Femi,
The killers are Fulani herdsmen militia coordinated by the Miyetti Allah pressure group, led by elite Nigerian Fulani. Miyetti Allah is making it clear they are responsible.
Miyetti Allah has the explicit support of the Inspector General of Police and the Minister of Defense, and the tacit support of Buhari who has publicly enjoined the people of Benue to 'accommodate their neighbors', the Fulani herdsmen terrorists.
The governor has made it clear that Buhari and his government are working agst the people of Benue by aiding the terrorists. Civil veteral and ex-defense minister Theophilus Danjumahas suggested same, declaring the army is colluding with the terrorists and has urged self defense by the people as an urgent necessity against ongoing ethnic cleansing.
There is an ongoing terrorist onslaught by the Fulani led Nigerian government and its security agencies against Nigeria with their current focus being on Benue, although the spread of their colonising belligerence is nation wide, as evident in their coordinated military/political atrocities and strategies across the SE, SW and Midwest, a strategy unifying terrorist activity and demand for grazing routes and cattle colonies across the nation.
A state of emergency would give this political/pressure group/militia alliance their chance to complete their job with minimal resistance.
Even if you don't buy the idea that this is govt sponsored terrorist activity across the nation, what is your view on the known facts of this horror, facts which your response does not address even as you describe part of the unfolding horror, your non-reference to those facts actually diluting the horror, facts which I have pointed out in terms of names of specific people and groups and the actions they have publicly taken on this subject?
Or is it that you are not aware of these facts?
Are you contesting them? If you are can you say why, with reference to the historical records I have just pointed out?
Toyin
On 26 April 2018 at 16:50, Femi Kolapo <kolapof@uoguelph.ca> wrote:
I applaud and support the people of Benue state and all other people making every effort to compel the federal government into taking the necessary critical action to stem these killings.But, what have the Benue House of Assembly and the Governor been waiting for that they have not officially required that the president make a proclamation of a state of emergency in the state yet? Why have they not considered the situation dire enough to do so or do they think voting for a state of emergency to be declared is counterproductive?Given the frequency, the obvious planning demonstrated in these killings, the methodical razing of villages and towns, and the sophisticated execution of these horrific acts, why would it be wrong to consider that an act of war is being committed against Nigeria. Do we not have major breakdowns of public safety, endangerment to life, and a clear threat to the existence not only of Benue state but of the Nigerian state itself? What are the conditions required to invoke a state of emergency and compel the federal government to institute all the legal requirement to ensure the sanctity of life of and protection for the people?What actually is the federal government's conception of these attrocities? What is the strategy being employed to arrest this situation – peace keeping, or counterinsurgency or attacking the enemy/ies? If you have an irregular war ongoing that kills as many people over a short period of time as a regular war would and those tasked with ensuring the security of the people fail to recognise that they have a war in their hands, what chances are there that countermeasures appropriate to the calamity would be implemented.
More questions. What solid information has been generated regarding these attackers. Are they associated with specific geographically identifiable communities - with names, local leadership, etc? Are they located within Benue state, outside of the state, or from across the border of Nigeria? Has any of these killers been captured and for those shot during encounters with troops, what is their profile? How much of all this is herdsmen/farmer driven; how much is banditry and crime cashing in on herdsmen/farmer clashes, how much is driven by international terrorist linkages from across the borders of Nigeria. There has been no statement from the federal government indicative of its certainty regarding who the enemy is and where it is located. I hope I am wrong.But I think Nigerians should take up the responsibility of calling the government out. There are three arms of government legally equally empowered to steer Nigeria in the right direction. Why at this critical moment wouldn't the other arms of government establish their critical agency in keeping Nigeria and all Nigerians safe by performing their constitutional duty – without waiting for a befuddled central government. If they do, they not only help the federal government but further strengthen their own independence and relevance as autonomous arms of government.As far as I am concerned, and clearly based on the views of people of Benue state, what we have ongoing is a state of war. It is unfathomable to not acknowledge this and respond appropriately; even more surprising because the president is a retired army general as are many members of the government.
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Protesters Shutdown Benue Over Killings by Fulani Herdsmen Militia [ Right Wing Fulani Terrorism in Nigeria]sad-what a retrogressive carbuncle! What a plastic heart this stubborn invaders have been using to cause an ethno genocide right in their own land ? What else can done to this unruffled set of concerned officers & community guards i/c from below to the helm of security matter especially this monstrous presence of armed herdsmen destroying lives asif they dealing with rats? why the malevolence for BENUE PEOPLE -right in ther own landscape?nb Nigerian people need correct information and education & Human Rights literacy to enable us use Restructuring & Integrity -compassion for humanlives as precondition quality /program for voting for any candidate in 2019 Godwillingly.gbemi tijani,--
On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 3:09 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <tvoluade@gmail.com> wrote:
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Protesters shutdown Benue over killings
Makurdi, the capital of Benue State has been brought to a standstill by protesters over the ongoing killings in the state..
The protesters, DAILY POST gathered have taken over major streets of the state, calling on the federal government to come to their aide.
DAILY POST reports that over 100 persons have been killed between yesterday and today in Guma, Gwer and Logo areas of the state by suspected herdsmen.
Our reporter observed that the protesters, mostly women garbed in black attires are currently matching around the Bishop of Makurdi Dioceses house, weeping while singing corrosively, 'Go and tell Buhari they are killing us.'
More to come…
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