BY HON. BELLO SOJA BAKYASUWA MARADUN,
NATIONAL PRESIDENT, APC RESCUE MISSION.

Before I go much further let me first of all ask Hon. Commissioner Dosara some questions;

-As a commissioner of information who claimed to know it all about the security situation in Zamfara state, kindly tell Nigerians what happened when a team of government Officials led by the Speaker of the state Assembly took those students to Jangebe? What happened with the two people that were shot dead in Jangebe that very day?

-Why do you think that the federal Government banned all mining activities in Zamfara State and placed all of you under surveillance?

-Since you claimed to know too much, Explain to Nigerians the role of various Security Agencies in the released of Jangebe Students as against the role of your so called repented bandits whom your Governor Recognized more than the security agencies?

-Since you claimed to know too much, Explain to Nigerians the role of various Security Agencies in the released of Jangebe Students as against the role of your so called repented bandits whom your Governor Recognized more than the security agencies?

-We can accept the fact that he knows all on Insecurity situation in Zamfara State, because he was the Special Adviser on Public enlightenment in the past administration. Since your boss cannot inform Nigerians nor unmask the people behind Jangebe’s Abduction and many other Attacks Within the state. You should tell us please.

-By mentioning only the guard’s man the School involved is not enough and motive behind the rejection of National Security Council resolutions By Governor Matawalle Assembly Members.

Hon. Commissioner, Zamfara state people expect answers to the above questions as soon as possible!
Now going back to your disrespectful comments to professor Jibrin Ibrahim, I must confess that I’m not surprised with your actions for obvious reasons; first you just got the job and you needed to proof to your boss that you are on top of the situation, Secondly, your Job is to depending the image of the Government no matter what the cost.

However, in case you are stuck along the way, Channels Television is a reliable media organization in Nigeria and has covered live, every inch of the events leading to the release of the students, I left some links so that you will not say I’m also relying on social media as you did to professor, who obviously the facts I enumerated herein shows that professor don’t rely on social media to comment on issues as sensitive as security.

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/02/26/zamfara-school-abduction-mob-attack-journalists/

Hon. Commissioner, Zamfara state people expect answers to the above questions as soon as possible!
Now going back to your disrespectful comments to professor Jibrin Ibrahim, I must confess that I’m not surprised with your actions for obvious reasons; first you just got the job and you needed to proof to your boss that you are on top of the situation, Secondly, your Job is to depending the image of the Government no matter what the cost.

To people like you, whatever the boss does is right and question asked, to your people, depending the image of your governor is more important than the lives of hundreds and thousands of people leaving in constantly fear at every hour, every minute and every second in Zamfara state.

Who is a Professor?
Hon. Dosara , at this point I felt I should educate more about who professor is really is and what it takes to become one In a many countries including Nigeria; the title “professor” refers to an academician who is exclusively or mainly engaged in research, and who has few or no teaching obligations.

For example, the title is used in this sense in the United Kingdom (where it is known as research professor at some universities and professorial research fellow at some other institutions) as in the case of Professor Jibrin Ibrahim who is a fellow of the Democratic Institute.

Professor is usually the most senior rank of a research-focused career pathway and the position is often held by particularly distinguished scholars; thus the position is often seen as more prestigious than an ordinary Lecturer.

The scholarly method or scholarship is the body of principles and practices used by scholars and academics to make their claims about the subject as valid and Trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public.

It is the methods that systemically advance the teaching, research, and practice of a given scholarly or academic field of study through rigorous inquiry. Scholarship is noted by its significance to its particular profession and is creative, can be documented, can be replicated or elaborated, and can be and is peer-reviewed through various methods.

The Scholarly Method includes the subcategories of the Scientific Method, in which scientists prove their claims and the Historical Method, in which historians verify their claims.

Originally begun in order to reconcile the philosophy of the ancient classical philosophers with medieval theology, scholasticism is not a philosophy or theology in itself but a tool and method for learning which places emphasis on dialectical reasoning.

The primary purpose of scholasticism is to find the answer to a question or to resolve a contradiction. It was once well known for its application in medieval theology but was eventually applied to classical philosophy and many other fields of study.

The historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history. The question of the nature, and indeed the possibility, of sound historical method is raised in the philosophy of history, as a question of epistemology. History guidelines commonly used by historians in their work require external criticism, internal criticism, and synthesis.

The above classical explanation of who is really a professor and what it takes to become one, shall clearly explain to you that a professor is not your room mate or someone whom you think can just made a statements without proper research about what he is writing, he has to be absolutely sure before making it public.

Who is Professor Jibrin Ibrahim?

Prof Jibrin Ibrahim is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Development, CDD. He was the Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development and an outstanding scholar-activist with an international reputation. Prof. Ibrahim received degrees in Political Science from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria and a doctorate in Politics from the University of Bordeaux in France. Research Professor at the Institute of Federalism in Fribourg, Switzerland among several other academic accomplishments, Prof. Ibrahim has lectured, published and consulted extensively on democratization and governance in Africa. A well-regarded leader in civil society, Prof. Ibrahim is the Chair of the West Africa Civil Society Forum. He was also a member of the Electoral Reform Committee established by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and has observed elections in Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Guinea for the Centre for Democracy and Development, Economic Community of West African States, the Carter Centre and the Commonwealth. Prof. Ibrahim has been the founding Director of Global Rights in Nigeria – the international human rights NGO in Nigeria and served in the leadership of several national and international advocacy and research networks of constitutional reform, electoral reform and civil society strengthening.

