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Nice one from you guys, so happy you guys sustain the tempo... SDG... everyone, everywhere

Take your time to read the story of my friend, it is inspiring, their is ability in disability...



My name is Ibrahim Omotosho - I am a paraplegic that has survived the harsh living condition of growing up in a developing country. I decided to tell my story to inspire everyone and anyone going through one form of challenges or the other.

I grew up in the Police Barracks alongside my four siblings and our parents. I could walk for a year and 7 months. December 18, 1984 I had a short siesta, I cried from sleep to discover I could no longer stand, walk or run anymore. I had to go through sessions and sessions of physiotherapy. The sessions got my neck and hands functioning again. Then I was able to make use of the armpit crutches and leg braces (calipers).

I would play football with my siblings as well as with my neighbors and other boys and girls in the hood. I played "4-post" almost every weekday at my secondary school. I didn't for once feel intimidated by no one - I was very courageous. Funny thing is, I would last the whole of the breaktime without conceding a goal. A good friend, Dr. Irawo Adamolekun, of blessed memory would call me "Dr. Octopus" simply because I would play along with my two held armpit crutches as as well as my two legs thereby occupying the whole of the goalpost. Guess what the goalposts are - the table/desk of our class.

I was blessed with a loving family. My mother (God bless her soul) trained me like the rest of my siblings - no preferential treatment. This gave me the tenacity to face the numerous challenges. I was somewhat funny and very playful. But, I was a very smart boy. I attended a physically challenged primary school which gave me the right foundation. I attended a 'normal' secondary school which gave me the much needed confidence to soar as a young kid. My university days were the most challenging - I had to let go of my crutches and fully embrace the use of the wheelchair due to the terrain and for easy movement. I got my first car in 2013 and I learnt how to drive in just 4 days. Albeit I can only drive a car with automatic transmission.

Permit me to talk about just two of my ordeals: the first is my encounter with one of the university lecturers. I would begin with one of my favorite quotes from Johnny Depp; "One day the people who didn't believe in you will tell everyone how they met you."

I decided to go observe my Jummah Salat at the University mosque. Lo and behold! I saw one of my 'funny' lecturer. I remember his mean and hurtful words to me back then in the university: "the university system does not have facilities for people like you". There and then I was checked in at the school clinic and placed on drips. The date is 9th of February 2009.

To God be the glory I wowed everyone that saw me at the mosque's perimeter.

2. I had difficulty with relationships because some believe I could not impregnate a woman or father a child. The societal misunderstanding.

Having lived a more-difficult or complex life, which I try and make huge efforts not to reveal it to people around me, I came up to be built with this 'tough skin' of "I will succeed in life". I converted my complex living to a life of success (I am still a working success though). I was very determined and would never give up on having a decent living despite being living in a developing country with being physically challenged. I always tell myself "I would never give up". The more challenges I had, the more determined I became towards achieving that goal. I changed the intent people had about me which was, pity et al into a man of inspiration everyone admires and would tell tales of him to others.

I made sure the smile on my face remained, clouding the pains I go through. I kept smiling at the challenges.

You too can keep smiling at your various challenges in life - change your intent. Accept your differences. Embrace your uniqueness. Do not be defined or restricted by your disability. For in disability there is ability.

Lest I forget, I am blessed with a cute son.

Thank you very much. #DisabilityChamp #DisabledInTheLegsNotBrain #SmashSomething #ISeeNoBarrier #BeMotivated #BeInspired #YouWalkIRoll

http://heemonwheels..com/2017/02/my-story_15.html

massinola:
Your choice of the one to choose between the two depends on your future carrier ambition. for the guy giving his reason on why you should choose URP to be because secondary schools are retrenching geography teacher is way out of the line. going by that his argument, people should stop studying chemical engineering, banking and finance, accounting because oil, banking sectors have been retrenching workers since last year. If you have any ambition of joining force, going into GIS, cartography, Meteorology, Environmental resource management, I strongly advice you to go for Geography. but if your ambition is to become a secondary school teacher, then go for URP as the earlier poster suggested because they are not retrenching them unlike the geography teachers. I studied Geography/Meteorology in Federal university of technology, minna. presently I'm running a master programme in environmental resource management in the same school. rounding off the programme almost. Google environmental resource management and URP and choose for yourself. as I said earlier, your choice should be determined by your future career ambition. No course is superior to the other as no course can take the place of the other.

You have said it all Brother... Can't Agree less

It is ur boy Suleiman Akande (2015 Set) Geography /Remote Sensing

Cc: lalastica, this is front page material, pls give urgent attention...

Thank you all for the advice, it will go a long way....


Will appreciate if I can get more of this from you all, all I need is your advice and to give me inspiration on how to move on...

Estonto:
Good. But staying with your parents may not go down well with her. She may not complain but she may not like it either. I for a person like to be independent no matter what. It will give her more room to make her own decision, unlike when with her in-laws, she will be doing shy shy and will not be so free. Let her stay in your apartment and start building your own empire. Like I said earlier, be independent. Your family, your pride.

Thank you for ur advice, it will go a long way...

kiddoiLL:
Great decision!! respect bro, only few will have the heart to accept it and you're part of em.. for sure it'll be hard at first,but kids bring blessings and joy along with them..so just keep hustling,stay close to God, tell your parents, and get along with whatever plans you have for ur fiancee and unborn child, it'll be hard at first but things will turn good as long as you're a hardworking guy.. any man can get any woman pregnant but not any man can stand and be a father..i'm sure your fiancee is proud of your decision already

Thank you bro for this, we have plan of getting married later this year, just that it came so soon, she is full of hope n optimistic about life and future, the fear is just on my own side, don't know why?

ubiR:
it's very courageous of u to decide to keep the baby, some people are looking for that blessing for years and haven't found any. When is she graduating? u can go and pay her bride price or do introduction. Let her give birth and stay with your parents then go back and complete her education if she doesn't graduate bf then. While she is getting ready to deliver, get an affordable apartment if you dont have and start small. No condition is permanent in life.

