Collaboration Between FG, Miyetti Allah Could Break Nigeria Like Sudan, ECWA Church Warns
The Evangelical Church West Africa (ECWA), has warned that the seeming silence of the federal government on their activities of Fulani Killer Herdsmen and the myriad of atrocities they are committing in the country gives the impression of tacit support noting it could lead to the break up of the country. According to ECWA,
“The magnitude and dimension of attacks by herdsmen in recent years show that there is more to it than mere conflict on water and grass. What we are seeing today is simply terrorism under the guise of herders/farmers conflict. Unless these Fulani killer herdsmen are treated as terrorists, the situation will continue to persist.
“The action of the government in providing tacit support is akin to what happened between the regime of Omar Al-Bashir and the Janjaweed terrorists in Sudan. It is a well-known fact that this unholy alliance was what eventually led to the emergence of South Sudan. We must not allow this situation to repeat itself in Nigeria”.
ECWA President, Rev. (Dr) Stephen Baba Panya made this known on Friday while speaking on the deteriorating Security Situation and Other National Issues.
“Miyetti Allah as a group has been the official and most vocal voice and force behind the activities of the killer herdsmen. They not only give justifications for their terror activities but work hard, in addition to narratives by some highly placed government officials, to sell them to both local and international communities as the victims of the recent bloodshed in Nigeria.
“But the calibre of weapons they use and the sophistry of their operations leave more questions than answers. It also leaves one baffling how, for the first time in history, the ‘supposed victim’ is highly armed with military-grade weapons while the ‘supposed hostile communities’ are littered with mass graves, refugee camps, and high economic impoverishment as a result of paying millions of naira in ransom for their kidnapped relatives if at all they are lucky to receive them alive. ‘This is the case in Southern Kaduna, Plateau State, Benue State, and generally in the Christian-dominated Middle Belt region of Nigeria. Miyetti Allah, on many occasions, has not only owned up to attacks on innocent Nigerians but also given justifications for such attacks. As a result, many have called for its proscription, but to no avail. They are fast becoming a government within the constituted government of Nigeria.
“The attempted assassination of Dr. Samuel Ortom, the seating Governor of Benue State, amounts to introducing another very dangerous dimension to the security challenge, which if not properly and decisively handled, can threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria. “It is noteworthy that the faceless Fulani Nationality Movement (FUNAM) has owned up to this dastardly act.
