THE HIT AND RUN TACTICS OF BOKO HARAM HAS HINDERED MILITARY AVOWED SUCCESS !

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 103. 2nd august, 2015.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

THE HIT AND RUN TACTICS OF BOKO HARAM HAS HINDERED MILITARY AVOWED SUCCESS!

TWO months after the advent of Nigeria’s new administration, the Boko Haram terrorists seemed to be perfecting guerrilla war tactics to destabilize Nigeria’s conventional military warfare! Deaths through suicide bombings have increased by leaps and bounds and statistics figure point to over 1.000 killed during this short period while the military high command appeared to be helpless on how to combat the incessant deadly menace which had ravaged the entire Northern geo-political zones like a wild fire! In the interim, President Buhari had intensified diplomatic efforts through high-level talks with all neighbouring countries of the West African sub-region, the latest of which are the Republics of Cameroon and Benin, to solicit their unhindered co-operation and military assistance to end the Boko Haram terrorism which had also taken its toll on the citizens and economies of these States. Earlier, the military co-operation of European Union (EU) Countries, the United States of America (USA), Niger, and Chad Republics had earlier been sought by the new President and with their unflinching support and divine favour we strongly believe that the six-year-old insurgency will be totally annihilated! Recently, the President revealed that Nigeria and her neighbouring countries possessed increased military capacity to deal with Boko Haram and other terrorists groups during an audience with Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa through the combined formation of a stronger regional military coalition of the Multi National Joint Task Force, (MNJTF), which will swing into action in this new month of August.

He also disclosed that the re-location of the Command and Control Centre of the Nigerian military now in Maiduguri, Borno State, had served as morale booster to the troops in the front-line States. The core mandates of the MNJTF include total elimination of the terrorists and the liberation of all territories held by insurgents, rescue of all kidnapped persons, including the Chibok School, girls and restoration of peace and normalcy to the North East and the sub-region as a whole.

It is true that all necessary security infrastructures, officers and men, military soft/hardware and logistics and a take-off fund of $21million US dollars (4.7billion naira) donated by Nigeria and all local, regional and the pledged foreign aids needed for the MNJTF take off were on ground but the military management team needed to brainstorm about how to counter the terrorist guerrilla warfare tactics of hit -and-run and re-grouping which had been up-scaled, upgraded and had taken the wicked dimension of deploying female suicide bombers to soft targets - of motor parks and markets spaces since they perceived that their defeat in this war of attrition against Nigeria and the neighbouring countries was imminent!

Boko Haram began its uprising as a small indigenous but fanatical and extremist Muslim sect that was completely different in message and ideology from orthodox Islamic groups which when challenged by the authorities took advantage of a sizable number of illiterate indigenes, brain-washed them with the Jihadist doctrine of Islamising Nigeria or that part of the North East where they were domiciled. Six years of insurgency against Nigeria had not made them a large army but still the same small but heinous and very dangerous groups which was perfecting guerrilla warfare tactics that had destabilized the Nigerian Armed Forces continuously since the year 2009 unabated.

It was reported that Boko Haram’s major grouse against Nigerian Government was the extra-judicial killing of their former leader by the Police Mobile Force which they vow to avenge with all manner of unimaginable brutality. Their initial lack of numerical strength and weapons to fight against Nigeria’s regular army did not deter them since they had the support of their immediate communities of local inhabitants, who provided them with food, shelter and information about troop movements and among whom they hid whenever they carried out hit-and-run attacks on vulnerable targets like motor parks, market places, churches, mosques and strategic government installations. They gradually moved into remote areas of the Sambisa Forest which was not easily accessible due to unfriendly terrains of that dense jungle when the heat was turned on them but suddenly became sophisticated overnight through various forms of sabotage activities against Nigeria’s conventional army when they clandestinely acquired assistance in the forms of victuals, munitions, medical supplies and classified information from fifth columnists within the government’s regular army through their sponsors and apologists as confirmed recently by the retired Chief of Defence Staff!

“In our earlier expose on the dreaded forest (volume two, number fifty-one), we posited that it took the Joint Task Force [JTF], the first three years of Boko Haram insurgency, (2009-2012), to discover and bombard the notorious hideout of these enemies of State, but surprisingly, these dare-devils were able to survive the heavy onslaught and had converted the Forest into a ‘formidable stronghold’! How did they quickly regroup in 2013 to fortify the forest which has now become a ‘NO-GO-AREA to the JTF?

“SAMBISA FOREST was initially a game reserve of the colonial period which occupied approximately 600 square kilometres – North East of Bornu, Yobe, Gombe and Bauchi along the Darazo corridor, Jigawa up to some parts of Kano State! The game reserve had wild animals, of the likes of leopards, hyenas, tigers, baboons etc. and decent huts, constructed for tourists’ relaxation, but which over the years, dilapidated and collapsed into disrepair for lack of further interest! *In 1991, the Bornu State Government incorporated the game reserve into the Chad Basin National Park [CBNP], and both ventures now occupy a total land area of 2,258 square kilometres, because CBNP, also included the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in modern day Yobe State! “In spite of this move, the whole exercise turned out to be a ‘white elephant project’, because the power and water infrastructures collapsed, the animals either died or were poached and weeds took over the entire forest! Laudable as government’s intention seemed, what we have today in SAMBISA FOREST is a jungle of wild people of the STONE AGE, which was deliberately carved out by the colonialists to portray underdevelopment instead of civilization! Imagine if the whole of SAMBISA was architecturally designed and constructed into modern cities like DUBAI, MOMBAI, PARIS even LONDON, would there be a jungle for terrorists to hide? When there is no hiding place, insurgents find it very difficult to operate because they would be sandwiched within the populace and be caught! “This Evil Forest, where the over 200 Chibok School girls are believed to be incarcerated, spreads to Kano State where girl teenagers are now being deployed by the Boko Haram insurgents as suicide bombers! Within the last 7days, four such girls have caused havoc, destroying lives – including theirs – and properties; and leaving behind, tears, sorrow, pain and anguish in their trail! “The imprisoned population of SAMBISA FOREST increases by the day because more abductions have been reported as the JTF is closing in to rout these sworn enemies of Nigeria and put an end to INSURGENCY BY DECEMBER 2014, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO SAVE THE HUMAN SHIELDS, BEFORE FINAL MILITARY ONSLAUGHT AND BOMBARDMENTS! “

Was it then not a surprise for Air Marshal Alex Badeh to disclose in his valedictory speech that the task of co-ordinating the military and other security agencies in the fight against the insurgents was perhaps the most complex and challenging assignment he had in his over 38 years in the service of the Nigerian Armed Forces, adding: “For the first time, I was head of a military that lacked the relevant equipment and motivation to fight an enemy that was invisible and embedded with the local populace… furthermore the activities of the fifth columnists in the military and other security agencies who leaked operational plans and other sensitive military information to the terrorists, combined to make the fight against the insurgents particularly difficult.”

Coming from the highest ranking military officer of his calibre and disposition, one is bound to believe the sordid revelations which had been in the public domain since the sudden upgraded status and fire-power of the terrorists in the entire five years of the previous administration but the solution would not lie in this disclosures but in the measures that should have been proffered by the retired general! In all of his valedictory speech, he did not mention whether counter-guerrilla warfare tactics were deployed by the Nigerian Army to destabilise the persistent and rapid terrorists’ suicide bombings operations which took an unprecedented dimension and spread to the North West and North Central, in the last two months of Buhari’s Administration!

We recall very vividly that AM Badeh as Chief of Defence Staff told the World Press in May 2014 that the Chibok school girls had been recovered by the military only that statement turned out to be a fluke at that level of command! Prior to that statement, AM Badeh on assumption of office on 4th February, 2014, said that he would flush out the terrorist from the North East and Nigeria’s territorial borders within four months of co-ordinated military operation! * Were these stale revelations not at his disposal when he first got into the saddle office or of what use would the belated regrets serve now that he could no longer suggest or proffer any palliatives? During his tenure, he neither identified nor arrested those fifth columnists who nearly ran the world-renowned and diligent Officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces aground. Officers and men who complained of lack of sophisticated weapons and disobeyed lawful orders were court-martialled while those who pursued the war “obediently” were always ambushed by terrorists who mercilessly wasted their precious lives due to the incompetent and corruptive tendencies of some generals who had over-stayed their welcome in the midst of the gallant infantry forces! Badeh also regretted that the activities of the unpatriotic moles of the military not only blunted the effectiveness of the fight against the insurgents but also led to the “needless deaths of numerous officers and men who unwittingly fell into ambushes prepared by terrorists who had advance warnings of the approach of such troops”!

It is a good thing that the confessions of this retired general was not obtained under duress by Amnesty International which most recent report is still demanding that some Nigerian generals be investigated for human rights abuses and crimes in the ongoing war against terror.

Before and throughout his tenure terrorists had a field day as they overran villages, hamlets and even Badeh’s hometown with superior fire power because the general “opened his mouth too wide” and they established Islamic Caliphates in most border towns of the North East States!

How did the developed and advanced countries of the world, the United States of America, France, Spain, Mexico, etc., solve cases of guerrilla warfare tactics against their regular armies to ensure peaceable and tranquil societies since at one time or the other, they all experienced such unpleasant situations before and after World War II?

