Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has accused the Federal Government of carrying out genocide against the people of Northern Nigeria.
The governor made the accusation in a memo titled “On-Going Full-Fledged Genocide in Northern Nigeria” which he sent to the northern states governors’ forum on April 16.
“While every State Government is doing everything possible using virtually all its resources to stem the tide of near disaster facing all of us especially in the North, it is a well-known fact that the present Federal administration has now become a government of impunity run by an evil-minded leadership for the advancement of corruption that is apparently enjoying the protection of the Federal administration,” Mr. Nyako said.
He said the government is using “mass murderers/cut-throats imbedded in our legitimate and traditional Defence and Security organizations” to carry out the genocide claims.
Mr. Nyako said the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan is determined to create strife between Muslims and Christians in the north or between one ethnic group and another.
He accused the Federal Government of organizing the killing of citizens and then quickly attributing same to the Boko Haram sect.
“Cases of mass murders by its bloody minded killers and cut-throats are well known, but it attributes the killings to so-called Boko-Haram,” he said.
He also said militias backed by the government are responsible for the rampant kidnappings in the north. Over a hundred school girls were abducted from their Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on Monday night.
Mr. Nyako said “these organized kidnappers must have the backing of the Federal administration for them to move about freely with abducted children just as those who convey ammunitions and explosives from the Ports to the safe-houses of so called Boko-Haram in the North”.
Attack on clergy and top government officials
The Adamawa Governor also accused the Federal Government of being behind the killing of some prominent clergy in the north or the attempt to assassinate some top government officials from the north.
“We no longer accept let alone believe that our prominent Mallams in the Mosques in Kano and Zaria have been killed by ‘innocent’ Boko-Haram members or Christians in the North, nor do we believe that the killing of the Pastor and other worshippers in the Christ Apostolic Church in Jimeta-Yola was done by any Muslim or Boko-Haram members.
“We know where we are now pointing our fingers. There have also been attempts to assassinate the Senate President (Northerner) in Imo State, two Executive Governors of States in the North (the Governor of Benue State and my humble self), two of our most prominent Traditional leaders (Shehu of Borno and the Emir of Kano), Senators and others too numerous to mention, all from Northern Nigeria,” he said.
Mr. Nyako also said Fulani communities in parts of the North who have been in their locations for over 100 years are now being raided and uprooted by paid killers within the Nigerian Army for the satisfaction of the federal administration instead of being protected as citizens with their rights and dignity safe-guarded.
“This has happened to those communities at Keana L.G. in Nasarawa State and Laddoga and Kachia in Kaduna State. It is presently extended to Benue, Zamfara and Katsina States,” he said.
He also said that virtually all the soldiers of Northern Nigerian origin recently recruited to fight Boko-Haram have been deceived in that aspect.
“They are being poorly trained, totally ill-equipped, given only uniform and are killed by their trainers in Nigerian Army training centres as soon as they arrive in the Nigerian Army camps being used by so-called Boko-Haram insurgents. Virtually all the Nigerian Army soldiers killed/murdered in these operations so far are of Northern Nigerian origin.
“The Administration has also hired militia from all across especially North Africa who have been deceived into accepting to come because they were made to believe that they would be fighting infidels,” he said.
Framing northern elites
Mr. Nyako also said the government tries to rope in prominent northerners to crimes they knew nothing about. He recalled that an aide to Mr. Jonathan recently attempted to frame the suspended governor of the Central, Lamido Sanusi as being a sponsor of Boko Haram.
“Mr. Henry Okah, the convicted leader of MEND also stated under oath that he was being put under pressure by the administration to implicate senior Northern elements such as IBB and Buhari as financiers of Boko Haram terrorism. We are in deep trouble. We have begun to sleep with ‘both our eyes widely open,” he said.
He urged all Nigerians to rise up and talk before the crisis which began in the North East, North West and is now gaining root in the North Central consumes the entire country.
He also called on the people of the north to demand for their human and civil rights from the government.
