President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has ordered Dolphins FC of Port Harcourt star, Emem Eduok out of the camp of Super Eagles as they prepare for two international friendly matches in the United Arab Emirates.
“We are not happy with the cloud of controversy over his transfer issue and it is a terrible distraction to the team and Nigeria football generally.
“Telling him to leave the camp does not mean we are indicting him. We will carry out an investigation and whoever is found guilty, be he/she an agent or player manager or an official of his club, will be duly sanctioned,” Pinnick said at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja.
The NFF President has mandated the Chairman of the Technical and Development Committee, Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu, to conduct an investigation into the matter and report back to the Executive Committee at its meeting in Lagos on Thursday.
“We have to do this (send the boy out of camp) to serve as a deterrent to others. We are not blaming the player for anything yet; investigation will unravel who is guilty. But the distraction and controversy the matter has generated is not good for the camp.”
The Super Eagles B is preparing to face 2015 Africa Cup of Nations –bound Cote d’Ivoire in a friendly in Abu Dhabi on Sunday and will then play Sudan in Dubai on January 17. [myad]
An Akure Magistrate Court has remanded two bankers, Kasali Fajana and Ajayi Dauda, in prison custody for allegedly stealing the sum of N2.5 million meant for the salaries of workers in Akoko northwest local government area of Ondo State.
Fajana and Dauda as well as others still at large have been accused of committing the offence.
A police prosecutor, Pelumi Adejuwon, told the magistrate court that the stolen fund was meant for the payment of local government workers’ salaries. Mr. Adejuwon said the accused persons stole the money after using stones and other tools to break the windscreen of a vehicle where the money was loaded.
According to him, the alleged crime violated sections 6 (6) and 1 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision Act) Cap R 11 laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The defense attorney to the accused persons, Oluwarotimi Daramola, urged the court to grant his clients bail on liberal terms, assuring the presiding magistrate that the accused would not jump bail.
The police prosecutor objected to the application for bail, pleading with the court to remand the accused persons in prison custody to enable the prosecution to forward the case file to the Ministry of Justice for further legal advice.
In his ruling, Magistrate Sunday Adeduro ordered that the two accused persons be remanded in prison custody. [myad]
Oil giant, Shell has agreed to pay a Nigerian fishing community 55 million pounds (about $83.5 million US) for the worst oil spill ever suffered in Nigeria.
The agreement struck today ends a three-year legal battle in Britain over two spills in 2008 that destroyed thousands of hectares of mangroves and the fish and shellfish that sustained villagers of the Bodo community in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta.
It “is thought to be one of the largest payouts to an entire community following environmental damage,” the claimants’ London lawyers, Leigh Day, said.
Shell said it is paying 35 million pounds ($53.1 million) to 15,600 fishermen and farmers and 20 million pounds ($30.4 million) to their Bodo community.
“We’ve always wanted to compensate the community fairly,” said Mutiu Sunmonu, managing director of Shell Nigeria, which is 55 per cent owned by the Nigerian government.
Shell originally offered 4,000 pounds ($6,000) to the entire community, Leigh Day said.
Sunmonu said Shell also has agreed and is “fully committed” to a cleanup.
Chief Sylvester Kogbara, chairman of the Bodo Council of Chiefs and Elders, said he hoped “that Shell will take their host communities seriously now” and embark on a cleanup of all of Ogoniland.
A U.N. Environment Program report has estimated it could take up to 30 years to fully rehabilitate Ogoniland, an area where villagers have been in conflict with Shell for decades.
Kogbara said the community money will be used to provide needed basic services. “We have no health facilities, our schools are very basic, there’s no clean water supply,” he told The Associated Press.
Individually, he said villagers are discussing setting up as petty traders and other small businesses until their environment is restored. Each person gets 2,200 pounds ($3,340) in a country where the minimum monthly wage is less than $100.
Shell’s Sunmonu insisted that oil theft and illegal refining remain “the real tragedy of the Niger Delta” and “areas that are cleaned up will simply become re-impacted.”
