Fred Itua, Abuja
Few days after over 100 people were allegedly killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen, leaders from the North Central states, on the platform of Middle Belt Forum (MBF), have called on the African Union (AU), the United States Government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to halt what they described as “ethnic cleansing” in Nigeria.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, President of the forum, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, who spoke on behalf of others, said the indifference shown by the AU since the killings started was worrisome.
Although he acknowledged the United States President, Donald Trump, spoke out against killings of Christians in Nigeria, the leaders called on governments to mount pressure on the Nigerian Government and President Muhammadu Buhari, to take steps.
He said: “We call on the African Union to condemn and call to order the Nigerian government for failing in its responsibility to protect the peoples of the Middle Belt.
“The African Union’s silence is no longer golden as Nigeria has been on the road to the genocide in Rwanda; with the African Union maintaining silence.
“We call on the International Criminal Court to investigate the genocide in the Middle Belt and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The Government of the United States should bring pressure to bear on the Government of Nigeria and president Buhari to take steps to ensure that they bring the killings to an end and the perpetrators to justice.”
Worried that the killings may continue, the forum called on citizens to defend themselves since government has failed to protect them.
“We call on the entire
people of the Middle Belt to organise themselves in their communities to defend themselves and their property as the government has abdicated its responsibility to protect them.
“Section 33 of the Nigerian Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to life and nobody should be deprived of that right.
“The right to private self defence is constitutionally recognised to protect that right to life.
“To all state governments in the Middle Belt: Governments of all states in the Middle Belt should, as a matter of urgency, support communities in the Middle Belt to train vigilante groups on ways of repelling external aggressions of the sort communities in our homelands have been subjected to in the last two decades,” he said.
The leaders didn’t leave out security agencies.
They said security agencies could not have denied knowledge of the attacks while they lasted.
Dr. Bitrus added: “The most recent attacks in Plateau state, where several communities cutting across three local government areas left over 200 persons dead, was sustained for over five hours; without any response from the security forces.
“It is inconceivable that an attack of such magnitude requiring the kind of logistics involved could have been planned without any inkling by the intelligence agencies.
“It is absolutely impossible that, for five hours, the security agencies were ignorant of the attacks in this era where majority of the members of these communities have access to mobile phones and have numbers of police divisions and relatives’ numbers.
“Our conclusion, therefore, is that this is evidence of high-level complicity by the security forces.”
This same middle belt region of nigeria seeking US & EU intervention in the killings going in thier region by the core north were in the contingent of nigeria soldiers that murdered over three million IGBOS during the nigerian civil war.
Just recently, the same middle belt participated fully in the operation python dance in the south east of nigeria which undoubtedly resulted in the death of thousands of NDIGBO. .
Now the chicken has come home to roost
They voted for Buhari and this what they get. Good for them
On one hand, this natives territory of Disintegrated Republics exist under Southern Countries Union- SCU which comprises Asia, Africa, South America and parts of Europe in this 21st century world international order. 20th century world international order is dead and gone forever with the fallen British bandits and fraudulent criminal America with their fraudulent criminal UN with its agencies etc. On the other hand, only the Sword decides between this territory natives of this generation of Disintegrated Republics and fulani fraudulent criminal sultanate political government with its emirates under the dead fraudulent political name Nigeria with their brainwashed terrorism mercenaries nickname military, police etc. controlled by British bandits and fraudulent criminal America. It is Revolutionary Militant Groups- RMG etc. formation which its members are the new military, police etc. under the natives Disintegrated Republics. The war front is Sokoto- the last bastion of fulani fraudulent criminal sultanate political government with its emirates under the dead fraudulent political name Nigeria with their brainwashed terrorism mercenaries nickname military, police etc. controlled by British bandits and fraudulent criminal America. Slaughter the last enemy in Sokoto. Slaughter the last enemy’s brainwashed terrorism mercenaries nickname military, police etc. in Sokoto. Slaughter the criminal tout nickname sultan in Sokoto, burn down his palace etc. God has put the enemy in the hands of this territory natives of this generation to crush. God given Victory is the natives. Only the Sword decides. God Is With Use!!!
The thing I find concerning is that the governors of these states being ethnically cleansed are not only happy to contest to remain but are willing to contest under APC banner and amazingly they have the support of their constituents. Why then should Buhari and co take their loss seriously.
Nigeria is not quite ready to show Buhari the door.
@Mercy, the so-called governors do not represent 0.1 per cent of this territory natives, which make whatever they stand for very irrelevant. It is not hidden the fact that majority of the so-called governors are complicit and collaborators of fulani fraudulent criminal sultanate political government with its emirates under the dead fraudulent political name Nigeria with their brainwashed terrorism mercenaries nickname military, police etc. controlled by British bandits and fraudulent criminal America. Judgment day has come in this final conquest of the Liberation Revolutionary Warfare of the natives under the natives Disintegrated Republics which ends in Sokoto the sit of the satan of this natives territory. Any this territory native who stand for fulani fraudulent criminal sultanate political government with its emirates and the dead fraudulent political name Nigeria with their brainwashed terrorism mercenaries nickname military, police etc. controlled by British bandits and fraudulent criminal America, must go down in the hands of the enemy or with the enemy in this final conquest of the Liberation Revolutionary Warfare of the natives under the natives Disintegrated Republics which ends in Sokoto the sit of the satan of this natives territory. God given Victory is the natives. Only the Sword decides. God Is With Us!!!
oga/madam:
you forgot that gowon, a middle belter, declared to the whole world that nigerian problems should and must be handled by only nigerians themselves internally and outsiders should take their hands off it. has he re-canted??? has he even sought God’s forgiveness for rubber-stamping the mass slaughter of ndigbo??? he only claims to be a Christian!!! what do you people think of his silence in the on-going unbriddled attempt to annihilate his own people??? nigeria is a joke!!! big big big joke unless you know!!!!!!!!!!!!
One Nigeria, Gowon and co,s will never survive and it will never be well with one Nigeria
I am sure the former chairman of NEF, Chief Paul Unongo, will not like Dr. Pogu Bitrus for dare speaking out and calling for international attention for the killings going on in the MB. Chief Unongo is a powerful believer in one monolithic north.