Sunday, May 1, 2016

USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Cardinal Onaiyekan escapes death in attack by herdsmen + Other Evening Stories in NEWS EXPRESS, Nigeria’s Global Voice


"Intellectual" Ike Agbor:

Okay, so the "herdsmen" (whether Fulani or not) do not have their cows with them when they do their murders, but should their actions not somehow be "cow-related" if indeed they are herdsmen?

If cow-related, then without their cows around, their actions must be one of three possibilities:

  (1)  conquest:  a group of advance "herdsmen" wishing to take over territory so that their cows can later come in to graze on more available land.

  (2)  retaliation: a group of "herdsmen" who have invaded to avenge either an earlier cattle rustling, and/or a killing or killings of kith and kin who had been denied either passage or grazing rights.

  (3)  path-clearing:  a group of advance-party "herdsmen" who have come not to conquer, not to retaliate, but to remove any potential opposition to their passing through with their herd.

You may wish to add other scenarios, but I have exhausted my "intellectual" limits for now.

So, "intellectual" Ike, which is it in Enugu? Or Agatu? Or Oyo?

To those who died, it really does not matter WHY.....but to those of us who are still alive and are hoping to PREVENT further killings, I believe that it does matter what the motivation is - or might or might not be - so that also proper assignment might be placed to the victimizers.

Honestly, in some of these situations, particularly south of Sambisa Forest,  I am beginning to suspect  Rag-tag Battalion(s) of the retreating Boko Haram rather than "herdsmen".

And there you have it.


Bolaji Aluko



On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 2:50 AM, 'Ike Agbor' via AfricanWorldForum <africanworldforum@googlegroups.com> wrote:
When they are going to commit murders they bring along their cows as this Bolaji would want us to believe.
And you keep wondering why we are where we are with our "intellectuals".
O dikwa egwu.
Ike


On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 8:42 PM, 'Ezeana Igirigi Achusim' via AfricanWorldForum
Bolaji wants folks to talk to him intelligently. When he wrote that, you wonder why Buhari fired the Vice Chancellors and has not rehired any of them. People never learn. 

They are not herdsmen unless there are cattle. The Yoruba archbishop's driver should not know what herdsmen look like, unless the cattle are present? 

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim
Odi-Isaa
Nwa Dim Orioha AkA Onyeukwu 

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On Apr 30, 2016, at 5:34 PM, olawale aina waleaina@gmail.com [NIgerianWorldForum] <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

There is a video on youtube showing the fulani herdsmen crossing the benue river to Agatu. 
From all indications. When they are going on an attack they don't take the cows along.

This is a link to the video;


Ola Aina
Abuja

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Ezeana:

And if these herdsmen were going from Point A to Point B to C  - during which point B they did their dastardly murderous act - would they retire to Point A, or proceed to Point C to sell their cattle - and will find there complicit willing buyers, or ignorant ones eating blood-money cows?

Please talk to me intelligently....

Mind you, I see that you agree with me (in one other contribution of yours) that if we are serious, the first step is for the aggrieved to DECLARE that they will stop eating cows of traveling herdsmen, whether Fulani or otherwise, from here on, so they need not even waste their time coming to - or through - our domain:  among other steps like setting up (local) grazing farms (to satisfy our local needs), setting up abbatoirs, and encouraging referigerated freight trains (to carry beef.)

This is what intelligent persons do, not ethnically-biased individuals who want to present a narrow narrative.....


Bolaji Aluko
Waiting patiently 

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 10:11 PM, 'Ezeana Igirigi Achusim' via AfricanWorldForum <africanworldforum@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Bolaji:

While the cows grazed nearby, it is possible for the herdsmen to hit the road and do whatever. 

And I am

Ezeana Igirigi Achusim
Odi-Isaa
Nwa Dim Orioha AkA Onyeukwu 

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On Apr 30, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:


My People:


So why in this report below was it written that the attack on the Cardinal was by "suspected herdsmen?"  Did the car run into any cows?

Inquiring minds want to know.....you can see some people acting out an "agenda", stirring up things senselessly.




Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head


Cardinal Onaiyekan escapes death in attack by herdsmen •Catholic Bishops send SOS to Buhari

By News Express on 30/04/2016

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Tragedy was averted late on Friday when Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, survived an attempt on his life by suspected herdsmen along Benin-Ekpoma road in Edo State. Cardinal Onaiyekan was attacked on his way from the 10 years anniversary celebration of the enthronement of Dr. Augustin Akubueze as a bishop and the 10 years anniversary celebration of the Diocese Uromi.

Recounting their ordeal, the driver to Onaiyekan, who simply identified himself as Segun blamed the attack on herdsmen. He said: "We left Benin for Uromi and at about 5:00 p.m. on the fateful day, I think very close to Ehor, I saw a big pothole and decided to slow down the vehicle. I would have passed the spot with speed but because the Cardinal was sleeping, I decided to slow down the vehicle so that he won't wake up. Suddenly, I saw three men come out of the palm tree plantation by the roadside and started shooting at the vehicle. I looked ahead of me; two of them were firing from a distance at the vehicle and I looked behind me; another one was firing at the vehicle from behind, so I decided to use reverse gear. The other vehicles who saw me coming with reverse started clearing off the road and when I got to a safe distance I decided to stop the vehicle and people started running to see what had happened. It was then we realised that the bullets shattered the left passenger window glass and made huge holes on the panel of the door. We just thank God nothing happened to the Cardinal or any of us in the vehicle."

Reacting today to the incident, Catholic Archbishop of Benin City, Dr. Augustin Akubueze, and the Catholic Bishop of Uromi Diocese, Dr. Donatus Ogun, both appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the issue of the growing attacks by hoodlums in Edo State.

"We thank God that Cardinal Onaiyekan survived the attacks of some criminal elements on the Benin-Ekpoma road. If something had happened to him, what would have been the story? We thank God nothing happen and we are using this opportunity to appeal to Mr. President to provide adequate security for the citizens of Edo State," Akubueze said, in an interview in Benin City. 

The Catholic Archbishop stressed that the responsibility of a government is to secure her people. According to him, "What we are asking for is not too much for our President. If there is no security of lives and property, no investments or meaningful economic development can take place in the state and the nation at large. We need security and we are demanding that from our government."

Akubueze noted that the spate of attacks by so-called herdsmen across the country "is becoming frightening," adding: "There is an urgent need by the state and federal government to deal with the issue of security to protect lives and property of Nigerians with all seriousness."

Also reacting to the attack on Cardinal Onaiyekan, Bishop Ogun said: "What would have happened if the Cardinal was killed? It would have been sorry and pains for us, considering that he was coming to attend the 10th anniversary of the creation of Uromi Diocese. We thank God he came out unhurt."

While appealing strongly to President Buhari to help secure the state, the Bishop added: "We need adequate security to protect the lives and property of the residents of the state. We cannot continue to live in fear in our own land because of the activities of these criminals."

•Photo shows Cardinal Onaiyekan.

Source News Express

Posted 30/04/2016 2:44:58 PM



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