT I REFUSED. THEY
FORCEFULLY STRIPPED ME
AND TOOK SOME SHOTS
OF ME AND THEIR LEADER
IDENTIFIED AS SKT. THEY
TOOK MY HANDSETS, ATM
CARDS AND SOME CASH
THAT I HAD IN MY
POCKET. THEY SOAKED
MY SHIRT IN WATER.
THEY ASKED ME HOW
MUCH I HAD IN THE
BANK AND I TOLD THEM
IT WAS NOT UP TO A
HUNDRED THOUSAND
NAIRA. THEY KEPT ME
HOSTAGE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT DOING
DIFFERENT CHORES FOR
THEM, INCLUDING
MOPPING THE FLOOR
FOR MERCY. THEY
HUMILIATED AND ABUSED
ME THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT WHILE MERCY
VIDEO RECORDED. AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS AS I WAS
GOING THROUGH THE
ORDEAL, I STARTED
EXPERIENCING PAINS IN
MY CHEST AND STARTED
BRINGING OUT SOME
MUCUS. I WENT TO THE
TOILET TO SPIT OUT THE
MUCUS AND CAME BACK
TO BE ENGAGED IN
ANOTHER TASK UNTIL
ONE OF THEM
OBSERVING MY
CONDITION SAID THEY
SHOULD ALLOW ME TO
GO SO THAT I WOULD
NOT DIE IN THEIR
HANDS. THEN THEY
CALLED SOMEBODY AND
GAVE ME THE PHONE TO
TALK TO HIM. AS THEY
RELEASED ME, THEY GAVE
ME A PHONE NUMBER
WHICH I MUST CALL BY
10:00 AM WHEN I GET
HOME.
AFTER MY RELEASE, I
REPORTED THE INCIDENT
TO MY DEAN. LATER THAT
SAME DAY THEY STILL
CAME TO MY OFFICE TO
CONFRONT ME, LOCKED
ME INSIDE AND
DEMANDED TO KNOW
WHY I WAS “FOLLOWING”
MERCY. THEY FURTHER
DEMANDED THAT I BRING
THE N2MILLION THEY
ASKED ME FOR. EVEN
WHEN I WENT OUT OF
MY OFFICE LATER, I STILL
SAW THE PEOPLE THAT
CAME TO MY OFFICE IN
STRATEGIC PLACES
WATCHING MY OFFICE.
I DECIDED THAT THE
WORLD MUST HEAR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY
WHICH IS NOW BEING
INVESTIGATED BY THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENTS AND THE
UNIVERSITY AUTHORITY. I
WAS KIDNAPPED,
ASSAULTED, HUMILIATED,
AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
TRAUMATIZED. YET THEY
STILL SENT OUT MY
UNCLAD PICTURE AND
VIDEOS DOING CHORES
ON THE INTERNET. I
HAVE BEEN MALIGNED
AND DEFAMED AND I
WILL NOT REST UNTIL I
GET JUSTICE.
I.G. YUSUF[/b]I.G YUSUF


‘ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE
ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A
TEACHER BECAUSE THE
TEACHING PROFESSION
REPRESENTED TO ME AN
EPITOME OF INTEGRITY. I
HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED
THAT THROUGH
EDUCATION, WE CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
SOCIETY.
SO, CONSCIOUSLY, I
CHOOSE TO BE A
TEACHER. I HAVE
STRUGGLED ALL MY LIFE
TO PROTECT MY
INTEGRITY AND THIS IS
WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO
SPEAK OUT BECAUSE
SILENCE IS TANTAMOUNT
TO ACCEPTANCE. MY
ORDEAL STARTED WHEN
MY PHD SUPERVISOR (DR
ABAYA) WHO IS
CURRENTLY A SABBATICAL
STAFF IN MY
DEPARTMENT ASKED ME
TO HELP HIM
ADMINISTER A 40-
MINUTE TEST OF ENG
409, A COURSE MERCY
WAS WRITING.
