Odinga Lumumba responds to Nigel Hughes
Written by ODINGA LUMUMBA, Presidential Adviser on Community Development
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:56
ON October 24, 2011, my good friend and brother, Nigel Hughes, issued a response to statements made by His Excellency, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Hughes emphasised then that he was a Guyanese and a proud descendant from a long line of field slaves.I am in no way objecting to Mr. Hughes being proud of his ancestry. However, I am uneasy with the context in which he referred to his past. In essence, I am forced to believe Mr. Hughes is clearly indicating that only field slaves or their descendants would oppose this government; and those who did not â which would include the majority of the African population and the African members of the government â can be deemed as house slaves.
He has implied that house slaves have characteristics which impel them to follow the directives of their masters, and they cannot articulate the interests of Afro-Guyanese.
Should my interpretation be correct, I would have no other choice but to ask Bro. Nigel to clarify his intention by providing the historical role of the black middle class from the days when Guyana was a colony to when the same middle class was subjugated by the PNC and Forbes Burnham.
I would further emphasise that the likes of myself; PM Sam Hinds; Dr. Roger Luncheon; Minister Clement Rohee; Hon. Dr. Jennifer Westford; Minister Robeson Benn; Minister Jennifer Webster; Police Commissioner Henry Green; Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best; Fire Chief Marlon Gentle; Director of Prisons Dale Erskine; the various permanent secretaries and ex-minister Henry Jeffrey cannot be seen in the context of timid Negroes.
Former Member
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
Odinga Lumumba responds to Nigel Hughes
Written by ODINGA LUMUMBA, Presidential Adviser on Community Development
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:56
ON October 24, 2011, my good friend and brother, Nigel Hughes, issued a response to statements made by His Excellency, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Hughes emphasised then that he was a Guyanese and a proud descendant from a long line of field slaves.I am in no way objecting to Mr. Hughes being proud of his ancestry. However, I am uneasy with the context in which he referred to his past. In essence, I am forced to believe Mr. Hughes is clearly indicating that only field slaves or their descendants would oppose this government; and those who did not â which would include the majority of the African population and the African members of the government â can be deemed as house slaves.
He has implied that house slaves have characteristics which impel them to follow the directives of their masters, and they cannot articulate the interests of Afro-Guyanese.
Should my interpretation be correct, I would have no other choice but to ask Bro. Nigel to clarify his intention by providing the historical role of the black middle class from the days when Guyana was a colony to when the same middle class was subjugated by the PNC and Forbes Burnham.
I would further emphasise that the likes of myself; PM Sam Hinds; Dr. Roger Luncheon; Minister Clement Rohee; Hon. Dr. Jennifer Westford; Minister Robeson Benn; Minister Jennifer Webster; Police Commissioner Henry Green; Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best; Fire Chief Marlon Gentle; Director of Prisons Dale Erskine; the various permanent secretaries and ex-minister Henry Jeffrey cannot be seen in the context of timid Negroes.
Odinga is the house slave! I guess Nigel hit a serious nerve!
Former Member
Buxton gas station owner gunned down
-robbery not motive of lone assassin
By Samantha Alleyne
Stabroek News
March 22, 2003
The co-owner of the Hamilton Gas Station in Buxton was shot and killed in his office early yesterday morning.
Thirty-five year-old Brian Hamilton, of 7-8 Buxton/ Friendship, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital after receiving two gunshots to the region of his heart.
Details of the early morning shooting are sketchy as persons who were at the gas station at the time are refusing to speak to the media.
A source close to the police yesterday revealed that it was a lone gunman who had fired the shots.
The source said that the man walked into the gas station and shot Hamilton twice through the glass door leading into his office. The man, who according to police reports had no accomplices and had no means of transportation, is said to have escaped into the village of Buxton.
It is understood that the security guard who was on duty claimed that he did not know the man.
However, the victimâs father, Oscar Hamilton, said that he does not believe that it was someone in the village who shot his son.
This was the opinion of many Buxtonians as they stated that the man was well liked and respected.
