Connect with us

News

Bade Emirate organizes durbar in Yobe.

Published

on

Bade Emirate organizes durbar in Yobe.

By: Yahaya Wakili

In a remarkable display of cultural heritage, the Bade emirate council in Yobe state has organized a colorful durbar competition to celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr Sallah fast. The durbar held at Mai Bade Palace at Gashua was a momentous event that underscored the significance of unity, bringing people together, strengthening communal ties, and celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Bade. The durbar also reinforced the unity and traditions of the people of Bade and featured an array of cultural heritage performances.

Alhaji Alkali Sale Bukar Sakan, Sharakun Bade, the deputy chairman of the Bade Emirate Durbar Committee, said since we are young, they are preparing the durbar during the Eid-el-Fitr and Eid-el-Kabir sallah, and during then our parents are performing many things, and this horse racing our parents are doing it. Therefore, we see that we revive this, our cultural heritage, and anything that has been done yesterday, today, and even tomorrow is continuous, and since we are in Borno State, that time NTA is carrying the traditional activities; people of Bade are dancing with swords, blue dresses, and red caps. Now, we didn’t introduce them, but we have the intention to bring the full team of the tradition we have.

“The time of modernization comes with its style. Other youth have an interest in their cultural heritage, while others, because of the Western education they receive, abandon their culture, but we are reviving our culture, and we hope our children and our grandchildren will emulate what we will leave behind, what our parents left to us, while the new modernization is trying to destabilize us. He said a few years back when Boko Haram came, it stopped this cultural heritage and other cultural activities, but now, Alhamdulillah, peace has been restored because if you enter Gashua now, you will know that peace has been restored in Yobe. Even from the Sallah of last year to date, it shows that there is peace; you will see everybody is enjoying it, and he is happy people are celebrating Sallah without fear or molestation.

Sharakun Bade further said, We, the Bade emirate council, are reviewing our culture because we inherited it. Other emirates didn’t inherit it, and even if they didn’t inherit it, it wouldn’t stop them from performing their culture, and every emirate has its own culture. They have their own traditional culture, and we hope they will advise their own emir to give them the opportunity because our emir gave us the chance. If the culture is not revived, one day it will disappear completely. And anything we are doing with regard to this durbar, we are doing it with government officials, and anything we are doing is open. Hon. Yau Usman Dachia, Deputy Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, is here; the Executive Chairman of the Bade local government area, Hon. Ibrahim Babagana, is here; and the Chairman of the Jakusko local government, Hon. Umaru Agwa, is also there, so the presence of these honorables serves as a letter.

Alhaji Alkali Sale further revealed that the Bade emirate council is together with His Excellency, Governor Mai Mala Buni CON Chiroman Gujba. Anything Governor Buni brings us, we receive it with good faith, 100% accepted, and we thank Governor Mai Mala Buni CON because he gives us the opportunity to improve our cultural heritage. And every member of the committee donated something; some brought #10,000, some #500,000, and somebody brought #1m. All this among us, the members of the committee, and even His Royal Highness, the Royal Father, gave a donation to this committee.

Also speaking to newsmen on the history of the durbar committee, the secretary of the committee, Alhaji Sale Garba Suleiman, said this committee was inaugurated about three years ago by His Royal Highness, the Mai Bade, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Suleiman. The time HRH inaugurated this committee, he told us that he wanted them to revive and improve the Bade cultural heritage, and he also told us that he did this because our youths who are coming up to know actually their cultural heritage. We thank his royal father for creating this committee, and we, as Muslims, believe everybody comes with something for the benefit of the people; the reward will go to him. Therefore, we are appealing to other emirates in our dear state to emulate this great thing for the benefit of their people.

“I am sure everybody who saw this program will be interested to review their own culture so that their youth will grow with their own cultural heritage, and as I said, this committee is new and is young, and we are planning to improve it, and we are advising other emirates to emulate what we are doing. We are trying to reach the Yobe State Art and Cultural Board to present to them what we are doing so far, because what you are doing, if you didn’t get results on it, you have no excuse, but as for the results we have on what we are doing, we will present them and solicit advice and cooperation from them to see how we will improve this matter.

The time His Royal Highness inaugurated this committee, the first thing we told him was that we didn’t know where we would get money to carry out our assignment. He advised us to contact our people who are willing to assist and request the assistance from them either in cash or in kind, and I will not forget it, because HRH was the first person who put his donation into this account, and since then we have continued getting donations. I assure you that we did our work successfully, and we have the remaining money in our account that can be used to do our program for the next Sallah, inshallah. Therefore, we and our relatives contribute the money. And at this point, I will never forget Hon. Yau Usman Dachia, Deputy Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly. He is completely a son of Bade. This man, honestly, he plays a vital role in this committee; he contributes a lot. In fact, we can’t say anything to him except that we pray that Allah (SWT) reward him with Aljannatul Firdaus.

This work is for durbar, since before we were born our parents have been doing it, but to invite journalists for coverage is the first time, and this committee was inaugurated three years back. I, personally, thank Almighty Allah in his mercy for giving us the opportunity to make this burbar successful, and we are receiving the commendation from the public, and we also thank HRH, the Mai Bade, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Suleiman, for creating this committee and giving us the opportunity to serve our people. We highly appreciate it, and we thank him. May Allah (SWT) reward him and give him good health. Amen.

