By Chukwuemeka Chimerue
UMUAHIA— OHANAEZE Youth Council, OYC, the youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has described the proposed establishment of Ruga settlement across the South East region for Fulani herders as an installation of jihadists camps in the region.
The President-General of the pan-Igbo youth association, Comr. Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, in a press briefing on Monday, addressing the security situation of the country in Umuahia, Abia State, stated that the Ruga settlement policy by the federal government was a deliberate ploy and conspiracy to occupy the Igbo region and establish Fulani caliphates so as to engage the region in a jihad war.
The Ohanaeze youths added that the conspiracy was dead on arrival while noting that Ndigbo would deploy every means necessary to frustrate the move.
It stated, “Ohanaeze Youth Council resolved that the policy of RUGA from Fulani political oligarchy to occupy Ala-Igbo is a conspiracy dead on arrival. Ndigbo shall deploy every necessary means to stop this move to establish Fulani caliphates in Igbo land.
“OYC also noted that the reason stated by Federal government to established RUGA in Igbo land is a mere deception, but the covert agenda is to Islamize, establish Fulani emirates and to conquer Ndigbo in the upcoming jihad war. We want to inform the world that we are aware that the RUGA settlement is indirectly a camp were ammunition will be hidden in preparation of the jihad war against Ndigbo and Christians.
“Therefore, we advice Mr. President to immediately cancel RUGA policy as a means to guarantee national peace and unity. OYC stressed that the move has caused tension in Nigeria within few days of its announcement and might lead to further crisis.
“Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) call upon the governors of Igbo extraction, traditional rulers, and Town union presidents to convoke with immediate effect, an intensive security summit within eight (8) market days to map out a continuous strategic modalities to protect our father land against invaders.
“OYC appeal to church leaders, Catholics church, Anglican church, Methodist church, Redeem Christian mission, Winners Church, Omega Christian church and other Christian denomination of Igbo extraction to carve out a day within seven days for procession and protest against RUGA policy targeted to Ismalize the Christians. We therefore, urge Igbo youths living around Igbo land to be peaceful and be ready, be at alert owing to the poor security state of the Nigeria nation which has provided us with no option than for self-defense and community defense within our might".
Condemning the rising spate of insecurity in the country, OYC, urged the federal legislative body, the National Assembly to urgently summon President Muhammadu Buhari and the country’s service chiefs for questioning, adding that the activities of kidnappers, bandits, killer herdsmen and Boko Haram terrorists who it said have overpowered the security personnel has caused serious panic and tension in the country.
“OYC declared that the poor insecurity of lives of Nigerian citizens has caused panic and tension in the country especially in Northern Nigeria were bandits, kidnappers, Boko haram and Fulani herdsmen has overpowered the security personnels, including the army and police.
“The security condition in Nigeria is deteriorating everyday without any security measure, and there’s no sign Nigeria has the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces in a functioning capacity.
“OYC, therefore demand that the National Assembly both the Senate led by Dst. Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan and Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila should urgently summon all the service chiefs heading the Army, Police, SSS, Navy, Air Force and Customs immediately they resume sitting.
“Ohanaeze Youth Council noted that failure to summon all the service chiefs on the issue of insecurity in Nigeria will raise more tension among Nigerians with the notion that Nigeria is collapsing and becoming unsafe for the citizenry.
“Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) also insist that the National Assembly should summon Mr. President for questioning and address Nigeria on the security matters troubling the country on daily bases, stressing that there must be a presidential address on security issues.
“Inline with the above, OYC, demands that before the National Assembly resumes its sitting, that President Muhammadu Buhari should organize a National security press conference to address Nigerians on the issues of security challenges confronting the country within 72 hours to redeem the confidence of Nigerians over the protection of lives and properties. Anything less than this will amount to state of anarchy, a chaotic security uproar were people will lose focus due to uncertainty of the state of Nigeria nation to porous security.
“OYC opted that at the Press Security Conference of Mr. President, he must present to Nigerians a real workable, practical and approachable security master plan on how best to tackle this proposition of insecurity that has gripped the Nigerian citizenry.
“Consequent upon the above, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), noted that the continued silence of President Muhammadu Buhari over the request and/or demand by Fulani herdsmen to establish Fulani vigilante groups in the South-East has raised the suspicion that the Federal Government is conspiring to invade Ala-Igbo to fulfill the prophetic cult agenda of late Usman Dan Fodio.
“Therefore, Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), call upon the Nigerian citizens, especially the Igbos, to engage in any means of traditional or native trap that would trap any foreign invader threatening their lives and properties within the state and community borders. OYC calls for 8 market days thorough forest search to all the forests within Ala-Igbo by the youths and hunters in all the villages and communities to forestall any plan by the enemies to ambush our people.
“OYC affirmed that Ndigbo have lost trust and confidence in the Nigerian security agencies and will not rely on their service until they prove otherwise by protecting their lives and properties.
“Furthermore, OYC call upon other African and international countries that are sympathetic over the protection of lives of the Nigerian people to be at alert, stressing that the Nigerian citizens are living in fear of terror over the activities of Bandits, Kidnappers, Boko haram and dreaded Fulani herdsmen, which has the tendency of constituting national crisis,” the Igbo group stated.
OYC maintained that the insensitivity of President Muhammadu Buhari over the wanton killings in Nigeria is an indication of a failed government whose primary responsibility is to protect lives and properties of the people, stating that the silent of Mr. President is inhumane, malicious and a sign of unpatriotism.
“We, therefore, warned the Nigerian government that Ndigbo will not tolerate any single act of wanton killing by any group in Igbo land, maintaining that such move or plan will be vehemently resisted by over 30 million Igbo youths with any material at their disposal.
“We urge the Nigerian government to rise up to their responsibility to quench this impending danger cum ethnic catastrophe. We also inform the federal government that ethnic suspicion has risen to 99.9%, this is also as a result of recent outburst by the herdsmen group, Miyetti Allah to occupy South-East for possible invasion,” OYC added.
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo youths also noted that to foster the security of Ndigbo henceforth, irrespective of the balkanization of Igbo land in state creation, “we affirmed never to see ourselves as members of various states again but as members of one indivisible family of the Igbo race, whether by the conspiracy of the creation of states you found yourself in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Kogi, Benue or Anambra states".
OYC pointed out that there are many signs of danger of invasion in Igbo land, especially in Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi States. “Therefore, it is unbelievably unacceptable that Mr. President, Kano state governor, El-Rufai, the leader of Miyetti Allah, Gen. Buratai and the Inspector General of Police are not aware. Ndigbo should be aware of the signs and girdle themselves for self-defense,” the Igbo youth concluded.
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