Boko Haram : Splinter group, Ansaru emerges

Indications  have emerged  that an ideological feud within the rank and file of the Boko Haram sect may have led to a breakaway faction.  The new outfit calls itself ‘Ansaru.’

In a statement circulated in Kano, Ansaru gave its full name as “Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis Sudan,” meaning Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa.

Its motto is “Jihad Fi Sabilillah,” meaning it is fighting and sacrificing for Allah’s cause.  The statement was signed by one Abu Usamata Al’Ansari, who claimed to be its leader.

Ansaru expressed displeasure with Boko Haram’s style of operations, which it described as inhuman to the Muslim Ummah.  It vowed to restore dignity and sanity to “the lost dignity of Muslims in black Africa” and to bring back the dignity of Islam in Nigeria and the Sokoto Caliphate, founded by Othman Dan Fodio in 1804, which spread across Niger Republic, Cameroon and some other West African countries.

Ansaru’s logo shows the Qur’an, with a gun on both sides. Attached to the guns are black flags with the inscription, “There is no deity but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger”.

The statement said: “For the first time, we are glad to announce to the public the formation of this group that has genuine basis. We will have dispassionate look into everything, to encourage what is good and see to its spread and to discourage evil and try to eliminate it.”

RE: ORJI UZOR KALU A PITYLESS IRONY OF LAMENTATION ON PAYING BACK EVIL FOR GOOD

There is always a fundamental difference between a speech made on a given subject-matter by a person who had an original comprehension of that subject-matter and another made by one who understood the topic only through another person's distorted interpretation. The same defect is also made manifest when a hired writer is mandated to write on an issue beyond his comprehension, to give the false impression that his pay-master is, indeed, the real writer.
Only recently, a person who had held sway in God's own State of Abia, threw caution to the wind when he decided to let the reading public realize that wealth acquired by deprivation and impoverishment of the good people of the state, during an era that was entirely dystopian and has rightly been adjudged the days of locusts, and, of course, the darkest epoch in the more than twenty years of the state's existence, could be squandered with impurity through absurd newspaper publications.
In the said publication, the man, whose pedigree, antecedents, panchromatic inclination and consistency in deceit, Abians know too well, through a falsely briefed hired writer, opened his mouth too wide for any reasonable coordination to reflect therefrom. He claimed, though without mentioning any name, that his good gesture to the quintessential leader that liberated the people of the state from an unprecedented bondage is being rewarded with evil. His vituperations could be likened to that of a self-humiliated and alienated deposed despot who had just realized his failure to suppress the nostalgia over the pecuniary benefits of his exploitation of people he had hitherto held in socio-economic captivity and who have, contrary to his initial calculations, been liberated by the people's messiah.
For purposes of brevity, I would address only a few of the issues that appear to have risen from the man's demented evocations while others, if any, would be assigned to where they rightly belong to; the trash can. I decided to spare some minutes of my brief leisure to his expression of frustration and self defeatism because if a person of his former status should hire a professional propagandist to raise an issue in the public domain, even though preposterously, and no broadminded indigene of the state gives him, even, the faintest attention, it could simply mean that he has systematically metamorphosed into an unfortunate psychological status of a maniac depressive after leaving office.
At this point, it may be necessary to remind Abians and, indeed, Nigerians that the man in question is a pathological liar. If he says one thousand things at any given time in his life, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to extract two that are entirely true. I say this because I have worked very closely with him. His assertion that a cancerous and consuming greed has crept into our national life is both paradoxical and antithetical. The man is not only greedy but also an incurable kleptomaniac. It was his greed that compelled him to hate and fight the highly respected historic Abiriba business community.
Igbos have not forgotten those who, due to greed, betrayed them at the first P.D.P national convention in Jos, where Dr. Alex Ekwueme lost in his presidential aspiration due to betrayal by some Igbos, including the man in question. The man now pretends to be worried that people no longer care about God and have no reverence for him either. What a hypocrisy! Abians have not forgotten that he subjected them to varying degrees of oath-taking and fetishness in different juju oracles in such places as Umuhu-Ezechi in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Okija in Anambra State and Ogoni in Rivers State.
His mother, who was in charge of his department of fetishness, tricked Me, with his consent, into going to take an “oath of perpetual allegiance and loyalty” at a shrine in Umuhu-Ezechi in 1997. They asked the trio of Ifeanyi Nwangwu; a native of Arondizuogu who was resident in Aba, Police Corporal Douglas and one Ngozi Ukeje to accompany me to the shrine.
The first two are now late. I have since prayed to my God to forgive me because it was never my intention to appear before any oracle. The man equally stated that someone whom he had brought out obscurity and made prominent had betrayed him. It is obvious he is experiencing a wave of illusion otherwise why must he think that the personality that was the architect of his being 'adjudged qualified' to contest governorship election could be in obscurity when he did that? It is still common knowledge in Abia State that the man had credibility problem and that it was believed he had no West African Schools'
Certificate required for election as a governor. Abians still remember, with shock and pain, the brutal killing of two precious sons of Ubakala at a restaurant along Azikiwe Road, Umuahia because it was believed that the owner of the certificate the man had claimed was in that restaurant. Coincidentally, the target of that brutal invasion was missed white two sons of Ubakala were mistaken by the man's hired assassins and killed.
It is interesting to note that the man can now realize that power is euphemeral. He had boasted that he would dictate where and how power pendulum would swing in this state uninterruptedly for twenty years. Poor boy! He was too inexperienced and untutored to, comprehend the dynamics of power in a democratic setting and that vicissitude could come
calling.                                 
The man should appreciate that the liberator of God's own people was the brain behind his 'qualification' to contest election when he did and that accounted for his electoral successes. Of course, when in 2011, he decided to exhibit his natural penchant for ingratitude to the whizkid that made him, the consequence was obvious and dear. He failed woefully in his determination to represent the good people of Abia-North in the senate. If he had been loyal and honest to the man that made him, he would have won his senatorial election. He is now confined to the dusty shelves of political archives. He has, though belatedly, realized that he injured many people while he held sway in Abia State. He has to apologize to Abians for milking them dry for years.
The man was the first governor in Igbo land who, with impunity, diverted state fund to the establishment of his private airline and buying a fleet of ship, including the one he shamelessly named after his daughter.
He should apologize to the families of the ladies and gentle-men who were very loyal to him and his mother but whom he allegedly ended up their lives in very mysterious circumstances.

