…Fulani in Nigeria are day dreaming, says Ohanaeze Ndigbo

“If the Fulani feel that they are in the majority in Nigeria, they are day dreaming, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo  youth wing has said

This came as it asked the Federal Government to arrest Alhaji Abdulahi Bodejo and others leaders of the Miyetti  Allah Fulani Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, for making such comment on the creation of 100, 000 Fulani vigilantes across the nation.

National Publicity Secretary of the Igbo youth wing of Ohanaeze, Osmond Nkeoma who handed the order in an exclusive chat with Sunday Sun in Owerri, yesterday noted that the comment by the Fulani cattle breeders was inciting and capable of causing disharmony in the country.

Nkeoma pointed out that the only way the Federal Government could exonerate itself from such comment was to order the group to withdraw its statement failure of which would be interpreted that the group had  Federal Government’s backing.

According to Nkeoma “we have seen that Miyetti Allah is serving the government with three agenda, they are now the mouthpiece executing the government’s sinister motive.

“If every other tribe can take that statement, we the Igbo, we have pride, we can’t take it , especially the Igbo youths, if the Fulani feel that they are in the majority in Nigeria, they are day dreaming, our parents learnt their lessons from the civil war and they painstakingly passed them to us.

Also, another group, Indigenous Igbo Youths, has warned herdsmen to leave Igbo land.

The President of the group, Chief Mayor Echefu who gave the warning said that the warning became necessary following alleged incessant killings of the people and the destruction of their farmlands by the herdsmen who also rape their women.

According to Echefu, “what happened at a community in Nkwere, Imo State was a grave injustice. A young man, Uzoma, who had just taken to commercial farming had his investments destroyed by herdsmen.

“When he succeeded in driving away the first set, they regrouped and came back more ferociously, and after a scuffle, one of their cows was said to have been killed. The herdsmen threatened  to attack the community if he didn’t pay them N200, 000 for the cow.”

Also the Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Ecclesiastic Province, Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna, has called on Igbos to rise up for self-defense.

In a statement Dr. Anthony J. V. Obinna said “Not satisfied with defeating us in an uneven war, there is this threat to wipe out the Igbos and take over our God-given homes and lands.”

“Not satisfied with defeating us in an uneven war, there is this threat to wipe out the Igbos and take over our God-given homes and lands.”

He said he had spoken with Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on the threats and called for action and enhanced security, adding: “I hereby publicly charge him to recognise that it is his primary duty as the Chief Security Officer of the state to protect the lives of Imo people, their homes and their lands.

“Your Excellency, your voice should be loud and clear on this life and death issue.

“I equally charge other Igbo governors and all Igbo leaders at various levels to protect our people, our homes and our lands. I urge all our people to rise up in prayer to God, in vigilance and legitimate self-defence. The right to life, to our homes and our lands is God-given.”