THE CLASS TO BE USED
FOR THE TEST WAS TOO
SMALL THEREBY
NECESSITATING THE
DIVISION OF THE CLASS
INTO TWO. THE RULE
SURROUNDING THE
CONDUCT OF THE TEST
WAS LAID DOWN BY THE
EXAMINER, THAT A
STUDENT CAUGHT
CHEATING WOULD HAVE
HIS OR HER SCRIPT
DESTROYED. MERCY SAT
BEHIND HER CLASSMATE
NAMED SAMUEL, AND
WHEN THE TEST WAS
ABOUT TO ROUND UP,
SAMUEL RAISED UP HIS
SCRIPTS FOR MERCY TO
COPY. I WARNED SAMUEL
TO DESIST BUT HE JUST
SMILED AND CARRIED ON.
I THEREFORE COLLECTED
HIS PAPER AND WROTE
ON IT, “CHEATED”.
THEN I KEPT THE SCRIPT
ON THE TABLE WAITING
FOR OTHER STUDENTS TO
FINISH. AS THE TEST
ENDED, DR ABAYA CAME
IN AND ASKED ME IF
THERE WAS ANY
PROBLEM DURING THE
TEST, AND I REPLIED YES.
I SHOWED HIM SAMUEL’S
PAPER AND EXPLAINED
WHAT HAPPENED.
THE PAPER WAS THEN
TORN. THE FOLLOWING
DAY, MERCY KEPT ON
CALLING ME
PERSISTENTLY THAT SHE
WANTED TO SEE ME
BECAUSE SAMUEL HAD
BEEN DISTURBING HER
AND SHE NEEDED ME TO
HELP THEM TALK TO DR
ABAYA ON BEHALF OF
THE SAMUEL. I CLEARLY
TOLD HER THAT THERE
WAS NOTHING I COULD
DO ABOUT IT. I STAYED
IN MY OFFICE PREPARING
MY HANDOVER NOTES TO
THE NEXT EXAMINATION
OFFICER IN MY
DEPARTMENT AS I WAS
JUST RECENTLY
APPOINTED AS THE
FACULTY EXAMINATIONS
OFFICER. I WAS ALSO
BUSY PREPARING
MATERIALS FOR THE
FORTH COMING FIRST
SEMESTER EXAMINATION.
I LEFT MY OFFICE
AROUND 10:00PM ON
THE FATEFUL DAY FOR MY
HOUSE IN LAPAI TOWN.
ON MY WAY HOME, I
SLOWED DOWN NEAR
THE MASTER CHEF
RESTAURANT WHERE THE
ROAD WAS SANDY AND I
SAW MERCY BY THE SIDE
OF THE ROAD. BEFORE I
COULD FATHOM WHAT
WAS HAPPENING, FOUR
BOYS OPENED MY CAR,
JUMPED INSIDE AND
CLOSED THE DOORS. ONE
OF THEM PRESSED A GUN
BEHIND MY HEAD AND
ORDERED ME TO KEEP
DRIVING UNTIL WE GOT
TO MERCY’S HOUSE.
THEN THEY FORCED ME
INTO THE HOUSE AND
ORDERED ME TO LICK
SOME ORANGES BUT I
REFUSED. SUBSEQUENTLY
THEY BOYS FORCED ME
TO TAKE SOME WATER
MELON! ONE OF THE
BOYS SLAPPED ME
REPEATEDLY. HE SAID
THAT HE FAILED MY GST
COURSE FOR THREE
YEARS AND KEPT ON
SLAPPING ME AND
SLAPPING ME WITH BOTH
HANDS SIMULTANEOUSLY
AND SHOUTING AT ME,
“AM I DULL!, AM I DULL!?”
HE KEPT ON BEATING ME,
SHOUTING THAT HE WAS
SO ANGRY WITH ME. UP
TILL DATE, I STILL HAVE
PROBLEMS WITH MY EARS
AS A RESULT OF THE
SLAPPING AND BEATING
THE BOYS SUBJECTED ME
TO. THEY THREATENED TO
KILL ME IF I DID NOT
COMPLY WITH ALL THEIR
DIRECTIVES.
UNDER DURESS, I WAS
FORCED TO WRITE FOUR
UNDERTAKINGS TO PASS
SOME FOUR STUDENTS IN
THE EXAMS. THEY BEAT
AND KICKED ME AND I
SUSTAINED INJURY IN MY
HAND WHICH STARTED
BLEEDING. THEY ASKED
ME TO SIT AND WRITE AN
ESSAY OF 450 WORDS THE
WAY I USED TO ASK THEM
TO WRITE ESSAY IN THE
CLASS. ALL THROUGH
THESE, THEY WERE
SMOKING AND
DRINKING. THEREAFTER, I
WAS ASKED TO UNCLOTH
BUT I REFUSED. THEY
FORCEFULLY STRIPPED ME
AND TOOK SOME SHOTS
OF ME AND THEIR LEADER
IDENTIFIED AS SKT. THEY
TOOK MY HANDSETS, ATM
CARDS AND SOME CASH
THAT I HAD IN MY
POCKET. THEY SOAKED
MY SHIRT IN WATER.
