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Must Read: Message To The Federal Government Concerning Plateau Killing And Herdsmen Crises

uncova.com Jun 29, 2018 3:59 PM

Everybody are unsafe and unsecured in Nigeria (our Father land), when this administration was voted in at the last presidential election, we all think our safety as been guaranteed and won’t experience any security issues anymore in our country.

Now, to my utmost surprise the rate at which lives and properties is been lost kept on increasing day after day, Lives of thousand of innocent people have been lost while properties worth millions as been destroyed.

This security issues have caused a lot of harm and trauma and will still cause a lot more if the right thing panels are not been put in place to fight that as soon as possible.

People no longer live comfortably in their country to the extent some have even become beggars due to the mysterious attacks.

Every news in Nigeria seems to be from flame to fire and from bad to worse everyday, yesterday it was news of F-SARS harassing citizens, today it’s the news of herdsmen attacks, tomorrow it might be a robbery attack while the following one might be that of kidnappers.

We are unsecured, we can’t sleep with our two eyes closed, we open one and close the other which is not supposed to be.

Concerning the plateau state crises that took over 86 lives in three local government at plateau state, i urge the plateau state governor and also the federal government to take the necessary actions by arresting and prosecuting the perpetrators.

Though actions are ongoing, but enough have not been done. We all could remember what happened in the case of the Eastern whereby the federal government was quick to declare the perpetrators as a terrorist group while operation python dance by the Nigerian military was quick to action. Now the question is what has happened in the case of the herdsmen?

Nothing!

Probably the federal government thinks they are not terrorist or they have to wait until they kill us all before something will be done to that. I strongly agree with Femi Falana (SAN) that if the federal government fail to take appropriate action to stop the killings, “we shall not hesitate to report the authorities of the federal government and the plateau state government to the special prosecutor of the international criminal court for condoning crimes against humanity and genocide”.

Nevertheless, I wish to sympathize with the government, family of those affected and the people of plateau state generally over the reckless and cold murder of more than 86 unarmed people in Barkin Ladi local government.

The mystery behind the Fulani herdsmen must be unravelled and something quick and drastic must be done to halt the killings that as become a normal daily routine for the killers. And Nigerians should know that more dangers lie ahead of us all.

The coming elections could overshadow those massacre’s as politicians will be more interested in their selfish political pursuits through their campaigns than directing resources to defend the people.

This year farming season could also be lost which could cause a great loss to the individual and the Government as a whole due to the killings which will discourage people from farming because most of the farmers that feed the nation are now refugees due to lack of proper security so, much should not be expected from them.

To save their lives, most of them have decided to stay indoor during this farming season because nobody want to have his or her live lost.

I am whole and not divided the truth must prevail and must be said, its a whole lot of shame for the federal government first it was Benue followed by Zamfara to Taraba to Adamawa, oyo, ekiti and now plateau.

Its quite devastating that our security agencies are not doing as expected because I think an operation is going on in the state so from this angle it could be learnt that this terrorist move in freely to those villages affected and overpowered the security agencies then carry out their evil act on innocent lives in their sleep. This is a big shame to the security agencies and the nation entirely.

Therefore, I urge the plateau and other states to establish grazing lands, feedlots and ranches for herdsmen who rear cattle in their state, while I also urge the government to make new law and enforce them. Once a terrorist is been apprehended, He/She should be prosecuted immediately no matter their ethnic group, religion or posts.

In other way, the government must try their possible best in fishing out the sponsors of the terrorist group and the executors because the executors are just messenger of the highest order. once the sponsors are been prosecuted the terrorist will surrender.

More so, the judicial system must be transparent and strong enough to put law offenders to a house of no return.

In conlusion, insecurity is a threat to livelihood, the government and security agencies should adhere to all areas of security issue starting from armed robbery, herdsmen attack, kidnappers etc. And make the issues of insecurity a thing of the past.

Thank you.

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Mace disapear in Nigeria senate

Thugs invade Nigerian senate

plenary, snatch mace

[PHOTOS/VIDEO]

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Published on April 18, 2018

By Samson Atekojo Usman

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Thugs suspected to be loyal to the suspended

Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial

district, Ovie Omo-Agege have invaded the red

chambers and forcefully taken away the mace.

They broke into the chambers when plenary was

going on, thereby creating serious confusion and

tension.

The operation took Sergeant-At-Arms by

surprise who tried to reclaim the mace without

success.

It could be recalled that Omo-Agege was

suspended last week following his role in the

electoral act amendment bill seeking to reorder

the election sequence.

