Talking Drums

The West African News Magazine

Umaru Dikko Statement

ADVERTISER'S ANNOUNCEMENT

CONGRATULATIONS

I take this opportunity to congratulate all those who have been released from detention as well as those who have been through persecution in whatever form and to whatever extent.

I also join their families, who have endured hardship and harassment throughout the 20 months of Buhari's reign of terror in Nigeria, in welcoming their fathers, husbands, brothers, mothers, wives and sisters back home.

I know how difficult it is to forgive and forget such atrocities. But there is one consolation, as long as there is life, there is hope and no condition is permanent.

God is great and merciful. He is always there to answer the prayers of all who care to ask. His verdict is the only one that is final and until it finally comes, our spirits must remain high. Our faith in him is our real strength and must always remain unshaken.

The courage of those who resisted and stood firm by their principles in the most trying times is certainly admirable and the action of those who have liberated the country from oppression is commendable.

Umaru Dikko, London






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