They include:
1) Mandy Onuoha
2) Law Maduka                   
3) Agbarakwe (his gate man at Nweke Street, Aba)
4) Mrs. Momar
5) Police Corporal Douglas
6) Chief Okereke (of Arochukwu)
7) The two Ubakala sons killed in a restaurant at Azikiwe Road,Umuahia,
and
 Mrs. Ogbenyealu.
Since he has given a slight indication of his intent to reconcile with man and God, he should not fail to reconcile with that gentle, beautiful, erudite and well-mannered lady who accepted to marry him despite his untutored, uncouth and crude background but has been allegedly rendered mentally incoherent by a combination of his mother's wickedness and fetishness.
He should appreciate the incontrovertible fact that his inglorious era, when deceit which he code-named 'gamji' was the order of his administration, has been successfully put behind Abians. Any person similar to him shall never again be the portion of Abians. As for his business, he should realize that nemesis has already caught up with him and so, he should not blame any person in Abia State. To God be the glory.


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Abia Sports boss commends Enyimba

Abia State Director of Sports, Mr Ejikeme Ikwunze, has commended Enyimba for their impressive start to the season.
Enyimba are one of only three teams with a hundred percent record in the 2011/2012 Nigeria Premier League season after victories over ABS FC and Sharks.
The state sports boss told EnyimbaFC.net in an exclusive chat that he was delighted with how well the team have flagged off their campaign.
"I am happy with Enyimba for securing two straight victories," he said. "It's the perfect response after what happened last year."
"The important thing now is to maintain this momentum and get positive results away from home. This is what the team needs so they can emerge champions at the end of the day and return to the continent.
"It is good to win at home but they must get good results on the road to consolidate their standing on the table. If they do this, I tell you, they would be unstoppable."
He equally commended the club Chairman, Felix Anyansi Agwu for his great leadership qualities and urged him not to relent in his quest to guide Enyimba to more glories.
"He [Anyansi Agwu] has been fantastic. He has done an excellent job and Enyimba's achievements over the years are there to prove it," Ikwunze said.
The Sports Director, popularly known as Mr. Football, further thanked the Abia State Governor, Chief T. A. Orji for his tremendous support of the club, saying: "Enyimba are where they are right now due to how well the Governor has stood by the club. I must thank him immensely."
He finally called on every member of the club to remain strong and work hard to ensure the team returns to the top at the end of the season.

Insecurity: Nigeria needs state police now - Abia Attorney-General

TO achieve effective community policing and check the current security situation in the country, Abia State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Umeh Kalu, has advised the federal government to allow state police. 

Speaking with The Nation in Umuahia, Kalu said governors are not in charge of the state in terms of security, which is why there are various security problems across the country, as they depend on the state police commissioners who must take orders from the Inspector-General of Police before acting.

Kalu noted that, “The state governors are not truly the state chief security officers of their different states and the only way to ensure they are really in-charge of their states is to allow state police to exist, which will make them to be fully in-charge for security to be effectives in their states”.

He said that the federal government police will always be there and be allowed to exist side by side with the state police, pointing out that they will complement each other, while security situation in the country will be greatly improved.  

On the fear that governors may abuse state police, Kalu said “the governors will never abuse the usage of the state police, the state houses of assembly will always be there to monitor their activities and ensure compliancy”.  

The Abia state judiciary boss said the courts in the state have been computerised, stressing that it has helped the judiciary to be up and doing unlike what has been happening before now and that it is very easy for the workers to access materials for any court case.

Courtesy: The Nation