How Hamman Misau, confab’s delegate died

Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, and a Bauchi State delegate to the ongoing national conference, Alhaji Mohammed Hamman Misau is dead The 67-year old retired AIG became popular across the country few days ago when a national newspaper published a photograph in which he was sleeping during proceedings at the National Conference.....

His was one of the photographs of elderly delegates at the Conference who have been caught sleeping during proceedings of the National Conference.
The retired Police officer died Thursday night at the National Hospital, Abuja where he was admitted for treatment of undisclosed ailment
James Akpandem, Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications confirmed the death of the delegate to journalists this morning.
The body of the deceased was taken to Misau, his home town in Bauchi State at the time of filing this report.
He would be buried according to Islamic rites shortly after prayer.
It was  gathered that the retired AIG was a respected community leader in Misau Local Government Area and an opinion leader in Bauchi State who also took keen interest in national affairs.
He was one of those who fought against the third term plot of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and in an interview he granted in 2006, heaped praises on the Senate for throwing out the controversial constitutional amendment bill, which would have allowed the tenure of former President Obasanjo to be elongated: “I have always been confident that the amendment bill will not scale through. It has remained the most unpopular bill before the parliament since our independence.”
In another recent interview, the deceased advocated that government should  strive to get across to the Boko Haram sect leaders for genuine dialogue as a means of tackling the problem of insurgency confronting the country.
He urged security operatives involved in patrol duties to desist from unduly harassing the public, stressing that they should be rather civil in conducting their operations.
According to him, it is only through such civil dispositions that the security operatives can attract public confidence.
“If they treat the public in a civil manner, some of them will be willing to feed the security operatives with important intelligence data which can give a lead on how to reach the Boko Haram leaders for dialogue.
“Members of the sect are part of us; they live among us. Therefore, it is important to reach them and dialogue with them so as to know their grievances and address them.
“Besides, security chiefs should also avoid making inflammatory statements,” he says.
For a fruitful dialogue with the Boko Haram sect, he urged government to contact some respected personalities to act as mediators between it and the sect’s leadership.
“Non-partisan opinion leaders should be contacted to play the role of mediators,” he adds.
His son who is also a police officer, Isa Hamman was former ADC to former FCT Minister Dr. Aliyu Modibbo
Akpandem told this magazine that the Bauchi State government will work with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to nominate a replacement for the deceased delegate.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, has  expressed shock over the death of the confab’s member, retired AIG Hamma Misau.
This was contained in a statement by Assistant Secretary of the conference, Mr Akpandem James in Abuja on Friday.
It said Kutigi expressed shock and disbelief as he announced news of the death of Misau on Thursday.
“While sympathising with the family and the entire nation, Kutigi, however, said it was gratifying to note that Misau died in the service of his country.
“He prayed to Allah to grant his soul eternal rest.’’
Misau was a delegate to the conference on the platform of Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON).
He added that the Vote of Proceedings of March 24, 25 and 26 would be adopted by the conference for deliberation.
“Top on the list of issues would be a report of the outcome of the consultative meeting between principal officers of the conference and selected delegates.’’
The conference chairman, had on Wednesday nominated 50 of the 492 delegates for crucial meeting on how to resolve the question of voting pattern.
“Sitting was adjourned on Wednesday afternoon till Monday to give the selected delegates sufficient time to discuss and agree on the issue which had earlier attracted heated debates.
“Continuation of the adoption of the National Conference Rules of Procedure earlier suspended last week also forms part of the issues slated for Monday,’’ he said.
James explained that debates on the standing orders had almost been completed last week before the adjournment of plenary.
He also said that delegates had insisted on sighting the clean copy of the rules before adopting it for the regulation of the affairs of the conference.
“As a part of this, delegates will be expected to identify committees they want to serve in.
“The conference will call for submission of papers on thematic issues highlighted under the various committees to be announced.
“The papers are to be submitted before close of business on Thursday April 3 or earlier.
“Conference delegates would also commence debate on the speech presented by President Jonathan on March 17, when he formally inaugurated the conference at the National Judicial Institute.’’ (NAN)

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