Leave our people out of herdsmen killing in Ebonyi – Benue Govt tells Umahi

 

April 30, 2021 | The Biafra Times

The Benue State Government has asked its Ebonyi State counterpart to hold the Fulani herdsmen responsible for attacks in the state particularly the recent killings in Umwuagodo-Akpu community of Ohaukwu Local Government Area.

DAILY POST reports that Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State had accused the Agila Community in Ado Local Government Area of Benue State of launching attacks on Ebonyi community which led to the killing of unspecified number of residents recently.

Reacting, the Deputy Government of Benue State and Chairman Benue Boundary Committee, Engr Benson Abounu in a statement on Friday urged Umahi to leave Benue out of attacks in the Ebonyi Communities.

Engr Abounu, who expressed disappointment over Governor Umahi’s allegation, urged him to conduct a proper investigation on the incident and retract his claim.

According to him, residents of the attacked community had identified the assailants as Fulani herdsmen yet Umahi insisted that the people of Agila were involved in the attack.

The statement reads: “While we sympathize with the victims and families of those affected in the gruesome attack, it is important to state that there is no evidence linking the Agila people of Benue State with the offence.

“We are surprised at the attempt by the Ebonyi State Governor to change the narrative and find scapegoats for an action everyone, including the survivors themselves said was carried out by Fulani herdsmen.

“When the attack first occurred, even without any form of verification, and against the avalanche of evidence that it was carried out by Fulani herdsmen, Governor Umahi had hurriedly accused Agila people of responsibility.

“Today, two weeks after, in order to validate his earlier assertion, Governor Umahi is laying blame on the Agila people even as he has accepted that the attack was actually carried out by Fulani herdsmen. He now says that the herdsmen were hired by Benue people. Even a gullible public will find this difficult to swallow.

“It will be recalled that victims of the aitack had categorically identified herdsmen as the attackers. In spite of this, the Governor still went ahead to accuse the Agila people who convincingly absolved themselves of the atrocity.

“Given the foregoing, we are now compelled to ask of Governor Umahi the following questions:

“How did he come about the statement that the Agila people hired the Fulani herdsmen killers?

“Where is the evidence supporting the claim that Agila hired the herdsmen attackers?

“Did any Fulani herdsman tell Governor Umahi that the Agila people hired his kinsmen?

“Has Governor Umahi bothered to interact with the Agila side to ascertain the truth or otherwise of the claim?

“Let me state here that when news of the attack broke and the Governor cast aspersion on the Benue side, I, as Benue Deputy Governor and Boundary Committee Chairman, engaged my Ebonyi counterpart and we both investigated the unfortunate incident. Our findings did not support the claim that Agila people either directly attacked or masterminded the attack on Umuogodo-Akpu of Ebonyi State.

“I believe that it is now pertinent to request the Governor of Ebonyi State to make available all evidence, if any, of Agila’s involvement in the said attack. Otherwise we in Benue will have no choice but to conclude that the Governor’s unfounded claim amounts to inciting his people against Agila people and by extension Benue State. Moreso as the Governor in his press briefing after the State Security meeting, presented a cheque of N40m to Umuogodo-Akpu people to settle the victims AND to enable them form a “Vigilante”!!

“This, in our view, is dangerous coming from the Governor of a State. We will therefore demand that Governor Umahi takes a second look at the whole saga in order to properly address the unfortunate event”.

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How Fulani Conquered Our Hausa Land In 1808 - Activist

April 30, 2021 | The Biafra Times

A renowned Kaduna-based activist from Hausa extraction (name withheld) has given a complete history of how the Fulani people conquered his Hausa tribe so many years back: "The conquest began so many years back, even before our grandparents were born. We all know the story of Usman Dan Fodio. Even if you don't know the story of him, you must have heard of this name. 

"He was the first Fulani person to step his legs into what we now refer to as Nigeria. All the way from Fouta D'Jallon, very close to the boundary between Mali and Guinea, Usman Dan Fodio assembled a Fulani army to lead in jihad (Islamic holy conquest) against the Hausa kingdoms of northern Nigeria. The forces of Usman Dan Fodio slowly took over more and more of the Hausa kingdoms, captured Gobir in 1808 and executed Yunfa. 

"The war resulted in the creation of the Sokoto caliphate, headed by Usman Dan Fodio himself, which became one of the largest states in Africa in the 19th century. His success inspired similar jihads in Western Africa. The Hausa had established well organised city states before the advent of the Fulani. These states included Katsina, Daura, Kano Zazzau (Zaria), Biram, Gobir and Borno. Some of these were conquered and re-established by the Fulani. A few other kingdoms such as Katagum, Hadejia and Gombe were founded. 

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"The coming of the Fulani into Hausaland resulted in significant changes in the area. They brought the full force of Islam which became a great factor of social life and culture. In education, dress, taste and outlook, the Hausa and their Fulani conquerors became part of the Islamic culture world. This influence remains till today. Today Hausas are only used as foot soldiers by their new master's the fulanies. This is what Fulanis want to replicate in other parts of Nigeria. Fulanis, very vicious, crafty, cunning, cruel, brutal, unforgiving and power mongers. 

"The point to be noted about the Fulani conquest of all the Hausa kingdoms is that, it would have been absolutely impossible had many Hausas in the Hausa kingdoms did not join hand with the Usman Dan Fodio to fight against their kings and leaders whom they accused of being corrupt, which led to total collapse of all Hausa kingdoms. Usman Dan Fodio replaced all Hausa Kings (Zakis) with Fulani Sultan and Emirs and rule over them. 

"Before the Fulani invasion, Hausas were the great merchants of the great Trans Sahara trade, but today, they have become beggars (almajiris), slaves, useless, less than second class citizens in their own ancestral land, and their Fulani rulers continue to use Islamic religion to make them believe that it is the will of God for them to be poor and beggars"

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Nigeria’s Terrorist Government and the People

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Nigeria’s Terrorist Government and the People

By David Umahi | For Biafra Writers 

February 24, 2021

That the current Nigerian government is run by Fulani terrorists is no longer in doubt. In black and white, Nigerian government has been hijacked by a Fulani cabal and is being used judiciously as an instrument of terror to the indigenous people. Every intelligent body – local and international – knows this for sure. How the indigenous peoples of Nigeria and the international community will react to this anomaly and the threat it poses to mankind thus becomes a pertinent question. 