“We should demand protection against the evil acts being done to our people and environments; we should demand the Right to Vote in forthcoming General Elections as the people of war-torn Afghanistan did and were able to vote in smooth General Elections on 5th April, 2014. If it could be done in Afghanistan, it should be done in Nigeria, the whole of Nigeria,” he said.
He urged all international organizations to take note of what is going on and act quickly. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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God is watching all of you. You people were voted in, took oaths to lead well and eventually turn federal allocation meant for good job to enrich yourself, bought arms and ammunition to destroy Nigeria. The blood of the people killed with revenge at a point for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe utterances from this governor can divide and cause uprising in the country. These northerners want to divide this country and I bet you they can't finish what they are about to start.
ReplyDeleteClearly Nyako is a BokoHaram leader. And a sponsor of fulani militia supporter. See how lopsided his views are. To him Bokoharam members are innocent and fulani s who have destroyrd many vilages and killedthousands if theur host communities are the ones ro be protected?. Jonathan musg act quickly and efforce full emergency rule in these boko states by removing the.entire politocal leadership in those states. That will stop these govs from funelling govt allocation to boko haram as Nyako and others has been doing..
ReplyDeleteThis man needs to have his head thoroughly examined. He is, without doubt, demented. No one in his right sense could call Boko Haram 'innocent'.
ReplyDeleteConsidering how blood thirsty his people have proven themselves to be for the past decades this is a very dangerous comment to make. Another example of exploiting peoples ignorance and when you add it with joblessness and poverty it becomes very potent.
ReplyDeleteImagine a Governor who boycotted the Security Emergency meeting talking like this with no atom of facts to back his speech.
ReplyDeleteAPC is hell bent on de stabilizing this country just to rule. It is not worth ruling a country in chaos. Take Syria as a learning point APC
Mallam pls use your head.
ReplyDeleteNyako is a mad man whose brain needs to be examined by a psychiatrist.He is a celebrated nincompoop
ReplyDeleteit is amazing when people read without understanding the content, where in the writeup did Nyako mention that Boko haram is innocent. whilst some with already biased mindset comment ignorantly and foolishly. when PDP said APC were the sponsors of BH did they provide facts to back it? but u all stupidly believed and started reignin insult on the APC leaders. moreover, we need to be abreast with current news so we don't write and look foolish, APC Gov. didn't boycot the security meeting, rather they were deceived by FG to believe the meeting has been canceled so they can deceive people like u that the APC Govs are not serious about ending the insecurity. Reading comments based on ethnic, religious and political sentiments make me pity for this nation called nigeria. Nigeria will never improve when we judge leaders based on ethnic or religious sentiment instead of developmental capabilities which is obviously absent in this clueless and dumb regime.
ReplyDeleteWhere they nt d same members of PDP b4 why didn't dey wrk 2 better naija is d same pple dat left now defect to APC brethern is all abt d party bt d pple govern d party if they accually ant change in APC is dey they can still do dat while in PDP so politician stop decieving nigerians we re tiered and we wnt a change as for Nyanko let him go and bury his head in shame since he assume office as a governo what has done for his state rather trying to impose his Son to succede him God is will expose u all @ d apointed tym
ReplyDeleteUseless commentators;are u belong 2 the north?this is our problems & needs 2 be address by our leaders;Was wrong with these mumus southerners?Nigeria is 4 all;& every citizen have the right 2 say it out;but the true of it;this is his problem;y can't he talk?kai make this country be divided;so what?
ReplyDelete@ JOHNNY 7:30AM IF I REALLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT MAITATSINE RIOT IN KANO, MAIDUGURI, JIMETA, KADUNA AND GOMBE COMSUMED MORE CHRISTIANS THAN THE MUSLIMS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW GO AND ASK YOUR ELDERS IN THE CHURCH WHETHER MATATSINES MISSION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA WAS NOT THERE HANDIWORK TO WITH THEIR FOREIGN ACCOMPLICES FOR THE PERSECUTION OF MUSLIMS AND ISLAM. AS ITS NOW HAPPENING WITH THE BH ISSUE. YOU SAID CHRISTIAN WHERE MASSACRED IN ZANGON KATAF KADUNA, HABA JOHNNY WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE TRIBUNAL THEN FOUND MOST CHRISTIANS SERVING / RETIRED WITH CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND SENTENCE THEM DEATH AMONG FEW RTD MAJOR GENERAL ZAMANI LEKOT. PLEASE WHEN WRITING ON SENSITIVE ISSUES LIKE THIS YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE REASONABLE AND STOP PRESENTING COOKED LIES. WAWA KAWAI.