The answer lies in the application of latest scientific methods of the detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) through hidden weapon detectors /Closed Circuit TV cameras mounted in public transportations and in densely populated shopping malls, market spaces and motor parks which are major targets of suicide bombers! There should also be the deployment of increased security motorised patrols of such areas and citizens awareness of the behavioural patterns of terrorists laden with IED’s through massive media awareness on radio, televisions tracts/leaflets and billboards!

All of the above technologies are being improvised and are working in all modern cosmopolitan societies of the world and with a righteous government now in place in Nigeria and the necessary political will put in place, guerrilla warfare and suicide bombings will be totally annihilated in the nation!

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

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THE DOCTRINE OF EQUAL SHARE MUST BE ADOPTED BY PRESIDENT BUHARI !

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 102. 26th july, 2015.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). THE DOCTRINE OF EQUAL SHARE MUST BE ADOPTED BY PRESIDENT BUHARI!

At Seventy-two and a half years of age, President Muhammadu Buhari is comparatively young compared to contemporary astute world leaders, monarchs, heads of states, and politicians who had distinguished themselves in alertness of mind, comprehension, expression, at local, international and diplomatic assignments, considering his frugal life-style and his avowed socialist ideologies/policies, and should therefore perform creditably in view of the enormous task of rebuilding his country, Nigeria from its ashes! Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe , 91 years; Queen Elizabeth of England 89; Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, 88; Raul Castro of Cuba, 84; Paul Biya of the Cameroons, 82; and Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine, 80, are still bona fide Heads of their various countries and are known to be performing State duties optimally.

Can we safely conclude that the old-age “syndrome” has caught up with President Buhari or that he is suffering from memory loss, relapse or dysfunction in view of embarrassing gaffes during his recent official visit to the United States of America (USA). During his “tete-a-tete” with President Barack Obama and other engagements of high-level talks, press conferences and even the meeting with US Nigerians Diaspora Organisation (NDO), the President had challenges of “accidental slips” which turned out to be diplomatically noticeable and very embarrassing! While discussing with President Obama he referred to his Party as the All Progressive Peoples Congress instead of All Progressives Congress (APC)!His host, a much young man at 53, also “mistakenly,” according to the US Press, referred to Nigeria as bringing peace and stability to the Eastern part of Africa instead of Western Africa!

President Buhari published an Op-ed ( a personal opinion column), which was detrimental and contrary to diplomatic norm and international best practice in the Washington Post which turned out to be a social mistake and an indictment to his own administration, in which he disclosed his plans to defeat terrorism and the Boko Haram insurgency, including his intention to appoint ministers in September, 2015!

The President also disclosed to Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), members in America and Canada at a parley the following information in which:

He accused former Nigerian ministers of selling about one million barrels of crude oil per day and of diverting the gains to personal accounts. He also alleged in the US that “250.000 barrels per day of Nigerian Crude are being stolen and people sell and put the money into individual pockets” adding that the US and other developed countries were assisting Nigeria to trace such accounts. “We will ask that such accounts to be frozen and prosecute the persons. The amount involved is mind-boggling…we will trace and repatriate such money and use the documents to prosecute them.” “As Minister of Petroleum, NNPC (i.e. Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation) had only two traceable accounts of payment to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), now everybody is doing anyhow.” He expressed doubt if fuel subsidy was ever removed; transport, housing and food prices would go out of control and the average worker would suffer untold hardship. Who is subsidizing who? They say “remove subsidy”….they want petrol to cost N500 naira per litre. “If you are working and subsidy is removed, you can’t control transport and market women, the cost of food, the cost of transport.” “I will study if there’s need to remove subsidy with my experience and see what I can do.” He lamented that “corruption in Nigeria has virtually developed into a culture where honest people are abused.”

*The most vexatious and inciting of all the US disclosures was the President’s analytical position on sharing formula of the dividends of democracy. There had been insinuations since APC’s victory at the 2015 polls that President Buhari “might punish States that did not vote for him”? At the an interactive session at the US Institute of Peace (USIP), in answer to what would become of the Niger Delta amnesty programme and the issue of INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT, the President said as follows: “I hope you have a copy of the election results. Literally, constituencies, for example that gave me 97% cannot in all honesty be treated, on some issues, with constituencies that gave me 5%. I think these are political realities. While Certainly, there will be justice for everybody but well, the parties in constituencies that by sheer hard work got their people to vote and ensured that their votes counted, they must feel that the government has appreciated the effort they put in putting the government in place. I think this is really fair.” *All of the above very sensitive and confidential information that should have been treated exclusively as closed-door high-level briefing for the Nigerian capable and efficient anti-crime, anti-graft/security agencies, bureaucrats and technocrats, were all divulged to the hostile outside world first hand, for reasons that are still baffling to the citizenry which was directly affected through the unsavoury, very unpalatable and shameful exposures!

What were the intentions of Mr. President for exposing such damaging, detestable, despicable and discreditable characteristics of his country bad eggs to the Americans who had despised and virtually abandoned Nigeria for reasons of endemic corruption and very appalling human rights records!

Why did he decide to “wash the dirty linens” of his country before those who snubbed and disrespected her? We are prone to believe that President Buhari’s gaffes at the United States, at the G 7 Meeting in Germany and those that occurred during the heated presidential electioneering campaigns were exhibitions of the frailties, fallibilities and imperfection of the human species which must depend on divine support of knowledge and wisdom to perform creditably, optimally and at full capacity! In spite of all these discreditable and undiplomatic unguarded speeches against his country and citizens, President Buhari who was denied the most desirable arms deal request to defeat Boko Haram now sulked and castigated the United States as saboteurs who had “aided and abetted” the terrorists to continue the spate of deadly bombings and incessant killings by the group to date! According to the Council of Foreign Relation’s Nigeria security tracker, over 2.600 people have been killed by Boko Haram since January 2015! Now what about the “very inciting and castigating statement” on marginalization of and the dichotomy between States which voted massively to ensure Mr. President’s success at the polls and those that did not and the very blunt insinuation that he would cater for and favour some States more than others in the distribution of the dividends of democracy?

Tongues have begun to wag! The South-East and South-South States Nigerians have already read several meanings - including, religious, tribalism, nepotism and unacceptable marginalization from the scheme of governance at the centre and are also warming up to protest if the President carried the resolved agenda! Can we safely pass this position of the first citizen and father of the nation as senile delusion? No! As far as we can decipher all the CODES in all of the speeches, we strongly believe that the President was only going through a teething problem that was bound to occur in-between the first and the subsequent 99days on the hot seat of presidency which requires all of mental and physical capabilities of the incumbent!

President Buhari needs the prayers and counselling of all Nigerian citizens for him to overcome the avalanche of economic, social, corruptive tendencies and insecurity challenges that resulted through bad governance of the past 16 years! He cannot afford to fail God who chose him above other contenders for the exalted position.

The following is a message from the Throne of Grace for President Muhammadu Buhari:

“For this purpose to purge Nigeria my country from all filthiness, adulteration, and corruption of the past and present her, holy and acceptable to me, have I chosen you. You are not too old for the assignment, otherwise, I would have rejected you. You are also neither slow nor sluggish, you are on the right track for I am Your Guiding Light. Do not listen to the detractors or the opposition which are bereft of ideas, but remain focussed and also follow my directives and definitely you will surprise the world as you turn the fortune of Nigeria around in the next FOUR years to be rated among the first 20-20-20 economically viable nations of the 21st Century.

“When I called Abraham at 75 years of age, he performed creditably and became the father of faith and my friend. “I called Moses at 80 to take a stubborn and stiff-necked nation to the Promised Land and he fulfilled his assignment, overcame all challenges and obtained the crown of glory. “I instructed Noah at the age of 280 to construct the ARK which saved your present generation on DRY LAND, he obeyed and when I released rains over the wicked world of that period, he and the chosen vessels were saved and he recorded a total of 950 years on earth before I recalled him! “Keep my inspirational WORD which says, ‘All things work together for good for those who love God and who are the called according to His purpose;’ to heart and you will also succeed as your predecessors” “I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN!” Amen.

The doctrine of Equal Share according to the biblical King David in: I Samuel. 30:21-31, must be judiciously employed by the President to pacify all stakeholders of the Nigerian contract! Or was the following US speech an “afterthought”?

“By the Constitution, no State can be excluded from government, so there is no way even if I want to show gratitude to those constituencies that voted for me and those that did’nt even vote for me, they have the protection of government. “And I have made an undertaking that, ‘I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody’. If I come clear and show and marginalize a certain group because they did’nt vote for me, then I have already contradicted myself. And I am sure people will be quick to pick that.”

Mr. President could not have said it better and we do hope that those who are already picking holes in the “lopsided appointments” which has favoured the “Muslim North” will bury the hatchet and patiently wait for other appointments that would favour them too. President Buhari will be divinely guided!

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

[For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com

OBAMA'S FENCE-MENDING DIPLOMATIC INVITATION TO NIGERIA !

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 101. 19th july, 2015.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). OBAMA’S FENCE-MENDING DIPLOMATIC INVITATION TO NIGERIA!

The emergence of Buhari as Nigeria’s divinely favoured President and the nation’s miraculous victory over America’s false prophecy of total break up of Nigeria by the year 2015 has now precipitated an unusual invitation of Nigeria for unsolicited bi-lateral high-level talks in Washington’s White House!

Repentance, a strategic attitude to salvation was the first step which President Obama and his cabinet had taken to mend fences with Nigeria (Giant of Africa), which they despised and disdained during her days of economic, insecurity and social challenges of the past administration from 2009-2015.

