By Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije
The recent massacre of scores of fellow Igbo and brethren in our
homeland by the invading and marauding Fulani herdsmen and the seemingly
implicit endorsement of their cruelty by the government (judging of course by
what could arguably be regarded as a mere formality condemnation on the part of
the Presidency that reluctantly had to speak on this nasty development following
public condemnation of almost notorious indifference and/or taciturnity on
matters concerning increasing Fulani herdsmen bestiality under this
administration) is not just heart-rending, but also it is an indication that
there is indeed a deliberate and desperate attempt by this inept administration
to generally provoke Ndigbo with a view to compelling them to debut with their
worst case scenario panacea to containing litany of offensives against them so
far.
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Just a couple of weeks ago or so, the Directorate of
State Security Service (DSS) under the seemingly malfunctioning leadership of
Alhaji Lawal Daura – a Fulani man – roundly surprised all sane minds, when it
reportedly told the public that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
allegedly murdered no less than Fulani folks in Abia state and readily buried
them in a mass grave. Undoubtedly, while many reasonable people across the
globe still await to hear the last from the DSS in this regard and/or see
proofs to substantiate this preposterous assertion, it is increasingly
crystal clear, as it were, that the only logically ascertainable prima facie
intent of the leadership of the DSS under the watch of Muhammadu Buhari’s
kinsman is to simply criminalise the IPOB in order to create and convey the
impression to the international community that Ndigbo and Biafrans alike now
parade their own wing of terrorist group like the Hausa-Fulani Islamist
terrorist Boko Haram sect. Indeed it is most unfortunate that under President
Muhammadu Buhari, the DSS, a hitherto highly respected institution of the
state, has abysmally become ridiculed, compromised and relegated to be
serving the interest of the migrant Hausa-Fulani in Nigeria
at the expense of the larger interests of the real indigenous people of other
nationalities of Nigeria
Strangely enough, while the same leadership of the DSS
under Alhaji Daura had never and still does not seem to care about disclosing
to the public the actual number of lives that have been wasted under his watch
by the marauding Fulani vermin in Agatu community of Benue state, among other
places, and the level of damage done so far by his wandering kith and kin on
the properties of their host community, it is somewhat unbelievable that the
DSS appears nowadays to be only “good” at and “alive” to its responsibilities
whenever and where the interest and affairs of the Fulani/Hausa-Fulani become a
fact in issue or are likely to be adversely affected vis-a-vis the competing
interest and affairs of other folks.
What is more, it is by no means less disturbing,
disappointing and, in fact, highly suspicious that despite early warning
signals, indices and reports that reportedly went viral within and beyond the
Uzo Uwani L.G.A of Enugu State clearly pointing at the fact of the impending
attack by the Fulani herdsmen, all the security agencies, including the suspect
in the minds of many called the DSS, were understandably docile and as such
most probably inclined to treat the pre-attack concerns of this Igbo community
with near absolute levity, thereby invariably paving the way for the Fulani
herdsmen to first carry out their dastardly and ethnic cleansing act (perhaps
in line with an already existing script) so as to later on avail President Muhammadu
Buhari – their brother and patron – the opportunity and the much needed
platform to broach and articulate the so-called “priority” of his “administration’s
agenda” and “readiness to deploy all required personnel and resources to remove
this new threat to the collective security of the nation”.