This development has, hitherto, thrown the

Senate, and the entire National Assembly into

uproar and fear of what really happened.

The snatched mace is the symbol of authority

and the Senate consequently can no longer

legitimately hold plenary.

Discussions right now is being held in groups

and hush tones as to what might be the next

line of action.

This development happened as the Deputy

Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu was

presiding over the plenary in the absence of the

Senate President, senator Abubakar Bukola

Saraki is currently at the World Bank event in

the United States.

As at the time of filing this report, the situation

is hazy and uncertainty looms large.

National peace corps establishment.

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor
& Emman Ovuakporie
As the Nigerian Peace Corps battles the Nigeria
Police to vacate its national secretariat, the
legality of the organisation might have run into
trouble as the President has not assented to its
establishment bill, which was transmitted to
him last year.
Saturday Vanguard learnt from competent
sources that President Muhammadu Buhari,
apparently bowing to security advice, has not
appended his signature to the NPC
Establishment Bill, which was officially sent to
him by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr.
Sani Omolori, in the last week of December
2017.
Findings by Saturday Vanguard indicate that
the 30-day window under, which the president
should sign a bill duly transmitted to him
elapsed on January 31, 2018, leaving the
National Assembly with the only option of
mobilising two thirds of its members to veto
the president’s rejection of the bill.
By implication, the Presidency has thrown out
the NPC bill and the piece of legislation okayed
by the two chambers of the NASS can
therefore not be cited as a law in Nigeria and
the outfit does not have the legal backbone to
continue to operate as a legal entity unless the
NASS mobilises two thirds of its members to
override the president.
A top Presidency official conversant with the
matter, confirmed to our correspondent last
night that the President could not have
assented to the NPC bill because there was no
need for such an outfit under the Nigerian
security architecture.
The source said, “By implication the bill has
been rejected by Mr. President since he did not
sign it into law within the stipulated 30 working
days.
“By law, the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill will not
fly in Nigeria as the President has not
appended his signature to it within the period
prescribed by law,” the official explained.
Asked what could be done given the fact that
the courts had ruled that the embattled security
outfit had the right to operate as a voluntary
organisation in Nigeria, the presidency official
said that the organisation must first derive its
legality from the law of Nigeria before
functioning as an entity of the law.
But reacting to the development, the
Spokesman for the House of Representatives,
Abdulrazaq Namdas, said the members would
wait patiently for President Muhammadu Buhari
to write the NASS on why he would not append
his signature to the bill before deciding on
what next step.
Namdas told one of our correspondents that
the lawmakers were aware that the president
was in the habit of giving reasons whenever he
rejects a bill sent to him by the NASS.
“But if we wait up to a certain time and the
usual excuses we expect of him does not come
then the House may take a further action to
override the president.
“If you remember just last week he returned
three bills stating the reasons he refused to
sign them into law,” Namdas said.
It will be recalled that the NPC has been
having a running battle with the Nigeria Police
since it came out as a security outfit but not
yet licensed by the Federal Government,
culminating in the sealing of its national
headquarters in Jabi and the arrest and
detention of its leaders by the NPF.
The running battle between the NPC and the
NPF has also resulted in a lingering legal tussle
between the two groups, with the court asking
the police to pay the NPC N12.5 million as
compensation, an order the police are yet to
comply with.
File: Peace-Corps
The police have also refused to quit the
headquarters of the NPC despite repeated court
orders.
While the Senate passed the bill on November
25, 2016, a conference committee of both
chambers was inaugurated on December 8,
2016, to harmonise the bill.
The House of Representatives laid and adopted
its conference report on January 19, 2017,
while the Senate adopted its report on July 25,
2017.
But on February 17, 2017 the police stormed
the National Office of the NPC and arrested the
head of the organisation, Dickson Akoh, and
about 49 other members.
The police accused Mr. Akoh of using the
Peace Corps, which was registered as a non-
governmental organisation, but operating as a
para-military agency, to fleece innocent young
job seekers.
Mr. Akoh has however denied all the
allegations and has since been granted bail by
the court.
Meanwhile, CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on
Media and Public Affairs, Senator Sabi
Abdullahi, APC, Niger North has said that the
Senate will do what the Constitution specifies
in case Mr. President refuses to assent the
Peace Corps Bill.
He said that the constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria provides for what should be
done if a bill passed by the National Assembly,
transmuted to the President for assent did not
receive the assent of the President.
“For me personally I see it as a very good
thing; it is not new to Nigeria but it is
happening in many other countries so that was
why in the first instance, the National Assembly
supported it.