The leadership of three
indigenous youth groups from the major geopolitical zones the Southern Nigeria
Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately proscribe the
Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), as well as order
the arrest of the MACBAN leadership.
This was contained in a statement
signed by Aremo Oladotun Hassan, President, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide;
Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council
Worldwide and Barr. Pereotubo Oweilaemi, President, Ijaw Youth Council
Worldwide.
Recall that former
president Olusegun Obasanjo had in letter addressed to President Buhari, and
released by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Monday, expressed worry over
high level of insecurity in the country.
But in the press release made
available to DAILY POST, the leadership of the groups said the indigenous
youths organisations in the Southwest, South-south and Southeast geo-political
zones of Nigeria and in the Diaspora can no longer tolerate the killings and
threats from herdsmen in the said zones.
The statement reads: “We have
watched keenly most of the controversial activities of MACBAN recently as it
have directly and indirectly led to mass murder and Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing
against innocent Nigerians through allegedly perceived agents: dreaded militia
Herdsmen arm, with attendant daily mass killings in our various communities
across the nation, especially the recent wake of crises, killings, kidnapping
and community invasion by their armed bandits elements, under the aegis of
Fulani Herdsmen terrorist group, despite the allegedly N100 billion Naira
recently tangled by the Federal Government to pacify this dreaded group as a
frontal measure to win the terrorism war. Unfortunately this singular stride
has further increased our woes and agony unabated till date.
“The rude provocative call for Chief
Obasanjo’s arrest is a ploy of Myetti Allah to derail Nigeria’s governance
system to total anarchy, a semblance of Venezuelan and Rwandan genocidal ethnic
cleansing agenda.
“Furthermore, it is an open
invitation to put more hardship on the already helpless and suffocated
citizenry, plagued in the world headquarters of poverty.
“However, we implore the Federal
Government to desist from any attempt to arrest Obasanjo but to show
conspicuous appreciation to the former president for courage to speak the truth
to power.
“Similarly, the impunity move by
the Myetti Allah is aimed at setting the nation ablaze, with attraction of
grave consequences not limited thereto: political and economic sanctions from
world super powers. We observed with keen interest the concurrent evil
bedevilling the Nigerian state as a premeditated agenda to cause war and civil
unrest in Nigeria.
“We are completely worried and
compelled to react against the MACBAN for not calling for arrest of bandits and
armed Herdsmen in the North, having continuously unleashed terror from Benue,
Taraba, Osun, Enugu,Oyo, Ebonyi Ogun, Abia,Ekiti, Anambra and Ondo States
without no fundamental arrest, not until recently on the Late Funke Olakunri’s
killers arrest of suspects, though information is discreet and shoddy.
“However, we shall hold MACBAN
accountable for this crimes, precipitating our move to equally file a legal
action and petition against them both to our National Courts and the United
Nations for championing ethnic cleansing agenda.
“Hence, precipitating the Yoruba
Council of Youths Worldwide and Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, other South
South Youth leaders under the Southern Nigeria Assembly to urgently call for a
National (Youth)Dialogue Summit of selected youth leaders from all ethnic
nationalities in Nigeria and other critical stakeholders, and the process of
delegates invitation is on ahead of 30th September to 1st October, 2019 slated
for Lagos, details will be out soon.
“Based on this premise, the
National Dialogue shall serve as a means of urgently nipping in the bud and
proffering immediate panacea to the hydra headed monsters called Armed
Bandits/Killer Herdsmen on our various death points: intra-city and interstates
highways, as well as addressing and setting the tone for a robust dialogue on
other needful necessities; restructuring and new people’s constitution,
economic integration and development, infrastructures, education, food
security, youth and women empowerments, peace and security to mention a few,”
they stated.
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