It is no longer news that during those harrowing period of Nigeria’s history, America virtually abandoned Nigerian citizens to their horrible fate of a very bad government which bred and nurtured its uneducated youths to become thugs and miscreants who metamorphosed into insurgents and terrorists whom the new administration is still struggling to rout!

The United States, from time immemorial had been Nigeria’s closest trading partner after Great Britain and a very close ally in security matters to the developing nation which grappled with a 30-month-old civil war shortly after independence.

America might have strong reasons against Nigeria, which according to sources included:

*Imposition of unpopular government on the poor hapless masses;

*Maladministration, ineptitude and impunity of people in authority;

*Deliberate abandonment of the principles and doctrine of the Rule of Law;

*Institutionalized corruption at all levels of government;

*Marginalization and deprivation of Nigerian Youths from basic necessities of life - especially EDUCATION; etc, those misgivings were not sufficient for them to “throw away the baby with the birth water”!

An English adage says, “A friend in need is a friend indeed!”To date, Nigeria is still in the process of diversifying from the crude-oil mono-product to agriculture and mining of mineral resources to augment her foreign exchange earnings which had been depleted through global downturn of oil prices now at its lowest ebb!

Precisely at the beginning of that period in 2014, the United States, the top most importer of Nigeria’s crude, cancelled all import agreements and left the nation “high and dry” all in an effort to compound both economic and security issues and bring the entire nation into confusion, anarchy and civil disobedience - coupled with Boko Haram insurgency - in order to actualize the doom prophecy!

President Buhari inherited all of the above, the non-payment of workers’ salaries in arrears of seven months and a virtually empty treasury, but to the glory of God, Buhari who is an acceptable leader most endeared to majority of Nigerians is now being wooed by AMERICA with economic and security enticements! What an irony of fate?

As at the time of this publication, President Buhari, at the invitation of his American counterpart had travelled on a 4-day official visit to Washington D.C., the United States capital to hold high-level talks with President Obama and very senior officials of the US Government. Topmost on the agenda would be those issues which the United States previously reneged upon; War against terrorism; Institutionalised corruption and Improved trade relations with the USA. Intensification of bilateral and international co-operation against terrorism in Nigeria and West Africa.

*In order to show complete remorse and penitence, President Obama, would break Tradition to host President Buhari at the Blair House, the official guest House of the American President, right opposite the White House, at no cost to the Nigerian Government - a clear departure from the American Government’s attitude to visiting Heads of State, particularly, Nigerian leaders!

*To the ignorant, lame and myopic mind, the United States still held the aura and charisma of being the world “lone super power” but this notion had long been erased by emerging world super power like The People’s Republic of China! The holy truth is that the US lost its position of being a super power the moment it “subtly master-minded the collapse of populist governments of the Soviet Union in 1991!” The God in whom America trusts cannot be mocked or deceived, because, “whatever a man or nation sows, that he would harvest in abundant multiplication.” Russia, the successor nation to the Union Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR), was admitted to the G8 Group (most industrialized nations of the world), in 1997 following the collapse of the Communist predecessor, under the leadership of President Boris Yeltsin and had since been the thorn in the flesh of the United States.

Without the Allied Forces, the United States Army is a “lame duck” unable to usurp the self-conceited appellation of “world police nation” and without China’s export commodities America’s economy would be in “shambles”! For how long would US continue to cling precariously to the exalted position of being a lone super power which is being seriously contested with the amount of production and quality of commerce and merchandise from other emerging super powers (The Asian Tigers), like Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea? As of 2015, Russia is currently suspended from the Group of 8 because of its unruly and undiplomatic attitudes especially illegal and unconstitutional incursions into former Soviet Union confederates like Croatia and Eastern part of Ukraine which are virtually annexed to Russia! Last week 17th July, 2015, the world mournfully marked the one year anniversary of the Malaysian flight 17 passenger plane crash which killed 295 people and strongly-believed to have been shot down by Russian-sponsored rebels who have successfully annexed Eastern Ukraine to Russia since April 2014! Apart from joint “stringent” economic sanctions with other members of the G8, United States could not take up arms against Russia to rescue the poor and down-trodden masses, who are subjected to adopt cultures and traditions other than theirs as they did to save Kuwait from Iraq between August 1990 to February 1991?

Nigeria’s foreign policy thrust since independence was hinged on a non-alignment doctrine, therefore, no amount of enticement or coaxing by the Barack Obama Administration during all of the discussions, Nigeria wields the prerogative to associate and trade with whichever nation or nations she pleases without let or hindrance. *We thank God that President Muhammadu Buhari is happily married and Nigeria is legally insulated from same-sex or gay marriages! * China, Japan, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and a host of other economic blocs are on ground in Nigeria are partnering in all areas of reorientation, rehabilitation, reconstruction and the restructuring of Nigeria’s new economic diversification through genuine bi-lateral agreements without hidden agendas or strings attached!

President Barak Obama of the United States of America will wind down from office from November 2016 without stepping the Nigerian soil nor effecting any meaningful economic or substantial military assistance to the last Jonathan’s administration from 2010-2015, so, it is yet to be seen the kind of trade or security compensation he intended to dole out before he departs office! The United States of America would always put its money where its mouth is; it would stop at nothing to employ all artillery of diplomatic weapons to remain the universally acknowledged and unquestionable number one world power broker capable of manipulating other nations for economic advantages and simultaneously pretending to being dependable and faithful allies! *Did you know that Nigeria is now blessed with tonnes of tonnes of liquefied gas and is now a major producer in the world; and you expect America not to woo Nigeria through the doctrine of “you rub my back, and I rub yours!” *Although US spokespersons at different forums denied the 2015 doom prophecy and credited it to the figment of the imagination of rumour peddlers, it is on record that apart from America’s master-mind of the demise of the Soviet Union, it had militarily invaded several weaker nations like Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Cuba and not too long ago, made a subtle move to tinker with Gambia’s independence! In all these countries, the US had deep-rooted economic/military interests to their advantage! For instance, in past times, the US Government: Through its subsidiaries explored and exploited crude oil from Nigeria at great advantages and beneficial profits, but today has no need for the crude since it became the largest world oil producer in the world followed by Saudi Arabia. Trade relation was lopsided as Nigeria was and still import-dependent instead of being export -driven within the contractual economic agreement. The Obama administration tried very hard to convince Nigeria to become a homosexually promiscuous nation as obtains in America where same sex marriage has been legalized by the Supreme Court! US flaunted Nigeria’s shameful global scorecard index as the most corrupt nation, to excuse itself from any form of economic, security and political obligations even during the volatile periods of Boko Haram assaults, before during and after the 2015 General Elections.

*Mr. Thomas Jefferson, one of America’s founding fathers and third President of the United States once said and we quote; “ I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot be hid forever.”

The United States should graciously co-operate with The People’s Republic of China as the emerging economic superpower because a remarkable 44per cent of Americans believe so according to a recent survey for the following reasons: Over the last several decades, China provided an ideological counterpart to the United States, doing business in its push for oil with unsavoury regimes like Iran and Sudan that democracies traditionally would not work with. Now China is gaining influence with America’s closest allies too. During the universal economic melt-down and financial crisis, China doled out billions in contracts in Great Britain and France. In 2009, it surpassed the US to become the largest trading partner of both Japan and Brazil and conducted more than $100 billion US dollars per annum in trade with both the Middle East and Africa, In Africa alone it has laid down highways and other infrastructure projects which about 750.000 Chinese workers are on ground to execute. Successive Chinese Presidents have Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with World Bank to move Textile Factories from Southern China to Africa as no Western aid money had ever been able to do. About 70 per cent of Chinese conglomerates have planned to use the downturn of world economy to speed up their international expansion, using both acquisitions and organic growth and would specifically tap into the US and Western Europe with their cash wealth. China has transformed into a hotbed of innovation over the years without copying foreign technologies because it has become the main recipient of venture capital money in clean technology. Government is addressing soaring health care costs by reducing pollution and is actively encouraging foreign investment to follow suit. China has spent $9billion US dollars per month in the past five years on clean energy research and has now become the world’s largest producer of solar and wind energy and is already exporting this technology to the United States which is presently being harnessed to build a 36.000 acre wind farm in Texas! China as member of the G -20 group of nations has become more powerful economically over the years and is also exerting political power to push for effective responses to the world financial crisis because this emerging super power is crucial to the world economy with its ever-growing financial clout among the comity of nations. Due to China’s economic influence G-20 is formally replacing the G-8 as the main economic meeting of wealthy nations. China may not be as wealthy as the US and Japan presently but these two nations must begin to lose sleep over the determined and aggressive economic strategy of this unmistakably emerging super power’s influence in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general! *What will Buhari bring out of this US tour? We expect nothing short of truthful deliberations that would establish US presence and sincere supply of military hardware that were once withheld, with a view to annihilating insurgency once and for all if they would remain our partners in progress; but they should be ready for stiff competition with the CHINESE!

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

[For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 100. 12th july, 2015.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

100th EDITION

NIGERIA MUST NEVER NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS!

