Sunday 17 July 2011

TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE BY KWANDE PEOPLE PRESENTED BY PROFFERSOR JA SAMBE ON BEHALF OF THE KWANDE PEOPLE OF BENUE STATE ON SOME ISSUES AFFECTING THE GOOD PEOPLE OF KWANDE HELD AT THE NUJ PRESS CENTRE, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE, 26TH MAY, 2011-06-16

Distinguished members of the press.

Shortly after the recently concluded April, 2011 general elections, adjudged by both local and international observers to be most credible and fair, some politicians of Benue State origin including Wantaregh Paul Unongo and the defeated ACN governorship candidate Prof. Steve Ugbah embarked on a sustained dissemination of information aimed at causing confusion, disaffection, insecurity and casting aspersions on the person and office of the elected Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam.

This campaign of calumny was also intended to ridicule and desecrate the sanctity of the stool of the paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, High Royal Majesty, Dr. Alfred Akawe Torkula as well as create doubt in the minds of unsuspecting members of the public regarding the integrity and credibility of the April, 2011 polls.

Ladies and Gentlemen, due to the political and security implications of the utterance as to its effect on the people of Kwande and indeed the entirety of Benue State and its negative impact on our core values as a people, we proceed under the aegis of the Kwande People, (KP), a strong and growing coalition of illustrious sons and daughters of Kwande origin cutting the academia, politics, civil service, commerce, opinion leaders and other credible personalities from all works of life to review, comment and indeed to address the press on the following issues:

 Tragic Killing of Mr. Charles Ayede and matter arising.

Members of the press, you will recall the tragic and unfortunate killing of the late Charles Ayede, a former staff of National Orientation Agency, NOA, Abuja, and members of the ACN gubernatorial campaign team. This sad event reportedly occurred along Lafia-Makurdi road on the 13th of May, 2011. The late Ayede was until his untimely death, a well respected indigene of Kwande Local Government Area from Ishangev-ya district. He was a distinguished gentleman of amiable personality, known for his generosity and philanthropic disposition.

Mr. Ayede’s tragic death was therefore, shocking, sad and a big loss to the people of Kwande Local Government Area and the entire Benue State.

Regrettably while the people of Kwande were grief stricken over the death of our illustrious son, we were alarmed by the unfortunate and embarrassing reaction of Wantaregh Paul Unongo, also a son of the soil, before now, chairman, PDP caucus, Kwande Local Government Area, and that of his nephew, the defeated ACN candidate, Prof. Steve Ugbah, regarding the killing of Mr. Ayede as a calculated plan.

In two separate press statements, Wantaregh Paul Unongo and Prof. Ugbah made unequivocal statements to the effect that His Excellency, Dr. Gabriel Suswam was responsible for the killing of Mr. Charles Ayede. First, Professor Ugbah in his press statement of 14th April, averred that:

“We know the sponsors of this attack. We also know their objective. The Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, will have a difficult task extricating himself from direct blame for the murder of Mr. Charles Ayede. The objective of this murder and the threat the attack directly posed to me as the main contender in the Benue State Governorship Election of April 26th, 2011 which we are disputing, is clear. Governor Gabriel Suswam and his henchmen believe that by eliminating key authentic custodians of the stolen mandate, he will get away with the fraud. They are dead wrong... The whole country knows that the ACN won the just concluded elections in Benue State. Governor Suswam, the PDP and the INEC conspired and continue to manipulate the figures to declare Suswam as the winner. We have consistently appealed for calm by our supporters. Dr. Suswam the Chief Security Officer should be held responsible for any reaction to the murders he has carried out or is planning to carry out. As responsible leaders, we shall continue to appeal to our followers to remain calm. But there is a limit for everything. Enough is enough. I cannot guarantee that I can restrain our teeming supporters any further”.

What is most glaring from the above quoted statement of Professor Steve Ugbah is its recriminatory stance and hostile tone adopted. Such a statement apart from being inimical and prejudicial to police investigation into this killing was couched in a language unexpected of a person aspiring for the office of the governor of Benue State.

Furthermore, in all the issues raised by Professor Ugbah ranging from the question of who was behind the killing of the late Charles Ayede or who won the April 26th Governorship Election in the state, Professor Ugbah alone constitutes the accuser, the prosecutor and judge returning a guilty verdict against HE Governor Suswam over the death of Mr. Ayede and guilty/complacency verdict against INEC and HE Dr. Suswam regarding his loss at the election.