Thank you for this weekend this wonderful advice, hopefully she would graduate before this year run out, I have an apartment she can stay, thou will like her to stay with my parent since I won't be around... My fear is just how she will cope with her final year n pregnancy...

Thank you all for this wonderful advice, it will go a long way...
Please I will appreciate if I can get more opinion.

Hi Nairalander,

I am going through one of the toughest stage in my life, my Fiancée is pregnant (13 weeks), and we have decided to keep it, I am presently doing my NYSC and she is a final year student in a Federal University.

Both family is aware of our relationship and we have been together for a very long time, she is very supportive and I really love her.

But where the problem lies is that am presently faced with the challenges of keeping a family and other responsibilities that are attached to it, Thou I have a business am doing but the business has not been doing well as we all know the economy challenges facing the country now.


Pls I want the member of this forum to advice me on what to do, abortion is out of it, because if we want to, we would have done that before now,also I don't want to keep baby mama, but my fear is how will my self and my Fiancée cope by starting our own family now


Pls good people of this forum that have gone through similar stage or known someone that has gone or going through similar problem should advice on what to do and how to face challenges of this nature...

Please help me out of this...

Greatest FUTMITES, thank u guys for making us proud...
From yours in struggle
Suleiman Akande (SLY)

END OF PART ONE.

 

Part Two will look at what factors led to this particular incident, including foreign pressure. It will also look at what may happen in the short and long term as a result of this incident, and also at what can be expected if it comes out that Zakzaky is dead.

Be the judge...

What Led To The Military Deciding On This Strategy?

Firstly, was the fear of a Hezbollahization of Zakzaky’s movement. They were gaining supporters, and creating an open pro-Iranian fifth column inside Nigeria that made it clear that it owed its fealty and allegiance to the Iranian Supreme Leader, not to any local religious or traditional leader. This fifth column was also receiving arms and training from Iran through the Iranian consulate in Kano (which is spied on by the Saudis, Egyptians, Americans, Nigerians, Israelis etc), and through Hezbollah via the Lebanese Shia community in Kano and Abuja.

The fear of a well armed, well trained, religiously committed , too large to wipe out , Iranian fifth column exercising veto powers over Nigeria’s security and political direction as Hezbollah has done in Lebanon, scared Nigeria’s security policy makers beyond anything else. This fear extends back into the 90s.

To prevent such a scenario occurring, it was decided last year to demonize, dismantle and decapitate the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, and to reduce it to just another religious sect, not the highly organized cultlike group it is.

Political Machinations

This incident occurred without the knowledge beforehand, or permission of President Muhammadu Buhari. In fact, the President himself has tacitly recognized that on fundamental issues of national security, the military will not hesitate to act without seeking his permission. The defence establishment ran the operation autonomously without keeping the political leadership in the loop. The Ministry Of Interior, the Police and the SSS were also kept out of the loop. The Army has point-blank refused to grant access to Zakzaky and other Shia leaders it has in its custody to the MOI, DSS and NPF. It as a matter of fact refused to even tell them in what state Zakzaky was being held.  The President himself in this dispute between the MOI, the DSS and the NPF versus the Army and to a lesser extent the Navy and Airforce, has made it clear that he will not interfere in the Army’s campaign to dismantle Zakzaky’s group, despite that the other agencies have argued that ultimately this military plan will risk causing more problems than it has solved.

Detainees

Hundreds of Shias are said to be held in detention in military facilites across Kaduna, and Kano states. They are being kept in appalling conditions, and there is frankly no direction on what to do with them

 

 

Zakzaky

The case of Az-Zakzaky is a complex one. He was first taken from Zaria to 1 Division Headquarters, Kawo, Kaduna where he was given first aid at the medical centre there. However due to his gun shot wounds which included shrapnel in his face (there are credible rumours that he may have lost an eye),  he was moved to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Tudun Wada, Kaduna, where he was operated upon, according to miltary sources.  He was then moved to a DMI facility in the outskirts of Abuja.  He is not in the custody of the Nigerian Police Force as at the time of writing this post, as is being claimed. Rather there are credible reports that he may be in terrible condition or close to death, and it was claimed by the DMI, that they have moved him to a hospital in Lagos, as he needed surgery that could only be performed there. This was within the

Aftermath 

Casualties

I believe the Human Rights Watch was extremely conservative in its estimate of the number of people that died in this fighting. A more realistic figure would be closer to a thousand, probably 700 or more. This is going by the number of people missing, reported to have been killed etc from Shia sources. The number of Shias from Zango, Tudun Wada, Kaduna and from Unguwar Mu’azu, Kaduna that went to Gyallesu the night of 12th December, and are believed to have perished in the fighting there, alone pass the 150 mark.

A large number of the Shias killed in Gyallesu were young men, followed by women and then children caught in the cross-fire. The men were deliberately targeted. After it became clear that vetting combatant young men from non-combatant young men in the heat of fighting was not possible. Many more were summarily executed in the search for Zakzay, including three of Zakzaky’s sons

Was The Army’s Actions In Zaria Planned?

The answer is yes and no. What happened in Zaria was not initially planned, but it gave the necessary pretext the Nigerian military establishment needed to activate its operational plan to demonize, decapitate and dismantle the Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria, before it grows too big to handle.