âBrian is so beloved in that village. I donât know what will transpire... because of his deathâ the older Hamilton said yesterday at the hospital.
The father said he had retired from the business and had left his son to run the day-to-day transactions as he was not up to it.
âI really canât take this thing any more,â he said referring to the crime situation in the country.
While at the hospital he called the employees at the gas station and told them to shut the station down, and said he did not know if was going to continue in business.
âI donât know who could have done a thing like this, but this is a serious thing, it is more serious that anybody thinks,â Hamilton said.
When Stabroek News arrived on the scene some hours after the shooting, the gas station was largely deserted and police officers were conducting their investigation.
Shortly after, the older Hamilton arrived with attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes and a few minutes later the officers left.
Hughes, who was joined by his associate, Stephen Fraser, said that he was with the family as a friend since they were related to a relative of his.
In the gas station, fragments of broken glass could be seen scattered on the floor from the glass door. There was also blood in the office trailing all the way out of the station, which had fallen as Hamilton was being lifted out to the road.
A resident in the area only said that they had heard three gunshots and later learnt that Hamilton had been shot.
Residents could not say who the perpetrator might have been but were claiming it had to be someone from outside the village who committed the act.
âI donât think is anybody in the village, I remember seeing him and everybody alright in the village...â a source told this newspaper. Persons in surrounding villages also have described Hamilton as a ânice manâ whom they all liked.
Another source, contradicting the earlier account which this newspaper had received, said he had been told that the perpetrator(s) used a car to commit the act, but this could not be confirmed or disproven.
It is understood that the army patrol arrived on the scene before the police and quickly cordoned off the area.
After a while the manâs body was placed in a police vehicle and he was taken to the hospital followed by a police CRV.
Hamilton was married and had a nine-year-old daughter.
The gas station was opened in 1979 and the family also owns a hotel in the village opened in October 2001. They were forced to close this down because of poor business.
Over the last few years, Buxton has been a deeply troubled village which has seen many murders, kidnappings and robberies committed by persons suspected of being residents of the area. Operators of vehicles have been robbed and even killed while passing through and residents have refused to allow the police officers to operate there. Roads have been blocked and tyres set alight.
But despite all of this the gas station was never targeted by criminals.
On one occasion last year some persons had robbed the station but they were later caught by villagers who beat them and forced them to return the stolen items. It was claimed that the persons had not been from the village and they had later been chased away.
-robbery not motive of lone assassin
By Samantha Alleyne
Stabroek News
March 22, 2003
The co-owner of the Hamilton Gas Station in Buxton was shot and killed in his office early yesterday morning.
Thirty-five year-old Brian Hamilton, of 7-8 Buxton/ Friendship, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital after receiving two gunshots to the region of his heart.
Details of the early morning shooting are sketchy as persons who were at the gas station at the time are refusing to speak to the media.
A source close to the police yesterday revealed that it was a lone gunman who had fired the shots.
The source said that the man walked into the gas station and shot Hamilton twice through the glass door leading into his office. The man, who according to police reports had no accomplices and had no means of transportation, is said to have escaped into the village of Buxton.
It is understood that the security guard who was on duty claimed that he did not know the man.
However, the victimâs father, Oscar Hamilton, said that he does not believe that it was someone in the village who shot his son.
This was the opinion of many Buxtonians as they stated that the man was well liked and respected.
âBrian is so beloved in that village. I donât know what will transpire... because of his deathâ the older Hamilton said yesterday at the hospital.
The father said he had retired from the business and had left his son to run the day-to-day transactions as he was not up to it.
âI really canât take this thing any more,â he said referring to the crime situation in the country.
While at the hospital he called the employees at the gas station and told them to shut the station down, and said he did not know if was going to continue in business.
âI donât know who could have done a thing like this, but this is a serious thing, it is more serious that anybody thinks,â Hamilton said.
When Stabroek News arrived on the scene some hours after the shooting, the gas station was largely deserted and police officers were conducting their investigation.
Shortly after, the older Hamilton arrived with attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes and a few minutes later the officers left.
