I had to search for this article when I saw the reply Ondo state farmers gave PMB. Enjoy....



Alhaji Lam Onaolapo Adesina,Oyo State
governor from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2003,
passed on to glory on Sunday, 11, November,
aged 73 years. Lam rose to the pinnacle of all
his callings in life. He got to the zenith of his
career as a teacher; as a social crusader, he
got state recognition and was tagged a
‘prisoner of war’. Politically, he did not only
realize his ambition of becoming the governor
of his state, he achieved the extra ordinary by
installing a governor, not while in power but
eight years after he had left office.
Since Sunday, torrents of tributes have been
pouring in from various quarters all extolling
the virtues of Alhaji Adesina . He has been
described in many superlative words,
establishing the fact that he was a great
man. But how great really was the husband of
the benign Alhaja Sarat Adeola Adesina? As his
Chief Press Secretary while he served as the
governor of Oyo State, I will transmit a story of
how he disciplined a former military Head of
State and prevented what could have led to
the Nigerian second civil war.
It was on 13 October 2000, when words went
round that General Muhammadu Buhari was
leading the Arewa team to the governor’s
office to confront the state over alleged killings
of Fulani cattle rearers in Saki, Oke Ogun Area
of the state. Buhari did actually telephone the
governor that he was leading a team to his
office.
In less than 30 minutes after the general
informed the governor of his visit, we noticed
that the entire secretariat was already filled
with lorry loads of our brothers from the North.
This created some tension but we kept our
calm. At about 2 p.m., Buhari arrived in a long
convoy at the governor’s office in company of
the former governor of Lagos State, General
Buba Marwa, Alhaji Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji
Abdulrazak and Alhaji Hassan. They all wore
long faces. In fact, the anger in them was
palpable as all pleasantries extended to them
were ignored. “This is trouble” was the
expression on the faces of all of us in the
governor’s office.
Shortly afterwards, the state Director of State
Security Service (SSS) and Commissioner of
Police arrived. But their presence did not
change anything particular on the fears that
had already gripped majority of us. The two
security chiefs did not come with any
operatives, they came almost alone.