ReplyDeleteThe founder of maitasine in Nigeria is the norther christian association Nigeria( N of CAN). They meet in jos with Rome nd portuges christain peoples, how they are going to destroy Islam in the north bcos its dominated muslems. When the meet the select five of them to become muslem nd sent them to egypt nd sudan to leaned Qur'an nd arabic language. Three of them sent sudan refused to come back as d knewn Islam is a religion of peace. So two of them came back i.e mohammed maitasine nd grema nd d went into muslem communtiy nd star oppose peace in Qur'an nd turn its into war etc , the man dat expose scret out is an idom man is name is prof .Divid now Dauda. Prof Dauda was one taken the mintes in school of theology in jos of how they are going to destoy north nd prof Jerry Gana as a theology student nd he known the realities of cause of its. My advice to the northern CAN nd CAN as general of generation the should stop decieving the followers of them nd they are cause of its. The late leader of boko haram N Of CAN are the sponsor nd prof Jerry Gana, late isayat Balad etc are the ones taken the bail of late leader of Boko Haram wen he wen is arrested by sss by sending a loyal muslem nd payin his duties. If u want more infomation contac prof Dauda he can enligten u.
ReplyDeleteThe founder of maitasine in Nigeria is the norther christian association Nigeria( N of CAN). They meet in jos with Rome nd portuges christain peoples, how they are going to destroy Islam in the north bcos its dominated muslems. When the meet the select five of them to become muslem nd sent them to egypt nd sudan to leaned Qur'an nd arabic language. Three of them sent sudan refused to come back as d knewn Islam is a religion of peace. So two of them came back i.e mohammed maitasine nd grema nd d went into muslem communtiy nd star oppose peace in Qur'an nd turn its into war etc , the man dat expose scret out is an idom man is name is prof .Divid now Dauda. Prof Dauda was one taken the mintes in school of theology in jos of how they are going to destoy north nd prof Jerry Gana as a theology student nd he known the realities of cause of its. My advice to the northern CAN nd CAN as general of generation the should stop decieving the followers of them nd they are cause of its. The late leader of boko haram N Of CAN are the sponsor nd prof Jerry Gana, late isayat Balad etc are the ones taken the bail of late leader of Boko Haram wen he wen is arrested by sss by sending a loyal muslem nd payin his duties. If u want more infomation contac prof Dauda he can enligten u.
ReplyDeleteMost of u abusing d governor must immediately check ur brain! are people mad in dis country t forget history of wat henry okah sai in d court? we have a useless,corupt, helpless central govt.
ReplyDeleteGovenor Nyako must be mentally incapacitated for making such a baseless and myopic statement. I see him being fustrated and demoralised for not having his evil ways manifest. For him to make such a baseless statement of wish every right thinking nigerian knows the truth about the current killings and kidnappings in the north goes to show how concentric and secterian he is in his mindset. I only pitty the people he rules, bcos i see him having no brain.
ReplyDeleteGovenor Nyako must be mentally incapacitated for making such a baseless and myopic statement. I see him being fustrated and demoralised for not having his evil ways manifest. For him to make such a baseless statement of wish every right thinking nigerian knows the truth about the current killings and kidnappings in the north goes to show how concentric and secterian he is in his mindset. I only pitty the people he rules, bcos i see him having no brain.
ReplyDeletekalid, nyako is a book haram, I was in yola when some boko hatsmist was a rested in welcome to yola and nyako said let them be released. Islam is d problem of of us, d koran told u Muslims to kill d non Muslims and that is what the boko haramist are doing now.
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