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| Massacred by fulani herdsmen. |
When Tor Tiv and his village was sacked, Governor Suswan mobilized police, soldiers, DDS, NCDSC, etc to have a first hand knowledge of what took place. On his way, the soldiers stopped and told him that a call from higher authorities ordered them to turn back. They also advised The Governor to abort his mission. So, they left the team. The Governor proceeded with a handful of police and DSS. On getting close, they came under attack. The shooting lasted for over an hour with the intention of killing The Governor, before he was smuggled out. Four lives were lost from his escort. The Governor openly said that it was a clear genocide program against his people. Since then, no probe and no comment from the authorities.
When the people of Southern Kaduna and Plateau State were continuously decimated, some indigenes claimed to have seen men in camouflage garb, and their shootings were professional. Who are these men and from where did they get the guns? Most of the attacks emanated from neighboring Nassarawa State.
Before any attack, the security agents are silent as night and as cold as ice. But soon after the mayhem, they will be quick to stop any retaliation. Why? The same way from Egbema to Agatu, Mile 12, Oyo, Enugu, etc attacks. Now that the attacks are only from Middle Belt down south which are predominantly Christians, we know their agenda. The best defense is attack. Let every community establish their own vigilante groups who will demand that all these jihadists leave their communities, whether they are armed or not. If they refuse to leave in peace, then they should be forced out. If every community should repatriate these beasts out of their enclaves, then the country will enjoy some peace. No community should renegade because it will portray others as biased. If one person cooks for the community, they will finish the meal, but if the whole community cooks for him, he cannot even start. That's how to deal with these beasts. All that is needed now is self defense and preservation, not phone calls or shedding crocodile tears on Facebook.
Information had it that most of the arms are supplied to the herdsmen in the night from whatever source. Remember one governor in The North who imported cache of arms in the name of vigilante support. Someone saw a helicopter dropping people and arms inside a forest in Nassarawa State months ago. Remember the Kano armory belonging to a Labanese. There may be other sources which we don't know, but one thing is certain, the war has already started. A proclaimed war does not consume the cripple. Calling on The World would not help because they have their own problems to tackle. Most of them will love and benefit from the crisis.
When we wrote about these events before the elections, some of our so called friends abused us and many left our pages. Today, they are eating their own words in the silence of a cave. War is not selective, it takes lives on both sides. If the herdsmen and their sponsors love peace, let's have peace. If they want war, let's have war. One side cannot be losing lives and properties every time. All we need now is action and no more weeping and wailing. www.radiobiafra.co
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