He is 65. He is at an age when
his peers have started coming to terms with the onset of old age. It is
an age when his contemporaries have started seeing their grand children,
some luckier ones, great grand children.
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Paradoxically, it is an age Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, the Ibadan, Oyo
State-based self-acclaimed Living Perfect Master, has come out to shock
the world with an unabashed antagonism to the sacred institution of
marriage.
In a recent encounter with the bearded one at his hilltop commune on
the outskirts of the Oyo State capital, the reclusive spiritualist
declared that, for him, marriage is a taboo. It is a no-go area. He has
never given it a thought and never will do so because, to him, marriage
is an unnecessary distraction. “I challenge anybody who says she is
Maharaj Ji’s wife to come out,” he declared matter-of-factly.
“I challenge anybody who says she has children for Maharaj Ji to come
out. I don’t have any biological children. My children are my
followers. I’m the father of creation. … I don’t have any biological
child, and I’m not married to any woman. I don’t have a wife. “I’ve
never thought about marriage, and I will never do so, because there is a
war going on, and the war is between light and darkness. Until the war
is over, anybody who gets involved with marriage will always be in
trouble. …
My advice to the young men of these days is that they should not get
married. This is not the time to go into marriage because the situation
is not conducive.” This is not the only bombshell that the man in Ibadan
dropped during the interview. He also threw darts at pastors, men of
God, who he accused of using diabolical means to hoodwink their teeming
followers.
“Quote me,” he declared, his eyes like balls of fire, “all of them
use juju. How can a pastor touch somebody and he falls down? That one is
juju at work. Our people are very foolish and ignorant. How can you
touch somebody and he falls down? There is something behind this.” Well,
what else can we say other than to urge you to sit back and devour the
full interview? It is Sat Guru Maharaj Ji verbatim. Like you have never
read him before. Excerpts:
How do you feel hitting 65 in a country like Nigeria where life expectancy is below 50?
To put it mildly, I feel fantastic in the sense that, for the first
time, several church leaders, political leaders and other prominent
members of the society not only met each other but also interacted
freely at the ceremony (his birthday party). I’m happy that the grace of
Maharaj Ji has made us all to survive in the last 38 years of this
ministry. There was nothing some people didn’t do to frustrate us,
especially those groups that have been tormenting the Black race for
centuries. They are not happy that Maharaj Ji has espoused the true name
of God. They were wondering that how can I just come like that and all
of a sudden I put a stop to all what they had been doing to dupe almost
everybody. I felt so good for being able to stand as the representative
of God, our Creator on this earth.
From what you have just said, you claimed some pastors and top political leaders in the country were here to celebrate with you…
(Cuts in…) Yes. Many of them were here. It was not a secret. They
came here to felicitate with me and also to receive knowledge, which
will help them in their ministries. Some of them even expressed the wish
to see me in privacy and I obliged them.
Still talking about your 65 years on earth, what was the turning
point in your life? What was that point in your life where you made a
360 degree-turn and you experienced the transformation that led you to
where you are today?
That was in 1975. I was in Europe to attend a course in marketing at
the Institute of Marketing in London. Two years later, I heard about Sat
Guru Maharaj Ji of the time saying that there was a power within us
that knows everything, and that until you experience this power, you are
not complete.
Unknown to me, he had already given a lecture in one of the
universities in America, University of Pennsylvania, on July 15, 1976,
telling the audience that there is somebody coming from the most
populous nation in Black Africa who is going to take over from him. I
received knowledge from him on January 1, 1980, and that was the
beginning of this journey, which has enabled human beings to know that
we can overcome our pains, and agonies when we receive knowledge. When I
received this knowledge from my master, a baton of change took place
and I had to return to Nigeria to spread the good news and begin my
mission. I came back on July 15, 1980. On that eventful flight on the
Nigeria Airways plane that brought me home was the late T.O.S. Benson.
On arrival, I headed for Adegbola Street, in Ikeja where some people
were waiting for me.
What happened thereafter?
I wrote to almost all our leaders drawing their attention to the
urgent need to allow me to start a radio and television programme, to
explain the phenomenon called Maharaj Ji. Among those prominent
Nigerians that initially gave me audience were the late Chief M.K.O.