Amnesty International said Shell continues to blame oil theft for spills — which means it does not have to pay compensation — when the company’s own documents state its aging oil pipelines present a “major risk and hazard.”
Shell had argued that only 4,000 barrels of oil were spilled in Bodo while Amnesty International used an independent assessor who put it at over 100,000 barrels — considered the largest ever oil spill in mangroves.
“Oil pollution in the Niger Delta is one of the biggest corporate scandals of our time,” said Audrey Gaughran of Amnesty International. She said thousands more people remain at risk because of Shell’s failure to fix aging and dilapidated pipelines. [myad]
Astronomers have announced the discovery of eight new planets orbiting their stars in the so-called “Goldilocks zone.” The planets are neither too hot nor too cold for water and possibly life to exist.
The discovery doubles the number of known planets that are close in size to the Earth and believed to be in the habitable zones of the stars they orbit.
Two of the eight are the most Earth-like of any known planets found so far outside our solar system, astronomers told the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Washington.
The lead author, Guillermo Torres of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics said: “Most of these planets have a good chance of being rocky, like Earth.” [myad]
All Progressives Congress presidential (APC) candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), has made it very clear that if he wins the February Presidential election and form the government, one of his priorities is to cleanse the political system of corrupt elements by sending them to jail.
General Buhari, who spoke today at the APC rally and the presentation of the party’s flag to Umana Umana as its governorship candidate in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, said he would block all loopholes through which politicians and their jobbers siphon Nigeria’s common wealth out of the country.
“When we come into power, anyone who steals Nigeria’s money will end up in Kirikiri Maximum Prisons. We are going to make sure that Nigeria’s wealth belongs only to Nigerians,” he said.
He decried the nation’s over-dependence on oil, saying the country would not have faced the current economic downturn if the country had invested in agriculture.
According to Buhari, Nigeria used to export tin and columbite, but all of a sudden stopped producing and exporting these minerals with the hope that the country has oil.
On the power sector, Buhari stated that many industries had shut down operation because of epileptic power supply, adding that Nigerian producers were unable to compete in international market because of huge cost of generating power.
Buhari, a former Head of State, assured Nigerians that his government would create over three million jobs yearly to take care of the teeming youths, who are unemployed.
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who is also the Director General, Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, said he was ashamed to read on the pages of newspapers a claim by the Peoples Democratic Party that things had continued to improve in Nigeria from 2011.
He said that governors decided that the excess crude fund be shared, when the governors noticed that the account continued to deplete each passing month.
“I was ashamed to read on the pages of newspapers where PDP said things had improved from 2011 till now.
“Oil price used to be between $120 and $145 before now. Our savings used to be between $45 and $46bn. We had over $10bn to $20bn in excess crude. The reason why the governors asked that excess crude money be shared was that after each meeting we had, if the money was $10bn, before we come back for another meeting, it would be $8bn. Who has taken the $2bn? We did not know.
“When we discovered that our money was being taken away with reckless abandon without accounting, it was then we asked, ‘Oga, please share this money. You are not a bank, and if it were a bank, they would add more to the money’.
