UNIDEF, Fasheun hosts Al-Mustapha, says recycling of failures must stop

By Simeon Okworide

The United Niger Delta Forum (UNIDEF) led by Comrade Gabriel Ese and founder of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Federick Fasheun recently hosted the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) tolate Gen. Sani Abacha, major Hamza Al-Mustapha (Rtd) at century hotel in Lagos where Al-Mustapha gave a lecture on howto move the nation forward, while at the same time used the medium to exonerate himself from all criminal charges leveled against him that were related to the death of Kudirat Abiola, Alex Ibru and a purportedly coup plot which he was accused of during the days of his trials and how he was eventually discharged and acquitted of all the charges leveled against him by the appeal court.

Major Al-Mustapha (Rtd) in his speech maintained that oil and gas which comes from the Niger Delta region remains the mainstay of the nation economy and therefore still wonder why the people of the region should be subjected to poverty without considering their education and development of theregion is unacceptable, stressing that, there is need for all oppressed Nigerians to come together and say no because these group of people who are responsible for the maladministration of the nation economy “people call them cabal but I call them a clique”

Al-Mustapha with Chief J.A.D. Iboma & Comrade & Mrs. Ese at the event

On restructuring, Al-Mustapha stressed the importance of restructuring and good governance and recall that he was one of those who suggested the creation of additional six states and six geo-political zone during Abacha administration to meet up with the demands and aspirations of agitators then, but inspite of that various groups from different part of the country are still complaining of one thing or the other, stressing that the clique that held the nation to ransom refused to dispense good governance to the people and continue to invest on the parent and electronic media to castigate and intimidate those calling for good governance where the oppressed Nigerians will have a sense of belonging.

In his speech, Dr. Federick Fasheun stressed the importance of restructuring the nation where every Nigerian will have a sense of belonging, that if the 2014 national conference report was being implemented, the agitations for creation of states and local council, self government and resource control would have cease because the conference report would have taken care of all the demands of the agitators. He emphasized that, the only thing that will bring succor to Nigerians is to say no to recycling of failures, noting that once you recycle failures, what you get is failure. He therefore urged the young ones to take up challenges and say no to the older ones who have been in government since independence and refused to quit, siting the example of the 39 years, president of France.

“When you recycle failure, what you get is failures, France just elected a young man of 39 years as president, that can also happen here in Nigeria, it all the young, ones say no to recycling of the same old breeds, because when one stays more than necessary, you become feeble and nothing to offer anymore” he said.

Earlier, the UNIDEF president, Comrade Ese Gabriel had told the gathering that Nnamdi Kanu and his fellow agitators may have their reasons for agitating for Biafra, stressing that his group believed in one indivisible Nigeria and noted that what his group is clamouring for is to restructure a system that favour region to control its resources and reporting back to the centre. “All we are clamouring for is a system restructured to favour regional resource control where every region will in charge of its resources and reports back to the centre” he said.

The immediate past president of IDU, Lagos Branch, Chief JAD Iboma who gave voter of thanks, he thanked Al-Mustapha for updating them of what exactly transpired during his trial, saying in view of what they have heard from the horses mouth today, they would be able to correct some of the views earlier expressed in the print and electronic media and used the medium to encourage him to continue to use for a like this to tell the people his true position of things, hoping that with time, people not in tune with him will begin to balance their opinion having heard from him.

Major Al-Mustapha (3rd frm left), Dr Federick Fasheun, Abayomi Kash, Comrade Ese, Mrs. Ellen Prese,

He also thanked Comrade Ese and Dr. Fasheun for using this forum to bring Al-Mustapha to able to share his views with the people.

“Having heard from you today, we now know the true position of things during your trials and we can also correct those distorted information we earlier received during your trials. Keep on talking so that people will know the role you played in all the allegations leveled against you” he said.