PANDEF, NBA, CHURAC Flay Matawalle, Northern Leaders Over Threat Against South

 

National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Hon. Ken Robinson who specifically described the statement as unfortunate, labelled the governor and his co-travellers an enemy of peace.n Niger Delta Forum, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Delta-based Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption (CHURAC), on Friday, took a swipe at the Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle and northern leaders for threatening to retaliate alleged attacks on Northerners in the south. The groups in exclusive chats with Saturday Tribune described the threats as not only unfortunate and reprehensible, but irresponsible and capable of further heating the already fragile polity gasping for breath under insecurity.

National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Hon. Ken Robinson who specifically described the statement as unfortunate, labelled the governor and his co-travellers an enemy of peace.

“It is instead most unlucky and that the governor of Zamfara State, Mr Matawalle, would make such an irresponsible assertion.

We’ll ignore that of northern elders because the country is used to their unguarded utterances however for a governor to make the sort of reckless declaration is completely preposterous.

“And it conveys how lousy the country’s political leadership has deteriorated, wherein self-seekers are thrust into hallowed positions, rather than patriots who could pursue countrywide concord, in particular, at a second like this when the country is dealing with daunting socio-monetary

“By the reported announcement, Governor Matawalle has shown himself as an enemy of peace, for motives nice regarded to him and his and his co-visitors.

“It might be needless to ask Governor Matawalle who killing and kidnapping of innocent residents via Bandits in his State, and other states inside the North West, are meant to initiate.

“Nigeria is on the threshold of a precipice, no person can inform what's going to come subsequent. What is expected of leaders across the united states now, specially, the elite, is to upward thrust to the event and construct bridges of know-how, and not to lessen themselves to ‘local wildcats,’ fanning the embers of discord and hatred, to aggravate the already precarious state of affairs.

“Let it be recognised to Governor Matawalle and his likes that no segment of this u . S . Can arrogate to itself monopoly of violence,” the PANDEF’s scribe warned.

In his response, NBA chairman, Warri branch, Emmanuel Uti Esq., stated “the Zamfara State governor’s and northern elders assertion is reprehensible and suggests that they recognize who the bandits and kidnappers are,” including that “those statements encourages the crook elements from the north.”

National President, CHURAC, Alaowei Cleric, Esq., on his part, questioned who is attacking who whilst in actual reality, killer-herdsmen from the north have extra deaths, rapes and maiming to their credit score inside the South.

“I don’t recognize what the north is retaliating over. People ought to no longer unnecessarily heat up the polity. I am positive they’re not making plans to repeat the 1966 pogrom?

“Who is attacking who? The herdsmen that are attacking the indigenous humans inside the South do not concern northern leaders?

“Nigeria is already crushed by way of the growing lack of confidence. Northern leaders must prevail at the herdsmen to stop their criminal sports.

“No southerner is attacking northern humans in the south. We are even on the receiving end of the herdsmen’s brigandage.

“If, however, any southerner attacks those marauding Fulani herdsmen, such may be accomplished in self-defence.

“Instead of threatening the southern human beings to warmness up the polity, I endorse northern leaders and the Zamfara State governor to call the free herdsmen to order,”he mentioned.