A man, Stephen Nyitse on Saturday at the JS Stadium Gboko outsmarted security men and sat on the stool prepared for the coronation of the 5th Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse.
Speaking to security personnel under interrogation, Nyitse said he was prompted by God to cleanse the stool for the new king.
” I sat on the stool in order to cleanse it and make it comfortable for the incoming Tor Tiv.”
Retired Brig.-Gen. Atom Kpera, the Chairman, Central Planning Committee for the coronation, who was present at the scene, ordered security men to take him outside and punish him.
Officials, however, said they would investigate the motive behind the act.
Some respondents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) described the act as “strange and abominable.”
Meanwhile security measures had been tightened both within and outside the stadium with roads leading to the stadium blocked, while dignitaries are being conveyed to the venue in buses.(NAN)
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Man defies tradition, sits on Tor Tiv’s seat ahead of coronation
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Hoodlums burn APC chieftain’s house in Gboko
Unidentified hoodlums suspected to be members of a secret cult, yesterday burnt the home of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gboko Local Government of Benue State, Joseph Hilenyi, destroying farm produce and valuables worth millions of naira.
Hilenyi narrowly escaped death.
They are believed to be protesting the murder of a father of their member, a notorious gang leader and rebellious beneficiary of the amnesty programme, Mr. Torkuma Gyakpa aka ‘Wicked Chief’.
Hilenyi is a former youth leader in Gboko council and constituency aide to the lawmaker representing Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, John Dyegh.
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ESUT disowns illegal Gboko campus
The Management of the Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) has dissociated itself from a campus operating in Gboko, Benue State in the name of the university.
In a letter to the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Julius Okojie, the ESUT Vice Chancellor, Prof Luke Anike, said the institution had no campus outside the three in Enugu State (located in Agbani, Enugu and Nsukka) in line with the commission’s directive that all satellite campuses of universities be closed down.
The VC noted that the letter was to clarify claims in a newspaper publication titled: “FG Bans 57 Universities, Sanctions Others”, which listed the university as one of those affected.
The university warned that anybody dealing with the said “Gboko Campus,” does so at his/her own risk. It also urged relevant law enforcement agencies to arrest operators of the campus.
Part of the letter reads: “That Management of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology hereby urges the law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute any operators of the so-called Gboko Campus of ESUT as they have no mandate to establish a campus of the university at Gboko. That any certificate awarded by the said “Gboko Campus of ESUT” is fake and does not originate from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT.”
The campus was discovered by the NUC Committee on Closure of Illegal Universities and listed in the Monday Bulletin, as one of the illegal outfits.
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Help us develop Gboko
GBOKO is a very important town in Benue State. It is a town populated by Nigerians from different parts of the country. Foreigners always visit the place because of its historical significance.
Apart from all these, the Tiv are proud of the town because it is their ancestral home. They love the place, and this fact is not hidden.
But Gboko cannot be regarded a developed town. It lacks modern facilities. The Tiv are not happy with this situation.
This is why I am calling on Governor Gabriel Suswam to do something urgently about the town. People will not forget him, if he gives the place a facelift which all Tiv are eager to see.
Jato James,
Gboko, Benue State.