9th July, 2018
PRESS RELEASE:
KILLINGS: INVESTIGATE HON.
MAJE’S CLAIMS
Hon. Ahmed Maje, a member of the House of
Representatives, recently disclosed that politicians were behind the killings
in Plateau State. He also claimed he had ample evidence to support his claim
and that a report on this had earlier been submitted but nobody did anything
about it.
Reacting to this revelation, the
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) said in a statement issued on Monday, 9th
July, 2018 and signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, that it is
greatly agitated by the disclosure. “This is a matter concerning security of
lives and properties. The precious lives of our people are being wasted as if
they are mere flies or cockroaches. It is callous, insensitive and inhuman.
Hon. Maje’s claims must be investigated immediately. We suggest that a powerful
commission of inquiry must be instituted for this purpose.
Speaking during plenary in
the House of Representatives, Hon. Maje had said, “I want to tell this House
and Nigerians that about 300 people were trained in Israel, it’s there in our
report, we gave it to the government to work on and find out those sponsoring
them. Till today, nobody has been traced and these people are the ones who go
about killing people. I’m giving you this and I’m willing to surrender these
documents.
“A company in Plateau State
did importation and about four containers were missing and when we traced as a
committee what was in those containers, we were told that the containers were
taken to the house of a politician. When we traced the name of the company it
was a security company in Israel. They bought arms.
“We do not want to say the truth and this will continue to hunt and bedevil us. The truth of the matter is that there are some politicians behind these killings. I’m from Plateau State and I’m saying those behind this are politicians and I know I’m putting my life on the line by saying this, but I prefer to die and save others. I’m willing to surrender some of these documents”.
Commenting on Maje’s
allegation, MURIC said, “The above revelation is quite disturbing. Reference
has been made to four missing containers. The four containers were traced to
the house of a politician in Plateau State. Further investigations revealed
that the containers were imported from an Israeli company which manufactures
arms.
“There is more to six than seven. Even a six
year old can deduce a connection between the four missing containers with arms
which were traced to the house of a politician in Plateau State and other
arms-laden containers which were intercepted by customs in various boarders.
“By extension, a link may be
established between stories of containers seized at the nation’s boarders and
the aircraft of the former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, which was seized in South Africa in 2014 after a
failed attempt to purchase arms in that country. With hindsight, we can see
that those weapons were never meant for the Nigerian military but were part of
the grand plot to arm some killer militia but Jonathan’s government simply gave
Oritsejafor a coverup. A neatly packaged plot to train and arm militiamen in
several Nigerian states is emerging from this scenario.
“It means that we have been
living with killers all along and walking in the shadow of death. These people
have prepared very well. They were only moving from state to state to execute
their diabolical plot. The leakage of this deadly plot can be adduced to
Allah’s response to the prayers of innocent Nigerians.
“Thinking aloud, we doubt if
several trips made by former President Goodluck Jonathan to Jerusalem in
company of some religious leaders were actually what we were made to believe or
sheer hocus pocus designed as covers for the same grand plot, namely, a
clandestine importation of large cache of weapons from Israel. We say this
because the last time we checked, two plus two still gave us four. Those trips were
too regular for comfort and they may have given official government cover for
anything.
“This may have been
responsible for the unusual push of a section of religious leaders to remove
President Muhammadu Buhari from power as well as the several feverish rush for
protests against killings organized by CAN. Are those protests intended as
coverups? Are some religious leaders panicking? Has the wind blown? Are we
going to see the ruff of the hen very soon?”
The Islamic organization
followed this up with some posers, “Maje mentioned a report submitted to
government. We need to know which government? Was he referring to this Buhari
regime, that of Jonathan, Yaradua or Obasanjo? Again, when was this report
submitted? Where are copies of the report? It is only after we have answers to
these questions that we can know whether or not Maje’s claim has merit”.
MURIC therefore called on the
Federal Government (FG) to immediately set up a powerful commission of inquiry
to investigate the claims. “The identity of the politician connected with the
four containers which disappeared must be revealed. FG must also provide
adequate protection for Hon. Maje, his family and properties from harm. This is
the Mother of Whistle-Blowing. There is no time to waste. We must make hay
while the sun shines”.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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