The road block incident in my opinion falls into one of two categories:

It was a staged encounter, the Shias were baited and lured there and the pretext needed to activate the plan was encouraged to be created there. It could perhaps be argued that the killing of the Shias the night before, the leaking of the COAS’s ETA and travel route, and the making sure there were cameras around to record certain scenes, were part of a grand conspiracy to ensure that a necessary pretext was generated from that incident.It was not staged, but it was hijacked and manipulated to create the necessary pretext for the military establishment to launch its attempt to dismantle the Islamic Movement of Nigeria led by Zakzaky.

Whatever the case, somewhere along the line, while the incident of the roadblock was ongoing, it was decided by someone or some people to initiate this plan.

The Events Of 12th December 2015

There are several versions of what happened on that day, what led to what happened, and what was just justified or not in what happened. I have listened to first hand briefings from all sides, i.e the Army’s, the Shia’s, people who were neither with the Army or the Shias but were present at the scene.  And I have watched multiple videos of the incident many of which will never be released to the public domain. Whatever conclusions I have reached here, I have reached after careful analysis and a sincere attempt to understand all that transpired on that day. I may be right or completely wrong, I may never know as I was not a participant or a decider in these events, but my work here as been done in good faith.

 

On the 11th of December 2015, the Shias and the Sufis of the Tijjaniyyah Tariqah engaged in fighting after changes were made in the leadership of a mosque which was jointly controlled by them. This was in a small village just outside Zaria. The fighting involved the use of sticks, knives and machetes on both sides. Surprisingly, the Army (not the Police which has first jurisdiction in such incidents) appeared on the scene, and in the attempt to control the situation, killed three Shia youths. Now accounts of this incident are hotly disputed.

The Nigerian Army insists that its soldiers were threatened and used live ammunition to defend themselves from the fighters, killing the three Shias in the process. The Shias denounce this account as lies, and insist that the soldiers did not attempt to disperse the fight, rather they opened fire only on the Shias. The Sufis say that the Army did attempt to disperse the fight, but that the Shias were adamant and resisted the military’s efforts to disperse the fight, following which the soldiers opened fire. Whatever the truth was, three Shias were killed, and tensions rose as the community remembered how the same Army killed over 35 of their number just last year, including three sons of Zakzaky.

The next morning, the  Shias began a procession, protesting their deaths the night before. While on their way through Zaria town, they were informed that the Chief Of Army Staff, Lt.Gen Tukur Buratai was on his way through the town, and they thus proceeded to block his path.

They were armed with nothing except sticks and stones and the like at this time, which would  not have been enough to overpower the COAS’s security detail or smash through his bulletproof vehicle body. However the Shias blocked the road, with the the overt intent of protesting to the COAS, the killing of three of their number the previous night by the Nigerian Army.

The Shias did not initially attack the convoy of the Chief Of Army Staff, instead they were chanting and refusing passage. The initial reaction of the COAS’s escort personel was to prepare to open fire, this was only averted by an officer (seen in the video) who was screaming hysterically “Don’t shoot! don’t shoot!”.

The officer then proceeded to demand and subsequently plead that the Shias open the road and allow the COAS’s convoy through, but the Shias refused to do so unless they address the COAS himself, accusing him and the Army of deliberately oppressing their sect and seeking to exterminate them. The Officer did not acknowledge their demands, but rather kept insisting that they first clear the road and allow the convoy through. When he kept dismissing their angry protests of the killings the night before of three Shias by the Army, and the killings of over 35 Shias in 2014 again by the Army, the Shia youths began to stone the convoy and increased the tempo of the shouts. Shortly thereafter, the soldiers opened fire on orders said to have been given by a senior officer in the convoy. The crowd scattered and people began to run helter-skelter, but the soldiers fanned out systematically spraying the area the Shia protesters were fleeing to with live rounds. Shortly thereafter, reinforcements arrived, on both sides. Armed Shias who had rushed to arm up from the sect’s caches in Gyallesu and other areas of Zaria on hearing that their brothers were under attack, rushed in and met military reinforcements rushing to beef up the COAS’s security detail, and provide a safe exit for the COAS. Gunfire was exchanged on both sides. By the time the smoke cleared, between thirty and forty people lay dead, most of them Shias. 

At some minutes past 7pm, Shia sources say that Ibrahim Az-Zakzaky was informed that the Nigerian Army was making preparations to storm Gyallesu and kill him.

The Shia leader was advised to go into hiding by his closest advisors, and he initially resisted the idea but ultimately he was pressured by his advisors to accede to this advice.

From 6pm, military units drawn from Kaduna, Abuja and Kano began pouring into Zaria, amongst them elements of the 176 special forces battalion of the Brigade of Guards, which according to the senior military intelligence officer, was given the responsibility of leading the door-to-door assault operations .

Sometime after 9pm, the Army finished encircling the neighbourhood for the most part and launched its assault. The orders given to the soldiers were simple, use maximum force, terminate with extreme prejudice anyone deemed to pose any sort of threat to the soldiers, except designated persons who were to be captured alive if possible.

The military’s assault on Gyallesu was met with armed resistance contrary to what is widely believed, and some soldiers may likely have perished. While the assault was ongoing, Shias in Zaria called Shia youths in Zango area of Kaduna telling them that Mallam was under attack, the Army was searching specifically for mallam, and that God Would ask the Shias of Zango, Tudun Wada, Kaduna if they did not rush to aid Mallam (meaning Zakzaky), and instead abandoned him like Al-Hussain was abandoned at Karbala. Over 120 young men I can confirm left Tudun Wada, Kaduna that night headed for Zaria, none of them returned. It is believed they died in the fighting at Gyallesu.

