A former Nigerian Ambassador to Switzerland, Yahaya Kwande, has stated that he never advocated for the creation of an emirate in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
A socio-cultural organisation, Berom Educational and Cultural Organisation (BECO), took a swipe on Kwande over the interview he granted a national newspaper (not Nigerian Tribune) over some historical issues that bordered on Jos and Berom nation.
Kwande in a rejoinder entitled ‘Re: Yahaya Kwande’s Horrific Prescription on What is needed to end Jos crisis’ addressed to the Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, said he had consistently suggested that it would be beneficial to initiate a process of incorporating the first few Hausa families into the traditional scheme of things in Jos for the ease of administration.
“I don’t think these families are more than 10. How exactly this will come about depends on the benevolence of Your Royal Majesty. I believe that doing so will isolate mischief makers and streamline unnecessary agitations,” he said.
According to him, the suggestion was not intended to demean the stool of Gbong Gwom Jos or any native community but rather to strengthen it, adding that creating traditional inclusiveness and orderliness will promote integration and peaceful coexistence.
Kwande added that he had also consistently suggested that all should dispassionately face the facts of the history of Jos as obtainable in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s to assuage the grievances that may be lingering among the early settlers’ populations. He noetd that this was not aimed to mislead or create a problem, but to find solutions and bring about peace.
The elder statesman, who said the outburst in the interview was not meant to upset anyone, therefore, tendered unreserved apology to all those who felt offended by the interpretations of the interview.
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The PDP spokesman recalled how the opposition party had on various occasions alerted that the APC government had ceded sovereignty over a large portion of our country to terrorists, “many of whom were imported into our country by the APC.”
He further stated: “From the video, in a brazen manner, terrorists as non-state actors boldly showed their faces, boasting, admitting and confirming their participation in the Kuje Prison break, some of whom were former prison inmates who were either jailed or awaiting trial for their previous terrorism act against our country.
“Nigerians can equally recall the confession by the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai that the APC government knows the plans and whereabouts of the terrorists but failed to act.
According to Ologunagba, about 18,000 Nigerians have been killed by terrorists between 2020 and 2022 “as the criminals continue to be emboldened by the failures and obvious complicity of the APC and to which the PDP had always drawn attention.”
“This is not politics; this is about humanity and leadership, which leadership sadly and unfortunately is missing in our country at this time,” he said.
The PDP added that it is appalled by “the lame response by the apparently helpless, clueless and deflated Buhari Presidency, wherein it told an agonizing nation that President Buhari “has done all and even more than what was expected of him as Commander in Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military…”
“This is a direct admission of incapacity and failure by the Buhari Presidency and the APC. At such a time, in other climes, the President directly leads the charge and takes drastic measures to rescue and protect his citizens.
“In time of adversity, the President transmutes into Consoler-in-Chief to give hope and succour to the citizens. Painfully, Nigeria does not have a President who cares and can stand as Consoler-in-Chief to the citizens.
“It has now become very imperative for Nigerians to take note and realize that the only solution to this unfortunate situation is to hold the APC government accountable. We must come together as a people, irrespective of our political, ethnic and religious affiliations to resist the fascist-leaning tendencies of the APC administration.
Ologunagba called for an urgent meeting of the National Council of State to advise on the way to go over the nation’s worsening insecurity.
“Our nation must not fall. The resilient Nigerian spirit and ‘can-do- attitude’ must be rekindled by all to prevail on the President to immediately and without further delay, accede to the demand by the PDP and other well-meaning Nigerians to convene a special session of the National Council of State to find a lasting solution since the President has, in his own admission, come to his wit’s end,” the PDP spokesman declared.
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