Many years ago, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his freedom-fighting outfit, Indigenous people of Biafra, saw the handwriting on the wall and began to sound the drum of warning but like the biblical Noah, they were ridiculed and ignored. 

Kanu severally pointed out the 2001 barbaric declaration of Muhammadu Buhari, “I will continue to show openly and inside me the total commitment to the Sharia movement that is sweeping all over Nigeria. God willing, we will not stop the agitation for the total implementation of the Sharia in the country”. 

That Boko Haram nominated Buhari as their negotiator still wasn’t enough to ignite the people’s consciousness. Buhari and his fellow irredentists called on their brothers in the military to brace up for a war against Christians, and followed up on that by asking Muslims to vote for Muslims. 

Acting out the script, his goons obeyed him and went on rampage when he lost election in 2011, killing fellow Nigerians as if they were fowls. Today we see these foot soldiers in the guise of cattle herders raping, kidnapping, killing, and renaming communities to reflect Fulani colony while being escorted by the police and army.

We see government handing money to terrorists under the pretext of paying ransom, and even recruiting them into the army with the claim they have repented. 

While all these are going on, the police, army, navy and air force are hunting for Eastern Security Network (ESN) – a security outfit set up by the people to protect them against Fulani terrorists operating from the forests. 

One then begins to wonder the path to safety. What will the people do? What will the international community do? An injury to one is an injury to all. 

Edited by Nelson Ofokar Yagazie

Publisher - Charles Opanwa 

IPOB HAILS S'EAST GOVERNORS FOR BANNING OPEN GRAZING, ASKS ESN TO ENFORCE

IPOB Press Release |The Biafra Times

February 2, 2021 

We the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra; IPOB ably led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to salute the courage of South East Governors for heeding our Leader's call to ban open grazing in the region. We received with delight the news of a statement credited to the Chairman of South East Governors' Forum, Dave Umahi, to the effect that open grazing has been banned in all states of the zone.

IPOB wishes to acknowledge the wisdom of the governors to respect the people's will for the first time. If the governors had not been seized by  useless fear and trepidation over the Fulani before now, our region wouldn't have been in this mess. 

We therefore, want to aver, and assure the governors that our gallant Eastern Security Network, ESN, will ensure strict enforcement of the ban which is also in line with a subsisting but neglected judicial pronouncement in 1969. At the expiration of the two-week ultimatum already issued by our Leader for open grazing to end in Biafra land, IPOB and ESN will move in to deal with any herder flouting the law.

Since the law enforcement agents are too weak or have wittingly failed to enforce the ban, we can no longer afford to sit idly and watch the wanton  destruction of lives and crops of our people. ESN will do the needful. We shall no longer allow law breakers to have a field day after inflicting physical and economic harm on innocent victims.

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The 12 Northern Muslim States already have their Hisbah police enforcing their Sharia law yet they claim Nigeria is one.  Alcoholic beverages worth millions of Naira belonging to Biafrans doing their legitimate business in those states have been callously destroyed by these overzealous elements and nothing happened. Yet some wicked mortals masquerading as herders are daily openly grazing their cattle on our farms, kidnapping our folks for ransom, killing and rapping our mothers and sisters. The security agents not only show blind eye to these unimaginable criminality but sometimes provide cover for the perpetrators.

We, therefore, wish to remind all herders in Biafra land that the era of occupying our forests and grazing on our farms is gone. They have to vacate our forests and relocate to cities where other human beings live. Wandering about with cows can no longer be tolerated on Biafra soil. Anyone interested in cattle rearing will either build a ranch as obtains in civilized societies or leave Biafra land. Do not say you are not warned!

We advise all herdsmen in Biafra land irrespective of their tribe to restrict themselves to the law of the land or relocate to regions where open grazing is allowed. Our patience will elapse after the expiration date of the 14-day ultimatum by our Leader.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB.

Eastern Security Network, The antidote to Fulani Janjaweedism and insecurity in our land - Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

 

IPOB PRESS STATEMENT 

December 16, 2020 | The Biafra Times

Having waited for many years for our governors to secure our land as Yoruba governors did to no avail, we the people of the East comprising of South East and South South have resolved to defend our land from the ravages of Fulani terrorism and extra judicial killings by the Zoo armed forces. We can’t allow what happened in Obigbo to repeat itself. 

It has fallen on this generation to defend our land against the ravages of Fulani terrorism and the hegemonic tendencies of Janjaweedism. For years our mothers have not been able to visit their farms for fear of being raped and cut to pieces. Our invaders, some of them from Sene-Gambia according to El-Rufai are in our villages raping and killing at will. Our response to the endless cycle of insecurity mothers m

Delta State Government has inaugurated Operation Delta Hawk, a new security outfit in the classic fragmented approach of the East to issues of national importance. The West were united in their effort to combat Fulani terrorism in their territory, even Miyetti Allah, an open supporter of murderous Fulani herdsmen had the guts to float a vigilante outfit the spread to every nook and cranny of Nigeria with the support of the Presidency and Northern governors. But in our land, Ifeanyi Okowa and other governors in the East cowardly allowed themselves to become fragmented out of fear of displeasing their Janjaweed masters.

I recall what Chinedu Euranius Ibegbulem wrote, he said "the only way to eat an elephant is to cut it into pieces". The approach of eastern governors to the issue of insecurity and Fulani terrorism is indicative of the mindset of a divided and conquered people. The pathetic, cowardly and fragmented approach to this great threat to our existence is the result of years of cruel and deliberate partitioning of our land, cutting Igboland into 5 inconsequential states, dividing us and calling us alien names like Niger Delta, South South, South East and goodness knows what else. 

We have allowed ourselves to become willing tools of the caliphate in our own destruction. Some foolish Igbo people have been cajoled and intimidated to the point where they deny their own identity. For example Nwike who is now Wike decided to massacre his own people at Obigbo for the reward of being named vice presidential candidate to Tambuwal in 2023. Igbo people were fooled into adding "R" to their Igbo names thereby changing the sound and it's meaning.

