The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has accused Fulani herdsmen of pursuing an Islamisation agenda in the Middle Belt.
The group made this known in a Monday statement in reaction to the killing of 86 people in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State over the weekend.
Describing the killing as “evil”, “barbaric” and “inhuman”, the group said it further exposed the inability of the Nigerian government to protect its people.
Speaking through the group’s National Director of Information, Comrade Edeson Samuel, its leader Comrade Uchenna Madu, said, “MASSOB wishes to condemn the killing of the citizens of Plateau state by a world confirmed terrorist group called herdsmen. It is so evil, barbaric and inhuman to kill these innocent unarmed citizens because they are Christians who do not share the same religious faith with the killer herdsmen.
“It is regrettable that President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government has failed to provide the citizens of Nigeria with security, welfare and other infrastructural amenities. Instead, they are using the security agents to intimidate and frustrate members of opposition”.
“How on earth will such brutal killing of innocent citizens happen without response from any security agent? The Plateau state killings took many hours and there was no response or rescue team from security agents. To us, this is shameful on Nigeria security agents and the Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“MASSOB wishes to remind the people of Middle Belt to hearken to the advice given to them by General T. Y. Danjuma to defend themselves. It should not be ignored. This is time for the Middle Beltans to fight for their coming generations.
“There is a grand plan by the terrorist herdsmen to wipe the people of Middle Belt. This is ethnic cleansing at it best.
“Can President Buhari tell the world the difference between terrorism and the action of his kinsmen who are hiding under the name of herdsmen? The caliphates are jittery because the people of Middle Belt have refused to be used against Biafrans as they did during 1967-1970 Biafra/Nigeria civil wars.
“Have the herdsmen ever attacked any Fulani or Muslim dominated area even once? The areas they have been attacking in Adamawa, Zamfara, Kaduna, Taraba are mostly Christian/non-Fulani dominated areas.”