He has published many books, monographs and articles in refereed journals and has consulted extensively for the UNDP, DFID, and FOSTER, amongst many other agencies. He runs a weekly column “Deepening Democracy” in the Daily Trust, a Nigerian daily newspaper, and has sat on many editorial boards of learned journals.

Now I find it hard to believe that someone with the above qualifications and vast of experience will defend on social media to learn about what is happening in Zamfara State with all the news reports by mainstream media organization both foreign and domestic, besides, one doesn’t need to come to Zamfara to know what is happening, the facts are everywhere Mr. Commissioner. In facts there is no single day Nigerian reliable media organizations will not give report about the situation in Zamfara.

I shall give you several examples in due course which perhaps shows a failure of your office which include monitoring all media houses in respect to issues relating to your state.

Dosara’s Pay lip service to gain acceptance
Hon. Dosara in his attempt to protect his government and his boss, denied the facts that about 60 persons were abducted nearly 24 hours after the release of the Jangebe students. In his words:

“The Professor for example, quoted a report on the abduction of 60 persons including women and children at Ruwan Tofa in Maru local government area of the state. In that report, it was alleged that 40 people were killed which is a blatant lie, but yet, the Professor went ahead to use that report in his article, without clarification.”

While this story was widely reported by mainstream media organizations in Nigeria and its really confirmed the professor’s comments as in the below link story by Channels Television which you will agree with me is the Nigeria’s most reliable news source.

https://www.channelstv.com/2021/03/04/bandits-abduct-dozens-in-fresh-zamfara-village-attack/

Dosara also desperately reacted to the ‘None fly zone’ declaration in Zamfara state by the federal government when he related it to what the professor said in his article and I quotes:

“It was recently argued by the National Security Adviser to the president that helicopters were used in supplying weapons to bandits in Zamfara, hence declared the state “None fly Zone”. Did Prof Care to question who owns these helicopters and whose responsibility it is to monitor the nation’s airspace and movement of aircrafts?”

In this, how do you expect the prof. to go about asking you people to tell him who are responsible? Even if you know Mr. Dosara would you have disclosed it to the professor? Now let assume you don’t know but your governor does, when he told the press that Nigerians will be shocked to hear those behind this act, he went to further to say he will find time to grant exclusive interview regarding the sponsors of these banditry.

At this point, I asked you again Mr. Dosara, do you expect the prof. for the sake of research to pre-empt the Governor by going around asking who owns the Helicopters, who are those the Governor is referring to? The answer is no! He has to wait since the governor has made the following commitments was aired live on Channels Television.

The above link has answered many questions raised by the Hon. Commissioner, including the issues of peace initiative or dialogue by the bandits and role played by the so called repented bandits. If you listen carefully, you will come to realized how the Matawalle led Governmeent reduced all security agencies to almost nothing when he made mention that the release of the girls was as a results of the efforts of the repented bandits as against what the commissioner of police in the state said.

Technically this tells me Dosara has little or no knowledge of what is happening within the cabinet he was appointed to serve as its image maker… what a season Journalist! Someone that ought to be providing up to date information regarding the development in the fight against banditry is busy attacking a professor who is constructively pointing out your weak points when even your Governor could not come out to reveal those behind the act despite his promises of granting exclusive interviews to mention names; of course Channels Television gave him the chance instead he was only able to revealed the involvement of the school poor security guard while deliberately neglecting the major players, if at all they exist.

As a security expert, I do believed that you don’t negotiate with criminals, negotiating with criminals means given them exactly what they wanted and by so doing you are encouraging them to carry more arms to commit more atrocities. Again here is matawalle insisting on his peace dialogue.

The Politics of Dosara!
The newly appointed commissioner also in his response to the professor, did say that he wanted the Prof. To compare the present administration of Bello Matawalle with that of Abdulaziz Yari in terms of damages course to the state owing to the banditry activities.

“I also expected that the Professor should have made a comparative study and analysis of the damages that the bandits had caused to the people of Zamfara before the coming of the present administration, with the damages incurred during the just 2 year period of the present administration.
Did Prof Cares to question how the bandits come into the country or how they are getting their weapons?”

First of all I find that politically selfish statement from someone who serve as special Advicer on public affairs to Governor Yari, in one hand, while on the other hand I could say the failure of you and your likes to offer credible advice to the then government is largely responsible for the increasing security threats if at all it’s was that serious as you are saying.

In comparison however, has there been any incident of School kidnapped during Yari? The answer is no! Has the situation escalated to the state capital? Again the answer is no! Did Abdulaziz Yari Dismantle Vigilante Group whom most communities and villages look up to as the first responders whenever they were attacked? Again the answer is no.
All the above mentioned had happened and are still happening during your new found government Mr. Dosara.

On the issue of how the bandits came into the country and how they got their weapons, I guess Hon. Commissioner is trying to deny the facts that these bandits are some kind foreigners! While in that case the answer is staying with you… You tell us since you are the ones who knows the repented bandits, you can tell us if they are Nigerians or not.

Because to me, if they not Nigerians why bother negotiating with foreign enemy whom you have no knowledge of his identity apart from the AK47 rifle he is carrying around your villages and towns?
According to the Governor, no ransom was paid for the release of the students, that wonders me how can foreign bandits cross over to Nigeria just to kidnapped innocent students and then release them free of charge.

In my experience as a security expert, there is three reasons people take a hostage; Ransom, Human shield or for leverage and these reasons forms part of their demands that most be met before the victim is release. Therefore, there is point to fool people by telling them the bandits just gave you the students because of your persuasive techniques.

Mr. Commissioner I hope you will re-think and offer unconditional apology to our respected professor who is only trying to show us a way out.

Hon. Bello Soja Bakyasuwa Maradun,
National President, APC Rescue Mission.