“During (the late President Umaru) Yar’Adua and (a former President Olusegun) Obasanjo, oil subsidy used to be N300bn, but under our current president, it is N2.3trn and over.” [myad]
President Goodluck Jonathan has reminded members of his Presidential campaign organization that people in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are democrats and not hooligans and not destroyers. “You must always remember that we are a party of democrats, not a party of hooligans. We are a party of patriots, not a party of renegades. We are a party of statesmen and women. We are a party of builders, not destroyers. We are a party of committed servants of the people. You must let our people see once again, that we are in this to serve and to move Nigeria forward, not to move Nigeria backwards.” Speaking to the PDP family as he inaugurated his campaign organization in Abuja today, Jonathan said that the forthcoming elections will mark a critical point in the nation’s history, adding that the eyes of the international community are focused on the transition that lies ahead of the country. He described the elections as the fifth post-military rule general elections that will be conducted under a civilian dispensation in Nigeria. He reminded Nigerians that the world would be asking whether Nigeria can get it right? “My categorical response to that is: Yes, we must. And surely, we will. It is your duty to ensure that through your campaigns, and activities, this primary objective is not lost.” President Jonathan vowed that his government’s commitment to free, fair, credible, and violence-free elections remains unshaken, adding: that should also be your own commitment as we go to the field to seek the people’s mandate once again. “In the coming campaigns and elections, we must see to it that Nigeria triumphs, and that democracy wins. No other cause can be greater than the Nigerian cause. Without Nigeria, there will be no President. “We have an obligation to consolidate our democracy, strengthen our institutions and project Nigeria positively by running a disciplined, issues-based and civilized campaign. That is my charge to you all.” Jonathan told members of the campaign organisation that they were invited to serve PDP in recognition of their loyalty, dedication, commitment to the democratic cause, and their outstanding individual talents. He was convinced that not only are they up to the task individually or as a team, but that they also have all that it takes- the passion, intellect, drive, commitment, and the know-how to run a focused, robust and purposeful campaign that will further endear the party’s ticket to the electorate and bring it victory once again. “Many of you are tested veterans of political campaigns. As we embark formally on the campaigns for our re-election, our party, the People’s Democratic Party will depend on you. “I am also personally counting on you. I ask you to take on this assignment for your great party, for Goodluck Jonathan and Namadi Sambo, and also, more importantly, for the country as a whole.” President Jonathan reminded PDP members that they have an obligation to consolidate the nation’s democracy, strengthen its institutions and project Nigeria positively by running a disciplined, issues-based and civilized campaign. “That is my charge to you all,” he stressed, adding: I am especially inspired by the positive energy, the optimism, and the enthusiasm among our party leaders and members. There may be issues arising from the party primaries, which have led to some of our members expressing grievances, but this is the time for all of us to come together and work as one family. At the end of the day, every one of us will be useful in one way or the other. “I call on all party members to stand as one in the face of the assignment ahead of us. Losing a party primary should not result in a loss of faith in the party. No election should be a do or die contest. Whatever grievances we have can be resolved within the family and will be resolved. There is a job to be done, and all loyal members of our great party must play their expected roles. “I urge members of the Presidential Campaign Organization to go round the country, propagating our message of transformation and continuity. “I urge you to fully mobilise all the party faithful in every ward and every district to work for the victory we require to take our agenda for national transformation forward to a successful conclusion for the benefit of present and future generations of Nigerians.” Jonathan in confident that PDP had everything that it takes to run an excellent and victorious campaign, saying that the party had demonstrated to Nigerians that it has what he called broadest appeal. “We are the strongest and the biggest. We have engaged the people of Nigeria positively with people-friendly policies, which have moved Nigeria forward. “We have sustained the democratic tradition. We have strengthened democratic institutions. We inherited a rather complex security challenge but we are waging a determined war against it. “We are succeeding in preventing terrorists and insurgents from turning more of our communities into enclaves for their dastardly activities. “We remain fully committed to further empowering the security agencies to enable them win the war against terror. We have proven to the people that we are a party and a team that they can rely upon. “In the last four years, despite the security challenges we have had to contend with, Nigeria, under our watch, has made significant strides in every aspect. Our economy today is the largest and the strongest in the African continent, and a preferred destination for foreign direct investment. “We have focused on job creation and the expansion of opportunities for our teeming youth as well as interventions to promote Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.” [myad]