What is even more worrisome is the likelihood of these statements to trigger violence, mayhem, hatred, and animosity in our land. It is on record that a day after the press conference was hold a group of irate ACN supporters in Ishangev-ya, apparently incited by the statement of Professor Ugbah, burnt down houses  of PDP members in Ishangev-ya district of Kwande Local Government including the houses of one Torkwase Malu. This incident is already receiving police attention and will not be addressed here.

We however, wish to use this medium to call on the defeated ACN governorship candidate, Professor Steve Ugbah, and his entire supporters and leaders of ACN to allow peace to reign in Kwande and indeed the state. The Kwande people love peace and wish to stress that it is only in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity that the police can unravel those behind killing of the late Ayede. Professor Ugbah is also enjoined by the Kwande people to take his grievances regarding the conduct of the April 26th 2011 elections to the election tribunal and desist from acts capable of a breach of the peace or act that would portray him as a man in pursuit of self-interest instead of the interest of the people of Benue State he desires to govern.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is a biblical injunction that we all should submit to constituted authority irrespective of how they emerge. Romans chapter 13:1-6 says in part:

            “Everyone must submit himself to governing authority, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong.

            Professor Ugbah and his supporters should read this scripture and ponder on it so that the will of God will prevail in their lives.

Finally, as a man determined to be Governor of Benue State, common sense demands that he treats such office and its present occupant with some modicum of respect.

Wantaregh Paul Unongo’s Remarks on the April 26th Governorship Election, death of Mr. Charles Ayede and other issues.

Gentlemen of the press.

You will again recall the recent utterances of Wantaregh Paul Unongo regarding the credibility of the April polls, the death of Mr. Charles Ayede, and his verbal attacks on constituted authorities including the person of HE Dr. Gabriel Suswam and His Royal Majesty, Dr. Alfred Akawe Torkula, the paramount ruler of the Tiv nation.

In a press statement dated May 16, 2011, and published in The Alternative newspaper of May 25th, 2011, Wantaregh Paul Unongo, before now a self-confessed chieftain of the PDP stated amongst others that:

“We must not allow young men who have enjoyed life and who are put in power by us. Instead of developing us they have perfected on the goriest, the most barbaric way of killing their own younger people like them who want to seek to also be given a chance to rule. ACN won the fucking election, they won it. They won the election. I’m PDP, we lost. And it’s not a matter of life and death. Those who are killing people they don’t represent all of us that are in PDP... I told ACN members they were making noise rushing around my house telling me that they have won election before they started. I said well, you don’t know what we in PDP will do. I said you go ahead and win the election we shall seize the thing and we’ll go and announce ourselves... I am alive; they have a monkey, a thief, a rogue... is that the action of a Tor Tiv to go and lock yourself up and be thumb printing and dumping papers somewhere? Alfred Torkula is not fit to remain as Tor Tiv at all. Alfred Torkula should hide himself in shame and resign rather than pretending that he is the Tor Tiv. The Tiv people don’t have Tor Tiv now. Alfred Torkula is an active accomplice in all the murderous activities that are going on in Tiv land and I am ashamed of him”

At the risk of sounding repetitive, we make haste to say that the language and tone of Mr. Unongo’s press statement left much to be desired of an elder statement.

Ladies and gentlemen, the prevarifications and indiscretions of Wantaregh Paul Unongo as a Benue politician is well known to all of us. It is on record that during the 1993 general elections Wantaregh was in the fore front of the late M K O Abiola’s Presidential Campaign only to take a detour on the eve of the elections to support Alhaji Bashir Tofa who stood against M K O Abiola.

Indeed Paul Unongo, our son, has applied more than his 30 years of his sojourn in politics to fight every rising star in Tiv land. He fought the late J S Tarka, fought the late Aper Aku, fought the late Rev. Moses Adasu, fought George Akume, fought the late Akperan Orshi, Tor Tiv the third, and he is characteristically fighting Rt. Hon. Gabriel Suswam as well as the fourth Tor Tiv Orchivirgh Dr. Alfred Akawa Torkula. His anti-establishment stance in politics has translated into nothing other than underdevelopment of Kwande Local Government Area.

