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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.
Troops recover arms, motorcycles after offensive operations in Kaduna
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin Daji, have recovered arms and motorcycles during offensive operations in parts of Kachia and Kajuru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama on Thursday that the troops conducted cordon-and-search operations at Gada Naji, Wake, Insame and Kabode general areas on Wednesday.
According to the sources, contact was made with terrorists between Kabode and Abrum Forest areas but they fled on sighting the advancing forces.
Items recovered included three motorcycles, three Baofeng radios and a mobile phone.
The sources further said that the troops engaged fleeing terrorists escaping across a river line towards Mai-Ido axis but could not pursue further due to difficult terrain.
The sources added that similar clearance operations were carried out in Kajuru LGA covering Maraban Kajuru, Kasuwa Magani, Rimau, Kallah, Gefe, Sabon Gari Afogo and surrounding communities.
Troops recover arms, motorcycles after offensive operations in Kaduna
Troops foil kidnap attempt, neutralise terrorist in Sokoto
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued three kidnapped victims and neutralised a terrorist during separate operations in Sokoto and Katsina States.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the troops responded to an attack on farmers at Tasha Bagaruwa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area on Wednesday.
“The troops engaged the terrorists, forcing them to flee and abandoning three kidnapped victims,” one of the sources said.
In a related development, troops in conjunction with vigilantes responded to a terrorist invasion of Na’lma Special Hunters Camp in Malumfashi LGA of Katsina State.
The sources said the commander of the hunters’ group was killed and his rifle taken away by the assailants.
“One terrorist was neutralised while an AK-47 rifle with 21 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition was recovered,” the sources confirmed.
The corpses of the victims were evacuated and handed over to their families.
Troops foil kidnap attempt, neutralise terrorist in Sokoto
Police confirm killing of herder, rustling of 300 cows in Kwara
By: Zagazola Makama
The Police Command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of a herder and the rustling of about 300 cows by suspected bandits in Edu Local Government Area of the state.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that on Sept. 10, at about 3:00 a.m., gunmen stormed Bokungi Fulani Camp in Tsaragi district, Edu LGA, shot sporadically, and rustled about 100 cows belonging to one Alhaji Garuba.
The sources said that the assailants proceeded to Fenjewe Camp via Share, where they also shot indiscriminately to scare residents.
“During the attack, one Mohammed Mumini, aged 40, upon sighting the hoodlums, identified one of them as Idris, surname unknown. He called his father, Alhaji Mumini, on phone to inform him that Idris came to the camp with bandits.
“While trying to escape from the scene, the hoodlums shot and killed Mohammed Mumini, before carting away about 200 cows from the camp,” the sources said.
The sources added that a combined team of military, police and vigilantes had been mobilised and were on the trail of the bandits to rescue the rustled cattle and apprehend the culprits.
Police confirm killing of herder, rustling of 300 cows in Kwara
Troops recover arms, motorcycles after offensive operations in Kaduna
Troops foil kidnap attempt, neutralise terrorist in Sokoto
Police confirm killing of herder, rustling of 300 cows in Kwara
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