By Ochogwu Sunday The Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly, COSMBYLA, has asked the Inspector-General of Pol...
By Ochogwu Sunday
The Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders
Assembly, COSMBYLA, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman
Alkali Baba and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Farouk Yahaya, to resign over
the inability to tackle the killing of unsuspecting citizens of Benue State and
other parts of the country.
A statement by the President-General of the coalition,
Goodluck Ibem, condemned the killing of 16 timber traders at Udei and Yelwata
communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected Fulani
terrorists.
DAILY POST reports that gunmen stormed the communities on
Monday and opened fire on residents, killing about 16 people while others were
injured.
The recent attack is coming barely 10 days after a similar
incident that claimed several lives in Igama village, Edumoga Ehaje, Okpokwu
Local Government Area.
Recall also that a councilor-elect and his sibling were also
murdered and beheaded a few days ago by suspected herdsmen in Orokam, Ogbadibo
Local Government Area, of the state.
Reacting, the coalition tackled President Muhammadu Buhari
for failing to accept his failure and resign as a Nigerian leader.
“The number of people that have been killed so far by these
Fulani terrorists are not goats or fowls but human beings created by God. Human
lives are sacrosanct and it is an unpardonable sin for anyone to play politics
with precious human lives,” it said.
The series of killings still going on in Benue state shows
that Operation Whirl Stroke is not living up to expectations and they should be
held accountable for the various killings.
We call on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk
Yahaya, and IGP Usman Baba to immediately arrest and bring to justice those
Fulani terrorists that killed the 16 timber traders in Guma LGA and those
killed at Okpokwu LGA and Ogbadibo LGA, or the should tender their resignation.
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