The meeting was called to order after Lam
walked into the Executive Chambers.
Introductions over, Buhari spoke on their
mission to the governor’s office. Emitting fire,
the general accused Lam and the government
of Oyo State of complicity in the killing of over
68 Fulani people in Oke Ogun area and
perversion of justice.
His words: “Your Excellency, our visit here is
to discuss with you and your government our
displeasure about the incident of clashes
between two peoples… the Fulani cattle
rearers and merchants are today being
harassed , attacked and killed like in Saki. In
the month of May, 2000, 68 bodies of Fulani
cattle rearers were recovered and buried under
the supervision and protection from a team of
Mobile Police from Oyo State Command.
“ That some arrests were made by Oyo State
Police Command in the massacre with their
immediate release without court trial. This
was said to have been ordered by Oyo State
authorities and they were so released to their
amazement. The release of the arrested
suspects gave the clear impression that the
authorities are backing and protecting them
to continue the unjust and illegal killings of
Fulani cattle rearers…”
According to the general, they therefore wanted
immediate stoppage of the killings, justice and
compensation to the Fulanis.
As weighty and indicting as Buhari’s
allegations were, Lam remained unperturbed.
He fired back with his own well coordinated
arsenals.
Lam identified all the points raised by Buhari
and simply asked the heads of the
organizations directly involved to respond to
the allegations.
First to speak was the Commissioner of Police
who debunked all the claims. Instead of the
allegation that the natives were killing Fulanis,
the commissioner said pointedly that the
opposite was the case.
“ The killing of the natives by the Fulanis was
duly reported to the police and, of course, we
can’t make arrest because, as soon as they
kill, they migrate to other areas. Who are you
going to arrest? That is the problem”. On the
killing of Fulanis, which he said was as result
of “piled up anger”, the commissioner
disclosed that arrests had been made and the
suspects were in police custody.
Next was the Director of SSS, who equally
debuked the allegations by Buhari. “The
natives don’t have problem with the Fulanis
who are resident but those who are coming in,
they don’t care about anybody. They just go
ahead and when they graze the natives farms,
whoever cares to challenge them runs into
trouble. You said 68 people were killed , and
people driven away. I am not saying there
were no killings but they cannot be more than
five. The petition is on the harsh side, there is
nothing like that.”
Not done yet, Lam called in his Deputy,
Barrister Iyiola Oladokun; his SSG, Chief
Michael Koleoso, both from Oke Ogun, and the
chairman of one of the affected local
government areas, Mr Ademola Alalade. They
stated the true position of things, corroborating
the submissions of the security chiefs. At this
point, all the tensions and apprehensions
evaporated.
Trust Lam any day, he must rub it in. He
spoke for about 20 minutes and the generals
were at the edge of their seats for the entire
period. They were like chicken that had just
been thoroughly beaten by the rain.
Lam said: “ Before I thank you for this visit,
you have come to tell me something. I also
want to tell you something and that something
is to make an appeal. General Buhari has been
a former Head of State, Brigadier Marwa has
governed Lagos for some time and with
credibility… so you are national leaders of this
country. Even though, by accident of birth, you
are from the North, you can be born anywhere;
may be next time when I am coming to the
world, I will be born in the North or the South-
South.
“My appeal will be that effort must be made to
unite this country and that will be ïn the best
interest of all Nigerians. I am appealing to the
Arewa Consultative Forum, under which
auspices our distinguished Nigerians are here;
in recent times, they have been sending wrong
signals to a number of us who believe in the
unity and peace of Nigeria; you have been too
critical of the efforts of the Federal
Government. I am saying this because Nigeria,
at this point, cannot afford to break and the
words you northern leaders utter are very
weighty, at the South here, we normally
analyze them critically”.
On all the allegations, he said: “From what
they have written in the petition, this
government is completely blameless because
we don’t interfere either with the judiciary or
with the police functions. I always preach
peaceful co-existence in Oyo State and
Nigeria as a whole. We are all Nigerians and
that is what we have been preaching all along
and we shall continue to be Nigerians , no
matter the present or immediate problems
which will be solved by the grace of Allah.
“I want to say also that we really have to
appeal to our people, the itinerant Bororo
people, that they should observe less
aggression. It is not good , it is not right just
coming from somewhere then you just pass
through farm lands cultivated may be with the
person’s life savings and then over night
everything is gone. That is not right, even
Allah does not approve of that.
We even wonder when they talk about this
people carrying dangerous weapons, I say do
they really believe in Allah? When you just take
life like that and go away! Are we not
forbidden not to take human life? So I think
General Buhari, General Marwa, you have to be
educating them… It is my pleasure to inform
you that at the Presidential Lodge, we have
made some arrangements for refreshments so
that before you go we can refresh together”.
Buhari and his team did not wait for any
refreshments. They came in angry and left
bewildered. ADIEU! GREAT LAM!


*OLAOSEBIKAN, WAS CHIEF PRESS
SECRETARY TO ALHAJI LAM ADESINA







www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/day-lam-adesina-clashed-with-buhari-marwa-others/

na their ITINERANT business de that.......

Itinerant Nlanders


Itinerant preachers


END TIME GRAMMAR

Words on marble...

Yoruba loko Hausa!

Hausa is always probing for buttons to push. They want an emotional and impulsive reaction so they can frustrate their target. Yoruba on the other hand is very good at message encryption...Hausa has no clue how to decode the crypted message, therefore they end up empty handed and with no advantage.

Ibo on the other hand, instead of giving an instructive response will react emotionally and with bitterness, leaving itself open to further verbal assaults.

What a leadership qualities the former governor showed. A good leader try to get all the facts on a particular issue before reacting in a amicable ways.

But the same Buhari has kept mute now that the Fulanis are killing. Our president is truly a dullard bigot!

Sard:
But the same Buhari has kept mute now that the Fulanis are killing. Our president is truly a dullard bigot!

this bros is vexing seriously......the man needs to tag his brothers terrorists