The driving forces behind the economies of world powers like America, Britain, France and Russia are the strong, reliable and dependable security institutions structured to fight crimes, criminalities and create conducive business environment for smooth governance! These institutions were deliberately planned and established over the years to uphold the tenets of democracy and entrench the judicial exercise of rule of law! They are the security organizations legally constituted and saddled with specific duties and responsibilities of ensuring that the letters and spirit of the social contracts with the citizens remained sacrosanct! In other disciplines like education, medicine, finance/accounting, engineering, science/technology and peace/conflict resolutions, there are also institutionalised credible organisations of world repute which have carved their niche and are no push-over! We will restrict this piece to the imperative but very sensitive operations of Security/Intelligence gathering and Counter Terrorism Institutions because of their integrated significance to the very existence of any polity!

*Establishments like the London Metropolitan Police, MI5, The Scotland Yard, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Israeli Defence Force (IDF), Israeli Intelligence Agency (Mossad), US Army and Navy Seals and a host of others are strong institutions which have outlived Heads of States, Presidents, Kings and Queens, and Captains of Industries. *The London Metropolitan Police successfully tracked down two thieving Nigerian Governors, one of whom is still serving jail terms in London prisons with some members of his family. *The greatest hostage rescue in history code-named “Operation Entebbe,” was achieved by the Israeli Army which successfully released 102 Israeli and Jewish hostages during the famous Ugandan Entebbe Airport, night rescue operation which lasted for 90minutes on 4th July, 1976! A week earlier on 27th June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the German Revolutionary Cells and flown to Uganda. *It very instructive to note that with all the recent threats of nuclear genocide by IRAN against ISRAEL, the Jewish nation (with its scores of very strong security and intelligence institutions) had remained unperturbed but warned its aggressor of the shame of imminent and consequences of defeat in the event of any attack! *It on record that this same Iran engaged IRAQ (a sovereign State as Israel) in some war of attrition for over ten years but could not prevail!

*Shortly before the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 Twin Towers and other simultaneous attacks on the United States, a high level, top secret combined US Security Operatives, trapped and killed the supposedly invincible Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda terrorist acclaimed leader who had escaped several arrests, at a remote location in Pakistan. Nineteen militants associated with the Islamic extremist group hijacked and commandeered four commuter airliners jets which they converted to guided missiles to carry out suicide attacks against targets in the United States on September 11, 2001: *Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City; *A third plane hit the Pentagon nerve centre of the US military just outside Washington D.C. and caused devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building killing 125 military personnel and civilians in the Pentagon along with all 64 passengers aboard the ill-fated airliner! *The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania on that deadliest day in the history of the United States as a nation! Although the synchronized simultaneous attacks of 9/11 in which over 3000 people, 400 Police Officers and Fire Fighters were killed, dealt a devastating blow on the military prowess, shook the intelligence network sagacity of the United States Government to its very foundation and forced a dent on its acclaimed status as a World Power, President George W. Bush did not yield to the Islamic terrorists al-Qaeda demands to release their very dangerous members, detained in several cells in the US! *The following were some of the terrorist grouses against the US Government: Firstly, they accused the US of supporting Israeli political interests against the Palestinians’; Secondly, al-Qaeda accused US of involvement in the Persian Gulf War triggered by Late Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein who aggressively annexed the neighbouring State of Kuwait to his country early August 1990, and which eventually attracted Western Nations intervention allied coalition forces led by US Army in January 1991! Thirdly, the terrorists criticized US continued Military presence in the Middle East. *Do these haters of peace and of organized societies have the “loci” (any particular position) to challenge the authority and sovereignty of legitimate States organised and by credible, legal and constitutional minds and have become Republics for ages?

Can the Republic of Nigeria boast of strong security intelligence and counter terrorism institutions of the likes of their foreign counterparts? We hardly think so for such reasons as political partisanship to which the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Police Force have been immersed since 1966! They virtually took over the political space as military Heads of State, Regional and State Governors, Military Administrators, State Commissioners, Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) - one of them even wore the toga of military President! In the process of about 30years Nigeria built up a very strong Military/Civilian Joint Task Force (MCJTF) and in almost 55 years of Independence from the British Colonial masters, the country still grapples with the challenges of insurgency and terrorism and how to overcome the pride and brazen effrontery of Boko Haram sponsors and financiers! We believe it was high time that the new Administration of President Buhari give marching orders to the Defence/Police High Commands to re-build, re-organize refurbish and re-orientate the Armed Forces/Police and transform them to the strong institutions of international repute for which they were identified before Independence and into the first five years of freedom from Britain! Nigeria needs to build up strong institutions out of the existing Armed Forces Commandos, the intelligence gathering and anti-crime agencies of the Special Secret Service (SSS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Nigeria Police Mobile Force and the Highway Patrol network across the nation, and fund them adequately in order to win the ongoing war against the Boko Haram terrorists!

* Any form of negotiation with terrorist will be a big slap on the face of the new, combined, formidable, determined, re-invigorated and encouraged security team, under the watchful eyes of Mr. President who is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria! How can the Boko Haram terrorists Cell which had destroyed thousands of lives, properties worth billions of naira and placed citizens on the edge for over a period five agonizing years brazenly turn round to demand release of detained ranking leaders of the militant group in prison incarceration in exchange for more than 200 girls earlier abducted between 2013-2014 in the war-torn North-East States of Bornu, Yobe and Adamawa! *The news making rounds is that President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired military General of great experience, could be willing to use the BAIT as a link to open a channel of dialogue and negotiation with the ruthless terrorists who slaughtered Nigerians citizens irrespective of age, religion, tribe, culture or gender like animals and posted such horrible and heinous crimes against humanity on internet videos and we opine that neither President Buhari nor any Nigerian Government Security Agency, individual or group, should ever dialogue or negotiate with Boko Haram terrorists for the following cogent, reasonable and truthful reasons: This terror group is on REVENGE MISSION. In October 2014, when the militants structure had virtually collapsed for shortage of military hardware supplies, their sponsors deceived the failed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Administration into a cease-fire agreement only to re-equip, refurbish, re-organize and re-group to unleash further havoc on the populace of that region! Chadian President was said to have negotiated on behalf of that administration at an Saudi Arabia location but from denials and rebuttals, it turned out to be a hoax and an easy avenue of BLOOD MONEY for the purported “negotiators”! Whosoever sponsored this new dialogue venture is a “mole” who wants to cash-in on the President’s inaugural speech which promised proper attention to the Chibok School girls issue with express dedication of resources at securing their release. Over 600 people have been killed since that inauguration speech; should they have killed more people before seeking the direction of negotiation? Between Saturday 4th, and Tuesday 7th July, 2015, alone, 400 deaths were recorded when terrorist suicide bombers struck in some remote villages of Bornu State, attacked a church in Potiskum, Yobe State, detonated twin bombs in Plateau State and also another attack in Zaria, Kaduna State. Let us assume Boko Haram key leaders are exchange as requested, what next? Would they go into limbo? Would they surrender or cease fire? The militants are out to BUY TIME and re-equip like previous times but this is the time to deal the decisive blow on these enemies of Nigeria, their sponsors and collaborators. What becomes of the Commander role of Nigeria in the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to which it is a signatory and to which millions of US dollars have been committed? Should our friendly neighbours who have shown such solidarity just pack their bags and baggage and return to their homelands while we negotiate with revengeful and unrepentant terrorists? God forbid! How had the United States, Britain, Israel and other serious foreign countries in Europe and Asia coped with insurgency and terrorism issues in their various nations without dinning with their enemies? The answer is simple; they built, sponsored and financed formidable security and intelligence gathering institutions of patriotic, fearless and dedicated men and officers who were well-motivated, as expressed in the opening analysis, to take extreme defence measures to defend their countries and citizens-even with their blood when unavoidable! These governments appropriate quality monies into the Defence, Security and Intelligence gathering sectors of their economies, procure, employ and install the latest, newest and top grade state-of-art technological equipments like the Satellite-controlled Close Circuit Television (CCTV), cameras, metal and bomb detectors, in all government structures, on the highways, streets, motor parks, amusement and fun-centres, including all shopping malls and open markets, public conveniences in all locations up to the rural areas! In addition these governments subsidized customized versions of these security gadgets, especially the CCTV cameras for all private and commercial residences, schools hospitals and health care centres!

The United States has 50 independent States and none is bereft of these the security devices that have helped to prevent, detect and solve crimes in its 239 years of independence! *Boston, Massachusetts marathon race bombing of 15th April, 2013 should serve as a recent and latest case study in crime detection through modern technology of the CCTV surveillance cameras which captured the two bombers before the dastard act was committed and was therefore faster to identify their get-away vehicle in which one of them died in a shoot-out with the police while the other who has now been sentenced to death was arrested within the vicinity three days later! We have on credible authority that a whooping sum of $470million US dollars was appropriated by the last PDP Administration to install CCTV cameras in the city centre including all the nooks and crannies of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), but to the surprise of the world at large, because neither images, photos nor surveillance video of the suicide bombers who invaded Abuja City and the satellite rural settlements for almost three consecutive years were recorded - they were mere elephant projects used to siphon monies from government vault into private pockets! It is not certain that official CCTV surveillance cameras are working successfully anywhere across the nation for the purposes of crime prevention and detection! This is Nigeria’s opportunity to go for the “KILL” and smash the Boko Haram Cell once and for all! They must not be allowed to regroup; their food supply network must be identified and blocked; their arms and ammunition supplies including communication links must be intercepted and cut off; they must not be given any breathing space at all! *We are aware that the erstwhile Chief Security Officer (CSO), has some explanations for President Buhari over the last 2014 One billion dollars appropriation for military hardware and the other tranche of $9.3 million dollars hard currencies now in the custody of the South African Government which suspected a crime of money laundering, the Commander-In-Chief, must as a matter of utmost priority release funds to his trusted military top notch through due process to address the very urgent supply of security hard and soft ware of CCTV and metal and bomb detectors, thermal imaging, etc., to the North East for faster intelligence gathering and crime detection to crush these enemies of the State of Nigeria without further delay! “If God be for us, who can be against us?” The Islamic terrorist groups of Syria and Libya are not spared by the US Army and the combined Arab Security Forces, because all these countries have developed their security institutions over the years to defend their citizens and territorial integrity whenever threatened! If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord.

