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Preponderant of the views aired by the people centre around issues like corruption, unemployment…." Running a true federation: Preponderance…centres…. Benue assures on abandoned project" Just tell readers who the state assured.punchng.com Unfortunately, however, I, and many other Nigerians have been infuriated by our servants…." In pursuit of linguistic orderliness: many other Nigerians and I. The concept of the cart and the horse applies to language usage, too. But all our future blessing would be achieved through waiting in the Lord." If you are after God’s heart, you wait on, not in, the Lord. Before embarking on the strike action…." You can as well embark on the ‘strike inaction’! The vigilante group visited instant judgment on the thief and sent him to the great beyond." In the name of excellence: vigilance group.


It didn’t take long however to realize that the violence was directed neither at officials nor properties of any political party. Rather, the casualties were largely Christian men and women, irrespective of whether they were indigenes of Plateau state or elsewhere. An e-mail from the Anglican Archbishop of Jos Rt Rev. Ben Kwashi to Barnabas Fund on Saturday 30th November described the pogrom that had started without any warning the previous day: "The Muslims are attacking and burning this morning. It looks well coordinated. Before the real army (led by the Army chief of staff himself) would intervene two days later, hundreds of innocent lives have been lost. Unfortunately a number of Moslem folks caught in the reprisal attack would also be part of that number.


Yet, several national leaders, following the usual "douse the tension" script, were vociferous in declaring that the mayhem has nothing to do with either ethnicity or religion, but was a mere political protest. Wouldn’t it have been more helpful keeping quiet than reducing a serious matter to mere rhetoric? The sad, bitter reality is that Islamic violence is indeed rooted in faith - at least as interpreted and clearly demonstrated by many. This would explain why subsequent governments have preferred to shy away from the problem rather than attempt to address it. For instance by the simple and sensible action of treating those who engage in arson and murder as the cheap criminals that they would be - if not regarded as religious faithfuls!


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However, sadder still is the response of Christian leaders who hastily pronounced the violence, even as it was yet unfolding, as totally having nothing to do with religion. He could at least have consulted his colleague, the chairman of the Plateau state chapter of CAN, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, who repeatedly averred that the crisis was definitely religious, and was clearly instigated by the Moslems. According to Kaigama, "We were surprised at the way some of our churches and property were attacked and some of our faithful and clergy killed. The attacks were carefully planned and executed. The questions that bog our minds are why were churches and clergy attacked and killed? Why were politicians and political party offices not attacked if it were a political conflict? Why were the business premises and property of innocent civilians destroyed? We are not aliens, we are not foreigners.


The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two persons linked to the murder of one Cletus Onyekwele, a contract staff member of the Shell Petroleum Development Company. The state police command said the arrest was facilitated through the aid of forensic technology, which it had recently introduced in investigating controversial murder cases. Saturday PUNCH had exclusively reported the murder of Onyekwele, who was killed in his office on April 13 at the industrial area of SPDC in Rumuobiakani, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. Parading the two suspected killers, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ahmed Zaki, explained that they (suspects) were tracked down through the use of forensic technology.


IRT operatives have reportedly apprehended one of the leaders of Port Harcourt's notorious gangs, The Islanders. The suspect identified as Saturday Jackson is reported to have led the gang on various kidnapping and cult-related killings in Rivers state and other surrounding cities. ALSO READ: Police arrest notorious robber in Lagos. Saturday Punch reports that Jackson was apprehended by the IRT at Abuah area of Port Harcourt and a locally made rifle and a pump-action gun were recovered from him.punchng.com A police source told Punch correspondents that the IRT had been receiving several complaints of the violent activities the gang were involved in and that they had become a source of worry to the Rivers State Government. The Islanders are also reported to be locked in a battle for supremacy with a rival gang known as the Greenlanders. The source said, "His boys have coordinated several armed robberies around the state.


The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old trader, Uchena Elumadu, for allegedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in the Agege area of the state. SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that each time the Imo State indigene slept with the victim, he would drug her to prevent her from being pregnant. He was, however, caught by his wife, who raised the alarm which drew the attention of neighbours and residents of Martins Street, New Oko Oba, Agege, where the incident happened. The suspect, upon his arrest, allegedly admitted to sleeping with his daughter three times. A police source said immediately the incest was discovered by the girl’s mother on Monday, September 19, the suspect fled the house. He said, "The man has three children, two girls and one boy.