Therefore, if you’re weeping for the bloodletting in Northern Nigeria, the East and the West......hear this 

First, I speak as a human being who is possessed of a compatriot spirit with suffering humans everywhere.

Second I speak as an witness to the sufferings of Biafrans at the hands of their Nigerian compatriots, all to the point that instead of waning, our resolve for a separate State has been strengthened and cast in stone.

Today I present to the world our first and last line of defense against Fulani Janjaweed inspired murderous anarchy and mayhem across the entire Middle Belt & South. The Eastern Security Network is here to bring to an end years of Fulani Miyetti Allah terrorism in our land. This security outfit, modeled along the lines of Amotekun in the West & Miyetti Allah vigilante group in the North, will provide the entire East (South South & South East) with the necessary assurance that crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, illegal occupation of our forests and river banks by marauding killers from the Sahel is brought to an end with immediate effect. 

Every ethnic group across Biafraland is well represented in this formation therefore I am confident that every city, town and village will be protected from the ravages of Fulani terrorism in whatever guise it manifests itself. 

Now, what's my story?

Just days ago, Fulani Muslims - yes, Fulanis, whether herdsmen or Miyetti Allah FUNAM, Boko Haram, ISWAP murdered almost 100 rice farmers (reportedly all Christians) in cold blood in Borno State. 

Am I upset? Yes. Am I grieving? You bet, I am. But am I feeling funny and a bit disconnected from it all?

Yes, I am feeling not only funny and disconnected but I am also feeling that this whole mourning, outrage and anger about these killings is insincere, duplicitous, and profoundly lacking in stark appreciation of history, ancient history and importantly recent history.

You might ask: What history? It is a very dark, hideous history banned by those who rose to power on the ashes of a genocide they themselves committed.

It is a history banned in schools out of a sense of denial; yet it is a history still accessible to anybody and everybody.

In substance, it's a history of blood, of massacres, of genocide, and of pogroms unpunished; and other evils untold.

It is a history of a Nigeria where Biafrans have largely borne the brunt of massacres and genocide since 1945 at the hands of Fulanis, assisted by some other Nigerian tribes, including the very Northern Christians that were just massacred just days ago.

On the other trajectory, it is a history of so-called confluence of ‘one North’ against the East. Now it is repeating itself but in new ways that have driven Fulani Islamists and their allies to turn on their "northern brothers".

It is also a history that is on a constant rollercoaster. Yes, a rollercoaster where - in 1966, 67, 68, and 69 to 70, you gleefully joined in the massacre of your Eastern brethren that did nothing to you.

You stupidly joined in committing genocide dishonestly called a civil war to "unite" Nigeria; to unite a Nigeria that is now massacring you that largely bore the brunt of the uniting that was executed in blood; needless blood ... of millions of children and innocents.

Now, that history is repeating itself before your very eyes. That history has been brought to your own side of the town.

Now, you weep. Did you weep for Eastern Nigeria; Did you weep for the Igbo, for the Efik, for the Anang, for the Ijaw and the other tribes that made up Eastern Nigeria? Did you weep for Biafra? If you didn't, your weeping now is a lie.

Weeping must come with some honesty; weeping must be well-deserved; otherwise it's called 'crocodile tears'.

You killed my father, my younger brother, my beautiful cousin (after raping her untold), thinking they're all Igbos; or you knew they were not but you killed them anyway because they came from the East, lived in Borno beside you and spoke Igbo. You didn't care that they also spoke Hausa or even Fulfude.

Now you weep for Borno; you weep lies and insincerity.

Then you pulled out a young, wailing, innocent Eastern woman out of the train in the North and slit her belly and brought out a budding embryo and 'killed' it.

Now, you're being killed all over the North and you want me to weep. Yes, I weep but I also wept for my people killed in times past by your people. That's what makes me different from you - your weeping is one-sided, and you have killed before; I haven't.

And yes - I wept for 1967, but my fathers took matters in hand, declared themselves free and fought back. Have you fought back?

Keep weeping whilst they keep killing. What’s stopping you from fighting back? Why don’t you constitute your own Amotekun? Your own ethnic security!

This whole saga of a failed Nigeria is a rollercoaster - now you're in front, next you're in the rear. They spill blood, you spill tears. They kill, you weep and then your tears dry, waiting for the next senseless slaughter that never ceases.

They come back and kill again - one head of cattle for two two heads of humans; then you weep. A rollercoaster, a vicious cycle of weepings and killings. That's your Nigeria, Buhari's Nigeria, Fulanized Nigeria, Islamized Nigeria. A damned Nigeria of blood and tears.

That's not the Nigeria my forefathers helped most to liberate from foreign occupation. That shouldn’t be your Nigeria, either. But while I’m pursuing Biafra, all you do is weep.

Why don't you weep first for Eastern Nigerians killed by your parents? Did you weep for young Eastern Nigerians (yes -Biafrans) cut down in their prime by Buhari's Python Dance? Or Nkpor, Head-bridge, and the likes?

Did you weep for Nnamdi Kanu. Did you weep for an IPOB that can't hurt a fly, yet you joined in declaring them terrorists so you can go for another kill like you did in 1967. If you didn't weep for these, you have no moral right to weep for Borno, for Kaduna and the blood that has reddened the North.

Are you a Gowon, a Danjuma, a Bissala, a Domkat, a Shelleng, an Useni, a Walbe, a Mark, an Ochefu, an Unongo, a Tsav, or worse? If you are, then search your soul; do some contrition; make an atonement and seek the face of God, and then seek your liberation. Only then can you weep honestly or weep no more.

What about you - the ‘One Nigerian’ proponent? I tell all of you this: If you weep for the North, ie Northern Christians, Northern minorities and you didn’t weep for the Nigerian youths cut down in EndSARS, you didn’t weep for Obigbo, your weeping is dishonest.

Danjuma, your former maestro has told you what to do; yet you do nothing but weep. What are you waiting for? Where are your balls? Did you lose your mojo? Why are you not taking matters in hand? Are you supposed to be dead in your One Nigeria?

Are you waiting for an Nnamdi Kanu & IPOB and some elements of the Oduduwa that have the guts to fight back (but only with strong words) but whom you joined in suppressing? Have you now seen the sense in our sermons of freedom from oppression that is as unrelenting as your never-drying tears?