[For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 99. 05-07-15.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

ARE APC’s DEFIANT LEGISLATORS CONSTITUTION COMPLIANT?

The presidential system adopted through Nigerian Constitutions since 1979 is of a federal structure which allows for a reasonable amount of autonomy of the three arms of government (Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary), which duties and responsibilities dove-tail into one another.

The legislature makes laws for compliance by all members of the society; the executive enforces the laws, while the judiciary interprets the laws. No arm is independent of the other in order to avoid or prevent excesses that might arise in the discharge of their various constitutional responsibilities.

For instance, for the executive to function optimally, it needed to be guided by laws that are formulated by the legislature. These laws would then need assent of the President who heads the executive to become Acts of Parliament that would guide national affairs. The judiciary which interprets the laws becomes the arbiter in instances of disputes between the executive and the legislature! This political arrangement guarantees that the three arms can be checkmated by one another to prevent a highly-centralised political power bloc in any arm or create avenue for overstepping their bounds or authorities while discharging functional and legitimate constitutional duties! Chapter IV, Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, stipulates that individual fundamental rights include “right to peaceful assembly and association for the protection of his interests” but apologists of the incumbent controversial principal officers at the National Assembly (NASS) have continuously hammered on one harmful thought, that the process that brought the ambitious men to office was a CLEAR MANIFESTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF DEMOCRACY AT ITS BEST FORM, because the Legislature was independent of All Progressives’ Congress (APC’s), Party supremacy while omitting the fact that the defiant group was not elected as independent candidates but on APC’s political platform! This wicked line of thought no doubt was flaunted to discredit the very foundation of the freedom of association which allows for equal rights and opportunities for every member of such co-operative organisation like a political party in which unified rights are expressed for collective gains and successes. Victory for APC at the recently concluded 2015 General Elections was not for an individual interest group or faction but a collective one for the party as one united body! Therefore, it would amount to sabotage, abuse of the political due process and an insult to the collective sensibilities of other party faithful for some group to break away to actualize inordinate ambitions of imposed leadership positions as it had turned out at the National Assembly (NASS), as opposed to Party’s consensus! *In his inaugural speech, President Buhari said he would not succumb to the whims and caprices of anyone in making policy decisions for good governance and that he was ready to work with the Legislature and its elected principal officers, without personal interference in the processes of their election, but never said that party supremacy should be sidelined, ignored or abused as it has turned out to be! Is it not an irony of fate that acts of indiscipline, impunity, disobedience to constitutional provisions, corruption, lack of due process in fiscal responsibility and accountability, greed, avarice and self-aggrandizement, which were the hallmarks of past administrations, have reared their ugly and horrible heads at a time when Nigerians looked forward to CHANGE of attitude in governance, character reformation and re-orientation? The diversionary scenario being witnessed is nothing short of a clandestine move to discredit APC’s leadership mandate and capabilities through the infiltration of strange political doctrines of the apologists of the erring faction!

Among the Aims and Objectives under Article 7 of the Constitution of All Progressives Congress (APC), officially registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and dated 19th December, 2013, are the following clauses: To sponsor eligible candidates and canvass for votes for elections into all elective offices in all tiers of government. Comment: APC fulfilled these obligations during the 2015 Legislative elections by requesting the Electorate to vote for the Party and not for the individual candidates that were fielded in other to ensure collective victory for the party as one unified body! To continuously pursue the implementation of the policies and programmes of the party through those of its members that are appointed or elected into government, legislative houses and Boards throughout the Federation. To promote and uphold the practice of internal democracy at all levels of The Party’s organisation. To institutionalize, maintain and foster representative democracy, discipline and strict observance of the Rule of Law in the Federation of Nigeria. Comment: The legislative faction that is now opposed to internal party democracy/supremacy was signatory to the above objectives!

Article 9 and 9.1, deal with Membership, and Eligibility/Registration, which stipulate that APC was open to any citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who had attained the age of 18 years and who accepted the aims and objectives of the Party provided that such a person was not a member of any other political party or any organisation whose policies and programmes were inconsistent with those of the Party.

9.2: Rules and Obligations: Members of the Party shall be obliged to affirm the Party’s aims and obligations and conduct themselves in a manner that shall not bring the party to public odium and disrepute and shall also observe the rules and regulations embedded in the Party’s Constitution.

9.3. (4): Rights and Privileges: Where a group or association joins the Party the Party shall welcome the group or association, but each member of such group or association shall register INDIVIDUALLY at their respective wards. Comment: We have taken the pains to educate all and sundry in respect of the true perspectives of the ideologies, constitutional provisions, the unambiguous, and established statutes (though we are non-partisan), which APC stands for and which we believe the Party was resolved to render with an unparalleled, patriotic and selfless service to the down-trodden! These ideals which are poised to re-kindle a deep sense of patriotism and spirit of nationalism in all Nigerians deserved a better deal than what had been exhibited thus far by “distinguished parliamentarians” in the last one month of the new administration! There was no portion of APC’s Constitution which expressly stated that any member was an ISLAND to himself or herself and could operate outside the confines of that legal and binding document.

It is therefore very imperative for the ruling Party to put its acts together and resolve this imbroglio by stopping the mouth of the “do-gooders, armchair critics and self-appointed apologists” who had ulterior motives to divide and create dents through which they could penetrate and destroy the very foundation of this divinely established administration!

Did it ever occur to the apologists that the surreptitious election of Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP’s), Ike Ekweremadu as Senate Deputy President was a strategic plan to infiltrate the rank and file of the APC’s Legislators in the Red Chambers and create the divisions that would be beneficial to PDP? How did Ali Ndume sail through to become Majority Leader instead of Ahmed Lawan who was constitutionally elected through APC’s Party primaries for the post if not for the PDP’s strategy that was in place?

President Buhari met with some members of the feuding legislators on 1st July, 2015, with a view to resolving the unwarranted assault against the party structures that supported them to achieve their political dreams! At the Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), meeting held on Friday, 3rd July, 2015, and which was attended by the Chairman, all APC Governors and the unconstitutionally-imposed principal officers of the National Assembly, he re-emphasized APC’s determination to sanitize the polluted and corrupted political environment inherited from past administrations and advised all members to respect PARTY SUPREMACY!

Although the Nigerian Electorate has been assured that a permanent and lasting solution would have been proffered to the “teething problem” before resumption of plenary on 21st July, 2015, they needed to be told the following HOME TRUTHS: That they had constituted odium to Party principles and shame to CHANGE ideology! That they were still masquerading in the garb of their former political party (PDP), and could not blend into the new order! Was it not very glaring that they were intoxicated by accumulated financial and material political gains with which they pulled off that stunt against their Party because “empty mouths would not make crunching noises”! APC’s Constitution to which they were signatories harped on Party Discipline and Party Supremacy over all members, including Mr. President; why would they constitute “the leaven that pollutes the dough”? The political scenario being witnessed is that of the Proud who had no fear of God and would desire and relish only in transient positions of authority to the detriment of the best or most qualified and most acceptable to the party or society; otherwise, why such desperation which involved the support of external forces to sabotage Party’s principles and ideologies with so much ignominy? Their antecedents revealed they were no mean men; - some of them were ex-governors of two-consecutive terms in office, while others were Chairmen of “juicy Committees” of NASS in the past 12 years and we are still counting! Is it not very glaring that the major driving force behind these very ambitious politicians is the love of money and more money which the Word of God says, is the root of all evil! We would not be surprised if in the nearest future, the Guinness World Book of Records spotlighted any of them as being richer than Nigeria!

*It is on record that the outlandish severance allowances of Governors in Nigeria included, but not limited to the following items: Two magnificent fully-furnished mansions, one in the State Capital and another in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Between N200-370million naira annual salary for life! Free medical service for life! Full paid annual vacation! Two state-of-the-art-vehicles, a Sports Utility Vehicle and a Saloon car. Numerous aides on State’s payroll! The same unreasonable, unjustifiable, insensitive and immoral severance allowances were also claimed by Legislative principal officers and others, who “retired” from office from 30th May, 2015, while workers, pensioners, teachers remain unpaid for months! Some of our fellow Nigerians who have grabbed new positions at the NASS were among these crop of “RETIREES”, WHO WERE NOT TIRED OF MAKING MUCH MORE MONEY; and for your information, this had been the trend since the 1999-2015 PDP democratic experience! When juxtaposed with President Buhari’s ambition for the presidency, it was obvious that these power drunks had nothing to offer neither the Nigerian Electorate which “voted” them into office nor APC’s as the party platform through which they achieved their ambitions, but to plot another four years of orchestrated deceits and unfulfilled promises! No one should be surprised to discover that they might just have also manipulated processes of their elections into the Red and Green Chambers respectively! THEY HAVE ONLY ONE CHOICE, TO SHIP IN OR SHIP OFF; OLD WINE IN A NEW WINE BOTTLE ARE STRANGE COMPANIONS! *President Buhari told Diaspora Nigerians domiciled in South Africa recently: “What brought me back is the love for my country…….I was afraid Nigeria could become a nation like Somalia which ‘self-centred elites’ had succeeded in turning into a war zone in the last 20 years!” Do these set of legislators also love Nigeria which they had plotted to turn upside-down just within a space of 30days in office? They are non-compliant to anyone or institution but to their ego! “Behold, the fear of the LORD is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.”

