The bully and the bold in Nigeria(2)

TYPICAL of Nigeria, over three weeks and
running, after that seditious, condemnable,
vexatious, extremely hateful and criminal Quit
Notice, no arrest have been made, which left
Nigerians to wonder what the game was about,
and who was behind it all.
Youth Groups from the south started reaching
out to peace loving Nigerians to stem the
impeding genocide, but comments from Some
Northern Elders in Junaid Mohammed’s group
forced many to wonder if the action of the
northern youth was meant to create more
challenges for the Acting President, than Buhari
left on ground before proceeding to London.
Could this be the Bullying Cabals’ way of
distracting the Acting President ? What has
necessitated this type of confusion being foisted
on Nigeria at this time?
Could this be a grand plan by the north to
ensure that power never gets to their victim, the
South East in the remotest future? In order
words, since notable Nigerians have started
calling for Igbo Presidency, does this mean that
the north would prefer a Nigeria without Igbos,
than have an Igbo man preside over Nigeria?
In the meantime, mixed reactions and tunes
flowed from the South East, the very target of the
bully at work since 1970.
While some Igbo leaders, want a pre-emptive
action and response to the threat from these
northern youth to avert any bloodbath, others in
a naïve, confused and badly compromised
manner suggest that the Igbos should ignore the
threat!
I ask, what makes Igbo leaders think that
anything will happen to Arewa Youths if they
start killing Igbos come October this year ? If for
over three years and running, not even one
deformed herdsman has been arrested by
security operatives in spite of the mayhem,
criminal and wanton destruction they have
visited upon communities across the nation,
what makes any leader think that Igbos will not
be killed at the expiration of the Quit Notice?
Two weeks after the Quit Notice was issued,
powerful group of northern elders reportedly
wrote the Acting President to allow Igbos to go.
After their highly disjointed, irreconcilable, and
uncommendable reasons, that had nothing but
vituperations against Igbo people, they
concluded that Igbos should organise a
referendum to leave Nigeria, supervised by the
United nations. So, we now know who was
beating the drums in the bush, which the youths
were dancing to on the street.
Since the past four years Herdsmen continue to
kill maim, destroy communities of their choice
across the nation. At will, they run their cows
into secondary, and primary schools, private
investments and businesses damaging
everything in their trail.
In April 14, 2014, the Hersdmen attacked a
quiet village in Ukpabi Nimbo of Uzo Uwani in
Enugu State, and killed over 28 persons, in spite
of the fact that Security system knew they would
strike. There has been no prosecutions till date!
Records show that herdsmen have killed and
destroyed over 5000 lives and homes in Benue
State, South East and South South. There is a
big bully in Nigeria whose foot soldiers are
called Herdsmen.
If since the past four years, not one herdsman
has been arrested and prosecuted, what informs
the Igbo man, and Ohaneze, that the Northern
Youths will not make do their threat? What will
happen if they start killing Igbos in the north?
The answer is ‘nothing’. Therefore, let no Igbo
Man be allowed to be killed in the north like
fowls!
While the peace makers are making peace, they
should advised that Igbos in the north make
arrangements to leave the place gradually.
Bullies feel pains too, therefore Igbos should
use common wisdom to keep cows from their
gardens , farms and premises. Like the devil,
armed herdsmen have three assignments, to
steal, to kill and to destroy, but if the devil is
resisted he will flee. Herdsmen should be
resisted.
Any herd of more than six cows should be
viewed as potential source of trouble, to be
chased away from Igbo vicinity.
Igbo communities should meet and decide which
best ways to rid their vicinity of cows and
herdsmen. The Spirit of the Cow must be cast
away from Igbo land through fervent prayers.
Igbo governors must immediately set up
committees and tasks forces to deal with and
handle cases of citizens willing to leave the
north, their resettlement, re-empowerment now,
before it is too late.
All northerners in Igbo Land should be profiled
and in the same manner, all Igbos in the north
must be accounted for wherever they are
located, by the known community leaders, on
weekly basis, and should be funded for this
purpose. Rather than panic and fear, this is a
golden opportunity to get Igbos organised,
restructure for the development of their zone.
The presence of Igbos in every nook and cranny
of Nigeria is an a eloquent testimony of the faith
Igbos have in Nigeria but they must not allow
themselves to be killed by any persons, or
bullies. It is time for us to think Igbo, invest
Igbo, and develop Igbo land.
Any Igbo governor who allows his people to be
stranded in the north should be ashamed of
himself, for is better to be pleasantly surprised
that the threat is stopped and no blood shed
than to allow any Igbo Blood to be shed in the
north and a repeat of the 1966 genocide in this
time and age. God forbid!
The herdsmen’s Cow should be rejected as the
symbol of the bully against Igbos. In answer to
the Quit Notice, let no Igbo family touch the
northerner Cow Meat from 1st October 2017.
Igbo Land spends a little over N45 million daily
totaling over N16.2 Billion annually on Cow
Meat from the north.This amount if saved and
re-invested in Cattle Ranching and other animal
protein production systems in the South East,
will help our economy in the long run, and also
be used also to resettle returnees from Arewa
North in the South East. Let’s overcome Arewa
Bully, without violence. Yes We Can!