Borno state governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima is obviously angry with the leader of the deadly Boko Haram today, saying: “Shakau is a lunatic. He is a deranged element. He is not somebody anybody should give any molecule of respect. His actions are beneath the act of even an animal, believe me.” Shettima, who spoke to newsmen today shortly after a security meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to review the nation’s battle with Boko Haram, was particularly reacting to a statement credited to Shakau that the sect had married out the over 200 Chibok girls they abducted for their school in April last year. Governor Shettima vowed that Nigerian government is not resting on its oars, saying: “we will continue to support the military by providing them with quality information when it becomes available. We believe in spite of people’s pessimism that in the fullness of time and not in a distance far off, we are going to get back the girls, we hope to.” He vowed not to bolster Boko Haram by giving information in its favour “because these lunatics fist on the oxygen of publicity. The more publicity they get the happier they become. I don’t want to give them that luxury.” The governor made it clear that Nigerian government had no any option than to win the war against Boko Haram, adding with emphasis: “we shall, we must, and we have no option. “I want to assure you that with 1,000 years of recorded history, Borno shall rise again in spite of all the challenges. Believe me, Insha Allah.” On how safe it would be to hold forthcoming election in the troubled areas, the governor regretted that people dwell more on elections than the threat which the insurgency had casued to “our culture, to our people and to our civilization. It is amazing when people dwell so much on the elections. Elections are for the living but elections are being conducted in war torn Afghanistan. Election was conducted recently in Iraq, in Syria and so many other places. So it is not an issue in contention, the most important issue is how to safeguard the lives and properties of our people. Hour to recover our lost territories; the lot of Chibok girls. You have daughters; you have sons how will you feel if your daughter is forcefully taken away from you for the past 267 days. So I want to dwell more on how to safeguard the lives and properties of our people, how to get back the Chibok girls, how to recover our lost territories. “Two days ago (Sunday), it clocked exactly five months since Goza fell to the insurgents, Bama is now firmly under their control. Muba, Abadam, Kukawa are all tale of woes, of devastations, of destructions and of killings. This is the sad tale that is coming out of Borno.” When the governor was reminded that he is the chief security officer of the state, he blew out: “I am the chief security officer of the state in name. You and I know that I neither control the police, the army not even the damn Civil Defence Corps. We are titled chief security officers of our states. But our most important task is to offer whatever support, be it logistics, financial to the military to carry out on their operations.
“Honestly, I don’t want to dwell on the politics behind the counter-insurgency operations because we are one people with a common destiny. And this is the time for all of us, irrespective of differences in political affiliations, religious persuasions, tribal or sectional backgrounds, to collapse into a single course and bring about this madness to an end.” [myad]
The shocking abstention by Nigeria at the United Nations Security Council, on the question of whether Palestine should be free within a timeline of three years marks a major reversal in our foreign policy tradition. For the President, Dr. Jonathan Goodluck, it was far more disastrous, leading to the loss of a once-in-lifetime opportunity to write his name in the annals of global diplomacy as a problem solver.
Reports said it was Nigeria which made the difference in the resolution failing to pass, as it had been expected. Our country had resolved to vote in favour but then decided a few hours to the vote to abstain.
I chose to call it the “Murtala Ramat moment” because the late Nigerian and African legendary hero, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed found himself at the same historical moment as did Dr. Jonathan last week. What did they both do with it?
In the case of Murtala’s, it was Angola’s independence that was at a stake.
When they took power in 1975 in a bloodless coup against the wobbly Gowon administration, they reappraised the foreign policy and they didn’t like what it looked like. The notion of “Nigeria first” orientation, which ironically characterizes this country’s foreign policy disposition at present didn’t suit what Murtala wanted because it “was to the disadvantage of other African countries.”
The Nigerian government led by that progressive administration resolved to discard “neutrality” as the country’s posture want. They chose an activist posture in international affairs. The shift in orientation became apparent with respect to Angola. This country had previously worked with the Organization of African Unity, OAU to bring about a negotiated reconciliation of the warring factions in the former Portuguese colony, the same way Americans are doing to no avail with the Palestinian question. Out of this frustration, late in 1975 Murtala Muhammad announced Nigeria’s support for the Soviet-backed Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, PMLA, in direct reaction the then South Africa’s racist regime’s support for the reactionary National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). As a consequence, this realignment strained relations with the United States and Britain but it was a timely move that decisively shifted the tide in favor of the patriotic MPLA and a resounding defeat for the collaborationist UNITA who would have perpetuated imperialist rule by other means. His speech at the OAU left a daunting legacy on the continent and for which Murtala became an aspirational figure for generations that have followed. Nigeria gained an instant recognition as a Frontline State leading the charge for the decolonization of Southern African countries such as Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa and other territories.
Flowing from these achievements, Nigeria took responsibility for the resolution of the crises in West Africa notably, Sierra-Leone and Liberia. To achieve the independence of some, and impose peace and stability in the countries cited, resources were expended and blood of Nigerians was shed.