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations.

Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter,logonto: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 98. 28-06-15.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). INTERNAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CAN NOT BE WISHED AWAY!

Although a nation-wide spontaneous jubilation greeted the presidential directive on the dismantling of military road blocks across Nigeria’s entire road networks on Monday, 22nd June, 2015, the insistence of some Governors that insurgency volatile areas be exempted from the blanket ban should be taken with all seriousness for soldiers to continue with legitimate and constitutional internal security operations!

Nigerian Soldiers manning a Security check point.

While the Commander-In-Chief is sensitive to the hardship and pains inflicted upon citizens through the gridlock caused by road blocks the governors would not wish away the fact that they still needed military presence to maintain effective defence against Boko Haram terrorism, yet to be completely defeated in the North East and parts of North Central Geo-political Zones of the nation!

President Buhari.

Military incursion into politics in January 1966 led to almost 30 years of martial rule which had turned the soldiers into an integral part of the Nigerian society and saddled with domestic chores of varying degrees that should be fulfilled from time to time.

The Nigerian Military presently has Six Divisions and several battalions spread across the nation, which presence had always given security confidence to the populace.

Responsibilities of the Nigerian Army include:

First: to protect Nigeria’s borders and her territorial integrity in times of internal or external aggression, crisis, environmental disasters and the overall protection of the Nigerian citizens.

Second: to promote Nigeria’s global interest in peace-keeping mission, operations/initiatives, and to supply humanitarian aids to such regions in need.

The domestic responsibilities of soldiers include but not limited to the following:

Aid civilian population during environmental disasters of storms, floods, earthquakes, landslides etc. Construct local bridges, make-shift shelters in war-torn conflict areas, assist in restoration of vital services like electricity, portable water, clearing of blocked roads, search and rescue of hostages etc. When riots or other forms of civil unrest threaten national security which could not be contained by the Police Force, the Army was always approached for necessary support to restore and maintain law and order. It is on record that Nigerian soldiers had always performed creditably, both at domestic and international levels since independence and even in all of the road block assignments, had proved to be friendlier than other security operatives. In the last 16 years of the new democratic dispensation, all government activities of hiring and firing were always “WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT,” an inheritance of military mentality which had been imbibed subconsciously by the “bloody civilians” to borrow the military parlance! An African adage states that a weeping person should intuitively maintain stable sight to carry out other chores; meaning that, tears should not impair the eye-sight or sense of reasoning! The plight of the Governors should be understood from the true perspective that government structures and citizens in those regions were still insecure in spite of military presence which must now be intensified more than ever for the needed peace to reign and for economic and social needs to endure. The military Command Centre has been moved to the North East as earlier directed by Mr. President in his inaugural speech and that automatically excludes the zone from the blanket disbandment order! The Federal Capital Territory (FTC), residents were the most favoured in this gridlock bail-out by the Federal Government considering the fact that since 2010 when the first Boko Haram twin bomb blasts hit the Eagle Square vicinity on the 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations and the Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Mammy Market, Abuja, very close to the Presidential Villa, the city had been virtually “LOCKED DOWN” with military road blocks/check points on every stretch of road! The need for heavy security protection cannot be over emphasized. Being the seat of the Federal Government, it would tantamount to a taboo for insurgents to take over the city due to security dereliction or lapses although in spite of all the efforts, the following terrorists attacks were still perpetrated between 2010and 2014: The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House Abuja, which is a stone throw from the Three Arms Zone which houses the Parliament and Presidential Buildings. The Roman Catholic Church at Madala, on the outskirts of Abuja; The United Nations Building, in Abuja’s Central Area; Nyanyan, (Abuja suburb) Park Bus Station twin bomb blast between April and May, 2014 respectively; Wuse, Abuja Central Area Shopping Centre bomb blasts in June 2014; Co-ordinated bomb attacks on This Day Newspapers Offices in Abuja and Kaduna in June 2014!

Aftermath of The UN office Bombing in Abuja.

Except for the Independence Day bomb attack, claimed to have been perpetrated by Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), all other attacks were claimed by Boko Haram insurgents! Abuja residents had to rejoice because, in spite of all security precautions through the road blocks, the terrorists still manipulated their way into the territory to perpetrate havocs to prove that those measures were inconsequential! Then, why would the poor masses be subjected to the twin burdens of spending precious man-hours daily on the road only for the insurgents to still have bombs detonated on their habitations? The advantages of military road blocks in times of insecurity cannot be underestimated and in spite of the ripple effects of inconveniences, they should be employed and dismantled as occasions demanded. The Commander-In-Chief did not create a vacuum because military road blocks were immediately replaced with Police internal security mechanisms which the Inspector General of Police has constituted into the Highway Patrol Management Team. Already about 457 patrol vehicles manned by well-trained police officers had been deployed for security duties across the country while more vehicles were being awaited. *What does it entail to handle the internal security of a nation like Nigeria which civil unrest/insurgency/ terrorism had devastated for over five years? A cursory investigation into Nigeria’s circumstances of internal disturbances has revealed the lack of patriotic zeal and deliberate political will of past administrations to give equal rights and opportunities to all citizens, (of all ages), as entrenched in the Nigerian Constitution thereby creating jealousy, envy, rancour, rivalry, animosity, quarrel or dissent between the over 250 ethnic groups and when not quickly redressed, deeply-rooted anger metamorphosed into civil disturbances, insurrection, insurgency or full-blown terrorism that would demand greater security tactics to handle!

Internal Security (IS) operations are defined as any military or para-military role, which involves primarily the maintenance and restoration of law and order and essential services in the face of civil disturbances and disobedience through the application of minimum force. Effective IS operations should deal with minor or major civil disorders bothering on political instigations that could lead to revolts or rebellion attributable to both internal/external factors, as we have witnessed in Nigeria in recent times to forestall the consequences of economic and infrastructural breakdown! Now that the Nigeria Police Force has been re-saddled with its statutory duties as the conventional force and traditional institution charged with the onerous responsibility of maintaining law and order, the protection of life and property, the prevention of crimes, and prosecution of offenders, how would it function effectively alone in 33 out of the 36 States without the joint support of the military? We believe that officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force are adequately trained for such challenges of internal security if patriotic zeal, integrity and righteous leadership qualities are emphasized within the top hierarchy in the discharge of their functions, duties and responsibilities! The Force had performed creditably outside the shores of Nigeria with international encomiums and the United Nations accolades to show for it; therefore, given the present circumstance in which state-of-the-art patrol vehicles equipped with high technology communication devices and sophisticated/modern equipments/ logistics coupled with good leadership incentives are in place, brilliant performances should be envisaged.

Nigeria Police Force Officers on Peace Keeping Assingment.

*In addition, Citizens co-operation in respect of crime prevention and detection through requisite information gathering must be given high priority attention in order to ensure steady and continuous successes in all fronts of their operations of internal security. The professional training of the Police Mobile Force (PMF), must also be brought to fore since its primary function was to intervene and quell internal disturbances in form of riots or civil unrests like workers and students protests. Positive results should also be recorded through well-co-ordinated surveillance and the deployment of stop and search patrol technology into internal operation activities. In other climes, a Third Force, similar to Nigeria’s PMF was usually established to address internal security issues like racial or tribal rivalry, religious intolerance, maladministration and corruption by government, famine and poverty, lack of agricultural, educational and social planning, socio-economic grievances, ideological and political differences, student unionism exuberances, pay differentials, and industrial upheavals, because majority of most developing countries, are poorly educated and are indifferent to problems outside of their daily chores and environment. The individual downtrodden and illiterate citizen who could neither comprehend nor appreciate the main reasons or causes for his predicament in life, his misery, poverty, social and backward economic state, was prone to become an easy prey to be manipulated at will by politicians, enemies of the State or saboteurs to foment trouble in the polity. We have every reason to believe that this new government is poised to reverse the trend of insecurity that berthed Boko Haram, renew hope in the hopeless, resuscitate the spirit of patriotism and give equal opportunities that would ignite the fire of nationalism above selfish interests. The Word of Wisdom says, “A stitch in time saves nine.” 469 Legislators versus 170 million Nigerian Citizens! No one needs a soothsayer to tell the renegades among the present crop of Nigerian Legislators in the National Assembly (NASS), that the battle line has been drawn between them and the Electorate that “voted” them to serve the nation! Any river or stream that despises its source was bound to dry up just as any dog that ignores the command whistle of the master hunter would be lost in the forest and become prey to predators! *Party supremacy through internal democracy mechanism as entrenched in APC’s Constitution must prevail at all times, especially now that a handful of rebels had hijacked the instruments of power at the legislative level! *God cannot be deceived, whatsoever that a man sows, that he would surely reap, but in multiplication! *Why was it so difficult for these “distinguished” parliamentarians to forget that their former parties which collapsed to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), are DEAD and BURIED according to extant laws of the land? *Why would those who are now bent on wrecking the APC with impunity, think that they are now superior and independent of the Electorate who are the majority and possess the sovereign power to hire and fire? *Have they forgotten the RECALL clause of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution which can be invoked at short notice?

