A group known as the Southern Nigeria Assembly, the supreme umbrella
body and a coalition of all the indigenous youths organizations in the
Southwest, South South and Southeast Geo Political Zones of Nigeria and
in Diaspora has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s led Federal
Government to arrest and prosecute the current leadership of the Myetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association(MACBAN) and other allies alike for
calling for the arrest of former President Olusegun Obadanjo.
This was contained in a Joint Press conference by Aremo Oladotun Hassan,
President, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide/Convener SNA and Mazi
Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council
Worldwide/Co-convener, SNA,Barr. Pereotubo Oweilaemi, President, Ijaw
Youth Council Worldwide/Co-convener,SNA under the Auspices of the
Southern Nigeria Assembly(SNA) in Abakiliki.
They said: “We see this heinous act of MACBAN as illicitly motivated,
reckless, diversionary tactics, with devilish intent to put Nigeria on
flames if Presidency fall into the trap of Arresting Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo.
“We have Watched keenly most of the controversial activities of MACBAN
recently as it have directly and indirectly led to mass murder and
Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing against innocent Nigerians through allegedly
perceived agents: dreaded militia Herdsmen arm, with attendant daily
mass killings in our various communities across the nation, especially
the recent wake of crises, killings, kidnapping and community invasion
by their armed bandits elements, under the aegis of Fulani Herdsmen
terrorist group, despite the allegedly N100 billion Naira recently
tangled by the Federal Government to pacify this dreaded group as a
frontal measure to win the terrorism war. Unfortunately this singular
stride has further increased our woes and agony unabated till date.
“The rude provocative call for Chief Obasanjo’s arrest is a ploy of
Myetti Allah to derail Nigeria’s governance system to total anarchy, a
semblance of Venezuelan and Rwandan genocidal ethnic cleansing agenda.
“Furthermore, it is an open invitation to put more hardship on the
already helpless and suffocated citizenry, plagued in the world
headquarters of poverty.
“However, we implore the Federal Government to desist from any attempt
to arrest Obasanjo but to show conspicuous appreciation to the former
president for courage to speak the truth to power.
“Similarly, the impunity move by the Myetti Allah is aimed at setting
the nation ablaze, with attraction of grave consequences not limited
thereto: political and economic sanctions from world super powers.
We observed with keen interest the concurrent evil bedevilling the
Nigerian state as a premeditated agenda to cause war and civil unrest in
Nigeria.
“We are completely worried and compelled to react against the MACBAN for
not calling for arrest of bandits and armed Herdsmen in the North,
having continuously unleashed terror from Benue, Taraba, Osun,
Enugu,Oyo, Ebonyi Ogun, Abia,Ekiti, Anambra and Ondo States without no
fundamental arrest, not until recently on the Late Funke Olakunri’s
killers arrest of suspects, though information is discreet and shoddy.
“However, we shall hold MACBAN accountable for this crimes,
precipitating our move to equally file a legal action and petition
against them both to our National Courts and the United Nations for
championing ethnic cleansing agenda.
“Hence, precipitating the Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide and
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, other South South Youth leaders under the
Southern Nigeria Assembly to urgently call for a National
(Youth)Dialogue Summit of selected youth leaders from all ethnic
nationalities in Nigeria and other critical stakeholders, and the
process of delegates invitation is on ahead of 30th September to 1st
October, 2019 slated for Lagos, details will be out soon.
“Based on this premise, the National Dialogue shall serve as a means of
urgently nipping in the bud and proffering immediate panacea to the
hydra headed monsters called Armed Bandits/Killer Herdsmen on our
various death points: intra-city and interstates highways, as well as
addressing and setting the tone for a robust dialogue on other needful
necessities; restructuring and new people’s constitution, economic
integration and development, infrastructures, education, food security,
youth and women empowerments, peace and security to mention a few.”