Sometime in the morning the next day 13th December 2015, the soldiers finally battled their way to Zakzaky’s house where they captured the younger Turi, Mahmud Turi who was tortured according to eyewitness accounts from both sides, and refused to betray where Zakzaky’s location was. Seeing that he was of no practical use to them in finding Zakzaky, the commander of the detachment that captured Turi radioed for orders, and was given the order which he passed on to his men, to kill Mahmud Turi. Turi was riddled with bullets and his body bagged and tagged along with the bodies of other top members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria. These bodies are now believed to be in the custody of the Army’s Directorate of Military Intelligence.

One of Zakzaky’s sons was executed in front of the house also, and according to eyewitnesses on both sides, Zeenat, Zakzaky’s wife, was inside the house along with many other people, when it was brought down by the special forces operators.

 

According to the senior military intelligence officer whose account of how Zakzaky was found was corroborated by other senior officials in the national security establishment, Zakzaky was found by the DMI Signals Intelligence Division who tracked the call Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai made to Zakzaky that day. Was the governor aware that his call was to Zakzaky was tracked? this remains unclear.

What is clear is that Zakzaky’s location was triangulated using that call, and that shortly thereafter, troops drawn from the crack 145 Battalion arrived in the area the Shia leader was holed up,  with elements of the Nigerian Navy’s Special Boat Service said to be assisting the men of 145 Battalion.

There was a firefight, and Zakzaky was shot six times (according to what was attributed to the doctor who first treated Zakzaky at 1 Division’s medical centre before he was moved to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital where he was operated upon and then moved again) before he was dragged out of the hole/bunker in which he had sought refuge.

Outline

 

I will firstly lay out the events as they occurred, before laying out my analysis of what led to this, and what will most likely occur onwards from now.

The Six Sons Of Zakzaky Pictured In The Featured Image Of This Post, Have All Been Killed By The Nigerian Army. 

Background

The Shia religion was first introduced to Nigeria in the early 1980’s by a young man from a village just outside Zaria, named Ibrahim, who had recently from studying in Khomenei-led Iran. He first began teaching his new creed at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, disguising it in the political language of liberating Palestine from the Jews (which every Muslim buys into), ending American aggression, arrogance and imperialism, and establishing an Islamic Republic under which Muslims would be ruled by the Sharia. These ideas, combined with his powerful oratory and the perception many people had of him as educated, wise, intellectually gifted and cultured in contrast to the old school mallams who couldn’t speak any form of English.

Iranian financing and support from Lebanese Shias living in Northern Nigeria soon helped Ibrahim Az-Zakzaky and his movement expand into a massive body that drew in over a million people across Northern Nigeria. This so called Islamic Movement targeted mostly poor rural communities which have been oppressed and neglected by society, using cash, the promise of justice and equity in an Islamic Republic, the promotion of brotherhood, and the availability of affordable modern education (the so called Boko), which it provided at great cost, to lure multitudes in.

 

When the Islamic Movement of Ibrahim Az-Zakzaky first began, it was dismissed as another unrealistic Islamist movement in Nigeria by the Nigerian security services, and this dismissal was because that era was a time when one new islamist group gets established each day in Northern Nigeria, only to fizle out before the end of two years.

However by the late 1990’s, the military and security services hardened their perception of the so called Islamic Movement, elevating it to the level of a portent insidious national security threat. They were alarmed by the degree of Iranian control over the movement, the movement’s relations with Hezbollah, its  fanatical adherence to Wilayatul-Faqih, and its rejection of Nigeria and Nigerian authorities, instead accepting the Supreme Leader of Iran as the only legitimate authority they answer to, and Ibrahim Az-Zakzaky as the Rahbar’s viceroy in Nigeria.

According to a former highly placed military intelligence officer in the Abacha regime, it was decided at the highest levels, that the military and the entire national security apparatus must do whatever they can to keep the Shias out of the establishment, which they were well suited to infiltrate with their high literacy rates. Coupled with the group’s accumulation of arms and receiving of training and support from Iran via Hezbollah’s operatives in Nigeria and the Iranian consulate in Kano, the military and the national security architecture have vigorously tried to enforce a policy of containing the Shias and their influence in society, and keeping them out of the establishment, clamping down on them whenever it was deemed that they were becoming too troublesome, or that their strength needed to be bleeded out a bit. This started during the Abacha years, and has been faithfully implemented right into the democratic era.

Last year, the military attacked the Shias in Zaria without provocation or cause, using disproportionate force, and killing over 35 Shias including three sons of Zakzaky. There was widespread condemnation, and it took the personal intervention of the then Kaduna State governor who worked behind the scenes to  approach the Iranian ambassador and the consul in Kano to reach out to Zakzaky to prevail on him to control his followers and prevent an escalation of hostilities.

According to a serving military officer, Unknown to the governor and the wider world, military units had been beefed up in and around Zaria starting two days before the incident shootings occurred, and the military was prepared to use any retaliation by the Shias as an excuse to go in and destroy the Zakzaky movement, its structures and identified leadership. This officer said the decision to dismantle the so called Islamic Movement was taken by the national security apparatus sometime last year, before the attacks in Zaria. Asked if this was a decision the political leadership signed off on, he replied that on fundamental threats to Nigerian security, the  military’s intelligence services operate outside the regular system, keeping the political leadership out of the loop if necessary, as the security of Nigeria surpasses the legal requirement of civilian control of the military. The politicians have always displayed a lack of understanding of the complex world of national security, and usually made political decisions that were detrimental to the country’s national security. Hence informally there is a tacit understanding within the national security community, that on such fundamental issues affecting the core security interests of Nigeria’s security, the politicians are kept out of the chain of decision making.