Abiola, and the late governor of old Rivers State, Chief Melford Okilo,
and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero. But when it became obvious that
the colonial forces were still holding some of our leaders under the
false belief that Jesus is the way, that Mohammed is the way, some of
these eminent Nigerians later blocked me from seeing them again. So,
most of our leaders didn’t really understand my mission. Due to this
non-challant attitude of our leaders, I then took up a job with the
defunct Nigeria Airways as private secretary to the Marketing Director,
Chief Okim. I worked there for about a year, and I used the money that I
saved to hire an apartment at 33, Shittu Thompson Street in Ikeja,
which later became the universal headquarters of my mission. Immediately
I got the place, I resigned from Nigeria Airways because God told me
the time has come for my mission to start.
In a mission like this, you can’t afford to wait because there are
instructions and directions being given every minute. How I got the
house where we started was a miracle because the spiritual mandate was
that we had to start using a new house. I was contemplating on how to
get such a house, when one Chief Onifade came to know more about Maharaj
Ji. I just asked him two questions. Number one, I asked him: Are you a
Yoruba man? He said ‘yes’. I then told him that we are looking for a new
house. He went away, only to come back the second day and informed me
that he had got a place for us. He, however, added that the landlord
demanded for a year rent. I told Baba that he should plead with them
that they should allow us to pay for six months. I gave Baba N450, but
Baba later added another N450 to make payment for a year rent. That was
the beginning of my mission.
I didn’t come to Ibadan immediately. When we started in Lagos,
something happened that forced us to have an extension, and what
happened? The northern oligarchy, the feudalists, who didn’t come out
then as Boko Haram actually were finding a way to stop my mission. To
achieve their objective, they used the former military governor of Lagos
State, Gen. Raji Rasaki to stop us from using Thompson Street in Lagos
as our headquarters.
But luckily for us, one Mama came one day from Ibadan, and she told
us about available large expanse of land in Ibadan. I sent a delegation
to follow her to find out exactly the true position of things. My
position as a Perfect Living Master has always been to find out things
before I take position. I then asked Mama about the original owner, and
she said it belonged to one Chief Ogundimu. I was later taken to his
place, and he agreed to sell the land to me. We met a pastor who had a
church around the area and he vehemently opposed my members and me. He
said we won’t be allowed to stay there, but Chief Ogundimu stood his
ground and later insisted that he would sell the land to us.
I was shocked by the pastor’s action. I couldn’t understand why he
opposed our coming to the place. Perhaps he felt that customers coming
into his church might be diverted to our place. But the pastor was
ignorant. He didn’t know that the Perfect Living Master had come to stay
there. He should have allowed his members to come to me for knowledge.
But like most of the pastors have been doing, he held his church members
hostage with juju.
Are you saying that pastors use juju?
Yes. Quote me: all of them use juju. How can a pastor touch somebody
and he falls down? That one is juju at work. Our people are very foolish
and ignorant. How can you touch somebody and he falls down? There is
something behind this.
Today, we are in a world of falsehood. And if you look at what is
happening, you wouldn’t blame the pastors, you would blame our law,
which is lax. I said this because if some of these pastors that have
been duping people had been brought to book, there would have been
sanity. These pastors that are pushing people down, and are saying they
are healing them, they should tell us the source of their power. If, as a
pastor, you receive your power from Ifa, Ogun or Orunmila, and you are
giving credit to another person, this means that you are a saboteur. You
are in actual fact a murderer because you are robbing Peter to pay
Paul.
Is it true, as some people have claimed, that some religious leaders
often come to your headquarters here in Ibadan to consult you?
It is true. At times, they send their representatives. But I clearly
remember that the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor
William Kumuyi, came to see me at our Lagos headquarters in Iju, Lagos,
sometime in 1987. It is a public place, he was there, and people saw
him. But he went back, never to come back to fulfill his promise to come
for knowledge. And without knowledge, there is no way anybody can make
it.
When Pastor Kumuyi came that time, was it on a courtesy visit?
You don’t go to a place where they acquire knowledge on a courtesy
visit. His visit was more than a courtesy visit. But like I said, he
never came back to acquire knowledge. What many people don’t know is
that the Creator has come down. Somebody of his calibre doesn’t come
here on courtesy visit, it goes beyond that. Kumuyi had come for
salvation but he didn’t exercise sufficient patience as he left without
acquiring knowledge. There are many others that have come like that. My
mission is to give light to the world, to bring people out of darkness
into light. I’m the father of everybody, the entire human race.
You may then wonder, what about the White people? Are you also their
father? I will say ‘yes’. There was a time they were not Whites. They
were Blacks then. But, suddenly, something happened many years ago, that
drove them under water. And they stayed there for so long. And by the
time they came out, their skin had changed. This is why you now have
dichotomy between them and us. Due to the fact that they stayed for so
long under the water, by the time they came out, their character had
changed. This is why you see most White people being rascals, impatient,
restless and erratic.