So, please stop weeping; man up and take matters in hand. That's what gutsy men do. That’s what humans endowed by the Almighty do.

Self-defense is a constitutional right.

Self-determination is not a crime but a right under the laws of federation of Nigeria and customary international law.

Stop saying to them that you killed Biafrans or Easterners in the past for them. Stop saying you fought Biafra for them. Stop saying you killed Ijaw, Efik, Ibibio for them. Don't you get it? They don't care.

Late Buhari never cared. Didn’t he say an attack on Boko Haram is an attack on the North?

Even the Cabal that is ruling in his name and ruining your lives doesn’t care. 

Buratai, the boy-scout General is biased (Danjuma said it all). Is he not from Borno?

Your entire security chiefs are comprised of them; and they see you as a kafir, an infidel, a willing tool, a half-wit to be deployed at will against your own people, against Biafrans (and sometime all the South).

Then, when it suits them, they dispense with you, they turn their guns on you, either directly or by proxy. Then, they dishonestly call it farmers-herders clash. 

What was the clash in that Borno rice farm?

Stop weeping; demand Referendum. Demand your freedom. Form your own security. End Nigeria, NOW!

That's the ONLY way out.

You see, this is one of our major problems in this country, most of us don't wants to do the hard work, by speaking up, due to laziness and fear but everyone wants to reap the fruit of it. No one wants to speak up, but we are complaining and dieing secretly and gradually, and if someone does, some literate illiterate still has the guts to open their God forsaken mouth to say rubbish as if, it's the cause of your problem.

Young youth, the earlier we start making out real findings about our country and start fighting for it, the worse it becomes n  History will repeat itself.....no wonder the white man said, if you want to hide something from a black man, put it in a book.

So before you come online and disgrace yourself, family and generation at large, make sure you have something vital to say, if not, shut up!!!

ICC has belatedly decided to investigate atrocities by the Nigerian army, police and politicians. Sadly their intervention has come too late for some of us. The likes of Wike, Nwodo, Obiano, Ikpeazu and Umahi must not go free. They shed the blood of the innocent and must pay dearly for their crimes. Henceforth wherever any Biafran is killed, the governor of that state will be killed too. If the killings were ordered by the police or army, they too will also die. 

If anybody is arrested for any offence, we expect them to presented before a court of law for trial. Should they be convicted and death sentence passed, then the state can with every justification execute them. But for the likes of Wike, Ikpeazu and Obiano to order the Nigerian army to invade communities and kill innocent civilians will no longer be tolerated. If they order the killing of innocent people, they too will be killed.

Extra judicial killings will no longer be tolerated. Obigbo, Nkpor, Emene, Afaraukwu, Aba will no longer be tolerated. 

Our farmlands and forests must be cleared of all illegal Fulani terror settlements. There are enough towns and cities where those with legitimate business interest can reside and do their business. Our forests, bushes and farmlands are no go areas for marauding killer Fulani herdsmen and bandits from Mali as El-Rufai once claimed.

The ESN is not the Biafran Army and must not be regarded as such. If and when the need to float an army arises, we shall dutifully notify the world.

Signed

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu

IPOB leader.

Enough is enough! Never again shall our farmers be hacked to death - IPOB to Miyetti Allah

 IPOB PRESS STATEMENT 

September 17, 2020 | The Biafra Times

The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been drawn to the deceptive  statement credited to  the front-line Fulani murderous group called Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), that they are solely concerned about their business interests in the East and not motivated by their age long territorial expansionism. We find it amusing that a known terror sponsor with a known history of ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt will claim to have purely business interest in Biafra land. 

We therefore warn Miyetti Allah, who by their own admission is the lead coordinating group of all terrorist groups in Nigeria, to stay away from Biafraland. We don't need them and their investment including  their foot-soldiers - Fulani  herdsmen, Bandits, Ansaru Terrorists, ISWAP and others. They should all steer clear of Biafraland before it's too late. 

Biafraland cannot harbour blood suckers masquerading  as herders. We can no longer sit idly by and watch them spill innocent blood under whatever guise, or raid communities without provocation, or maim and rape our mothers and daughters, or destroy our crops and farmlands.  IPOB family worldwide has vowed never to allow Miyetti Allah continue with their criminal activities in Biafraland and that is how it shall be. You may have a few cowardly eastern governors in your pocket but be minded that such nonsense does not extend to IPOB.

Henceforth, any criminality traced to Miyetti Allah terrorists SHALL be resisted with equally force in the interest of self defence and preservation. Any death in our land caused or masterminded by Miyetti Allah and co terrorist groups shall be avenged. BIAFRAN LIVES MATTER! Never again shall our hapless mothers and daughters be raped and dismembered. Never again shall our farmers be hacked to death or their crops destroyed by these agents of darkness! Never again shall our forests be occupied by these desert dwelling locusts! 

Miyetti Allah can only deceive their fellow Nigerians with their gimmicks and antics, we IPOB is smarter than them any time any day. We  are working tirelessly night and day to protect our people regardless of human and material cost. Nigerian government, security agencies and Miyetti Allah are all working together to soften the ground for Fulani terrorist take over of homelands of indigenous people the British experimentally lumped together into the largest human Zoo in the world. Miyetti Allah are free to torment and operate in every part of Nigeria because no one is in any doubt that Britain bequeathed Nigeria to them upon independence in 1960 but Biafraland is out of bounds.

It is on record that Miyetti Allah has committed lots of atrocities and massacred innocent citizens in Nigeria particularly in Southern Kaduna and Middle Belt and parts of Biafraland that is why we cannot continue to allow them carry on with their evil mission in the territory of Biafra. Despite the immense support these cattle herding terrorists enjoy from the Fulani government in Aso Rock and Nigeria's security operatives in army and police, we shall continue to defend our land.

Miyetti Allah will meet their end if they don't stay away from our territory. 

Enough is enough! 

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB

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Nigeria: It is slowly dawning on everybody how disastrous being in a country with Fulani can be - MNK

By Mazi Nnamdi Kanu || The Biafra Times

May 15, 2020

■ It is slowly dawning on everybody how disastrous being in a country with Fulani can be.

