Written by Obinna Akukwe
The deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was sent to
Loko in Nasarrawa State so they can kill him using the bandits and criminals
that pervade the area. This was the situation before the traditional ruler of
Loko town informed Emir Sanusi that there are major security concerns in the
town and suggested that they move him to another place. This was before the
decision to move him from Loko in Toto , Nasarrawa to Awe.
Loko is a town close to the boundary between Benue and
Nasarrawa. It is some thirty minutes drive or less to Agatu inBenue State where
the Fulani herdsmen and the villages had a bloody battle. While the Fulanis
have taken by force the water valleys of Agatu, and across Nasarrawa, they have
very little presence in Loko because the town is scorched, with mountains,
rocks and little vegetation. Even Fulani herdsmen rejected Loko town for their
cows. That was where the dollar stuffing criminals who deposed Sanusi wanted
him to be sent to.
Loko town has no electricity. It has serious security
concerns. It has a police station that has not up to twenty staff, from my
estimate. I was in Agatu in Benue and Nasarrawa Toto last month on a fact
finding mission to determine whether peace have actually returned to the place,
little did I know that this scorched place will house a former CBN Governor,
Former MD of First Bank and a former First Class Emir , because he became a
traditional ruler in Nigeria.
The Fulani’s are not terrorizing Agatu, children are going
to school, farmers are going to their farms but the Fulanis have colonized the
water valleys with their pasture. Loko town in Toto has vigilante in every one
kilometer of the major roads because criminals manifest from the rocks and
attack travelers with AK-47. The town during my visits last month, has no
electricity, but GSM and date network is available and clear. There is nothing
attractive about the place.
It is with shock that I received the news that Governor
Ganduje and the powers that deposed Sanusi wanted him to spend the rest of his
life in a place like Toto. Their intention cannot be anything but to allow him
to be killed there by the criminals ravaging the place and we will be told that
Allah giveth and Allah taketh. These people want Sanusi to be attacked and
killed there. Abaji in Kogi is more developed than Loko in Nasarrawa Toto.
I want to thank Sanusi who rejected the depravity of the
place when he was taken there. The new town of Awe where he was taken is twice
better that Loko, but it is still a village and has some less security concerns
than the former.
I have always supported Sanusi right from his time as CBN
Governor under Jonathan, when he was having running battles with all manners of
people over his frankness and abrasiveness and anti-corruption moves. I have
written many articles in his support and I am happy that Emir Sanusi has
remained consistent in speaking against evil, against corruption and against
mediocrity.