But Maharj Ji, being a loving father, made it possible for the energy
in Blacks to mix up with that of the whites to give world peace. Before
Maharaj Ji came, the supremacy of the white man was unshakeable. But
when I came, everything changed. I’m the source of life, everybody
should come close to me, and know Maharaj Ji as not only helping the
Black man to realize his potentialities, but also as the power that has
helped the white man. Otherwise, this world would have disappeared.
And don’t mind the whites with their propaganda that they have been
using to brainwash the Blackman. For example, for how long have they
been telling us that Jesus is coming? They have been saying so since I
was very young, and now I’m 65 years old, and yet He has not come. But
there is one thing that people should realize about the coming of Jesus
Christ, and that is, instead of Jesus coming in a white body, it is
somebody in a black body who came to rescue the world. And that is my
humble self, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.
Is it also true, as some people claimed, that some of our political leaders often come here?
Yes. Some of them come here. Even my position demands that I should
be with them everytime. They have been coming here, and I have also been
with them since 1983, 1984 and 1985. Again, I used to write letters to
them, counseling them on how to move the nation forward. But,
unfortunately, some religious leaders have held them hostage, deceiving
them, and shielding some of them from knowing the truth. Yet, these
pastors, who claim to have knowledge and power, couldn’t see vision
about all these plane crashes all over the place.
Our leaders should remove this wool that has been used to cover their
faces by these religious leaders. There is no way you claim to be a
servant of the Most High, and He will not reveal events that are to
happen to you. But do these religious leaders see anything? Our leaders
need life and they want to enjoy it. There are so many things missing in
the life of somebody who doesn’t have knowledge from Guru Maharaj Ji.
How I wish that this interview will come out raw and everything I said
should be published, and I dare anybody to challenge me.
A lot of things are going wrong in this country, and those people you
expect to speak out, especially religious leaders, are keeping quiet.
Church leaders are not talking. We are in a state of confusion where the
rich are getting richer, and the poor getting poorer. This is one of
the reasons why I have come to redeem mankind. If Maharaj Ji had not
come on July 17, 1980, Nigeria would have been in a complete mess. I had
not even used half of the power I have. Had I have done so, I would
have dealt with many people, especially those that have looted our
treasury. But I’m not Moses, an apostle of fire for fire. I love
everybody and I will like evil people to retrace their steps, otherwise
they will face destruction.
So, who is Guru Maharaj Ji? Some people claim that you are an Indian,
others says you are a Hausa man while others say you are a Camerounian.
Who are you?
Guru Maharaj Ji is an Ibadan man. But I was born on December 20,
1947, on the day of the eclipse of the sun in far away Ghana. I was
carried in my mother’s womb, spiritually, for nine years. I was born in
the gold-mining town of Obuasi in Ghana. My father’s name is Alan
Ibrahim and my mother’s name, Madam Senatu Amope. They are both
Nigerians. I was second to the last in a family of 17 children. I was
given the name Mohammed Shuaibu Ayobami Ajirobatan.
Are you from a polygamous home?
No. All of us were born by my mother. However, my mother was first
married to a mining engineer, Pa Ajala. It was after his death that our
mother married my father. For my primary school education, I attended
Methodist School, and from there, I proceeded to Methodist Middle School
also at Obuasi. By 1960, I completed my middle school. Thereafter, I
was taken to my senior sister who worked with Ghana Police in the
Squadron Unit. While there with her in Accra, I enlisted at Kwame
Nkrumah Pioneer Institute, located at Old Polo Ground in Accra. On the
completion of my studies there, I moved down to Nigeria. From then on,
things started changing.
As a kid, one believed that whatever advice elders give you, you must
take it. So, when my mother advised me to go and stay with my senior
sister and her husband who was a member of the then Western Region’s
House of Assembly, I agreed. The couple was staying in Iseyin. There, I
enrolled in a secretarial school. I remember it was there I did my RSA
and Pitman professional examinations. Few years later, I was taken to
another senior sister who was married to a cocoa merchant in Sekona,
Osun State. I stayed there for some time. While I was there, one of my
uncles, Professor Haruna Balogun, asked me to see him. On getting to his
house in Lagos, he enrolled me in a commercial institute owned by one
Papa Afuwape. It was when I was there that I was informed about a
vacancy in a transport company. I was hired as secretary to the
Transport Manager. This was in 1969. I was later transferred to the
General Manager’s office. I later joined another establishment, YWC
under Lady Alakija. I stayed there for a year before I joined another
company owned by late Chief Lekan Salami in Ibadan. It was while I was
there that I secured employment with a clearing and forwarding company
at Apapa in Lagos.
