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READING KASHIM SHETTIMA’S LIPS AT ADOKES BOOK LAUNCH
READING KASHIM SHETTIMA’S LIPS AT ADOKES BOOK LAUNCH
By: Inuwa Bwala
There is something about the vice president, Kashim Shettima, which many people tend to miss out. He relishes the use of anecdotes to buttress his points, especially at public meets.
When people cast their minds back to most speeches of the Vice President, they may tend to agree that they are always full of anecdotes and innuendos.
When he therefore narrated his harrowing experiences in the hands of the administration of former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as a rider to the foundation of his friendship with Mohammed Adoke: former Attorney Genetal and Minister of Justice, many people were quick to impugn that, it was an innuendo to the Rivers State imbroglio, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Like him or despise him, Kashima Shettima has a sound intellectual profunfity and is a wordsmith whose speeches or remarks are bound to be misunderstood or misinterpreted
Given widespread perceptions of a rift between the Vice President and his principal, people found a fertile ground to further enforce a narrative, which has been flowing in the social media for quite some time.
To some, it was the climax of what they hoped would be the situation. To others, it was the outpouring of Shettimas’ disapproval of the President’s action as it affects Rivers state. And yet to other, it marks the beginning of an end to a healthy political marriage between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his partner, Kashim Shettima.
But to those of us who understand the Vice President, viz a viz his relationship with his principal, his remarks was more of a historical referrnce, aimed at buttresding the point of a relationship, build on principled and patriotic display, during that era.
Unless one digs deeper than what was said and the context within which the remarks were made, one risks falling to the antics of those who are plotting to sow seeds of discord and possibly achieve their aims.
To me, Shettima merely fell into the hands of traducers, with his deeper intellectual reference to the role of Mohammed Adoke and Aminu Tambuwal in saving him from disgrace.
Anybody who is privy to the bond between Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, should be able to say, that the noise about a rift is a facade to a grandiose political conspiracy being hatched, against the Vice President in particular.
One fact remains that Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not have any issue with Shettima and is very unlikely to play to the gallery. Those who hope otherwise are certainly keeping a date with disappointment.
Bandits kill two, rustle cattle in Kaduna community
By: Zagazola Makama
Armed bandits have attacked Unguwan Namaje, Lukora village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing two residents and rustling an unspecified number of cattle.
Sources said the attack occurred at about 2:50 a.m. on Friday when the bandits stormed the residence of one Abdullahi Yunusa.
According to the sources, three victims were shot during the attack.
“Those fatally injured were identified as Audu Yunusa, 15, and Salisu Yunusa, 23. They sustained gunshot wounds to the stomach and were later certified dead by a doctor.
“Another victim, Isiyaku Yunusa, 25, also sustained serious gunshot injuries and is receiving treatment at Saint Gerard Hospital, Kaduna,”said the sources.
Nigerian troops were immediately mobilised to the scene, while efforts were intensified to track down the perpetrators and recover the stolen cattle.
Bandits kill two, rustle cattle in Kaduna community
Police rescue eight kidnapped victims, confirm one dead in Katsina
By: Zagazola Makama
The Police Command in Katsina State says its operatives have foiled a kidnapping attempt, rescued eight victims and confirmed the death of one person in Dandume Local Government Area.
Zagazola Makama learnt that on Friday night, yet-to-be identified armed men laid an ambush along Funtua–Mahuta road and opened fire on a moving Golf vehicle with registration number EDT 693 AA, apparently intending to kidnap the occupants.
Sources said that the driver lost control of the vehicle which veered into a farmland.
“APC patrol teams promptly responded, cordoned off the area and engaged the hoodlums in an exchange of fire, thereby rescuing eight victims unhurt,” the sources said.
The sources dded that three other passengers sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries and were rushed to General Hospital, Dandume, where one of them was later confirmed dead.
The sources further said that search and rescue operations were ongoing to trace other passengers who might have scattered into nearby farms during the attack.
Police rescue eight kidnapped victims, confirm one dead in Katsina
Troops neutralise terrorist, recover AK47 in ambush near Buni Gari
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Sector 2, Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have neutralised a terrorist in a long-range ambush around Ndoksa village near Buni Gari, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama on Saturday that the ambush was conducted following intelligence on the movement of terrorists in the axis.
The source said the troops killed one terrorist during the operation and recovered an AK-47 rifle and two motorcycles.
“The successful ambush is part of the ongoing aggressive operations to deny terrorists freedom of movement, disrupt their logistics, and safeguard communities in the North East,” the source said.
Troops neutralise terrorist, recover AK47 in ambush near Buni Gari
Bandits kill two, rustle cattle in Kaduna community
Tanker explosion kills one in Kaduna workshop
Police rescue eight kidnapped victims, confirm one dead in Katsina
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