Fulani cultural group under the canopy of Miyetti-Allah, has expressed joy in the call by President Muhammadu Buhari for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators of the heinous Benue murders.
“Our organization has noted with a deep sense of relief, the assurance of President Mohammadu Buhari to the Benue State delegation at the Presidential Villa, yesterday, that the perpetrators of the heinous Benue murders will not go unpunished. Having already expressed our organization’s condemnation of those killings we are in full support of the position taken by the president on this issue.
The Pastoralists, in a statement by their National Secretary, Alhaji Baba Usman Ngeljarma, said that being the major victims of internecine tribal killings across Northern Nigeria for decades on end, “we seize this opportunity to call upon the president to, as a matter of duty, extend his sense of justice to, likewise, arrest and punish all those who committed the genocidal killings of the over 1,000 our men, women and children last June in Mambila, last November in Numan and Kajuru among others.”
The Fulani group insisted that nobody should be made to escape justice as the lives of the Pastoralists are no less precious, adding that such move will not only show that the president is just, fair and protective to all citizens of this great country, but will also demonstrating that the life of every Nigerian is sacrosanct.
The statement said that the arrest and prosecution of every single person that was found to be involved in the killings on both sides, will also serve as a pointer to them that justice is served to those who killed their loved ones and thus forestall future conflict.
“Mr. President should note that our organization has a comprehensive list of the names and places of all our killed ones and their suspected killers, many of which we have previously given to the police and other security agencies.
“While we wait to see the action of the government in giving justice to all Nigerians, not least the Pastoralist community, we want to assure the president of our support and cooperation in his efforts to restore peace and normalcy across Nigeria.”[myad]