Hughes, who was joined by his associate, Stephen Fraser, said that he was with the family as a friend since they were related to a relative of his.
In the gas station, fragments of broken glass could be seen scattered on the floor from the glass door. There was also blood in the office trailing all the way out of the station, which had fallen as Hamilton was being lifted out to the road.
A resident in the area only said that they had heard three gunshots and later learnt that Hamilton had been shot.
Residents could not say who the perpetrator might have been but were claiming it had to be someone from outside the village who committed the act.
âI donât think is anybody in the village, I remember seeing him and everybody alright in the village...â a source told this newspaper. Persons in surrounding villages also have described Hamilton as a ânice manâ whom they all liked.
Another source, contradicting the earlier account which this newspaper had received, said he had been told that the perpetrator(s) used a car to commit the act, but this could not be confirmed or disproven.
It is understood that the army patrol arrived on the scene before the police and quickly cordoned off the area.
After a while the manâs body was placed in a police vehicle and he was taken to the hospital followed by a police CRV.
Hamilton was married and had a nine-year-old daughter.
The gas station was opened in 1979 and the family also owns a hotel in the village opened in October 2001. They were forced to close this down because of poor business.
Over the last few years, Buxton has been a deeply troubled village which has seen many murders, kidnappings and robberies committed by persons suspected of being residents of the area. Operators of vehicles have been robbed and even killed while passing through and residents have refused to allow the police officers to operate there. Roads have been blocked and tyres set alight.
But despite all of this the gas station was never targeted by criminals.
On one occasion last year some persons had robbed the station but they were later caught by villagers who beat them and forced them to return the stolen items. It was claimed that the persons had not been from the village and they had later been chased away.
Former Member
Hamilton shooting
Police deny giving permission for removal of surveillance tape
Stabroek News
April 12, 2003
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A senior police officer on Thursday said that key officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary, have all denied giving permission to attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes for the removal of the surveillance tape from the Hamilton Esso station on the morning when its co-owner, Brian Hamilton was shot.
There has been some public concern over the tape being removed by Hughes from the crime scene and being kept for more than two days.
Hughes, who is also the president of the Guyana Bar Association, in response to a letter in this newspaper had stated that when he arrived at the gas station with the father of the victim the police officers were outside and had informed the father that they had completed examination of the area where Hamilton was shot.
"A senior police officer in charge of the party of policemen informed Mr Hamilton that he was waiting upon his arrival to get the tape which was in the recording unit of the surveillance camera. A request was made for the tape to be viewed and copied and returned to the police. Permission was granted by the senior officer for this to be done and I personally undertook to return the tape.
"During the course of the afternoon I spoke with a senior police officer from the Criminal Investigation Units at Eve Leary as well as the senior officer to whom I had previously undertaken to return the tape and confirmed with them both that the tape would be delivered personally by me to Eve Leary. This was agreed by the officer to whom I spoke."
However, Stabroek News contacted a senior police officer on Thursday who requested anonymity and he said all the officers at Eve Leary have denied granting Hughes permission. The senior policeman said that no one apart from the police is authorised to remove anything from the scene of a crime.
According to the officer, the police are continuing investigations into the murder, in addition to the issue of how the tape was removed from the scene.
It was pointed out to the officer that Hughes has admitted publicly that the tape was removed by him and that he had returned it to the police two days after. Hughes had however stated that he had received permission to remove the tape.
The officer reiterated that his officers have denied granting any permission, adding that statements would be taken in the matter and the owner of the gas station will be questioned as to who actually removed the tape.
Asked if the owner had a right to remove the tape, the officer replied in the negative.
The officer said that after the investigation is completed the police would be seeking legal advice on the matter.
Contacted on Thursday Hughes told Stabroek News that "The police had already handed over the property to Mr Hamilton. The tape was removed after the police (handed over the scene)."
Hughes said he was not prepared to comment on the appropriateness of him taking the tape. He pointed out that the recording on the tape was not of the actual scene where Hamilton was shot in his office, but it showed the outside of the station.
The tape would have recorded all who had entered and exited the gas station.
