For the Love of God and the Arab Rising

  Chapter Eight: Prince Hall Fakery: Nosa Aggiobossa is a Nigerian immigrant who has settled in New York; 32 yrs of age, 6ft tall, shaven headed and 220 lbs of solid black muscle. Nosa does not like the ‘bling’; he is conspicuous enough without advertising the fact. His half brother Banta is 2 inches shorter, slightly lighter in build and skin tone, but definitely the thinker of the two. And he likes the heavy gold jewellery; a thick linked necklace hangs from his neck, diamond ear studs adorn his ears, and heavy gold rings hang from his fingers. Both men are a foreboding sight to your average guy who may cross their path in business or leisure; if you knew them you would avoid them like the plague, and if you just happened to bump into them as your day flowed from morning through to night, you would stop for a moment, take in scene and quickly move on, knowing to avoid them in the future. And if you were someone from the criminal fraternity of New York State who knew them for what they are: criminal gang leaders who control the Cocaine distribution of the entire New York City area. You would know them as good men, who pay on time, demand loyalty and are not to be crossed. They are a strong, intelligent team that will casually cross the line to violence to make a point or settle a score. This combination makes them very dangerous men indeed. They have, at the last count: two hundred and ten loyal gang members; which they control and manage by way of copying the Masonic structure of the Freemason Brotherhood. In affect they have created a fake lodge based on Nosa’s interpretation of the rituals and oaths used by the Freemasons. This ‘Masonic Lodge’ is the so called legitimate front to their criminal activities.

  Interjection: In America a black persons lodge known as the ‘Prince Hall Fraternity’ was formed by a free black man called ‘Prince Hall’ who lived between 1735 and 1807), a former slave, he was an early American abolitionist and a successful writer. He is also considered to be the founder of "Black Freemasonry" in the United States, known today as Prince Hall Freemasonry. Prince Hall was one of the first black military men of his time; On March 6, 1775, Prince Hall and fourteen other free black men were initiated, passed and raised into Military Lodge No. 441, an integrated Lodge attached to the British Army and at that time stationed in Boston. When the British Army left Boston in 1776, the black men of the lodge were granted a dispensation for limited operations as African Lodge No. 1. They were entitled to meet as a Lodge, to take part in the Masonic procession on St. John's Day, and to bury their dead with Masonic rites, but not to confer degrees or perform other Masonic functions. In comparison to Prince Hall; Nosa and Banta did not receive commendations and standing in society for services rendered to their country. But they most certainly scammed, fought and killed their way to the top of their game, both in their home country and now here in New York. The Mafia were weak, their latest God Father John Gotti had been jailed for life and the entire Mafia operation was in turmoil; ‘in fighting’ and continual pressure from the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had ensured their downfall. The Nigerian Brothers quickly overpowered any street level resistance and filled the void of power required to control a multi million pound Industry such as this; strength and extreme violence were the method of control, which came easily to the brothers. The cover for this illegal dealing of drugs was quickly developed into a brotherhood with its very own Masonic Lodge, an ideal tool to control the people enlisted to work for them.

  Nosa revels in his power as the ‘Grand Master’ and his brother ‘Banta’ as the Senior Lodge Officer; they had by now enlisted more than 40 Lodge officers and dozens of apprentices that had sworn allegiance to the Lodge. The Officers carried out the orders of the brothers and maintained control of the street apprentices, who were dealing in Coke, crack and Heroin. Everyone was under oath and under no illusion as to what would happen if they betrayed that oath: death was always just around the corner for any brother who betrayed the lodge or a fellow brother. It was in effect, a tightly controlled and loyal gang of young impressionable black men with no other prospects; that were now making money, earning respect and enjoying the protection of the brotherhood. Fake and illegal, it did not matter, control was everything, power, respect and money: they loved the brotherhood.