1. When scimitar wielding Arabs invaded Africa in search of slaves, it was the Fulani that willingly turned their daughters into prostitutes to service the brown skinned Arab slave merchants in an effort to breed what they felt would be a dominant light skinned mongrel race in the Sahel. You can see their treachery and inferiority complex didn't start today. They became slave catchers for their Arab masters. It was Fulani cattle herders that regularly kidnapped their fellow black Africans and sold them to Arabs while their easy going daughters were busy trying to make half Arab-half African babies for the good of the tribe.

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2. When the British came these Fulani ingrates abandoned pax Arabia and lay on the floor for the British to use them as doormat in return for influence and political domination of Nigeria. They were such good house-niggers that when Anthony Enahoro asked the British to leave Nigeria in 1957 by tabling a motion for independence, it was this same conniving Fulani you see today, Gambari and all, that said NO. They told their so-called fellow Nigerians that Britain, the new white gods from Europe, should continue to rule them and all Nigerians until they the Fulani say they are ready for independence. Go and read about it. They threatened to break away from Nigeria if the south continued to ask for independence from British rule. Can you imagine such nonsense! It was the equally foolish Dr Azikiwe that begged them to stay because he had a Hausa girl as a concubine at the time. He didn't want his mistress to belong to another country.

3. Now that China is threatening to become the most powerful country in the world, this same shameless Fulani through Aisha Buhari have once again offered their loyalty, services and submission to the Chinese in return for the usual political power which they have always craved. Keeping the rogue regime afloat is the priority right now. Fulani have  abandoned Britain that  made them who they are today. Sound familiar?

Why else would Fulani sign contracts and loan deals on behalf of Nigeria in Chinese language that non of them can understand? Because in the end it doesn't matter what damage Fulani do to other black Africans, the preservation of their hegemony is the most important thing to them. This is the nonsense the Yoruba race we are told are educated are supporting because of 2023 elections. Shame! Shame!! Shame!!!

#WhereIsOsinbajo
#AsoRockIsStillEmpty


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Army vowed to destroy Delta community, Muoboghare insists

February 24, 2020 || The Biafra Times

By Festus Ahon & Perez Brisibe – Delta

Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education and indigene of Uwheru kingdom, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, on Sunday,  insisted that soldiers from the 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor vowed to destroy Agadama community if the community failed to produce the corpses of those reportedly killed by armed herdsmen.

Muoboghare while responding to the denial by the army authorities that its personnel did not at any time make such threats, said if the matter was not blown to high heaven, the army would have carried out its threat.

Speaking to Vanguard, he said: “On Saturday when the place was chaotic after the soldiers from Bomadi retreated to go and reinforce, the other Agbara-Otor military team came and they said there was no reason for the protest by the youths and that nobody died.

They insisted that unless they see the dead bodies, they were going to bring down the community and that is the truth and they appealed to me to talk to the community youths to go for the dead bodies if any.

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“The soldiers now took the youths into the forest where they met the Fulani herdsmen, and they (soldiers) told the herdsmen saying, ‘give us the dead bodies and the herdsmen said no they will not release them’ and at that point, they dared the soldiers and the soldiers beat a hasty retreat.

“The following day was when they went back and saw some corpses including the ones burnt beyond recognition by the herdsmen. Also, categorically speaking, the Police Commissioner was angry that the DPO Ughelli accepted that those bodies be brought. So they  did not want any evidence with the herdsmen and then on Monday, they went and saw the six corpses and at that point, they could not deny anymore.

When the police said we should bring money for autopsy, I told the community members not to drop one kobo for an autopsy but the Governor brought the money for the autopsy.” “If not that the governor prevailed on the GOC, and the matter became blown, else if it was not blown, they were ready to bring down the community and they said so.

So, these bodies that were exhumed, it was the soldiers that insisted that they are exhumed. We didn’t want to bring the dead bodies to Ughelli but they insisted that they must be exhumed to prove that the herdsmen killed people because they always protect the herdsmen and I will say it again and again.”

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Killing Spree Perpetrated by Herdsmen Accompanied By Soldiers, Another Prophecy Fulfillment By Our Leader - IPOB

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February 18, 2020 | The Biafra Times

What is unfolding before our very eyes today in Nigeria with soldiers working hand in hand with known terrorists and Miyetti Allah bandits to broaden the theater of endless cycle of slaughter and mayhem especially in Biafraland, particularly with recent killings in Delta State of Biafraland as confirmation that only the divine words of our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and actions of IPOB can save the people.

Governor Okowa's brave condemnation of Nigerian Army's involvement in the orgy of violence unleashed by 5 different Fulani terror groups against innocent populations should drive home the importance of survivors of these premeditated slaughter of the defenseless to coalesce around IPOB's message of freedom as the only way out of the present impasse in the fight against state-sponsored Fulani terrorism in Nigeria. It is now as clear as broad daylight that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been right along and those that mischievously accused him of hate speech are themselves the beneficiaries of the booming terror industry in Nigeria.

The mind-boggling accuracy of the prophetic predictions of our leader should cause every right-minded person to ponder over the words and prophecies of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in-depth to appreciate its magnitude and force. In 2014, before the murderous tendencies of Miyetti Allah was unleashed on hapless Nigerians, way before Fulani herdsmen, bandits, foreign fighters, ISWAP, Ansaru, Al-Qaeda in the Mahgreb descended on innocent citizens with the fury of a Biblical plague; way before the emergence of the roundly hopeless and despotic regime of late Major-Gen. Buhari, our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu said it live on air during his  prophetic message of 6th February 2014 on Radio Biafra that:

Fulani herdsmen will be armed and encouraged to slaughter us with impunity and their masters will protect them." Our leader went on to prophesy that "they are coming to ensure that my people are enslaved forever, those who do not believe me will soon see it happen before their eyes. They are coming to elevate Fulani supremacy, to reposition the security agencies by sacking all competent hands and replace them with their kinsmen to drive ethnic domination of the Biafrans and other tribes in Nigeria.

