A Pan-Yoruba Socio-Cultural Group, Yoruba Ko’ya Movement, Sunday, urged President Muhammad Buhari to rise above ethnic bigotry and put a stop to consistent attacks on lives, peace, economy and unity of Nigeria by Miyetti Allah.
The group Convener, Otunba ‘Deji Osibogun,
threatened that refusal to checkmate the excess of Miyetti Allah will give
Yoruba people no option than to exit Nigeria.
The group said it is alarming that Miyetti Allah leaders
would consistently go on both Local and international television stations
including Newspapers to harass, threaten, intimidate and insult stakeholders in
Nigeria. He called on President Buhari to exhibit patriotism and courage and
put an end to the malady.
Osibogun said: “While we do not want to dwell in the realm of rumours, however, we are forced to state very expressly that the threat to life and admission to mass murder by identifiable and known leaders of Miyetti Allah without any word of caution or arrest by law enforcement agencies in the country led credence to the fact that Miyetti Allah are carrying out the briefs of some invincible forces at the corridor of power in Abuja or elsewhere.
“A mere trade union from a tribe
continue to heat-up the polity while others shiver and shake in their pants for
fear of attack yet no arrest by our security formations. These murderous
elements are so courageous that they appeared live on national Televisions to
attack a whole region comprising of over 50 million people yet the agencies
sworn to protect the lives and property of the people are acting like everything
is normal. We say without any fear or intimidation that this is an antithesis
of a strong and united nation.
“We,
Yoruba people, therefore, want to put the Buhari administration on notice that
we are not scared of any of these mindless and senseless statements from the
hoodlums that the Nigerian government is obviously aiding and abetting. We wish
to inform them that we shall protect our land and people with all the resources
God has provided and blessed us with.
“In addition to the foregoing, we are putting the Federal
Government on notice that if nothing radical and patriotic is done to stop the
ongoing mayhem and open threats to our people by Miyetti Allah, we shall
mobilize our people to take all democratic steps to ensure our safety and
continuous existence as a nation within the Nigerian Federation which may
include a Declaration of our Sovereignty or Our Exit from the Nation of Nigeria
because we can no longer guarantee our Comfort, Safety and Existence within
this Den of Hell.”