The Zaria shootings last year of over 35 Shias including three of Zakzaky’s sons were the opening salvo in an undeclared war. The Army had moved significant destructive resources into areas in and around Zaria, hoping to be given an excuse by the Shias to go in and cut off the heads of the snake (structures, arm caches and leadership), which it believed were sequestered in the Gyallesu area of the city where the Shias had established their headquarters. Wisely the Shias refrained from falling into the trap the military had carefully set for them, and after several attempts to provoke a reaction went unsuccessful, the Army stood down its forces brought in for this mission.

There was an eerie peace over Zaria following this. To the average people, the  violence that was expected to follow the killing of Zakzaky’s sons did not materialize, and life quickly went back to normal. Behind the calm scenes however, the military and the Shias were busy positioning themselves for when the next battle in this war will occur. According to the aforementioned military intelligence officer, the Army’s Directorate of Military Intelligence aka DMI, stepped up intel gathering against the movement, seeking to develop a more accurate picture of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria and the way it is structured and run, with a focus on identifying weak points that if hit hard would cause the movement to crumble and disintegrate. .

With this stepped up intelligence gathering campaign, came the formulation of a proper plan to be implemented if the opportunity presents itself. However, the restraint exercised by the Shias even after they were targeted by suicide bombers that they rightly or wrongly assumed to have been sent not by Boko Haram, but by the Nigerian military, prevented such an opportunity from arising.

Written by by : Fulan Nasrullahi

BismiLlahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim.

 

Introduction

 

On  12th December 2015, a series of events occurred in Zaria City, Kaduna State of Northwestern Nigeria, that threaten to throw this country into greater chaos than we are already in. Subsequent to those events, a lot of disinformation and misinformation was thrown into the air by the two sides involved i.e the Nigerian military and the Shia Islamic Movement of Nigeria, as part of deliberate strategies to own the narrative of whatever is expected to come after this, from the very start.. This post is just an attempt to throw some clarity into what occurred, to put forward what I believe may likely occur, and to put certain things in  perspective.

You Can Skip The Personal Section Below To The Main Gist If You Are Not Interested In Religious Arguments

Personally

I am not a fan of the Shias. They are the worst amongst the creations of Allah, as even the Jinns have testified to the Taabi’een and the Imaams of the People of Sunnah over the ages.  I hate those who believe in the madness that they believe in. If there was an Islamic State, and the Khalifah or Ameer ordered a jihad against them, I would gladly rush to the forefront of such a jihad, BUT this hatred of them DOES NOT PREVENT ME from being just to them.

Allah Commanded the Muslims in Suratul-Maa’idah (Quran5):

“O ye who believe, be you firm witnesses to Allah in  Righteousness. Do not Allow the hatred of a people (that you have), to prevent you from being just (to them). BE JUST! For it is closer to Taqwa (Piety, Righteousness, Fear of Allah).”

 

And following on this injunction/commandment from my Lord, it is obligatory upon me to be JUST and FAIR in my judgements, narrations etc of what occurred that day in Zaria. After looking at it from all SIDES, and all CORNERS, I conclude that the  Shias were attacked and killed UNJUSTLY by the Nigerian Army acting on a pre-determined script, which the mistakes of the Shias that day gave them a pretext to carry out.

My position is not a popular one amongst many Salafis or the broader Muslim community, nor will I particularly get liked by the insane crowd cheering this unjust killing.

While I understand that the excesses of the Shias in Gyallesu in particular and Kaduna State in general has cost them whatever sympathy they normally would have got, I refuse to be with those who feel this massacre was just and acceptable since it was the Shias/Rawaafid that were killed.

I say while the Shias are the worst of Allah’s Creations, and their creed is abominable in its entirety, we are however Muslims who should judge only based on Sharia. They were attacked unjustly and killed unjustly, their creed does not justify this. Secondly, they were living in Amanah with the Muslims and the Christians due to the pact which we all entered into called Nigeria. Thirdly,  the incidental friends you people had in the Nigerian Army did not kill them for the sake of Islam, or to establish Islam and wipe out their filthy creed. They killed them for the sake of securing Nigeria’s power and preventing the current system from being threatened by them. This last part should scare Izala especially and every Muslim who believes in the obligation of establishing Shariah generally. The same  threat Zakzaky and his movement posed to Nigeria’s security is the same threat the Salafis, Izala and anyone who seeks to establish Shariah poses (TMC, Ta’awunul-Islam, MSSN etc). All that has to be done is to grow as strong as Zakzaky and his people grew, remain as united as they are, and actively start working on removing this system of governance whether through elections or violence or boycotting the institutions of state, and the same hands and weapons used to kill the Shias now, will be activated to crush you also. Bala Lau and co in Izala, again should keep this little fact in mind.

 

With this, I close the personal section..


Plls Moderator, help us take this thread to Front Page...

HI Nairalanders,

This particular problem is giving me headache, am a phone addict and it is affecting both my work and relationship, my colleague and friends hav ecompalin bitterly on how i press phone every second, sometime i feel embarrased, i remember how i did same in a board meeting, a question was directed to me and never knew because i was pressing phone not until someone tap me.

so also my relationship is not spare of this menace, even when am with my fiancee i wl just be glue to my phone, she has complained bitterly but will adjust for some minute and the next minute am with my phone again.

Please Nairalanders, help me out...

