Igbomandatecongress press release
Igbo Mandate Congress have received intelligence reports
from credible sources within Miyetti Alah that some Fulani herdsmen will attack
Ifite-Owari and Anaku communities in Anambra State within the next three months
in retaliation for the alleged murder of some herdsmen.
Two leaders of Miyetti Allah, who pleaded anonymity, told
the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress Reverend Obinna Akukwe in Awka
over the weekend that the families of the four middle-aged men allegedly killed
are seeking for revenge. They claimed that younger elements within Miyetti
Allah are pushing for revenge. They gave the name of the youth leader seeking
for bloody revenge to the leaders of Igbo Mandate Congress and asked them to
initiate peaceful settlement before the executioner groups are called in from
Bauchi.
They claimed that Anaku people have been beating up
herdsmen, denying them water and safe passage and instigating nearby
communities against them.. The aggrieved herdsmen believed that even Aguleri,
Governor Obiano’s hometown gave them some land and wondered what is so special
with Ifite-Ogwari and Anaku that they will not have peace.
The DG of Igbo Mandate Congress thanked the credible
informants and promised to seek alternative peaceful conflict resolution.
In the aftermath of the foregoing, Igbo Mandate Congress
wishes to alert Ohanaeze Ndiggbo, CAN, PFN, GAAICOM and relevant members of the
diplomatic community of the plot to turn Ifite-Ogwari and Anaku into a theatre
of war by misguided Fulani herdsmen.
Igbo Mandate Congress had on February 10th, released a
report to CAN, PFN,Ohanaeze on the situation on Ifite-Ogwari and the continued
detention of the Deputy President General and Chief Security Officer of the
Town, Chief Nwaora Ikeozalla and Chief
Michael Akamala respectively.
Igbo Mandate Congress in the earlier report noted that the
Elders of Ifite-Ogwari had complained incessantly of constant raping of their
girls and mothers and the Obiano government told them to forgive their enemies.
The Elders insisted that there was no reported communal attack on herdsmen and
that any such allegation of killings between December and January are concocted allegations. They claimed 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.
Igbo Mandate Congress Report condemned the attempt by
Governor Obiano to force the community to pay N38 million naira to the herdsmen
for alleged killing of 108 cows and rather asked Governor Obiano to settle
Miyetti Allah’s N108 million demands from state coffers. IMC also asked
Governor Obiano to pay N18 million naira as damages for destroyed farmlands and
N18 million naira to the families whose daughters, wives and mothers were
senselessly raped in Ifite-Ogwari.
Igbo Mandate Congress called for the release of the detained
elders and appropriate compensation paid them for illegal incarceration. IMC
called upon Ifite-Ogwari youths to suspend any planned reaction and allow a
solution to be worked out within the next few days by concerned Igbo leaders.
Igbo Mandate Congress, in the aftermath, notes the
following:
Igbo Mandate Congress noted that the Incarcerated leaders
were released on Tuesday, after twenty days in detention. The detained elders
have contacted diseases are being treated in herbal centres for ‘Kwarikwata,
Crawcraw’ along the scrotum and armpits.
IMC also noted that Ifite-Ogwari community elders were
forced to raise tens of millions to settle MIyetti Allah while their destroyed
farmlands and raped women have no compensation.
The Miyetti-Allah who smiled to the bank with millions is
still planning an attack on the community.
Igbo Mandate Congress advises the Miyetti Allah not to open
another war front for their kinsman, Muhammadu Buhari, whose presidency is
already imperilled by aggrieved opposition party, disgruntled ex-generals
colleagues and general disenchantment over insecurity thawing him from
different angles. Any attempt to exhibit recklessness in Ifite-Ogwari or Anaku
will destroy the Buhari’s Fulani presidency.
Igbo Mandate Congress appreciates the efforts of concerned
Igbo leaders in Abuja and the US who are already planning a protest in
conjunction with IMC at both National Assembly and the Nigerian Embassy in
Washington before news of the release of the elders filtered out. The efforts
of former Ohanaeze Scribe, Barrister Emejulu Okpalaukwu and Speaker, Hon Uche
Okafor are commendable.
Igbo Mandate Congress noted that the CP of Anambra State,
John Abang, released the elders in defiance of orders from above, when security
reports suggest the three week continued detention of the old men is
heightening tension in the state.
Igbo Mandate Congress regrets that Governor Obiano’s earlier
entreaties for the release of elders were ignored for two weeks because Abuja
did not approve such and asks the governor to speak up publicly when faced with
such situation as Governor Okowa did in Delta over herdsmen attacks
Igbo Mandate Congress thanks the two true sons of Abraham
from the Fulani community who squealed on the plot to invade Ifite-Ogwari and
prays that these agents of peace will not lose their rewards both now and
afterwards in Jesus name.
Igbo Mandate Congress assures Ifite-Ogwari Community of its
reliable support, and advices the youth to be on high alert while not
initiating any act capable of violence.
Signed
Rev Obinna Akukwe
Director General, Igbo Mandate Congress IMC
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