Without boring further with the many sides and nature of Wantaregh Paul Unongo, it suffices to say that since his entry into partisan politics in the early sixties, Mr. Unongo has distinguished himself as one politician whose word amounts to naught. He is one politician who romances with party A up to midnight only to wake up and marry party B in the early hours of the next morning to the chagrin of every decent person. Indeed when he joined the PDP in 2007 after decades of ignoble reign as an undisputed opposition leader of Benue politics, he was considered as an anti-establishment person camouflaging as a PDP loyalist. Let us recall that Wantaregh Paul Unongo has also in various newspaper interviews including the World Link newspaper of May, 2011, attested to the neutrality and impeccable qualities of the present INEC. His eleventh hour detour to cast aspersion on INEC and the credibility of its polls reflects his inconsistency on critical issues.

We also consider his remarks on the persons of the  Tor Tiv, Dr. Alfred Akawa Torkula and HE Dr. Gabriel Suswam most unfortunate.

The Kwande people disagree with the positions because they are absolutely at variance with our respect for the ultimate traditional institution of the Tiv people and ardently respect the success of His Excellency Dr. Gabriel Suswam at the 2011 polls.

He should allow peace to reign in our land and desist from acts capable of fanning the embers of discord and animosity between the PDP and ACN. We recall that election in Kwande LG were peaceful as such Wantaregh should encourage peaceful co-existence rather than utterance capable of generating tension among our people.

It is also  our appeal to Wantaregh Unongo to imbibe decorum in his future interactions with the media. We consider expressions such as ‘fucking election, thief, rogue, monkey,’ etc, emanating from Unongo’s press statement unbecoming of an elder statesman.

Finally, Ladies and gentlemen, the Kwande people cannot afford to make Kwande the theatre of rancor and skirmishes. We fervently desire peace, stability and concord among ourselves and the entire people of Benue State and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We do not hesitate to without doubts to restate our commitment and support to the government of Benue State because we have seen and know the good works of His Excellency the Governor.

If we can without delay mention but a few, the first road completed in the state by Suswam administration is the Adikpo-Ikyogen-Jato-Aka road which leads into Wantaregh’s house.

The comprehensive renovation of General Hospital Adikpo as well as grants given to the local government council to put up a two-storey secretariat also readily comes to mind.

Many of our muddy streets in towns across the state are now tarred while many other projects are being executed.

We wish His Excellency, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, greater success in steering the ship of Benue State in his second governance. In addition the Kwande people wish to call on all leaders of opposition parties and others who lost in the April 2011 general elections to take advantage of the hand of fellowship extended to them by HE Dr. Gabriel Suswam, so that together we can move Benue State to greater height.

Long live Kwande Local Government Area!

Long live Benue State!!       

Long live Nigeria!!!

God bless you all!!!!


OMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF A TWO DAY TRAINING WORKSHOP ON PEACE NETWORK FORMATION UNDER THE PROJECT, “CONNECTING THE DISCONNECT FOR PEACE BUILDING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTES RESOLUTION (ADR) IN NIGERIA’S MIDDLE BELT REGION HELD AT THE GREENBELT HOTEL MAKURDI, BENUE STATE ON THE 8TH AND 9TH JUNE 2011.

Preamble

The training workshop organised by Women Environmental Programme (WEP), Abuja; drew participants from conflict prone communities of Adamawa, Benue, Niger, Plateau and Taraba States.

Participants applauded European Union and WEP for packaging such an elaborate workshop and finding them worthy for the high level integration into the peace building and conflict resolution process of their programmes.

The workshop further examined the issues related to formation, sustenance and maintenance of a network for peace building in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria and also addressed the roles of youth and women in leadership. The workshop reviewed the concept of Advocacy, Lobbying for peace networks and a follow up action plan was formulated with recommended leaders. The underlisted were chosen across the five (5) states to form a Steering Committee for the activities of the peace network in the Middle Belt Region.

1.      Abigail Markus

2.      Ocheme Douglas

3.      Dehida Denis

4.      Haruna Salisu

5.      Juliana K Katso

6.      Laban Yiteso

7.      Kachi Douglas

8.      Abdullahi M Isah

9.      Chuwang N Sombot

10.  Alexander Ada Oya

11.  Kuti M G

12.  Akpoo Hannah  M

13.  Chundung M Pam

After exhaustive deliberations, the two day workshop came up with the following resolutions;

1.      The workshop in session resolved to form peace networks in the Middle Belt Region as a measure of intervening in conflicts within the region.

2.      The workshop called on participants from the various states to build and sustain Networks and coalition within their respective communities and organisation for effective intervention.

3.      Participants having identified the essence of Networking in peace building, agreed to maintain contacts that were established during the training across the participating states.