Nigeria with double standard, if a Muslim is seen more in mosque, he becomes a fanatics or extremist, Asari Dokubo just said he must win by all means, I want to believe the DSS are not aware... we are for change...another 4 years of this man is like a semi hell...GMB 2015!

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annum
11. Greensprings School - N3.185 million per
annum
12. Whiteplains British School, Abuja -
N3.6 million per annum
13.Day Waterman College, Abeokuta -
N3.7 million per annum
14.Lekki British International High
School, Lagos - N4million per annum
15.British International School, Lagos -
N4.48 million per annum
16.Grange School, Lagos - N4.5 million
per annum...
And from information reaching me, none of these
schools
has ever been awarded by WASSCE for a Superb
Excellence in WAEC Exams!!!
Abeg Jare as for me o, am proud to be an EX student of Government College Keffi, ... The school is free!
What of U? Are u proud of Ɣour secondaryschool
too
If yes what's the name of your secondary school
and
location?
Don't be shy, Drop Your Comments

Insecurity, my advise is don't fall in love when u are not ready...

Nothing wrong my brother, it is called away match, no fear of away go rule!

This is to inform all candidates who have applied for admission into the Federal University of Technology, Minna for the 2014/2015 academic session
that the University’s Pre-Admission
Screening Exercise (UPASE) will hold at the University Main Campus, Gidan Kwano, Minna as follows:

UTME

-Tuesday, 5th and Wednesday, 6thAugust, 2014 Direct Entry-Thursday, 25th and Friday, 26th September, 2014.

Note: The screening exercise will be
conducted using Computer Based-Test (CBT) platform.

REGISTRATION:

Registration for UTME candidates will commence on Wednesday, 16th July, 2014 to end midnight of Saturday,
2nd August, 2014. Direct Entry candidates will register on Monday, 8th September, 2014 to close on Monday, 22nd September, 2014. Candidates are advised to visit the FUT Minna website www.futminna.edu.ng for details on the procedure for on-line registration, requirements for the screening exercise and other general information. Candidates are to pay
a non-refundable fee of N2,000 (i.e. N1,000.00 for the Computer-Based-Test screening and N1,000.00 as University Processing Fee) through Interswitch platform.

ELIGIBILITY

(i) Only UTME and DE candidates who selected Federal University of Technology, Minna are eligible for the screening exercise.

(ii) UTME candidates must have a minimum UTME score of 180, except for those courses for which higher
cut-off marks have been indicated on the University Website in which case such candidates are eligible to change to any other course whose requirements are met by the
candidates.

(iii) All candidates must possess a
minimum of five ‘O’level credits including Mathematics and English Language at not more than two sittings in subjects relevant to their proposed courses. In addition,Direct Entry
candidates must possess a minimum of Lower Credit at National Diploma and/or Higher National Diploma levels or Merit at NCE level.

(iv) Only ‘O’ level result print-outs downloaded directly from the websites of the National Examining Bodies
(WAEC/NECO/NABTEB) or photocopies of original certificate(s) will be accepted for verification.

(v) Candidates awaiting results must submit such result snot later than Wednesday, 15th October, 2014. All enquiries should be directed to the following:

infoupase@futminna.edu.ng

-Mr Cork-:



...brother..our former drivers name was: Suleiman.....r u a driver by any chance? (no offeense)

Did I look like one?

HOW TO KNOW YOU ARE A WOWO GIRL:

#1. Wowo girls will tag 100 people in a
picture of herself and get 2 likes, probably
from her friends family members.

#2. When a group of girls wanna take a
picture, they hand over the camera to u.

#3. If no guy has ever paid your transport
fare in a public bus, then you have to do
something about your looks.

#4. Whenever there is drama rehearsal in
your church, they always select you to play
the role of a witch, vampire or demon.

Add yours pls...

"Why I converted to Islam'
- former actress Vivian
Metchie opens up

Recently divorced Nollywood actress Vivian
Metchie says she recently adopted the Islamic faith because she found the Christian faith too
confusing. Speaking with Yes! magazine on her
conversion, Ms Metchie said it was a personal
decision she had to take...

"Yeah it is personal. I understand the Koran
more than the bible. All of a sudden, the
Christian confusion was driving me nuts. My
dad was catholic, my mum was Deeper Life, I
married someone in the Redeemed Church
and then all of a sudden, the few religions
had something bad to say about each other. I
just couldn't take it anymore. A friend of mine
who is close to me said that once you are
grounded on the word, it wont be confusing.
Unfortunately, maybe I wasn't grounded in
the word, but I still could see what I see. But
in my quest and study and research, I don't
know: I was probably looking for peace. Yeah!
That was what I was looking for and I found it
in the Koran".

The mother of 4 who has adopted Fareedah as her muslim name says her decision was well received and respected by her dad who has since stopped calling her by her native name and now calls her Fareedah.

