Alleged Killing of Hausa residents in Abia: Arewa Youths demands justice
The Arewa Youths Integrity Forum (AYIF)
has condemned what it described as the
desperate attempt to exonerate the real
culprits behind the killing of Hausa-Fulani
residents in Abia State, saying the
development is alarming and criminally
intended to shield the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) leaders who committed
the atrocities from justice.
The Department of State Services (DSS)
had indicted IPOB in the death of the five
men following the discovery of mass
graves with scores of yet to be identified
bodies in a forest in the state.
The group said it is lending its voice to the
demand for the prosecution of all those
involved in the heinous act by the
appropriate security agencies that must
also confront IPOB collaborators who
seek to use such provocation to trigger
widespread unrests in Nigeria.
A statement issued by National President
of AYIF, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar warned
that shielding the perpetrators from
justice would encourage more killings as
they would be encouraged to consider
their murderous acts the new normal.
The statement explained that making the
killers face the law is important to
reassure other ethnic nationalities and
discourage them from embarking on
reprisals.
The statement said: “The Abia State
Government has continued to deny the
killings of the northerners who were going
about their peaceful activities in the state
before they were allegedly kidnapped and
gruesomely buried alive by the IPOB
members in that state.
“Unfortunately, rather than condemning
this heinous act against humanity, the
Abia state government has resorted to
defending the murderous Independent
People of Biafra and its leadership over
these war crimes. It is therefore becoming
glaring that the real actors behind the
activities of IPOB are gradually being
unfolded and in due course it shall be
uncovered to the chagrin of all Nigerians.”
Abubakar said AYIF is not surprised at the
state government’s denial but that it will
continue to urge Nigerians to remain calm
in the face of the provocation by Biafra
separatists who have set aside
international conventions to embrace
criminality in the name of agitations for
independence.
has condemned what it described as the
desperate attempt to exonerate the real
culprits behind the killing of Hausa-Fulani
residents in Abia State, saying the
development is alarming and criminally
intended to shield the Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) leaders who committed
the atrocities from justice.
The Department of State Services (DSS)
had indicted IPOB in the death of the five
men following the discovery of mass
graves with scores of yet to be identified
bodies in a forest in the state.
The group said it is lending its voice to the
demand for the prosecution of all those
involved in the heinous act by the
appropriate security agencies that must
also confront IPOB collaborators who
seek to use such provocation to trigger
widespread unrests in Nigeria.
A statement issued by National President
of AYIF, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar warned
that shielding the perpetrators from
justice would encourage more killings as
they would be encouraged to consider
their murderous acts the new normal.
The statement explained that making the
killers face the law is important to
reassure other ethnic nationalities and
discourage them from embarking on
reprisals.
The statement said: “The Abia State
Government has continued to deny the
killings of the northerners who were going
about their peaceful activities in the state
before they were allegedly kidnapped and
gruesomely buried alive by the IPOB
members in that state.
“Unfortunately, rather than condemning
this heinous act against humanity, the
Abia state government has resorted to
defending the murderous Independent
People of Biafra and its leadership over
these war crimes. It is therefore becoming
glaring that the real actors behind the
activities of IPOB are gradually being
unfolded and in due course it shall be
uncovered to the chagrin of all Nigerians.”
Abubakar said AYIF is not surprised at the
state government’s denial but that it will
continue to urge Nigerians to remain calm
in the face of the provocation by Biafra
separatists who have set aside
international conventions to embrace
criminality in the name of agitations for
independence.
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