It was from this company that I travelled outside the country in July
1975. But I remember that day of my departure, there was a coup d’etat
led by General Murtala Muhammed who toppled the then Head of State,
General Yakubu Gowon. When I arrived London for the first time in my
life, I saw a mad white man. I shouted, and my friends asked why. I told
them that I never knew that a white man could also run mad. I
encountered some problems over accommodation. When I arrived London, I
had to leave Chapters Street where I first stayed because the landlord
and I had a mild disagreement while having discussion over Nigeria.
In the second place where I stayed, I got the accommodation through a
woman I met by providence. I told the woman that I had accommodation
problem and she assured me that the problem would be solved. She later
invited me to her house where she stayed with her children.
As we entered the house, right in the foyer, there was this
photograph of the master before me; the one that prophesied about me in
1976. I now asked this woman: ‘who is this man?’ She said that is Sat
Guru of this age. The woman later told me that the man, that is Sat
Guru, would solve any problem I have. She said Maharaj Ji would solve
all my problems. She now invited me to Maharaj Ji’s place of worship
called Sat Sang. For me to hear the man speaking, I was overwhelmed with
joy. That was it. I immediately felt that this was where I belonged.
This was how I received knowledge, and became a child of light. When you
are in knowledge, materialism has no meaning to you. You control and
dominate your environment.
There is this controversy about your marital status. Some people
claim that you are married with children while others say you are a
divorcee. Which is which?
There should be no controversy. Guru Maharaj Ji has come to this
planet to offer life and knowledge to people. So, anybody that receives
knowledge from me is my child, a bona fide one. Those who receive
knowledge from me are my children. I don’t have any biological child,
and I’m not married to any woman. I don’t have a wife.
Why? You are 65, and …
(Cuts in…) It’s like this. For any sincere and honest somebody, you
find out that even if you are blessed, this is not the time for somebody
to think about marriage. For me, I’ve never thought about marriage, and
I will never do so, because there is a war going on, and the war is
between light and darkness. Until the war is over, anybody who gets
involved with marriage will always be in trouble. For now, I’m not
thinking of marriage. The war against the forces of darkness is on and
that battle must be won. Marriage can wait.
At 65, you say marriage can wait?
Yes. I have a mission. Marriage will be a distraction. I must defeat
forces of darkness. Marriage is not in my agenda. This is not the time
to go into marriage. I challenge anybody who says she is Maharaj Ji’s
wife to come out. I challenge anybody who says she has children for
Maharaj Ji to come out. I don’t have any biological children. My
children are my followers. I’m the father of creation. So, everybody,
including Christians and Muslims, I’m their father. Before I left for
Europe and till I came back, I was never married. Even up till now, I’m
not married to anybody. My advice to the young men of these days is that
they should not get married. This is not the time to go into marriage
because the situation is not conducive. However, for anybody that
insists, I have no opposition. After all, some of my members are
married.
Is it true, as some people claimed, that you once said that you would never die?
When one is transformed into spirituality, you no longer talk about
death. Man is talking about mortality and immortality because he
accepted teachings brought by the Europeans without finding out how true
these teachings are. When you talk about death, it negates the
principles of our existence. They say God is light, and in Him there is
no darkness, and darkness can’t comprehend it. So, why is death coming
in?
The true name of our creator is Maharaj Ji, and with my coming, light
has come. Now, the light will be guiding my followers wherever they are
going, so that with the knowledge they have acquired they will not
commit sin. As it was written in the Bible that the wages of sin is
death, but the moment you are lifted above, you will live in the spirit,
and when you live in the spirit you will have knowledge.
Since I live in the spirit, and I’m the fountain of knowledge, I’m
immortal. I can’t die. Why should I die physically? I can’t die
physically. I will not die. Even it is said in the Scripture that man is
the perfect image of God. Can God die? Since I’m a perfect image of
God, I can’t die. Is it a sin to live till eternity? I have both the
physical body and the spirit. If you look at the Scriptures, where did
you see or read about people seeing dead bodies of previous masters like
Moses, Elijah and others. Death means nothing to me – man is an image
of the creator, so I don’t believe in death.
Culled From SUN Newspaper
Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for
alleged pipeline vandalism.
