The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council,
OYC, Monday, hailed former Defence Minister, retired Gen. Theophilus Danjuma
over his call on Nigerians to defend themselves against marauding Fulani
herdsmen.
Danjuma had on Saturday at the
convocation of Taraba State University urged on Nigerians to use whatever means
at their disposal to defend themselves against killers.
His declaration has continued to
generate mixed reactions across the country.
In a statement issued by the OYC,
which was signed by its President, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, he said Danjuma’s
stand was a further affirmation of earlier call made the Ohanaeze Youths.
Recall that the OYC had shortly
after herdsmen attacked Ebonyi State communities, vowed to return fire for fire
should such killings re-occur in any part of Igbo land.
The group had accused the Federal
government of adopted double standard in the handling of the Fulani herdsmen
terrorism and Igbo’s non-violent youths agitating for the restoration of the
sovereign state of Biafra.
“Hence we hereby tell Igbo youths
to form rings to guide and protect their communities and farmlands and deal
decisively with anybody destroying their farmlands through cow grazing and or
bearing arms but he is not a known licensed security person.
“We warn that nobody has a monopoly
of violence and Igbo nation will surely defend itself. Enough is enough. Any
Armed herdsmen sighted anywhere in the South-East will have himself to blame.
Arise and defend Igbo land through well recognized vigilante groups,” it had
stated on the eve of the Ebonyi attack.
Speaking on Danjuma’s call,
Isiguzoro said, “it has been our earlier stand; we have been calling for
self-defence; so, today we are re-echoing that stand.
“Danjuma has justified the
position of Ohanaeze Youths worldwide, we will resist any attempt to forcefully
Islamize our people; the herdsmen militia, we are ready to resist them.
“Like Danjuma clearly pointed
out, there seems to be a serious collaboration between the security agencies
and these herdsmen. It appears there are two laws in this country- one for the
Igbos and another for the Hausa-Fulani.
“How else will one justify the
recent statements in the media that the government was considering amnesty for
the Boko Haram terrorists? It is shocking; it is unthinkable. This is the same
government that hurriedly branded the IPOB as a terrorist organization, but
same government is not courting internationally acclaimed terrorists.
“So, nobody should expect that
Ndigbo would fold their arms and these killer herdsmen come here and achieve
their evil agenda. We shall resist it with the last drop of our blood.
“We have enough men and youths
that will resist them before they get into the Atlantic; we urge more Nigerians
to speak up; we are proud of some governors in the South-East who have come up
to defend the course of Ndigbo.
“We have no arms anywhere but
Ndigbo are emergency specialists; we have our own way of fighting our battles
without rockets and guns. We repeat, it shall be fire for fire.”
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