Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says the attack
on a Taraba community by Ambazonia fighters from Cameroon is a communal
conflict.
On Wednesday, suspected Ambazonia fighters, a separatist
group in Cameroon, reportedly attacked Manga community in Takum LGA of Taraba,
killing 12 persons.
The community is about 20 kilometres away from the
Kashimbila dam and shares borders with Cameroon.
Reacting to the incident, Ndume, in an interview with
Channels Television on Thursday, said the incident cannot be described as an
external aggression against the country.
The Borno senator said communities in the border areas of
the country usually engage in conflict with their neighbours.
Ndume said Ambazonia is a “stateless” group that cannot
challenge the territorial integrity of Nigeria, adding that the government must
take measures to protect those staying in border communities.
“I don’t want you to take it the way you say now like an
external aggression. I have listened to the governor, this is more of communal
or tribal conflict that affect communities along our borders,” he said.
“You know the borders
of Nigeria and Cameroon stretches from Taraba and even down to Cross River, up
to Borno in my local government — Gwoza LGA.
“We have several villages and towns across the borders and
mostly it is divided by rivers and you can see that the Manga village is a
resettled resettlement from the location of the dam construction.
“As the governor said, the details are not yet out. This
kind of communal clashes between tribes and communities happen not frequently
but it can happen especially these days.
“Basically, economic and sometimes political reasons, in
rare cases, even religious.
“This one is not a
threat to our territorial integrity. What I’m suspecting, because the reports
are not clearly out, is more of a communal clash.
“What I’m saying is that security to every Nigerian is a
constitutional matter and in fact it is the main purpose of the government but
that is not to say Cameroon or Ambazonia you called them are threatening
Nigeria.”
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