The National Council of Tiv Youths has insisted that President
Muhammadu Buhari is playing a script by refusing to arrest the leaders
of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria, MACBAN.
The youths said Buhari’s failure to arrest MACBAN’s leadership was an
indication that something was fundamentally wrong with the current
Federal Government.
President of NCTY, Dr John Akperashi, who spoke while addressing
newsmen over the weekend, also described the Federal Government
committee led by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to look into the
farmers, herdsmen crisis as a “scam.”
Akperashi claimed that the committee had been designed “to dance on
the tombs of the slaughtered Nigerians for no sin of theirs other than
not belonging to a specific ethnic nationality.”
He said, “We have sounded it over and over again and still reiterate
our earlier stand that President Muhammadu Buhari is not sincere in his
approach to resolving this crisis, which many are seeing as being
sponsored, financed and coordinated to achieve a written script.
“Otherwise, the only pragmatic and purposeful approach is to, first
of all, arrest the leadership of the Miyetti Allah, who have always
boasted and publicly claimed responsibility for the heinous crimes
against the innocent Nigerians. It is today shocking that since these
calls, no single interrogation has been instituted against this sect!
Not even an arrest.
“It proves clearly something is fundamentally wrong. Then, you are
requesting negotiation. With who? The Osinbajo committee is a scam, a
shame and insult to Nigerians. Their mission is a ceremony designed to
dance on the tombs of the slaughtered Nigerians for no sin of theirs
other than not belonging to a specific ethnic nationality.
“We know for sure those killing us. We equally know as a matter of
fact those protecting our killers through their actions; but at the
appropriate time, this orgy shall be history in our lives.”