4.      The participants resolved to henceforth use Advocacy and Lobbying skills as a decision making process for addressing issues that affect their communities.

5.      The workshop in session encouraged gender mainstreaming in peace building processes.

6.      The workshop noted the overriding important roles of leadership in conflict transformation and resolution. Consequently, participants encouraged leaders to exhibit leadership qualities that would promote and protect the human dignity.

Communiqué Drafting Committee

Jemima A. Lazarus     -           Chairman

Nick Ahor                   -           Member

Chris Ochepa              -           Member

Chief Michael Agbese            -           Member

Dahida Dennis                        -Member

Umar Samda Abdullahi         -Member

Iorliam Shija               -           Member/Secretary


KWANDER SOURCE NEWS IS AN EXCELLENT NEWSPAPER- GOCHIN

Prince A B , Gochin an English Teacher at ACC Adikpo has commended the publishers of KSN, calling it an “excellent newspaper”. Prince Gochin made this declaration in the letter he addressed to the Publishers of Kwande Source News.

“I wish to sincerely appreciate and thank the publishers, Editor –in-Chief of KSN and their esteemed team”, he wrote

“The Newspaper(KSN) actually meets the requirements and standards of the print journalism of informing ,educating and entertaining the public. Your honesty, bravery and reportage style is unequalled.”

“I have been a keen reader of your excellent newspaper- The KSN. This is a very humble but gigantic beginning.”  

He congratulated KSN for organising Spelling Competition for Nursery and Primary Schools on the last Children’s Day.

He observed it was unbiased, claiming KSN lived above board.

“I shall give you some points I have observed in your activities for improvement in subsequent years. I shall do that in writing, and submit it to you in two weeks time. Accept my warm congratulations for a worthwhile job. Keep it up. Thank you.”Gochin wrote.

“Iam tired of this world”,

A 26 year old boy in Mbarumun, Nanev, Kwande Local Government who hanged himself on a mango tree left in a note that he was tired of this world.

The boy identified as Kwaghkule Kelvin Iorpinen killed himself, according to his friends because of the general lack that surrounded him. “He complained of farmland, his education and bad luck among other things”, one of his friend told KSN

In two suicide notes he left he left behind, one on his table and another in his pocket, Kwaghkule wrote, “Dear brothers and sisters, Iam tired of this world”

Family sources revealed to KSN that, Kwaghkule was an introvert and rarely discloced his challenges.

His closest friend, Celestine Terfa Apine told KSN that the suicide victim had told him on several occasions that he would one day commit suicide but he never took him serious.

Others believe that, the boy carried the suicide under demonic influence.

Friday 8 July 2011

KUDA, Kwande Branch Gets New Exco

Kunav  youth Development Association, Kwande Branch has elected new officials for a four year term.

The elections which were held 4th   July, 2011 were under the supervision of Mr Saawuan Asobo and Micheal Aya.

At the end of the the election, the following officials who were in the outgoing exco retained their positions.Abojor Francis, President, Chian Kwaghgba, Vice President, Ule Augustine, Secretary,Aule Francis, Ass. Sec. And Chiahemba Jenkwe, PRO.
New entrants were, Aveuya Augustine, Financial Sec, Ludia Adeti,  Treasurer, Mwuese Chula, Director of Socials 1 and Mgule Erdoo, Director of Socials 2. The new exco has since assumed office

Thursday 7 July 2011

“Iam tired of this world”,

A 26 year old boy in Mbarumun, Nanev, Kwande Local Government who hanged himself on a mango tree left in a note that he was tired of this world.

The boy identified as Kwaghkule Kelvin Iorpinen killed himself, according to his friends because of the general lack that surrounded him. “He complained of farmland, his education and bad luck among other things”, one of his friend told KSN

In two suicide notes he left he left behind, one on his table and another in his pocket, Kwaghkule wrote, “Dear brothers and sisters, Iam tired of this world”

Family sources revealed to KSN that, Kwaghkule was an introvert and rarely discloced his challenges.

His closest friend, Celestine Terfa Apine told KSN that the suicide victim had told him on several occasions that he would one day commit suicide but he never took him serious.

Others believe that, the boy carried the suicide under demonic influence.

As Prof. Tamen goes Home

A seasoned intellectual, an  academic don, a Psychologists and former Head of Department of Psychology at Benue State University, Prof. Iornongo Fred Tamen goes home 9th July, 2011 at Tse Tamen Igbur, Adagi, Ikyurav, Kwande Local Govt. Benue State.