Not only has this prophesy come to pass with deadly accuracy unequalled in the history of such predictions in modern times, but its accuracy and force of delivery at the time also made it stand out to the extent that no modern pastor, preacher, overseer, prophet or Imam could boast of such accuracy and precision. Not since the days of the seers and prophets in the Bible has a human being predicted events to come with such devastating, vividness, and clarity. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's prediction after prediction has come to pass which signifies that within his message of freedom contains the solution to the current madness enveloping the British contraption called Nigeria. Unfortunately, the Devil has blinded most people with pettiness, envy, and jealousy to appreciate and embrace his message of redemption hence the endless vicious cycle of violence.

It is now clear to all and sundry that Nigeria military personnel accompany Fulani herdsmen on their killing sprees across every nook and cranny of our land as was the case in Delta State on the 16th of February 2020. It was precisely because of this reason that our leader called for mass resistance against the invading hordes from the Sahel. Those Efulefus, perennial Fulani slaves and political harlots who were against the formation of BSS are today calling for a toothless regional defence force so their voice will also be heard as part of the ongoing debate on restructuring not that they are sincere. They have woken up from their serial betrayal of their people to realise the inevitability of their own conquest and that of their land.

The US government and her lawmakers will now pay more attention to all IPOB submissions following this confirmation by Gov. Okowa. Nigeria military personnel have the temerity to openly accompanied and encourage terrorists to slaughter Biafran citizens in our very eyes whereas laying siege to Afaraukwu and discouraging mourners from attending a burial ceremony. If anything encapsulates the idiocy, double standards, and duplicity of rulers of Nigeria in ongoing lawlessness in the British contraption, it is the behaviour of Buratai and his Janjaweed army.

This is another one-time accomplishment and fulfillment of the prophesy from our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Therefore, we are calling on our people to be prepared because we are going to take on Fulani terrorists in our land.

COMRADE EMMA POWERFUL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY SECRETARY FOR IPOB

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Police Arrest Elders of Anambra Community Over Alleged Death of 4 Herdsmen, 108 Cows

February 11, 2020 | The Biafra Times

According to reports by Igbo Mandate Congress, the traditional ruler of the town, HRM Dr A.I. Ofuebe was almost arrested with the other elders at the scene of the meeting with Governor Obiano. Since then, the detained community leaders have been dumped at cells meant for hardened criminals at the CID cell in Awka, Anambra State

A week after their detention, the leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN, in the South East, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki alleged that youths of Ifite-Ogwari killed four herders and 108 cows between December 20 and January 27, 2020.

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“The community leaders of Ifite-Ogwari are being detained at the insistence of leaders of Miyetti Allah in the South East. They justified their two-week incarceration on the mantra that they are still investigating and looking for the killers of the herdsmen and the 108 cows.

“The Legal Adviser to the community, Barrister Michael Chukwuemeka, has been denied proper access to the detained elders and that the Deputy President General is in bad state of health.

“Top officials of Anambra State Govt told IMC that the Governor recently asked the Commissioner of Police to release the elders but the Police declined, insisting that only order from Abuja can effect their release.

“Igbo Mandate Congress leaders were told by the Ifite-Ogwari elders that they were living in peace with the Fulani’s till a murderous and rapist group entered their midst.

“These Murderous groups specialize in destroying people’s farms and brandishing dangerous weapons when challenged by the displaced farmers.

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“The murderous herders graduated to raping young girls in their farms to the point that young girls do not go to farms again.

“The Murderous herders descended on married women who refused to be chased away from farms and raped them repeatedly.

“The men, then started escorting their women to farms, and the herders graduated into raping married women in the presence of their husband.

“The elders and youth of Ifite-Ogwari made repeated efforts to get the attention of the state government to the tension, and they were repeatedly told to forgive their enemies for the sake of national unity.

“They claimed that at no point between December and January, did the youth mobilize against the Fulani, insisting that if such had happened, probably hundreds would have died.

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“That if anybody ever died, as claimed by Miyetti Allah, it could be as a result of a private clash between an infuriated farmer and a rapist herdsman, and the community was not involved in it.

“That the claims by Miyetti Allah leaders that they killed four herders are a subterfuge to attack the community.

“That whether Willie Obiano defends them or not, they will not allow rapists to invade their farmlands anymore, and will defend the community against any attack.

“That Governor Obiano is insisting that the community pays N38 million naira being compensation for alleged 108 cows and that the community elders have raised some million from communal taxation.

“Igbo Mandate Congress in its recommendation, advises the leaders of Miyetti Allah to expunge those murderers and rapists from their midst terrorizing communities around Ayamelum.

“Igbo Mandate Congress deems Miyetti Allah actions in Anambra State as triggers for the disintegration of Nigeria. While IMC has been working in concert with Igbo elites and professionals to stem the secessionist tide in the South East since 2014, with great success, including severally calling some youth leaders to order, the Miyetti Allah counterparts are encouraging rapists and murderers in their midst.

“Igbo Mandate Congress advises Governor Obiano to stop taxing the Ifite Ogwari community, and pay from state coffers the N38 million naira the Miyetti Allah demanded for the allegedly killed 108 cows. Governor Obiano should also pay N18 million naira for the destroyed farmlands and N18 million naira for rehabilitation of families whose daughters and mothers have been senselessly raped since the state failed to protect the community after repeated alarms.

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“The Nigerian Police should order the release of the community elders detained and pay them compensation for illegal two weeks detention.

“The youth of Ifite Ogwari should suspend any planned reaction and allow a solution to be worked out within the next few days by concerned Igbo leaders.

“Igbo Mandate Congress is a major stakeholder in Anambra State and expects those concerned to act in the interest of peace.

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Report: Weapons used in herder/farmer conflicts traced to Nigerian security agencies

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 January 31, 2020 | The Biafra Times

By Chinedu Asadu

Some of the weapons used in the conflicts between farmers and herders in the country have been traced to Nigerian security agencies, according to a report by Conflict Armament Research (CAR).

The international conflict research group said some of the weapons were traced to “stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces”.

The report, which can be downloaded here, said 148 different weapons were discovered and analysed, and those manufactured in Nigeria are the second most prevalent among them.

“Predictably, given widespread weapon diversion from many governments in the region, CAR has traced four weapons in the data set to the stockpiles of Nigerian defence and security forces,” the report said.