Police deny giving permission for removal of surveillance tape
Stabroek News
April 12, 2003
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A senior police officer on Thursday said that key officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Eve Leary, have all denied giving permission to attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes for the removal of the surveillance tape from the Hamilton Esso station on the morning when its co-owner, Brian Hamilton was shot.
There has been some public concern over the tape being removed by Hughes from the crime scene and being kept for more than two days.
Hughes, who is also the president of the Guyana Bar Association, in response to a letter in this newspaper had stated that when he arrived at the gas station with the father of the victim the police officers were outside and had informed the father that they had completed examination of the area where Hamilton was shot.
"A senior police officer in charge of the party of policemen informed Mr Hamilton that he was waiting upon his arrival to get the tape which was in the recording unit of the surveillance camera. A request was made for the tape to be viewed and copied and returned to the police. Permission was granted by the senior officer for this to be done and I personally undertook to return the tape.
"During the course of the afternoon I spoke with a senior police officer from the Criminal Investigation Units at Eve Leary as well as the senior officer to whom I had previously undertaken to return the tape and confirmed with them both that the tape would be delivered personally by me to Eve Leary. This was agreed by the officer to whom I spoke."
However, Stabroek News contacted a senior police officer on Thursday who requested anonymity and he said all the officers at Eve Leary have denied granting Hughes permission. The senior policeman said that no one apart from the police is authorised to remove anything from the scene of a crime.
According to the officer, the police are continuing investigations into the murder, in addition to the issue of how the tape was removed from the scene.
It was pointed out to the officer that Hughes has admitted publicly that the tape was removed by him and that he had returned it to the police two days after. Hughes had however stated that he had received permission to remove the tape.
The officer reiterated that his officers have denied granting any permission, adding that statements would be taken in the matter and the owner of the gas station will be questioned as to who actually removed the tape.
Asked if the owner had a right to remove the tape, the officer replied in the negative.
The officer said that after the investigation is completed the police would be seeking legal advice on the matter.
Contacted on Thursday Hughes told Stabroek News that "The police had already handed over the property to Mr Hamilton. The tape was removed after the police (handed over the scene)."
Hughes said he was not prepared to comment on the appropriateness of him taking the tape. He pointed out that the recording on the tape was not of the actual scene where Hamilton was shot in his office, but it showed the outside of the station.
The tape would have recorded all who had entered and exited the gas station.
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Ramakant_p:
[fontsize=2]Odinga Lumumba responds to Nigel Hughes [/font]
Written by ODINGA LUMUMBA, Presidential Adviser on Community Development
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 03:56
ON October 24, 2011, my good friend and brother, Nigel Hughes, issued a response to statements made by His Excellency, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Hughes emphasised then that he was a Guyanese and a proud descendant from a long line of field slaves.I am in no way objecting to Mr. Hughes being proud of his ancestry. However, I am uneasy with the context in which he referred to his past. In essence, I am forced to believe Mr. Hughes is clearly indicating that only field slaves or their descendants would oppose this government; and those who did not â which would include the majority of the African population and the African members of the government â can be deemed as house slaves. He has implied that house slaves have characteristics which impel them to follow the directives of their masters, and they cannot articulate the interests of Afro-Guyanese.
Should my interpretation be correct, I would have no other choice but to ask Bro. Nigel to clarify his intention by providing the historical role of the black middle class from the days when Guyana was a colony to when the same middle class was subjugated by the PNC and Forbes Burnham. I would further emphasise that the likes of myself; PM Sam Hinds; Dr. Roger Luncheon; Minister Clement Rohee; Hon. Dr. Jennifer Westford; Minister Robeson Benn; Minister Jennifer Webster; Police Commissioner Henry Green; Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best; Fire Chief Marlon Gentle; Director of Prisons Dale Erskine; the various permanent secretaries and ex-minister Henry Jeffrey cannot be seen in the context of timid Negroes.
Poor Lumumba! The fatted calves are not of necessity the native constituency of radical revolt against the oligarchs nor are they the ones one seek out for objective viewpoints to elucidate the state of affairs of the locked out, dispossessed and marginalized. I agree with Mr Hughes, the "massa we happy" syndrome inevitably gets in the way.