House Members in a RowdySession.

Now that the polygamous children of the mixed multitude have now been openly identified through their inordinate lust for carnal power, it will be very easy to sift and flush them out of the CHANGE system because they belonged to the old order of past administrations which is anathema! If they thought that this new administration would follow the corrupt pattern of the past, they better have a re-think because there would be no monies to share from the MDA’s for oversight functions, nor illegal fat salaries/allowances and the massive loots in the name of quarterly Constituency allowances paid directly to legislators in the past! It is written, “Every tree that is not planted by God in the present administration of the APC must be uprooted and cast into the furnace,” The ball is now in the courts of the States that produced these new set of power mongers to blot out their names from the registers and initiate immediate proceedings to recall them as they resume plenary on 21st June 2015, before they adulterate the entire laudable programmes of the amiable President whom they had neither shown respect nor obeisance! The Word of God says: “Any one whose name was not found in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire.” (Revelation 20:15).Would they repent before it is too late? Nothing shall be impossible for the LORD to achieve! Amen If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/

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ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 97. 21-06-15.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

PROTAGONISTS OF STATE CREATION HAVE BEEN DEFEATED! The penchant and craving for the creation of new States by various interest groups in the Nigerian polity through arguments of marginalization based on egotism, tribal sentiments and rivalry can no longer hold sway as most of the existing 36 States had failed the litmus test of accountability and economic viability! Twenty-two All Peoples’ Congress (APC) governors, converged in Abuja (cap-in-hand), on Tuesday 16th June, 2015, to beg for Federal bail-out because of failure to pay workers salaries/pension allowances for upwards of six/seven months in arrears! These were the same States which met the criteria for creation either by military fiat or the Nigerian 1999 Constitution in which Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from human capital development, natural and material resource, were key pre-requisites for successful take-off of new States! Governors of the bankrupt states who intimidated Mr. President last week with these obnoxious demands had probably lost their Party Manifesto or forgot to revise the promises in respect of the masses welfare and social contracts concerning good employment opportunities and regular living wages before embarking on the thoughtless adventure - a communication that could have been handled through diplomatic portfolio. It is inconceivable to think that debtors would employ the flamboyant lifestyle of flying private jet aircrafts to request for loans as was witnessed in Abuja recently instead of first disposing such luxury liabilities to offset their workers salary arrears!

These politicians said in a communiqué that they were not unmindful of the nation’s economic situation and dwindling revenue which had rubbed off negatively on the people but still believed that the Federal Government held the miracle solution to their predicament which they realized was a result of poor management of immediate past administration!

No wonder, they had no “palliatives” in place except to go a-borrowing!

Did you remember the saga of a four-month ill-motivated and controversial 2014 National Conference organized by the last administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which gulped over N8 billion naira of tax-payers money in delegates allowances but ended with the recommendation of the creation of additional 18 States for the six geo-political zones to complement the existing 36, and with a view to “correcting imbalances” in the monthly sharing formula of crude oil proceeds deposited in the Federation Account, though very few of these States could be adjudged as economically viable to meet the demands and needs of their citizens! Antagonists of more States creation who suggested the merger or collapse of present State structure to form Regions as in the past were proved right with the recent development in which the aforementioned States and some in the PDP camp were unable to pay workers salaries and meet other social commitments.

A recent statistics report from the Debt Management Office (DMO), shows that the total public debt profile of both the Federal Government and the 36 States of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), totalled N11.24trillion as 31st December 2014. Splitting the grand total into debts, owed by the various tiers of government showed that the Domestic debt profile of the Federal Government totalledN7.9 trillion at the end of 2014 while its External indebtedness was $6.445.631.547.93. The States Domestic debt component stood at N1.71trillion as at 31st December, 2014, while their External debt was $3.266.817.562.07.

With a debt profile of $1.169.712.848.66, Lagos State, was the most externally indebted in 2014 and was followed by Kaduna with, $234.416.052.15; Cross Rivers, $131.469.661.94; Edo, $123.128.295.53; and Ogun State, $109.154.553.08. The least exposed States in terms of external debts, according to DMO are Taraba with, $22.780.063.89; Borno, $23.067.549.16; Delta, $24.233.639.67; Plateau, $30.947.579.75; and Yobe, $31.237.619.25.

From all of the foregoing statistics, who should borrow from whom? We believe that the States should have collectively bailed out the Federal Government by off-setting at least half of its domestic debts being a brand new government which is alien to debt matters! But it is not to be so!

At Independence on 1st October, 1960, Nigeria’s geographical landscape was bequeathed with three distinct Regions: namely, North, East and West, by the British colonial masters, who in their wisdom believed that with an engendered co-operation between the founding fathers, the nation would achieve economic viability in no time. Contrary to popular opinion that the North was deliberately foisted on the South in the scheme of political power game, credit must be given to the British management team of that time which perceived the imperative necessity for mutual co-operation between land-locked North and sea-favoured South. Before the amalgamation of the North and South in 1914, the economic potentials of both regions had been identified and the need for the transportation of the abundant cash crops consisting majorly of groundnuts, millets, cotton, soya beans etc. for overseas exportation with the cocoa, rubber, palm oil and coal in the South, was perfected through the construction of rail-road links in addition to the existing road and bridges network. Between 1st October, 1960, and 27th May, 1967, when the second Military Head of State General Yakubu Gowon, created 12 States out of the existing Three Regions and the Mid-West, (created 9th August, 1963), Nigeria was an economically stable and viable nation with rapid advancement in the areas of infrastructures - the building and construction industries, engineering, agriculture, technology and textiles; and with great emphasis for the need for compulsory education of the youths who would in the long run administer the nation!

The first Military Head of State, Major General Aguiyi-Ironsi, was the beneficiary of a military coup hatched by officers, mostly of the Southern Ibo Tribe extraction on 15th January, 1966, while a counter coup master-minded by officers of the Northern Hausa Tribe extraction, produced Yakubu Gowon on 29th July, 1966, and a seed of discord or perceived marginalization among ethnic groups was introduced into the polity! Nigeria was embroiled in an unfortunate 30-month-old civil war (6th July 1967-11th January, 1970), to stop the Eastern Region from seceding and there now exists 36 States in the Federal Republic. Should any sane mind agitate for the creation of a new State again? Our answer is an emphatic NO!

APC And The Rest Of Us!

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), for the first time kept its promise of clearing vehicular queues from all filling stations across the nation between Sunday 14th June, 2015, and Wednesday, 17th June, 2015, through its group managing director who ordered the release of a continuous supply of a reserve of 1.5 billion litres of the premium motor spirit into the market! Sources from NNPC revealed that the Warri and Port Harcourt Refineries were already producing at about 60 percent capacity and would go higher as crude supply increased; while the turn- around maintenance for the Kaduna Refinery would soon be completed.It is envisaged that the importation of finished products would fizzle out gradually and the subsidy scam would become a dead issue! The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has also hit the ground running after eight consecutive years (2007-2015), of incarceration by an administration which believed that stealing did not tantamount to corruption!Former State Governors who were “sacred cows” and would have gotten away with looted funds and properties were being arrested and taken to courts of competent jurisdiction for trial and subsequent convictions if found guilty. Although the expectations of the citizens who voted President Muhammadu Buhari to power are very high, they now see reason in the cautious approach of choosing a cabinet of men and women of integrity and pedigree which must not disappoint Nigerians. Did Mr. President say that he was too old to rule Nigeria? No! What he said was that with the kind of the high demands of him by the electorate, he would have wished he were a younger and agile man who would meet such demands, strength for strength! Let us give it to Mr President who is just about three weeks in office for many laudable achievements in this short period of time. He has tackled the germane and recalcitrant issue of the Boko Haram terrorism headlong, both locally and internationally and has contributed $100million dollars into the operation kitty of the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), comprising of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroun; with a Nigerian Major General as Commander based in Chad Republic. Right now Mr. President is busy studying the Report of the Transition Committee which was just submitted by his own team due to delay caused through the non-cooperation of the past government officials before his investiture on 29th May, 2015. No sharp increase has been noticed in commercial transportation fares while market commodities prices are also stable. According to the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the wardrobe allowance of legislators is 25% of their basic salary which is N506,600 per annum not N17million or N20 million as was reported in the newspapers!We shall give Mr. Chairman benefit of the doubt but we urge the electorate to watch closely every move of these lawmakers, majority of who were used to collecting the quarterly jumbo Constituency Allowances, because we are now aware that the monthly pay packets of legislators in the green and red chambers are N1.8million and N2 million respectively which we believe are still on the high side!We will still continue to agitate and insist that legislative duties should be on part time engagement in which only sitting and transport allowances would be paid as at when due considering the socio-economic realities on ground! Let us all join hands to support government in the growth and rapid development of this new Nigeria of our collective dreams where unemployment now compounded with the problem of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and other myriad social vices abound and proffer solutions that would eradicate the challenges. We are all counting down to 5th September, 2015 when Mr. President will clock 100 days in office and give the first phase of account of stewardship, We are trusting that the new management team of the Nigerian Project would deliver creditably in Jesus Christ name. Amen.

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is reproach to any people” (Proverbs. 14:34).

If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/

+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .].

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 3. NO 96. 14-06-15.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32).