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
The
Commandant General, who was represented by the Deputy Commandant General
in charge of operations, Mr. Evans Ewurum, told newsmen.The suspects,
however, denied being pipeline vandals, saying that they were arrested
unjustly by overzealous NSCDC operatives.One of the suspects,
Favour Egboh, said, “I live at Temu Village, Epe and I buy diesel from
trailers. The trailers I buy diesel from do not have company names
written on them. I went into this business because of my condition.
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
- See more at: http://www.naijaurban.com/husband-wife-pipeline-vandalism/#sthash.1REeN1hg.vC7LyeIw.dpuf“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
Husband and Wife Arrested Over Pipeline Vandalism
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for alleged pipeline vandalism.
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
The
Commandant General, who was represented by the Deputy Commandant General
in charge of operations, Mr. Evans Ewurum, told newsmen.The suspects,
however, denied being pipeline vandals, saying that they were arrested
unjustly by overzealous NSCDC operatives.One of the suspects,
Favour Egboh, said, “I live at Temu Village, Epe and I buy diesel from
trailers. The trailers I buy diesel from do not have company names
written on them. I went into this business because of my condition.
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
Husband and Wife Arrested Over Pipeline Vandalism
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for alleged pipeline vandalism.
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
The
Commandant General, who was represented by the Deputy Commandant General
in charge of operations, Mr. Evans Ewurum, told newsmen.The suspects,
however, denied being pipeline vandals, saying that they were arrested
unjustly by overzealous NSCDC operatives.One of the suspects,
Favour Egboh, said, “I live at Temu Village, Epe and I buy diesel from
trailers. The trailers I buy diesel from do not have company names
written on them. I went into this business because of my condition.
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for
alleged pipeline vandalism. - See more at:
http://www.naijaurban.com/husband-wife-pipeline-vandalism/#sthash.1REeN1hg.vC7LyeIw.dpuf
Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for
alleged pipeline vandalism. - See more at:
http://www.naijaurban.com/husband-wife-pipeline-vandalism/#sthash.1REeN1hg.vC7LyeIw.dpuf
Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for
alleged pipeline vandalism. - See more at:
http://www.naijaurban.com/husband-wife-pipeline-vandalism/#sthash.1REeN1hg.vC7LyeIw.dpuf
Nigerian
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, has arrested a
trader, John Gere, and his wife, Queen Gere, as well as three others for
alleged pipeline vandalism.
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
“They were arrested in Epe and they even attacked some of the officers who went for the raid. We recovered from them more than 20 kegs of petrol. They will be charged to court and the exhibit will be handed over to either the police, court or Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as the case may be.”
The
Commandant General, who was represented by the Deputy Commandant General
in charge of operations, Mr. Evans Ewurum, told newsmen.The suspects,
however, denied being pipeline vandals, saying that they were arrested
unjustly by overzealous NSCDC operatives.One of the suspects,
Favour Egboh, said, “I live at Temu Village, Epe and I buy diesel from
trailers. The trailers I buy diesel from do not have company names
written on them. I went into this business because of my condition.
“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
- See more at: http://www.naijaurban.com/husband-wife-pipeline-vandalism/#sthash.1REeN1hg.vC7LyeIw.dpuf“I have three children and no husband. I’m presently suffering from diabetes and I have my medicine here with me. I went to buy my medicine from a chemist nearby and they arrested me on my way back.”
Asked how much she sold diesel, she said, “I buy it at the rate of N3,500 for 30 litres and sell it for N4,000 naira or N3,750. I buy 50 litres for N7,000 and sell for N7,500. I use the money I get from my business to take care of my three children.
on her part, Queen Gere however denied complicity, saying that she was arrested by the operatives when she came to secure Egboh’s release.
“I don’t sell diesel. I sell spirits and I don’t even live in Epe. My sister (Egboh) sells diesel. I went to plead that she should be released and they arrested me too,” she said.
Queen’s husband corroborated her story, saying he was also arrested after his wife called him to secure her release. He said he was not a pipeline vandal and urged the operatives to release him.
He said, “I stay at Ishala. I sell spirits. I went to buy a large quantity of spirits in a drum when my wife called me that her sister was arrested. I rushed down to the place. My wife said she came out and met with the civil defence officials and they arrested her. They asked if I was the husband and they arrested me when I said ‘yes.’
“My vehicle was attacked by armed robbers on Wednesday and my boys that were in it were injured. I have not even found the vehicle and these people have come to inflict on me more pains.”
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