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by D2:
You seem to lack the capacity to recollect. I wrote extensively about it then.
He obviously did nothing wrong because he is still here with nary a sanction by the Bar Assoc. or the Police ever acting on it.
What a cop out, it exposes you as a person with double standards. One set of standards for when it suits your needs and another for when it does not. The fact that he was not jailed for tampering with evidence does not vindicate him. After all it is almost universally accepted that tampering with evidence is against the law.
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by BGurd_See:quote:Originally posted by D2:
You seem to lack the capacity to recollect. I wrote extensively about it then.
He obviously did nothing wrong because he is still here with nary a sanction by the Bar Assoc. or the Police ever acting on it.
What a cop out, it exposes you as a person with double standards. One set of standards for when it suits your needs and another for when it does not. The fact that he was not jailed for tampering with evidence does not vindicate him. After all it is almost universally accepted that tampering with evidence is against the law.
This then just shows how inept the PPP is managing the affairs of the coutry and providing security under Jagdeo, Rohee and Henry Greene the two recipients of drug proceeds according the the ABC countries!
Mind you, Nigel Hughes is advisor to the British High Comissioner, the same people who revokes visas!
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by TI:
Someone said the man was of impeccable character. In the US someone would have brought this up. PPP bais just doing their homework
Take for example the birth certificate fiasco of Obama
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Spice Girl:
He tampered with evidence showing the PPP hired gun, Fine Man, pulling the trigger.
talk half, lef half...
Ummmm there was no Fineman in 2003 dear, it was Dale Moore, Shwan Brown et al
Former Member
Nigel may not be a Sunday school as he pretends to be...
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Guyanese Patriot:
Roger Khan and his PPP phantoms killers killed Brian Hamilton. That is the gist of this story! Don't get distracted by this crap.
So who was Nigel Hughes working with when he took the tape for THREE DAYS ?
Must i remind you that the guy Nigel's wife Cathy is pictured by the Stabroek News gretting here is the Brother and front-man of Barmanand Nandalall.........a close associate of Roger Khan. SO I ASK AGAIN: IF YOUR STORY IS CORRECT THEN IN WHOSE INTEREST WAS NIGEL HUGHES WORKING?
Former Member
Nigel.....Nigel....Nigel.....I think he needs to come clean....and remove the skeletons from his closets
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by The Judge:quote:Originally posted by Spice Girl:
He tampered with evidence showing the PPP hired gun, Fine Man, pulling the trigger.
talk half, lef half...
Ummmm there was no Fineman in 2003 dear, it was Dale Moore, Shwan Brown et al
FYI, guess where I'm from?
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Spice Girl:
FYI, guess where I'm from?
As i said earlier there was no Fineman during that time.
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by The Judge:quote:Originally posted by Spice Girl:
FYI, guess where I'm from?
As i said earlier there was no Fineman during that time.
Fine Man was there in Buxton, keeping a very low profile. He was the one who pulled the trigger. Big Batty et al were talking to Brian and were willing to leave him alone. Fine Man, who was waiting in the side street, was impatient and intolerant, walked up & without any questions asked, fired the fatal shots.
It was since determined that some of the criminals were double agents; Fine Man being one of them. Fine Man was also fingered in the shooting of Minister Sawh, on instructions from RK.
Former Member
quote:Originally posted by Spice Girl:
Fine Man was there in Buxton, keeping a very low profile. He was the one who pulled the trigger. Big Batty et al were talking to Brian and were willing to leave him alone. Fine Man, who was waiting in the side street, was impatient and intolerant, walked up & without any questions asked, fired the fatal shots.
It was since determined that some of the criminals were double agents; Fine Man being one of them. Fine Man was also fingered in the shooting of Minister Sawh, on instructions from RK.
Sounds fit for a movie
quote:Originally posted by albert:
Nigel may not be a Sunday school as he pretends to be...
Why don't you put your (lack of) brain in gear b4 you write?
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