“Nigerian-manufactured small-calibre ammunition - including cartridges manufactured as recently as 2014 - is the second-most prevalent type of ammunition in this data set.

“Four of the weapons in the data set were previously in service with Nigerian national defence and security forces. CAR has established this through formal tracing and the analysis of secondary marks applied to the weapons, which identify their users.”

At least 3,600 were killed in clashes between farmers and herders as of 2018, according to Amnesty International, which blamed the casualties on “gross incompetence” on the part of the authorities.

In some cases like in Plateau state where hundreds of lives have been lost in violent clashes, the police and other security agencies arrest suspects without prosecution.

The report, which focused on Zamfara, Katsina and Kaduna states, said a study of the weapons in use shows the violence is “perpetrated almost exclusively with small arms and light weapons”.

CAR said while some of the weapons used in the conflict are locally manufactured, some originated in Gaddafi-era Libyan stockpiles, and others produced in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.

It also traced some of the weapons to terrorists and special forces in Iraq and Libya.

Some of the key findings of the report are:

• Groups involved in inter-communal herder-farmer conflicts in northern and central Nigeria use some locally made artisanal weapons (and) also use factory-produced weapons manufactured in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East.
• Weapons that Conflict Armament Research (CAR) documented during field operations in three northern Nigerian states have commonalities with small arms previously in service with national defence forces in Côte d’Ivoire and with weapons that CAR has documented in Libya.
• CAR’s data set also includes Iraqi assault rifles manufactured in 1987 … terrorist groups have used weapons from the same batch in successive attacks on security forces in Mali and Niger since 2016.

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Nigeria Government Financing Terror

January 25, 2020

By Christopher O Evans | Biafra Writers

Evidence abound that Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) government supports terror organizations. First, before he became the president of Nigeria, he was the most vocal advocate of Boko Haram. He attacked the then President Goodluck Jonathan for fighting Boko Haram. Recall that Buhari was quoted by Newsday as declaring the killing of Boko Haram members a declaration of war against the north. He was such a passionate defender of the terror group.

In one of his statements in support of the insurgent’s crude attacks, he addressed the Boko Haram sect as "our misguided brethren," and urged Jonathan's government to begin negotiations with the terror group with an aim to granting them amnesty. Many would still remember that Buhari was emotionally vexed against Yar'dua for granting amnesty to Niger Delta militants. He felt paying N65,000 monthly to repentant militants was cheating to the north. Shortly after his vituperations against amnesty to Niger Delta militants, which helped to significantly lower the spate of attacks in that region, Boko Haram emerged. Many believe Boko Haram is a creation of the north, particularly Buhari, to try to force amnesty payments to northern youths to even the deal.

 Soon as Buhari began preaching and advocating amnesty to Boko Haram, Jonathan expressed willingness to negotiate. But with whom? Jonathan insisted he cannot start a negotiation with faceless persons. Boko Haram then named Buhari to negotiate on their behalf. The significance of the choice of him by Boko Haram is never lost even though he turned it down. Following what looked like imminent monthly amnesty payouts to Boko Haram, northern youths were encouraged to enroll as terror members in order to access the funds. Recruitment centers were opened all over the north. Jonathan, however, didn't follow through because nobody came up to speak for the group. Buhari, originally retired from politics, jumped in back after Yar'dua offered amnesty to Niger Delta militants. His all-consuming passion has always been to right the perceived wrongs against the north. He felt Yar'dua was giving away too much to the south and attacked him every step of the way.

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Buhari is a hardcore Islamic fundamentalist who believes in the old Usman Dan Fodio vision of conquering the whole nation for Allah until he dips the Qur'an in the Atlantic ocean.

So what has Buhari done with power upon grasping it?

1. He took his time to appoint military chiefs, all of whom are Fulani Muslims. He ensured that Fulani took over the police, the immigration, the customs, and all internal securities. He ensured that Fulani took over the NNPC and every lucrative government enterprise in the country.

2. The military underwent the orientation: “Don't kill Boko Haram.” Since his coming to power the military stopped killing Boko Haram. All that you hear is Boko Haram killing soldiers.

3. He struck a deal with Boko Haram which ensures the continuous inflow of hundreds of millions of dollars into the terrorists’ coffers. Under him, Boko Haram are no longer faceless. Consider the speed with which he contacted Boko Haram over Dapchi schoolgirls abduction. The girls were gratuitously returned to Dapchi by Boko Haram themselves amid cheers in less than 24hours. That he has their numbers cannot be argued. He graciously allowed them to keep Leah Sharibu, and allegedly doled out over $500m in ransom. 

4. Fulani herdsmen began to flaunt assault weapons openly, becoming emboldened. They could raze down Christian communities, leaving trail of gruesome massacres while the military and police provide them with cover to ensure reprisal attacks didn't happen. Then they would address press conference to own up the killings and promise more while flanked by the Nigerian police.

5. Buhari refused to acknowledge Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen are terrorists despite such designation by the world terror index. He argued that the Fulani herdsmen are a sociocultural organization in the mold of Ohaneze and Afenifere, and solicited for their respect.

6. He has rewarded the Fulani militias to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

7. He has freed hundreds of detained terrorists.

8. He has been recruiting the freed terrorists into the army and other of the country’s security forces even as Boko Haram continues abducting and killing Christians.

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If Buhari is not a terrorist, who is he? What name do you give someone who ordered military-killing campaigns against IPOB youths for peacefully agitating for the right to self-determination? What do you call a murderer of the innocent, and protector of criminals and bloodsuckers?

Buhari is living his dream of conquering other tribes for his religion, but what he can never achieve is to stop Biafra from coming. God is turning all his evil plans to Biafra's favor. The whole country is beginning to get Mazi Nnamdi Kanu's message. The southwest, PANDEF, IPOB, are all up on their feet now. The great resistance will soon begin. The zoo is about to collapse.

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Kidnappings, Large-Scale Killings Hit Christians in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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January 17, 2020 | The Biafra Times

JOS, Nigeria  – More than 200 Muslim Fulani herdsmen have attacked predominantly Christian villages in southern Kaduna state, Nigeria since Jan. 6, killing at least 35 people and kidnapping 58 others, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby, sources said.