NIGERIA’S GOLDEN ERA WILL BE TESTED BY STORM AND FIRE!

The smart move of electing a new Senate President by some ambitious and overzealous All Progressives Congress politicians at the National Assembly, Abuja, with the connivance and support votes of the major Opposition Party, and at the expense of the disenfranchisement of others, on Tuesday 9th June,2015, was nothing short of a PALACE COUP which shook the ruling party to its very foundation! *That small group which stormed the political landscape “struck gold” within 45minutes of deliberations and with such a deft military precision that kept pundits wondering whether or not the whole episode was a pre-packaged movie, acted with a written or documented script! We have it on good authority of Historians that it was a climatic storm that occasioned the discovery of the Gold Mines of the Republic of India, one of the finest and best democracies in the world! Gold, a mineral earth resource is a precious stone of immense economic value which must endure the fiduciary baptism of FIRE before it can produce the innate qualities that kept it at the top of the chart of quality gem stones! *Every nation needs some figurative storms and fires, even earthquakes, at some period of evolution, to kindle and reveal characters of endurance and perseverance in political leadership just like the Gold in order to produce shinning sterling qualities of righteousness and character perfection in governance. But, can this envisaged storm of attitudinal and character reformation permeate the Nigerian political space to produce an outcome of the relationship between GOLD and FIRE? *Were the dross and impurities on the raw gem stone still not stuck during the 9th June, 2015, inauguration ceremonies of both Chambers of the National Assembly (NASS)? *Though, those who are now in the saddle believe that their victory was the unfettered democratic CHANGE that the Electorate deserved whereas, Party supremacy and discipline mechanisms were sidelined, shunned, rebuffed and cast into the bin to covet the transient positions of principal offices of Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker and their deputies!

*In all of the positions that have been taken by political pundits and the All Progressives Congress (APC), management team, for and against the “coup-de-grace” backed by the opposition members on the day of NASS inauguration; on which platform could one premise a safe landing for the actors now on stage? *To the unseen eyes of the mundane and amateur, the pre-meditated plans of the professional chess players and king-makers at NASS began just few days after the Presidential and National Assembly Elections of 28th March, 2015, and the storm began to brew gradually because the “hairy hands of Esau and the smooth voice of Jacob” must both be employed to achieve a grand “coup” in which not one single shot would be fired to covet and collect the blessings!(Read Genesis.27:20-30, compare 31-41 and Chapters. 32:3-33:16). Nocturnal visits during which all forms of clandestine permutations were foisted took place between the very ambitious Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the opposition members who had 45 seats in the Senate and NASS record showed that only 57 members (not up to two thirds of 109), voted for him to become Senate President without a full House on such a crucial issue which threw him up as the only unopposed candidate for the coveted post! Please assess the following analysis and form your opinions: Episode One. *The All Progressives Congress Party was predicated on democratic principles that stresses on Party Supremacy and Discipline when it comes to collective decision-making. Dino Melaye, Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara jumped ship from Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) of their own volition to the APC, because they believed in the new manifesto of true and sincere Change from all corruptive tendencies that characterized PDP and took oath to abide by Party decisions in all constitutional matters! Episode Two: *When the positions of principal officers of NASS were to be filled, they had the freedom to nominate candidates of their choices, which they did with the knowledge that nominated candidates would still go through the internal democratic primary poll mechanism of the party which produced Ahmed Lawan, Bukola Saraki for the Senate presidency and ‘Femi Gbajabiamila and Yakubu Dogara for the Speaker’s seat in the House of Representatives, all candidates of the same party! Episode Three: *Naturally, party members queued behind their choice candidates but Saraki and Dogara who had a hidden agenda and premonition of defeat, boycotted the party primaries in spite of their oath of allegiance in respect of party supremacy and party discipline and as a result of their absence, Lawan and Gbajabiamila were elected by the Party to stand for nomination on the inaugural date of 9th June, 2015 at the NASS Chambers! Episode Four: *In view of the stalemate created by the absence of the duo, APC leadership had to involve Mr. President to intervene and counsel them to fall in line with the democratic decision of the party and a meeting was slated for 9am at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, one hour before the inaugural ceremony at the NASS Complex at 10am on 9th June, 2015. They deliberately boycotted the meeting and went ahead to carry out the pre-meditated “coup” of swearing in Saraki as the new Senate President of the 8th NASS and also elected the opposition candidate, Ike Ekeremadu, as his deputy to show their actual identity as “wolves in sheep clothing” and it was a done deal as far as the conspirators were concerned! Episode Five: *The initial anger of the Party and those who were disenfranchised through the covetousness and inordinate ambition of Saraki and company, simmered down and after several high level Party hierarchy consultations, APC on Friday 12th June, 2015, through a statement by its Chairman, recognised the “elected” NASS principal officers in the spirit of unity and oneness. *It is however instructive to remind us that that PDP emphatically stated that it had no interest and would not participate in the quest for elective principal officers of NASS; but is it not ironic that Ike Ekeremadu is now the Deputy Senate President of the 8th Assembly - a position he held since 2007? Who is fooling who? Can two work together except they agree?

The Big Question And Divine Consolation For the APC!

*WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF GOD IN ALL OF THESE EXIBITION OF HUMAN FRAILTIES AND VANITIES?

*Thus saith the LORD: “When my friend Abraham connived with his wife Sarah to take a concubine against my commandment of ONE MAN ONE WIFE, I watched from Heaven but said nothing! The union with his MAID produced Ishmael contrary to my covenant and ISAAC was later born by Sarah as prophesied; but note that when I was to recall Abraham I put my Spirit into him and he gave gifts to Ishmael and the children of concubines and sent them away, but to Isaac, the covenant child, were all Abrahams riches and properties bequeathed!”(Genesis.16:1-6;25:5-6). “I perceived the greediness and vanity in the PRODIGAL SON when he virtually forced his father to bequeath his own portion of inheritance while the father was still alive! I did not dissuade him even when he lived riotously and squandered all that he illegally collected and although he later repented and returned home, all he got was a warm welcome; the entire riches, wealth and properties of the father were bequeathed to the ELDER SIBLING, who patiently stayed and served their father.”(Luke.15:11-32) “When my Spirit children assembled before me for a very important and crucial conference, imagine whom we discovered in their midst dressed in a different uniform; it was SATAN! I did not feel embarrassed but calmly gave him a testimony in respect of my adorable universal son JOB; a man of sterling qualities and high pedigree and warned Satan who was visibly angry that he MUST not touch one hair of Job’s head even if he tempted him to the limits! Job was victorious over Satan in that contest; though he lost all physical and ephemeral things of your world, and was even abandoned by loved ones, he kept faith alive and at the latter part of his life when it seemed that all was lost, I blessed him with double portion of all his losses and he ultimately remained the richest and wealthiest of his generation!” (Job.1:6-22; 42:12-17). “Did you remember that Judas Iscariot, a disciple of my one and only begotten Son, Jesus the Christ, betrayed his Master by collecting 30 pieces of silver for His crucifixion and I said nothing, but at the end of His trial, He won the battle for universal SALVATION on the Cross at Calvary while Judas committed suicide having been convicted of his sin against the SINNLESS SON OF GOD!” (Luke.22:1-5, 22, 47-48; Matthew.27:3-10). “When Joseph’s siblings conspired to abort his dream of becoming their BOSS in a near future by selling him into slavery in Egypt, little did they know that they had actually pushed him to accomplish those divinely favoured dreams and he became the Prime Minister of a foreign country where fate eventually took them to look for food during terrible times of famine and prostrated before the one they despised! (Genesis. 37:5-9, 18-28; 45:4-8; 50:18-21). “When some enemies paid nocturnal visit to my farm of Wheat and polluted it with Tares (Weeds), which they planted to destroy the wheat growth, I watched them with pity!My Angels wanted to root up the tares but I prevented them to avoid damages to the wheat! Let both plants grow together until harvest when separation would be easier at my judgement seat. The tares would be gathered in bundles and cast into the fire while I will gather the wheat into my Barn!” (Matthew. 13:24-30). “I am the Almighty GOD, the Omnipresence, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient! I am the One who was, who is and who is to come! I am the Alpha and the Omega” I know the end even from the beginning!” “Did you remember my revelations concerning Nigeria’s 2015 General Elections? I said, I would elect from among you, righteous men and women who would rule your nation according to my purposive will.

I have already done that with Muhammadu Buhari as the good vessel to achieve all that I have purposed to do in my Heart! Just watch out for the unfolding events because the Word which has gone out of my mouth would never return to me empty except that it had accomplished the purpose for which I have sent it!” *The bottom line to the entire episodes of trusts and betrayals is that the Supernatural One in whose Hands the entire affairs of Heaven and Earth squarely rests would judge all matters with righteousness and apportion justice as appropriate as at when due without any human contribution whatsoever! “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ; “Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; “Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by FIRE; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.” (1Corinthians.3:11-13). *God does not set His clock by ours; though time moves slowly in long-drawn-out tests and trials, blessed is that life that is rooted in God, which trusts that His tides move steadily to accomplish His glorious purposes! According to Bonar: “God may not give us an easy journey to the Promised Land, but He will give us a safe one.” *Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has preserved this nation, Nigeria, for His Holy Name and Has pledged to bequeath unto us and our generations yet unborn, an inheritance of an incorruptible and undefiled governance by men and women of impeccable character, integrity and dignity. Amen. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/

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