Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of
Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday described the killings in Plateau state as evil,
barbaric, inhuman and ethnic cleansing against the people of Middle Belt......
Leader of MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu, in a statement by the group’s National
Director of Information, Comrade Edeson Samuel also said the killings were
targeted at eliminating Christians in the Middle Belt to pave way for Muslims
to dominate the areas. “MASSOB wishes to condemn the killing of the citizens of
Plateau state by a world confirmed terrorist group called herdsmen. It is so
evil, barbaric and inhuman to kill these innocent unarmed citizens because they
are Christians who do not share the same religious faith with the killer
herdsmen. “It is regrettable that President Muhammadu Buhari-led All
Progressives Congress, APC, government has failed to provide the citizens of
Nigeria with security, welfare and other infrastructural amenities. Instead,
they are using the security agents to intimidate and frustrate members of
opposition”. MASSOB’s statement further stated: “How on earth will such brutal
killing of innocent citizens happen without response from any security agent?
The Plateau state killings took many hours and there was no response or rescue
team from security agents. To us, this is shameful on Nigeria security agents
and the Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “MASSOB wishes
to remind the people of Middle Belt to hearken to the advice given to them by
General T. Y. Danjuma to defend themselves. It should not be ignored. This is
time for the Middle Beltans to fight for their coming generations.” MASSOB
alleged that there is a grand plan by the herdsmen whom it alleged are mostly
Fulani to wipe out the people of Middle Belt, adding that it is a well
calculated ethnic cleansing. “There is a grand plan by the terrorist herdsmen
to wipe the people of Middle Belt. This is ethnic cleansing at it best. “Can
President Buhari tell the world the difference between terrorism and the action
of his kinsmen who are hiding under the name of herdsmen? The caliphates are
jittery because the people of Middle Belt have refused to be used against
Biafrans as they did during 1967-1970 Biafra/Nigeria civil wars. “Have the
herdsmen ever attacked any Fulani or Muslim dominated area even once? The areas
they have been attacking in Adamawa, Zamfara, Kaduna, Taraba are mostly
Christian/non-Fulani dominated areas.”
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