Armed with AK-47s, the herdsmen on motorcycles rampaged through 10 predominantly Christian villages in Chikun and Brinin Gwari counties, Christian leaders said. Traumatized people displaced by the violence, dispossessed of their farmlands and homeless, later received calls demanding thousands of dollars in ransom for the release of their relatives, they said.

“The herdsmen, or ‘bandits’ as they now call them, began their attacks on our communities on Monday, Jan. 6, killing, maiming and kidnapping members of our families without restraint by security agencies or the military,” pastor Habila Madama, a Christian leader in the affected areas, told Morning Star News. “The herdsmen have destroyed our farmlands and left us with nothing. These Muslim Fulani herdsmen will usually come with their cattle, forcefully take over our farms, and destroy crops ready for harvests.”

He appealed to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna state government to take steps to end the violence.

“As it is now, we don’t know where to go, what to feed on, or where do we get clothes to wear, especially for our children – and worst of all, where to lay our heads,” Pastor Madama said.

The assailants have called relatives of the 58 kidnapped people demanding 10 million naira (US$27,440) in ransom, said Jonathan Asake, president of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU) at a press conference at a refugee camp at Ungwar Beji, in Gonin Gora area of Chikun County.

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“About 35 people have been killed by the herdsmen, while about 58 persons have also been abducted,” Asake said, noting that there are missing people still unaccounted for. “As you can see from the way these people are, they are seriously traumatized and need immediate assistance to be able to hold on. We have been told that the bandits have destroyed all the farm products of the victims and also destroyed their houses, leaving them with nothing to call their own.”

Asake said he has been told that about 8,000 people displaced by the attacks have arrived in Buruku with nothing in their possession, and that 200 people with no food, bedding or clothing had gathered at the Ungwar Beji camp.

“Worst of all, most of the children are sick,” he said. “This calls for concern on all people of good will to come to their aid in any kind in order to give them hope of survival before steps could be taken on the area of their education.”

6-Month-Old Kidnapped

On Jan. 6 in Kasso, Chikun County, the terrorists killed Eli Sule, a 35-year-old father of five children, and kidnapped a nursing mother, Ladi Yusuf, according to a press statement on Saturday (Jan. 11) from Luka Binniyat, spokesman for the SOKAPU.

“Ladi Yusuf, a nursing mother, was abducted with her 6-month-old baby,” Binniyat said. “This morning [Jan. 11], Yusuf Sule received a call from the kidnappers. They used the phone of his kidnapped brother, Bulus Sule, and called him. The kidnappers are asking for the ransom of 5 million naira.

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“The brother told him that they are not in a good condition, and that the 6-month-old baby is critically sick because of the kind of condition they are being held captive in. Yusuf and the community have no means of raising that money after the bandits looted the little they had gathered, including two motorcycles Yusuf Sule owned.”

Binniyat said Danjuma Bulus, a 30-year-old father of four children, and Istifanus Auta, a 31-year-old father of three, were also killed in the attack. Bulus Sule was kidnapped along with his wife, Rebecca Sule, he said, and Yusuf Sule’s son, Irmiya Yusuf, was being treated at a medical clinic for gunshot wounds.

In Chikun County, the villages of Kuduru, Tawali, Unguwan Madaki and Katarma were attacked for five days by more than 200 herdsmen riding motorcycles and armed with AK-47s, Binniyat said.

“Information available to us has it that in Tawali village, six persons were kidnapped, and nothing has been heard of them ever since,” he said. “The ECWA [Evangelical Church of West Africa] church in the village was not spared as it was burnt down completely. Also, a young lad, by name Ezra Bala, 16, who is a student of Government College, Kwoi, was shot dead in Kuduru village during the attack.”

The gunmen on Jan. 8 attacked the Good Shepherd Major Catholic Seminary in Buwaya, kidnapping four seminarians, he said. In an attack on Badna, Guruku Ward of Chikun County, 40 people were kidnapped, including a Baptist pastor, Samaila Yusuf, he said. Assailants also looted Rumana Gbagyi and Rumana Hausa villages, carting away livestock and other valuables, he said.

In Guruku Ward, Bademi community was ransacked and looted as the assailants killed Idi Halidu and kidnapped two other people, Binniyat said. In Unguwan Buji, they killed a person identified as Sani Buji, he said.

“In a display of brazen impunity, they kidnapped 15 people and vanished into the bushes with them,” he said. “In nearby Maloma community, the invaders robbed and ransacked the village and burnt a large quantity of rice and other grains before disappearing into the unknown. All these happened in a span of four days without any response from any security agency.”

The attacks that began Jan. 6 marked a new high in casualties following earlier attacks, rights leaders said. On Dec. 16, in Chidunu village near Maraban Rido in Chikun County, the attackers killed 40-year-old Raphael Ayuba, who was married with five children, Binniyat said. Also killed were Habila Auta, 40, who left behind a wife and two children, and Buhari Abubakar, a 41-year-old father of four.

“From available information, the armed men went from house to house killing and maiming these hapless victims with no help coming from anywhere,” Binniyat said. “The spate of killings, kidnapping, arson, looting, raping and amounts paid in ransoms to these terrorists by our communities is traumatizing and impoverishing our people on a daily basis, making them susceptible to hunger and disease.”

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The Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) estimates that Christians have paid about 400 million naira (nearly US$1.1 million) to kidnappers as of Jan. 11, Binniyat said.

“We are shocked with the way that the federal government and the government of Kaduna state seem to be overwhelmed by these cruel crimes. These defenseless victims and the affected communities are left to their own fate, in the hands of these bloodthirsty militiamen,” he said. “It is sad that the same communities who are victims of these mass murders, kidnappings, arsons, lootings, rapings and other mindless evils are forced to pay their assailants huge sums to gain their freedom or that of their loved ones.”

The attackers use the ransom money to purchase more arms and enlarge their operations against the next community, he said.

“We fear that with the unchecked boldness that these heinous crimes against humanity are spreading, there is a systematic plan to wipe out our communities and take over our lands,” Binniyat said.

Nigeria ranked 12th on Open Doors’ 2020 World Watch List of countries where Christians suffer the most persecution but second in the number of Christians killed for their faith, behind Pakistan.

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