Boko Haram: Emir of Suleja indicted, queried (one by one, the murderers and their sponsors wil be exposed)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Niger, State News Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Indications have emerged that security reports indicted the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Awal Ibrahim in whose domain the Boko Haram sect had detonated bomb five times last year alone. As a prelude, the Niger State Government has issued the Emir a query, asking him to defend his non-challant attitude to the issues of bomb blast in his domain, especially the ones that affected churches.

The Emir might be the first casualty as the Niger State Government is set to get to the root of the series of bomb blasts that rocked his emirate in the last eight months. Not less than five bomb blasts took place in the emirate within the period, the last being that at the St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Mandalla on Christmas Day which left over 38 people dead, 80 injured 36 houses and 4 churches burnt in addition to the destruction of 7 vehicles.

On New Year’s Day, the state government issued the Emir of Suleja with a query over his lack of show of sympathy with victims of the bomb blast which occurred in his area one week before. According to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs who briefed the media yesterday, the government found out that despite the retinue of people that visited the victims and the bomb blast sites from across the country to show sympathy, the traditional ruler neither sent words to them nor visited the area.

As a result, the commissioner said the government felt the action of the monarch was unbecoming of a person of high standing in the society and therefore issued him a query to explain within 24 hours, why actions should not be taken against him for such behaviour.“Government in the state has discovered lapses on the part of the Emir of Suleja and has therefore issued him with a query.” The commissioner however said that the traditional ruler replied the query within the stipulated period and government is looking into it.

Alhaji Bawa Wuse said the state government welcomed the declaration of state of emergency in Suleja town and therefore asked the people to cooperate with law enforcement agencies deployed to the area to maintain law and order. He however said that the state of emergency did not cover the entire state as being peddled in some quarters, asking the people to go about their normal businesses. Speaking at the same media briefing, the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Danladi Abdulhamid expressed satisfaction of the State Executive Council (SEC) to the proactive measures taken by Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu which he said has assisted in dousing tension in Suleja area.

“Government is appealing to the people to go about their normal activities without hindrance, as the law enforcement agents in the state have been adequately mobilized to provide adequate security for lives and property.”

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