(In response to Maijama’a Adamu The Scope September 16th - 22nd, 2012)
By Caleb Zadok
07034655913,
08159086481.
When
I read the report of Mr. Maijama’a Adamu the Chief Press Secretary to the
Adamawa State Governor at first I felt reluctant to comment, but I later felt
it is high time to reply him. Let me just comment on some of the issues he
raised.
First
Maijama’a stated in his post thus, “I have read with deep regret the story of
the arrest of the Deputy Speaker, Adamawa State Assembly”
As
if he was not part of the game plan to arrest the Deputy speaker. Certainly
Maijama’a can never deny the fact that he was aware of the grand plan to arrest
the Deputy speaker following series of squabble or disagreement between the
speaker and him the governor and his vendetta against the Bwatiyes. He may lie
to the world but can never lie to his conscience.
Secondly,
Maijama’a further stated that, “While the police in no ambiguous term said that
the suspect arrest on murderous action confessed to being sponsored by Mr.
Laori”. What a confused and childish agent doing the government’s dirty job.
Such incompetence of a mouthpiece of the government. Everybody knows that when
you want to hang a dog, you give it a bad name. Police report couldn’t have
been relied on all because of a so-called report. Such a report shouldn’t have
been relied on all because of a so-called suspect mentioned the name of the
Hon. Deputy speaker. The police that I know as corrupt as they are could have taken
money from your master and boss and could possibly torture the suspect and
force out the name of Hon Kwamoti from his mouth in order to label him bad. If
so many people are insinuating especially those in Jos, Yobe, Maiduguri etc are
claiming that, those been arrested or even killed by the JTF are innocent
citizens, and I know that Maijama’a hold this same opinion, then what makes you
think that the suspect was not a victim of circumstance unjustly arrested? What
makes you think that the police report is not wrong considering the high level
corruption in the police force who are ready to do virtually anything for
money. I speak out of experience for I have seen a number of cases that the
police handled out of corruption, so many of them so what are we talking about?
This report shows how myopic and unreasonable you are and you in your report.
This shows what stuff the government is made of (Propaganda machine).
Also
note:- “One of such instances, out of desperate show of chauvinism, Mr. Laori
organized and partook in a press briefing organized by the Pene Da Bwatiye Cultural
Association at the NUJ Press Center Yola on the 13th May 2012 where
they declare thus, ‘since it is evident that the
Fulanis do not desire to live in peace with our people, and they connive with
their kith and kin to wage war, they should all leave our land forestall future
crisis between them and our people” in what terms do Maijama’a want the Pene Da
Bwatiye to put it? And who is Barr. Kwamoti representing, his people? Was he
not supposed to identify with his people or was he expecting him to desert his
people?
For God’s sake! This man represents
these people and his constituency was attacked and I guess Maijama’a and his
boss was expecting the Deputy speaker to go to him and celebrate the attack on
his people over a cup of coffee. He is wrong and the deputy speaker has not
done anything constitutionally wrong by identifying with his people and I stand
to be corrected; therefore, you have no moral right to question his association
with his people. May be I should tutor you on the word representative, the word
denotes delegate, spokesperson or ambassador; did you see that? So are you saying
that he has no right to represent his people? Mstcheew! No wonder the state is
in shambles!
Another issue raised is the issue of
‘Persona non grata’, may be Adamu has either forgotten or do not even know
probably because he gets the crumbs that falls from his master’s table that Governor
Murtala Nyako was the one that has declared his persona non grate against the
Bachama race (I really don’t want to give a low down here that would prove to
you because I know you are already blinded and basking in the euphoria of your
government, enjoy it while it lasts.
There are a lot of issues raised by
Maijama’a Adamu which I may not really go into, because I know there a lot of
people who will reply him in more intellectual way but he should know, the
Bachamas are peace loving people who accommodate visitors, give them land to
build houses, farm their crops and to the Fulani’s land for grazing; they have
been co-existing for many years though there have been conflicts here and
there, yet, they still co-habit with each other. A very big question that beg
for answer is, why now during Nyako’s administration that the matter escalated
to where it is today? It may interest you to know that, even yesterday, the 18th
of September 2012, the Fulani’s again attacked unsuspecting flood victims of
Bandawa who were taking shelter in a primary school, killed a young lady and injured
many. Did anybody look for their trouble? What brings them to Bachama land to
cause this aggression? All these questions are begging for answers: May be you
and your boss has answers which I know you do except if you will keep lying to
your conscience. The issue of bigotrism or chauvinism is certainly what Nyako
is exhibiting on us but guess what? WE
WILL SURVIVE. Following shooting and killing innocent people in both Mubi
and Yola, the governor quickly used the opportunity to enforce ban on motorcycle
use in some local governments including Numan where nothing has happened. This
is one among many. But Let it be known that we are a patient, peace loving
people, governments come and governments go. Nyako Murtala’s government no
matter how long will pass away. Only time will tell and if he thinks he is
hurting us, in the process, he will hurt himself.
In conclusion, the Adamu concluded his
message of calumny thus. “While we patiently
await the unfolding of due legal proceedings, we sincerely advise that
resorting to deliberate dishonesty and apportioning blames where they do not
belong it will serve no one any meaningful purpose”. Ah! What a contradiction.
Legal proceeding or not, no one is afraid of it especially when you know you
are not guilty. Legal? Oh! that
reminds me, I have said this, and I will keep on saying it until I see changes
in the judiciary, I HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY. Surely not after
what happened in the case of Adamawa
State
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