The sad and brutal assasination of the former Chief of
Defence Staff and former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Alex
Badeh, a day after President Buhari's birthday, is a despicable and
cowardly act.
Not only was he an officer and a gentleman but he was
also a profoundly good man who was criminalised, humiliated and treated
in a malicious and unacceptable manner by a vicious, malevolent and evil
government that had targetted him for villification and destruction
right from the start.
Despite the fact that he was subjected to a
well-orchestrated and relentless degree of persecution from the Buhari
administration, he remained a believer in Nigeria and a heroic,
courageous and unrelenting critic of tyranny, injustice and ethnic and
religious subjugation till the end.
He knew many of the Buhari government's excesses and
secrets, he worked quietly against them from behind the scenes and, by
his numerous actions and interventions, he saved the lives of many of
his Middle Belt people.
Those that were behind his assasination know who they
are. They shall not escape justice and they will pay a terrible price
for their wickedness. His assasination is a debt that will be repaid by
God and the people no matter how long it takes.
In the fullness of time the Lord of Hosts and the Ancient of Days, in whose bosom he now resides, will avenge him.
These are still early days and the investigation is yet
to commence but I do not accept the suggestion that some have already
made that his murder was a random and isolated event. That is just too
convenient a conclusion to come to and it seeks to cover the tracks of
the masterninds of this heinous and ungodly crime. In any case many
questions need to be answered.
For example how come a former Chief of Defence Staff and
a former Chief of Air Staff did not have any military personnel or
security details guarding and protecting him? This is especially so
given the fact that it appears that he was on a long distance drive on a
road which has has proved to be dangerous in the early hours of the
evening.
Badeh was entitled to that level of protection by virtue
of his position as a former Chief of Defence Staff. How come he was
denied it? Who withdrew his men? Who wanted him to be alone with just
his driver on that journey? Who wanted him dead?
There are many other questions which we shall ask at the appropiate time. And one day we shall get the answers.
Meanwhile I add my voice to those who have called for an
independent and public commission of enquiry into this courageous and
noble soul's brutal assasination.
With his murder it is clear that, under Buhari, ours is a
nation of not just ethnic and religious cleansing but also a nation of
political cleansing.
Adamawa state, the Middle Belt, Christendom and indeed
the whole of Nigeria has lost a great man who though maligned, demonised
and misrepresented by his numerous and powerful detractors, still had
so much to offer our nation. May his beautiful and precious soul rest in
peace.
Permit me to conclude this contribution with the
following aside. Given this sad event, if anyone still believes that
President Buhari will conduct a free and fair election and, after
losing, hand over power quietly and go back to Daura without a fight
next year, that person is gravely mistaken and painfully naive.
Those that believe this have still not fully understood
the nature of the beast that we are dealing with. What they fail to
appreciate is that it is not about Buhari alone but about who and what
he represents. And those that he represents are not ready to relinquish
power and lose all the ground that they have regained over the last
three years and six months.
Consider the following words which were sent to me by an insider who wishes to remain anonymous.
"Air Chief Alex Badeh the former Chief of Defence Staff
who called the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari a "religious bigot"
to his face was assasinated yesterday after he had threatened to expose
the government over its involvement with Boko Haram prior to removing
Jonathan. Just before he left office, he visited Maiduguri in a covet
operation and ran into some top members of the current day government as
they were coming out of a meeting with Boko Haram Commanders at the
Nigerian Army underground Armory which was siezed by Boko Haram. He
ordered his boys not to open fire but took pictures which he refused to
hand over to the government when he was retired. He raised an alarm
first week in November 2018 when 2 hooded men tried to break into his
Asokoro house but DSS played it down. He was assassinated in cold blood
by unknown gun men one month later".
I cannot confirm the veracity of some of these
assertions but two things are self-evident. Firstly that he was indeed
murdered on December 18th and secondly that there is a dimension to this
matter that few are familiar with.
Yet whatever we choose to believe or choose not to
believe we must always remember the following: theirs is an ancient and
hegemonic agenda and it is as real today as it was 58 years ago when we
won our independence from the British.
First it was Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, the Fleet
Commander of the Western Naval Command, who reports suggest was
conducting an investigation into secret arms sales to Boko Haram, that
was assasinated.
Then it was ex-Military Intelligence Chief and the
former Director of Administration of Defence Headquarters, General
Alkali, who was privy to a lot of damning information, that was
assasinated.
Then it was the ex-Chief of Defence Staff under whose
leadership Boko Haram was annihilated, Air Vice Marshall Alex Badeh,
that has been assasinated.
All three of these worthy and noble warriors and sons of
Nigeria were murdered in the last one year and all three had quite a
story to tell about what was really going on in certain circles in our
country! I urge our people to ponder on this and to think, think and
think again!
The cabal is very much in control, the game is on and
the next few months will be a rough ride. Yet no matter what comes our
way one thing is clear: God is still on the throne and all power belongs
to Him.
He rules in the affairs of men, He forges the destiny of
nations and His counsel alone shall stand. Fasten your seat belts and
let us see what will unfold.
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