Prof. Tamen who was born on 20th April, 1956, died June, 2011.

The most unfortunate thing about Prof Tamen’s death is the fact that his elevation to the Proffersorship: what as an academic, was a  lifelong dream, was caught short by death. He virtually did not live to ripe the benefits of the position he toiled and merited.

In an era when it appears there is general lack of sound academics, due to laxity and indolence at the Ivory Towers, the demise of a hard working personified, research oriented and confident lecturer like Prof Tamen is a big loss, not only to Tivland, but Nigeria and the world at large.

Prof Tamens death is a very big loss of unquantifiable magnitude yet, it is observed that as one who had studied the science of the mind, the professor knew to what extent it would be logical and appropriate to mourn over any loss.

It is stemmed from such psychological disposition that we call on the university community and all Benue People; especially from Ikyurav-ya, Kwande to take solace in the Lord.

REVELATIONS OF THE SHANGEV-YA POLITICAL IMBROGLIO

 
Recent political happenings in Shangev-ya, Kwande Local Government came to international status, when Prof. Steve Ugbah, ACN gubernatorial candidate in the April polls was linked to it, arrested and charged to court. KSN did an investigation on the crisis.
            The political imbroglio which has its roots in the mass movement of many Shangev-ya people from PDP to ACN in January 2011 reached its climax when Mr. Charles Ayede, a prominent Shangev-ya son was brutally murdered. Prior to Ayede’s death, the main issue on ground was the allegation of Hon. B B Nungwa who is a member of Benue State House of Assembly (ACN Kwande West) that Hon. D.I Akpagher, PDP contestant for the Kwande West seat was planning to kill him.
He started petitioning Akpagher and other PDP members as early as March 2011, this was before the elections were conducted. In the first letter which was dated March 3, 2011, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Hon. B B identified those who were after him and others to include, “Chief Terlumun Akputu, Pastor Ayambo, Pastor Daniel Iorbee Akpagher, Pastor Moses Akem, Hon, Shina Baver, Philip Akume, Hon, Geoffrey Akula, Hon. Julius Jev”.
            He also petitioned the above to the Shangev-ya elders as it is reflected in petition addressed to the commissioner of police signed by Hon. B B Nungwa dated May 02, 2011, “it will interest you to hear that an attempt was made on Monday May 2nd 2011, by four unknown person riding in an unregistered black jeep who wanted to trace my house and possibly do away with my life.”
            He stated further that, “four persons came to my office situated at No. 35A new Bridge Road near the new office of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Makurdi at about 12:30 AM and insisted that my security guard on duty must show my Makurdi Residence. They hid under the pretext that they had entered into a business deal with me which they wanted to conclude by making the final payment to me in person”.
            Hon. Nungwa averred that, “my suspicion is still directed at those mentioned in my letter of March 3rd 2011, as these are people that are after me with pastor Daniel Iorbee Akpegher as my principal suspect .”
             In yet another petition, dated 17th May, 2011, Nungwa wrote to the commissioner of police that, “while awaiting your action on the reports, we further want to bring to your attention other clandestine activities being fueled by our political opponents to make sure that they implicate and nail us by all means as they continue with their murderous plans on  us.”
            “Following the incessant threats to our lives, we lodged a compliant to the elders (ityo) and traditional rulers of our community, Shangev-ya in Kwande Local Government Area in Benue State”. He stated in this petition which he jointly  signed with  Hon. Adzua Ashongo.
            The elders fixed the meeting on Saturday, 14th May, 2011 at Koti, Shangev-ya, to work at the allegations, KSN learnt. Our investigation further revealed that it was the desire of Mr. Adaa Maagbe and late Charles Ayede to be at the meeting after the burial of Late Mrs. Mimi Alu, wife of Katsina-Alu, who was to be buried on the same day. But Ayede was killed far away in kardorko a day to the meeting.  Ayede’s death apart, the meeting was billed to hold. But a source at the meeting revealed that passions were very high at the meeting due to Ayede’s death and since the attendance was also poor, the meeting was rescheduled for the next day, 15th May, 2011.
            On this fixed day, which was on Sunday, unknown to the chiefs and some of the PDP members, Governor Suswam was attending a mass in the country home of the Security Adviser, in Mbawer, Kwande Local Government. Divided between attending the rescheduled meeting at Koti and thanksgiving mass ;in the end, all the three District Heads of Tondov I, Tondov II and Mbakatsa shunned the meeting for the mass; also with the prominent sons and daughters of PDP extraction.
