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RE: A Vehement Response to Baseless Claims Against the Tsobo People

It's unfortunate that the so-called Tsobo people are spreading baseless claims and twisting historical facts. Ignorance is evident in their assertions. When did the name "Tsobo" come into existence, and in which archives can their so-called history be found? Their claims are laughable and pitiful.

You distort history with reckless abandon, and your lack of reference points is glaring. When the colonial era arrived, where were the Tsobo? Why weren't they mentioned in any of historical books written by Europeans? Consult the Adamawa historical archives; you'll discover that the name "Pire" (now Tsobo) was recently documented and that they were brought down from the mountains by the Bachamas. Just like the Koma people who seemed to be the last born, the Tsobo' are second to last.

Your recent book, written by a hired historian, acknowledged this fact even though most of the baseless claims came from the distorted book. Your documentary on Gotel TV confirmed your mountainous origins, and your historical timeline is traceable. It's astonishing that you'd deny the kindness of the Bwatiye people from Lamurde, Rigange, and Waduku, who brought you out of the mountains and introduced you to civilization.

In 1957, Baba Wycliffe Tika Waduku, through his missionary work, brought significant numbers of Pire people from the mountains and established the LCCN church in Suwa, now the largest settlement and headquarters of the so-called Tsobo people. The Hama Suwa, to date is being installed by the Ndewodi Waduku. And he's the highest chief of the Tsobo community.

Your claims about Jenjo and Lunguda are unfounded, and your attempts to assert justice are barbaric and foolish. The ritual you referenced in Bwatiye culture is a sacred tradition performed by the land's slaves, which you are one, it's obvious you don't know.

You're referencing a community that produced the state's first Black Principal during colonial era and currently boasts of numerous professors. Meanwhile, your community's first graduate emerged in 1991, and you've yet to produce a military officer, director or even a commissioner. Your first PhD holder, a theologian, was only achieved this year. Given that you received the Bachamas, and yet nowhere to be found in the archives of history during colonial era is puzzling. I truly pitied your sense of humour. Instead of chasing shadows, focus on pursuing knowledge to become relevant. And now you have missed it outrightly.

The claim of owning Lamurde Local government is utterly laughable. How can a tribe occupying only 2 out of 10 wards assert ownership of the entire local government? It's a striking irony, to say the least.

You've dug yourselves into a hole, and it's unclear how you'll recover from this setback.