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One thing I have come
to love and know about "Truth" is that
it is constant, bitter and never
changes. It is actually more constant
then the northern star. Any Institution
built on falsehood, deceit and
oppression will surely crumble over
time.
Since the evil
General Ibrahim Babangida created the
controversial Jos North local council
against the wishes of the natives, there
have been three judicial commissions of
enquiry plus the 2004 peace conference
held under the emergency administration
of the great General Mohammed C Alli.
In the whole history
of the Nigerian Army, there are three
Generals I have always admired and have
great respect for namely Generals TY
Danjuma, Mohammadu Buhari, MC Alli and
sometimes Buba Marwa. I respect those
first three for their principles and
stands on issues while Buba Marwa is a
go getter any day any time. Ask
Nigerians in South Africa.
I believe strongly
and all sensible Nigerians will concur
with me that the Emmanuel Abisoye and
the Solomon Lar committee on the
recurrent crises Jos should be disbanded
immediately. Tax payer’s money should
not be wasted anymore.
I strongly believe
that anybody who wants peace in Plateau
state and particularly Jos has more than
enough materials and documents to work
on to bring the much desired peace on
the Plateau.
The judicial
commissions of enquiry reports into the
1994, 2001, 2008 crises and even the
Plateau peace conference of 2004 have
eventually been released and now have
been gazetted. All the judicial
enquiries were headed by imminent
jurists of high calibre. The 2004 peace
conference was attended by all the 52
tribes on the Plateau and the
representatives of all the settlers or
non-indigenous tribes especially the big
three tribes of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.
Fortunately for the
Federal government of Nigeria and even
the Plateau state government, one issue
that have remained persistently constant
in all the four reports is the
undeniable fact that the true indigenes
and owners of Jos are the Berom,Anaguta
and Afizere people. This is despite the
fact that even the 1994 judicial
commission of enquiry was under a
Babangida protégé. Anybody therefore who
wants true peace on the Plateau must
implement the white paper immediately
and to the later.
This is a great
challenge indeed to the Federal
government of Nigeria as custodian of
the Nigeria Police to implement it
aspect of the white paper. No more
sacred cows. Those indicted in all the
reports must be punished according to
the laws of the land.
Now that all the
reports have eventually been released
and published, and there is consensus
nationwide that all the culprits
indicted must be punished, let us wait
and see how the Federal government will
shy away from performing it
constitutional duties. Let the whole
Nigerians now wait and see who are those
above the laws of the land who are so
untouchable despite being found wanting
on three different occasions by three
different judicial commissions of
enquiries.
Happily enough the
Prince Ajibola commission hit the nail
on the head hardest when it said that
the creation of Jos North council by
Babangida has been the cause of the
crises in Jos and Plateau. It equally
suggested the creation of three council
out of the present council. That I
believe will be a welcome idea by my
opinion. Fortunately too, we are under a
democratic regime now and therefore the
views and opinions of the indigenes must
take precedent this time.
The National Assembly
must this time take this Prince Ajibola
report seriously and delete local
government councils entirely from the
constitution, since they are actually
reviewing the constitution now. The
House of Representatives at last have an
opportunity to bring lasting peace to
Plateau state the home of peace and
tourism. If they are honest and want to
solve the Plateau problem once and for
all.
The truth like a gold
fish has no hiding place even when so
many lies are fabricated to cover it, it
will always bolt out to show it self as
the truth that it is. Despite all the
effort to suppress the truth about the
true owners and indigenes of Jos through
military fiat, media campaign of calumny
and blackmail especially by the Daily
Trust, BBC Hausa service, VOA Hausa
service and lately a dubious
organisation called Human Right Watch
lead by one dubious lady called Corinne
Dofka, the truth still eventually
prevailed.
Those who are suppose
to make laws for peace, order and good
governance of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria have a challenge to permanently
restore peace on the Plateau with the
judicial of commission of enquiries
report released recently.
We have to thank the
Plateau state government for taking the
bull by the horns and the initiatives to
release and publish these reports
despite all the efforts to conceal them
for a long time.
The evil people who
have been fomenting trouble on the
Plateau and their sponsors have been
exposed at last.
Thanks for reading.
Ndiameeh Babrik,
ndiame_2005@yahoo.co.uk |