Another Open Letter - "A Must-Read: Corruption,
Breach Of Protocol, State-Sponsored Terrorism: An
Open Letter To President Jonathan" - By Yemi Saka
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT GOODLUCK
EBELE JONATHAN (GCFR) ON THE STATE OF THE
NATION BY ‘YEMI SAKA
December 18, 2013
His Excellency,
The President, Commander-in-Chief,
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja.
RE: STATE OF THE NATION
Few days ago, the media went frenzy and our
nation’s polity was heated up due to an 18 paged
letter written to you by former President, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo. This was not borne out of the
sheer length of the letter, but some grave
allegations levelled against your person and office.
I am not unmindful of the mixed reactions that
greeted the letter, it was the somewhat validation
of such allegations that was kafkaesque. I will not
castigate you for the improved political fortunes of
some opposition parties at elections as former
President Obasanjo did, as a Patriot, I consider it a
good democratic value of yours which will only
deepen our democracy.
You are not a People Democratic Party’s President,
but the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, and you swore to protect the Constitution
and abide by it. Your action(s) is not only
constitutional, but selfless as a true leader.
I will not also blame you for the crisis rocking the
PDP, I will not add to the pressure or the call for
the removal of the Chairman of your party. I am
not a member of the PDP and I can not ask you to
do what is fundamentally wrong. Bamanga Tukur
was duly elected in compliance to party guidelines
and rules, no President or Governor has such right
to remove him, it will only amount to gross abuse
of office.
I do not believe you influenced the release of Major
Hamza Al-Mustapha, or the quashing of the
conviction verdict of Chief Bode George, these
were pure judicial flip flops; legal milieu.
We all witnessed the era of “Garrison Politics”
imposed on the PDP by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
through Sen. Ahmadu Alli, this gives credence to
why many insist Chief Obasanjo lacks the moral
standing to accuse you of any wrong doing.
Mr. President, before you reply the former
President, I will like to state affirmatively that the
former President has been vindicated. The
reactions to the letter exposed how polarized we
have become as a nation under your watch.
As a concerned citizen, and irrespective of my
political affiliation and ideology, I must accept the
fact that you can exercise your constitutional right
by seeking for re-election, but I will like to
highlight some issues that if are not clarified, Sir,
you are undeserving to hold any public office in
the land, no matter how little.
Mr. President, I will like to bring to fore three (3)
issues that if not addressed and future occurrence
guard against, you should not only forget about
re-election, but should be ready to bear the
burden of responsibility of compromising the
sanctity of our nation’s sovereignty.
1. BREACH OF PROTOCOL:
Taking a cursory look at your administration, I say
with utmost conviction that no one has
demonstrated brazen disregard and breach of
protocol like your Excellency and your wife, the
First Lady.
The first of such was your kneeling down in front
of Pastor E.A Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian
Church of God at the Redemption Camp on
December 31, 2010. Another instance is June 30
2012, you were snubbed by the Oba of Benin at
his palace in what was described as a desperate
move by you to improve the fortunes of your party
at the gubernatorial polls of the state. It was
believed that you felt the visit would signify
endorsement of your party’s flag bearer by the
Oba of Benin. I hope you are aware that as the
Commander-in-Chief, you do not have to wait on
people, people wait for you and ought to be
seated before you make your entry at any event.
The last demeaning breach of protocol by you was
on July 9, 2013 when on a state visit to China, you
were received by Assistant Foreign Minister Le
Yucheng. Mr. President, in strict compliance to
protocol, as the Commander-in-Chief, you are to
be received by the President of any country you
visit. Concession can be given for a Vice-President
to receive you if the non availibity of the President
is made known to you and adequately explained,
not a junior Minister.
The list of breach and brazen disregard to protocol
by the First Lady were;
- On August 25, 2010, the First Lady at a state
function in Rivers State charged at the Governor
and grabbed the microphone from him while he
was addressing a crowd.
This could be classified as an assault on Governor
Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State.
- On January 23 2012 , she was at it again as she
stepped out of the plane before you did and was
acknowledging protocol at the JFK airport when
you went for a United Nations summit.
2. STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM:
We have had what I can classify as a “sustained
state of national insecurity” but there has been an
astronomical progression under you watch.
In his letter to you, former President Olusegun
Obasanjo boldly asserted that you are sponsoring
the training of snipers in Korea to neutralize 1000
opposition figures; a killer squad.
This only validates an unconfirmed reports that,
towards the build-up to the PDP primaries of 2011,
there were arms build-up and stockpiling in the
South East and South-South; Abia and Akwa Ibom
were the states speculated. It was further
speculated that all they were waiting for was if you
would not be given or won’t get the ticket, they
were to strike and push for a breakaway.
It was further alleged that you were a major
financier of this agenda and had the backing of
two great nations..
Also as part of the agenda, militants that have not
been rehabilitated were sent to training in South
Korea under the guise that they will be used as
‘Coast Guards’, this was never made official
because of their sinister agenda.
This claim can be said to have been validated with
Tompolo being awarded the contract to secure our
nation’s waterways.
I am of the opinion that the huge budgetary
spending on National Security, rather than curb or
drastically reduce the state of insecurity, has only
fueled it.
Sir, according to unconfirmed source, an average
“other rank” is paid N5,000 daily as “out station”
allowance on paper, but are paid a meager N500
daily, those making the profit as windfall from
such shortfall will never want the insurgency to
end anytime soon.
Sir, I remember how you hastily exonerated MEND
(Movement for Emancipation of Niger-Delta) over
the October 1, 2010 Independence day bombing.
Henry Okah made some grievous allegations which
he claimed Mr. Orubebe and Deziani Allison
Maduekwe had a fore knowledge of the event.
The SSS (State Security Service) was quick to
announce at a World Press Conference that Chief
Raymond Dokpesi was arrested in connection to
the bombing due to having connection with
suspects already in SSS custody. A claim the
Director of Publicity of the SSS denied at another