THEY ASKED ME HOW
MUCH I HAD IN THE
BANK AND I TOLD THEM
IT WAS NOT UP TO A
HUNDRED THOUSAND
NAIRA. THEY KEPT ME
HOSTAGE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT DOING
DIFFERENT CHORES FOR
THEM, INCLUDING
MOPPING THE FLOOR
FOR MERCY. THEY
HUMILIATED AND ABUSED
ME THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT WHILE MERCY
VIDEO RECORDED. AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS AS I WAS
GOING THROUGH THE
ORDEAL, I STARTED
EXPERIENCING PAINS IN
MY CHEST AND STARTED
BRINGING OUT SOME
MUCUS. I WENT TO THE
TOILET TO SPIT OUT THE
MUCUS AND CAME BACK
TO BE ENGAGED IN
ANOTHER TASK UNTIL
ONE OF THEM
OBSERVING MY
CONDITION SAID THEY
SHOULD ALLOW ME TO
GO SO THAT I WOULD
NOT DIE IN THEIR
HANDS. THEN THEY
CALLED SOMEBODY AND
GAVE ME THE PHONE TO
TALK TO HIM. AS THEY
RELEASED ME, THEY GAVE
ME A PHONE NUMBER
WHICH I MUST CALL BY
10:00 AM WHEN I GET
HOME.
AFTER MY RELEASE, I
REPORTED THE INCIDENT
TO MY DEAN. LATER THAT
SAME DAY THEY STILL
CAME TO MY OFFICE TO
CONFRONT ME, LOCKED
ME INSIDE AND
DEMANDED TO KNOW
WHY I WAS “FOLLOWING”
MERCY. THEY FURTHER
DEMANDED THAT I BRING
THE N2MILLION THEY
ASKED ME FOR. EVEN
WHEN I WENT OUT OF
MY OFFICE LATER, I STILL
SAW THE PEOPLE THAT
CAME TO MY OFFICE IN
STRATEGIC PLACES
WATCHING MY OFFICE.
I DECIDED THAT THE
WORLD MUST HEAR MY
SIDE OF THE STORY
WHICH IS NOW BEING
INVESTIGATED BY THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENTS AND THE
UNIVERSITY AUTHORITY. I
WAS KIDNAPPED,
ASSAULTED, HUMILIATED,
AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY
TRAUMATIZED. YET THEY
STILL SENT OUT MY
UNCLAD PICTURE AND
VIDEOS DOING CHORES
ON THE INTERNET. I
HAVE BEEN MALIGNED
AND DEFAMED AND I
WILL NOT REST UNTIL I
GET JUSTICE.
I.G. YUSUF

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: IBB UNIVERSITY DESERVES A FAIR HEARING.
   There is no justification anywhere in our entire humanity to buttress generally acknowledge inhuman conducts,violations and social vices in their entirety. But fairness with wisdom demands canny inquisition to emerging issue for just and acceptable resolution as attained in the past. The recent incident between a male lecturer and a female student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai,Niger State has drawn attentions from academic circuit and beyond.
   The fact that ugly image moves faster than the beautiful one is not enough to presume the full nature of the ugly. One cannot blame the world for reacting speedily to such an incident, but one would blame humanity if it lost its sense of morality and truthfulness. No independent body has investigated the matter to giving a balance and truthful report, yet we are painting the wall with the available paints mindless its fitness or not. 
    Let it reach the world that ad hoc-committee had been set up by the school management to thoroughly investigate  the matter; let the world be aware that relevant interest groups are also investigating the issue; and let the world be patient enough for the revelations of these bodies.
   The media platforms that were so quick to publish a one-side story should also be ready to publish the other side of the story. Therefore, we must seek for the truth not only in this case but in all cases to preserve our sense of humanity.

Uthman Qasim