This is why the world was so shocked to receive the news of this country’s sabotage of the Palestinian independence. The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) representative to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) heavily criticized Nigeria, saying that the move was a “big disappointment”, adding that voting against “Palestine” despite being a member of the OIC was a “clear contradiction.”
In a similar reaction, the Secretary General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Professor Is-haq Oloyede described the action of the federal government “as a step against freedom.”
As reported by newspapers, Oloyede said: “the council was amazed that Nigeria would abstain from a move to end a 66-year-old crisis.”
He said that the NSCIA was sad at the turn of events and accused the federal government of betraying the people of Nigeria.
“What Nigeria has done is not only a summersault on its foreign policy but also a slap on the lovers of freedom all over the world and such action is condemnable,” a newspaper quoted him as saying.
In the abstention by Nigeria which in reality amounted to support of the continued colonization of Palestine, there is a clear negation of the age-old principles underlying the country’s foreign policy. Until now, Nigeria had joined a majority of the countries at the United Nations General Assembly, the Non-Aligned Movement and several other fora to oppose the several manifestations of colonialism wherever it existed.
Why will Nigeria like to start chewing rotten carrots at this time?
Looking around for the reasons for this show of shame, there is nothing to find other than our domestic politics as it is currently played.
The President, who was prevailed upon at the last minute by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and John Kerry, the U.S Secretary of State clearly did this change of the mind for two apparent reasons.
One, he was making a personal choice as to who to support between Palestine and Israel, the latter enjoying the unconditional backing of the United States. He needs the support of Europe and America going into an election he is not favored to win. In this election, there are fears that his party is unlikely to accept defeat and when that happens, they cannot unleash the promised crackdown without foreign backing.
Two, even before the creation of the unnecessary divisions among this county’s peaceful and loving people, the government itself knows that there is an open, even though sentimental support for Palestine and open dissent for Israel in the North. It is not a hidden fact that the government of the day is increasingly anxious to show where it stands in relation to (or against the) North for not giving it enough support.
Having laid this background, it is also essential to say that Nigeria on the one hand and the US and the UK on the other have little or nothing in common in their historical antecedents dealing with issues of annexation or seizure of territory. Our country is a liberator of the colonized and those ardent supporters of Israel are by themselves, usurpers of land belonging to others. The technique is the same whether in the West Bank or Jerusalem, or about the indigenous peoples inside the United States; Tasmania and New Zealand as scuppered by the UK or South Africa where Belgium and the UK gave up land belonging to others only after sweat and blood had been spilled. Those countries will do Netanyahu’s bidding all the time because they themselves saw no wrong and still see little as being untoward in appropriating land belonging to others.
Israel will continue its role as the hunting dog for the US and Europe serving as the bulwark against communism in the past and new threats from perceived other sources including Islamic extremism in the Middle-East. In return, the Jewish state will continue to receive the west’s backing despite their acts of impunity and brigandage. As victims of colonial oppression ourselves, we have nothing in common with countries sharing the common antecedents of oppression.
Any government of Nigeria that ties our foreign relations to the small and aggressive state of Israel is doing injustice to our glorious past and the promise of our future greatness. The falsehood dished out by officials that this faux pas was to gain Israeli support against Boko Haram is neither here nor there. We didn’t need foreign support to put Sierra Leone and Liberia right and with a government determined to do the right thing, ending the insurgency in the country should not, and will not last a lifetime.
