The Catholic Bishop of Gboko
Diocese, Benue State, Bishop William Avenya, has slammed the Nigerian
government over its loud silence on the killing of Benue citizens by Fulani
herdsmen.
The Holy Father said it was sad
and unfortunate that after voting overwhelmingly for the current government
during the 2015 general elections only for them to be rewarded with dead bodies
of their citizens courtesy of Fulani attacks.
Bishop Avenya made this statement
in Makurdi on Thursday at the mass burial of the over 70 victims of the recent
attacks perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen in Guma and Logo LGAs of the state.
The ‘tear-laden’ Bishop noted
that the attack was a deliberate attempt to push Benue into extinction.
He also faulted a statement
credited to the Police IG, Ibrahim Idris that the attack were ‘mere’ communal
clashes.
“We stand here today to declare
that enough is enough. We say no to this barbaric, inhuman and gruesome murder
of our kinsmen.
“This attack is a way of killing
the spirit. This is a planned attempt to kill our sociocultural life. But we
refuse to die.
“We voted for this government in
2015 with the hope that they would protect us but they gave us dead bodies as
reward. Enough is enough.
“The Benue spirit refuses to die.
We call on President Muhammadu Bubari to remember his speech when he was sworn
in that he belongs to nobody but to everybody.”
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