            The elders and mostly ACN members who turned up for the 15th May meeting at Koti considered this a deliberate attempt to down play their plight. So with the elders, KSN learnt, they ostracised their chiefs and prominent sons from PDP who were invited but refused to come.
            The following morning as at 1:00 am, the round hut of the PDP woman leader (Mbaketsa), Mrs. Torkwase Malu was burnt down. In an interview with KSN in Ajio recently, Torkwase said, “since most of our people moved to ACN; some of us who opted to continue in PDP were virtually ostracised from the community life”- she told us that she could not walk freely without receiving insults from angry youths. So she had identified some of the youths who were found of insulting her, “some even said it was because of my business place, that is, my hut which was burnt, where I used to sell drinks, that I was feeling important and that, shortly I will have nothing to rely on.”
            Mrs Malu, who is reported to have injured a youngman and broke his head during the gubernatorial election, told KSN further that, “as the elders moved about to announce their resolution  at the koti meeting, I overhead Hon. Adzua Ashongo asking the youths why they hae not started burning down structures”
            So when she woke up and saw her hut in flames that morning, she had her suspicion. Later that morning she lodged her complain and four that  of those  ACN youths were arrested. These were Terwase Ashiekaa, Atime  Tersoo, Ortse  Cyprian and a 12 years old boy, Mteseer Akaachir. They were detained in Adikpo for some days. What looked like a reprisal from the PDP was carried out and the shops and chemist shops of Tersoo Atime and Cyprian Hono respectively, were affected. This incident was reported and 3 people PDP were linked to the  arson. These were Terkura Ahendaan (Dey There), Anweh Ajiva and Shanger. Veregh; only Ahendan was arrested; the others ran away.
            In a twist of issues, one of the suspects for arson against ACN store owner, Mr. Ajiva returned with police men and arrested more people indiscriminately.
            The villagers who spoke to KSN at Ajio said they were confused to see some one who shortly was on the run to come back with the police who where after him to arrest others. those arrested were Cyprian Hono, Godwin Agee, Hon. Iorfa Tsehe, Terlumun Sachia, Tertese Songo, Bem Gunji, Terhemen Yuazwa and Myima Wuese.
            Those were the people who were together with the ACN gubernatorial candidate for April 26th 2011, Prof. Steve Ugbah, Adaa Maagba, Abua Yajir, on 24th May, 2011 were charged to a magistrate court in Makurdi for, “criminal conspiracy, intimidation, rioting and mischief by fire.
            Unfortunately for Terkura Ahendan, a PDP youth, who is known as Dey There a card carrying member of PDP, his party has summarily joined a case against him with Ugbah.
            Speaking to us in Ajio, Dey There told us that, “my party elders in Makurdi has called me and promised me a lawyer who will fight my case”. When we asked what could be his case, he was at loss. He has not realized that in a rush, his party has instituted a case against him.
            Meanwhile, accusation and counter accusations are going on. The ACN members have accused Torkwase Malu for burning down her hut to get compensation. This position is supported by a petition signed by Hon. B B Nungwa and Adzua Ashongo.
These actions taken by the elders of Shangev-ya infuriated some of District Heads, daughters and sons ostracised at the meeting which occasioned these sons and daughters holding an emergency meeting at Adikpo in the house of one Mrs. Margaret Upev.     
            At the meeting, they argued it was resolved that “the women (sic) leader for Mbaketsa, Torkwase Malu should go and burn down her thatched round hut (Ate) where she sells food and drinks go ahead and implicate selected ACN members including Hon
BB Nungwa, Hon. Adzua Ashongo so that they would invite the police to get them arrested and prosecuted for arson, inciting disturbance and mischief. She would threafter be compensated”.
            They also alleged that  Hon.Wokaven Bver was also to do same. That while the later declined , “Mrs Torkwase Malu, True to their design at the meeting, went  aheard , burnt the hut and has now framed us by reporting to the police”
            Reacting to their allegation, Mrs. Malu said , “ how can I burn down my hut? Am I mad. It was the  ACN members who came and did it.
            In the suit against them  at Magistrate court holden in   Makurdi, Governor Suswam is arguing that all those activities were sparked up by Ugbah’s press conference on 14th May, 2011, in Makurdi where Ugbah linked him  to the death of Mr. Charles Ayede.