Bade Emirate organizes durbar in Yobe.

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

News

Mother raises alarm as 2-year-old daughter stolen from hotel in Aba

Published

on

Mother raises alarm as 2-year-old daughter stolen from hotel in Aba

By: Zagazola Makama

A 20-year-old woman, Elizabeth Alaoma, has reported the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter, Precious Ahiwe, under suspicious circumstances while lodging at a hotel in Aba, Abia State.

The incident occurred on the night of July 22, after Alaoma checked into Hotel De California in the city with her daughter, following an invitation by a man identified as Promise and a woman he introduced as his sister.

According to Alaoma, Promise took her out under the guise of buying food around 10:00 p.m., but later abandoned her at the food vendor’s location. She rushed back to the hotel only to discover that her daughter, Promise, and the woman had all vanished, and the hotel room key had already been returned to the receptionist.

A search at the hotel led to the recovery of the child’s clothes. Two hotel staff the receptionist, Victor Uzoma (17), and the manager, Emmanuel Kalu (35) were taken into custody for questioning.

Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects and recover the missing child as investigations continue.
End

Continue Reading

News

Correctional officer allegedly murders apprentice, dumps body, dies by suicide in Lokoja

Published

on

Correctional officer allegedly murders apprentice, dumps body, dies by suicide in Lokoja

By: Zagazola Makama

A tragic incident has shocked residents of Lokoja, Kogi State, after a senior officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service allegedly killed a 26-year-old photography apprentice, concealed his body in a freezer, and later took his own life in a hotel.

Zagazola Makama reports that the incident occurred on Monday, July 22, and involved a Deputy Superintendent of Corrections (DSC), Adebayo Oluwapelumi, who until his death was attached to the Kogi State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

According to witness accounts, the case came to light after Ujah Goodness, a photographer with a studio located opposite the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja, reported the matter.

Goodness stated that around 7:50 p.m. on the day of the incident, he was editing photographs with his apprentice, Ayo Ayipelumi, aged 26, when the Correctional officer, Adebayo, arrived at the studio and called the apprentice outside for a brief conversation.

Moments later, Goodness said he heard frantic screams from his apprentice calling for help. However, out of fear, he did not step outside to investigate but instead quickly contacted local vigilantes to intervene.

Subsequent investigation revealed that the suspect had allegedly attacked and killed Ayipelumi. He then reportedly placed the victim’s lifeless body inside a deep freezer, loaded it into a white unregistered Hilux van, and drove off to an undisclosed location.

Acting on the report, security personnel launched a search for the vehicle. It was later found abandoned around the Nataco Junction area of Lokoja. Although the corpse was no longer in the vehicle, investigators found blood stains inside the freezer and recovered a machete believed to have been used in the attack. Photographs of the scene were taken, and the vehicle along with the exhibit was moved to the station for forensic examination.

Efforts to trace the whereabouts of the suspect and recover the victim’s body were still ongoing when a new development emerged.

At about 12:10 p.m. the next day, the management of Abidan 115 Guest Inn in Lokoja contacted authorities after discovering a lifeless body in one of their rooms. The deceased was identified as the suspect, Adebayo Oluwapelumi.

Upon arrival at the hotel, investigators found the suspect naked and lying dead on the floor. A suicide note, a bottle of Sniper insecticide, and a plastic Coca-Cola bottle were recovered at the scene, suggesting that he ingested the toxic substance.

Photographs of the scene were taken, and the body was evacuated to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, where a medical doctor confirmed him dead. His corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination.

The whereabouts of the victim’s body remains unknown as of the time of filing this report.

Investigation is ongoing to unravel the full motive behind the gruesome killing and to trace the missing remains of the apprentice.

Correctional officer allegedly murders apprentice, dumps body, dies by suicide in Lokoja

Continue Reading

News

Gunmen kill one, abduct seven in Taraba community attack

Published

on

Gunmen kill one, abduct seven in Taraba community attack

By: Zagazola Makama

Armed men suspected to be bandits on Wednesday invaded Ilela village in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing one person and abducting seven others, including women and a child.

Zagazola Makama gathered that the assailants stormed the village at about 10 a.m., shooting sporadically to scare residents before abducting their victims.

One of the villagers, Umaru Belangu, who reported the incident to security personnel, said the gunmen killed 35-year-old Abdu Dahiru during the attack.

Those kidnapped include Ladi Abdu (20), Salamatu Sani, Ramatu Sani, Marka Kabiru, Kabiru Sani, and a 10-year-old boy, Yau Alh. Lawan. All the victims are of Fulani origin and residents of Ilela village.

Following the report, a team of security personnel was immediately mobilised to the area, where they visited the scene and recovered two empty shells of ammunition.

Photographs were taken, and a search operation was launched in collaboration with local hunters and vigilante members to track the perpetrators and rescue the abductees.

Authorities say intensified monitoring and patrols are ongoing in the area to prevent further attacks and apprehend those responsible.

Gunmen kill one, abduct seven in Taraba community attack

Continue Reading

Trending

Verified by MonsterInsights