As I end this piece, I think of this hiccup as a great embarrassment to Alhaji Aminu Wali, the sitting Minister of Foreign Affairs and cousins with General Murtala Mohammed- and a witness to those lofty achievements-who must seriously be feeling “uncool” by the policy somersault about which he possibly could do nothing. I don’t know. This President being a good student of Obasanjo’s is most unlikely to let foreign affairs and oil slip out of his firm grip. [myad]
Over 2,500 participants from more than 140 countries representing business, government, international organizations, academia, civil society and the media are expected to participate in the 45th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum from 21-24 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The Meeting of the Forum with the theme: The New Global Context,” will explore the most pressing global challenges in 2015 A statement from the Head of Media and Public Enlightenment of the Forum, Mr. Fon Mathuros said that the Forum will convene a record number of participants in 2015, adding that in addition to the 1,500 top business leaders from over 140 countries, more than 300 heads of state, heads of government and government members are also expected to participate. In particular, most European countries will be represented by the prime ministers, president or chancellor and will be accompanied by strong government delegations. A number of heads of state from Africa will be in Davos as well as most of the leaders from the ASEAN countries. The key Latin American countries will also be represented at the highest level. China, the United States, Japan and Russia will send top-level delegations. The heads of all the world’s major international organizations will also be in Davos. In addition, the Annual Meeting will also convene the heads of the world’s leading civil society organizations, world-class academics, including 14 Nobel laureates, as well as from leaders of tomorrow, drawn from the Forum’s Global Shapers and Young Global Leader communities. Global media will be represented by their most senior editorial figures. “Today’s leaders are facing challenges that are unprecedented in their complexity, velocity and interconnectedness. Finding a way to navigate these successfully in 2015 is, therefore, a critical priority for every leader, not just to ensure sustainable growth but to rebuild trust. The Annual Meeting, by bringing together the Forum’s diverse multi-stakeholder community, aims to provide the means to identify answers to these challenges as well as the coalitions of partners necessary to create positive, transformative change,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. With significant participation from all crisis-hit areas in the world, the Meeting will convene a number of official and unofficial dialogues to stimulate peace-making efforts. The World Economic Forum, as the lead international institution for public-private cooperation, will launch 10 major multi-year initiatives such as infrastructure finance and the future of the global financial system. At the request of the UN Secretary General, it will place special emphasis during this year’s Annual Meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and next United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Paris, and it will provide an ongoing platform for expanding public-private cooperation in support of both. In addition, there will be a special gathering of trade ministers taking place during the Annual Meeting. The Co-Chairs of the Annual Meeting 2015 are: Hari S. Bhartia, Co-Chairman and Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group, India; Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, Oxfam International, United Kingdom; Katherine Garrett-Cox, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Alliance Trust, United Kingdom; Young Global Leader Alumnus; Jim Yong Kim, President, The World Bank, Washington DC; Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google, USA; and Roberto Egydio Setubal, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Itaú Unibanco, Brazil. [myad]
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has expressed the wish that the borders between Nigeria and Chad could be closed as part of the measure to control the activities of the deadly Boko Haram. Badeh who spoke to newsmen shortly after a meeting of Security Council in the Presidential to review the nation’s battle with Boko Haram mainly in the North East said: “I wish it could be closed but how do you close such a very large border? And it is not for military to close border any way, or is it?” The Defence Chief confirmed that there was attack by members of Boko Haram on the military base in Baga, Borno state, adding: “don’t worry, we are at work.” He gave assurance that the military to retrieve Baga from Boko Haram, but added: “I can’t give you exactly what is going to happen.” Badeh assured that the security situation in the North East in particular and Nigeria in general would improve this year, and that the security operatives are working on it. Asked to comment on whether it is true that Chadian and Nigerien forces have pulled out of multinational force, the Chief of Defence Staff said: “No. They have not pulled out of multinational force because we have held several meetings. they are still part of the multinational force. What has been happening is that they have not contributed troops to the point of Baga. Chad has people of their own side but I believe they have withdrawn. Niger had people with us; they too withdrew and left Nigeria only at the multinational force headquarters.” Vice President Namadi Sambo, Governors of Adamawa, Bala Ngileri, Yobe, Ibrahim Gaidem, (accompanied by his predecessor, senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim), Borno, Kashim Shetima (accompanied by the State’s SSG, Abba Ahmed Gida) and the Kaduna State Governor, Ramalan Yero. Others are the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Bade, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, Director General State Security Service (SSS), Ekpenyong Ita, Inspector General of Police, Sulieman Abba, and DG National Intelligence Agency , Ayo Oke. Others are Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, Minister of Defence, Mohammed Gusau and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Amyim. [myad]
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