organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, yesterday, berated President
Muhammadu Buhari for comparing the alleged ethnic cleansing in Plateau
State to killings in Zamfara State.
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership lampooned Buhari, saying that such
comparison was unfortunate.
Ohanaeze's position was contained in the statement signed by Emeka
Attamah, the Media Aide of the President-General of the organization,
John Nwodo and made available to newsmen yesterday.
The statement said, "The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo
described the comparison by President Muhammadu Buhari of killings in
Plateau State to those of Zamfara State as most unfortunate."
Ohanaeze said that, "It believes that no human life was greater than
the other and that two wrongs do not make a right.
"Rather than compare the number of casualties, the Federal Government
should rejig its security apparatus, stop further killings and appease
the families and communities affected by the senseless killings. "
Ohanaeze Ndigbo expressed the fear that from the trend of events, it
appeared as if General T.Y. Danjuma's outcry that there was a grand
design by some people to carry out ethnic cleansing in the country and
that government was colluding with them had been justified.
Adding, it said, "The group called on the government to allay the
fears of the people, especially with the double standards being
exhibited by the Federal Government in the handling of the issues of
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the suspected herdsmen.
"Ohanaeze Ndigbo observes that while the Federal Government proscribed
IPOB which is a harmless organization, Miyetti Allah which has openly
claimed responsibility for most of the attacks for just the killing or
rustling of their cattle has been going around freely.
"If government could label IPOB a terrorist organization, there was no
reason that Miyetti Allah, the umbrella body of cattle herders should
not be proscribed and their leaders prosecuted.
"Ohanaeze is asking: how many suspected Fulani herdsmen have been
taken to court for either the killings in the country or for carrying
Ak-47 rifles about in the full glare of security operatives, contrary
to the provisions of the law."
It wondered what should be the "punishment for those herdsmen alleged
to have killed more than 200 people in a Christian-populated area in
Plateau State if five Christians have been condemned to death for
allegedly killing a herdsman."
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