press conference 10 days later.
As we speak, Henry Okah is serving time in a
South African jail for a crime you had exonerated
his group and by extension, exonerated him.
It became the modus operandi of the SSS to pick
up anyone who is either critical of you, your style
of governance, and the sloppiness of the SSS.
Classical examples are Sen. Ali Ndume who was
picked up and charged to court just few days after
moving a motion for a passage of “vote of no
confidence” on you on the floor of the Senate. The
other is Dr. Nazeef of Kogi State University.
I will not like to go into declarations by the SSS
over Boko Haram. There was a declaration that a
Former Mauritanian President was the
“mastermind” and financier of the sect. There was
another one that it was a former Head of State,
and an idiotic one that it was started by some
student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi.
While these are going on, Asari Dokubo keeps
threatening our national security and sovereignty,
and at my last check, he has not been invited for
questioning.
On November 25, 2012, the most important
Military formation and institution in the country
witnessed a serious security breach which bears it
all; instrument of the state is being employed to
terrorise the Nigerian state.
On December 2, 2013, a similar attack was carried
out on an Airforce in Maiduguri.
Sir, it is laughable, stupid, and scandalous how
the “insurgents” beat all the security checks and
on gaining access to the hanger, all “they” could
destroy were decommissioned crafts.
Lastly, your Excellency, during your last media
chat, you were asked by a Nigeria from Social
Media if Shekau was dead?
Your response was so unpresidential and depicts
huge knowledge gap. In your words you said “I
can’t tell you for sure if Shekau is dead. Anyone
that tells you Shekau is dead doesn’t know what
he is saying. I don’t know how these operations
are carried out so that is why I can’t tell you if
Shekau is dead or not”.
Sir, as the Commander-in-Chief, your Service
Chiefs are to update you with what is called
National Intelligence Daily Briefing, National
Intelligence Estimates, Special National
Intelligence Estimates.
Sir, I say with utmost conviction that you play
politics with our national security, and any nation
that plays politics with her national security could
as well kiss her sovereignty ‘goodbye” it is just a
function of time.
3. WHOLESOME CORRUPTION:
I must acknowledge the fact that you did not
bring corruption into Nigeria, as a matter of fact, a
lot of administrations have been accused or either
promoting corruption to an utopic state.
Sir, I must also state here that if you leave office,
that will not put an end to corruption, Corruption
is endemic in Nigeria, but one achievement that
can not be taken away from your administration is
the making of corruption being perceived as a
standpoint of your administration and it be given
an official cover.
I said “wholesome corruption” because both moral
corruption and graft are being shielded by your
administration.
Moral corruption because I can not rationalize how
you can grant pardon to Major Bulama that was
sentenced to life imprisonment by the late Gen.
Sani Abacha’s administration for sexually
molesting boys under his watch as a Commandant
of Command Secondary School Ojo. He was found
wanting of forceful pederasty. Something that all
religious and societal values consider as sin and
immoral.
Also I found it ridiculous that you can grant the
former governor of Bayelsa state Chief Deprieye
Alameisgha pardon. I am fully aware that the
prerogative of mercy is vested in you as the
President, but on the ground that “he has suffered
enough” is so insensitive, and morally bankrupt.
That you can personally intervene in the matter of
Asari Dokubo to secure his release from the
authorities of Benin Republic while being held on
charges of gun running is appalling.
In the third quarter of 2012, Dr Olusegun Aganga,
minister of trade and investment, wrote a letter to
you over some missing $1.6 billion crude oil
export.
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi
Lamido Sanusi recently just raises an alarm that
the NNPC failed to remit the sum of $49.6b, a
whopping 76% of accrual oil revenue, and as we
speak, no arrest has been made. No one has been
sent on terminal leave. No one has lost his
portfolio.
The EFCC is inactive. The EFCC is not even chasing
perceived opponents. It so inactive that it merely
exist on the pages of newspapers.
With the recent revelation that the agency is cash-
strapped, it can be misconstrued as a deliberate
effort by your administration to effect the
strangulation of the agency so that corruption can
go unchecked.
Mr. President, all the issues I have raised in this
letter have not only unleashed untold economic
hardship on Nigerians, it has rubbished our foreign
policy and threatened our nation’s continuous
existence as a sovereign state.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Mr. President, in a total departure from the norm
whereby you are only castigated, I will be coming
up with recommendations on how things can be
rectified, how our nation can be repaired.
1. I recommend the immediate removal of the
Chief of Army Staff, the Director-General of the
SSS/DSS, and the Director Publicity of the SSS.
2. A huge cut in the budgetary allocation to
national security and combating terrorism.
3. An immediate disbanding of the Joint Task
Force.
4. An inquiry into the allegation of the
shortchange in the welfare package of the
personnel of the JTF.
5. An investigation into the possible involvement
of Mr. Orubube and Mrs. Deziani Allison Maduekwe.
6. An immediate arrest for questioning of Asari
Dokubo in a bid to ascertain the level of threat he
is to this country.
7. A total overhauling or change of your protocol
team.
8. A presidential fiat to the EFCC to probe the
NNPC saga.
9. A proposed bill should be sent to the National
Assembly to move the supervision and control of
the SSS/DSS to the office of the Attorney General
of the Federation, this will guarantee
independence and eliminate executive
interference.
Mr. President, if and when the recommendations
or a semblance of it is adopted by you, you are not
only rebuilding the confidence of Nigerians in you
and your administration, you will be starting the
repair of our country and have secured my vote
and services to get you re-elected.
Sir, I do not await a response or demand a
response to this, a positive disposition, and
assertive actions is all I need.
Good Bless Nigeria.
Long Live Federal of Nigeria.
Yours faithfully,
‘Yemi Saka.
Cc: Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida(Rtd)
Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo(Rtd)
Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar(Rtd).
Lt. Gen. Aliyu Gusua (Rtd)
Col. Abubakar Umar (Rtd)
Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah
Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai
IG Wala
Amina Faruk
Victoria Ibezim Ohaeri
Abba Gidado
Seyi Odetola
Yemi Saka (Twitter – @patriot_yemisak), writes
from Kaduna

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