Insecurity: Yoruba Group Alleges Roles Of Two Northern Groups Suspicious

By Ayodele Oni

The Oodua Nationalist Coalition, (ONAC), has observed that the roles of two northern groups in insecurity rocking Nigeria are suspicious.

The Yoruba Group accused Northern Elders Forum, (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) of promoting violence and terrorism through what looks like their covert and veiled support for mass killings and kidnapping across the country.

In a statement on Wednesday, ONAC, warned the two organisations to stop giving the impression that they were behind and providing fund for terrorists in Nigeria, alleging that both NEF and ACF appear to be working in collaboration with anti-democratic forces.

ONAC, a coalition of many Pan Yoruba groups was reacting to statements issued by NEF and ACF on Monday accusing Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, (alias Igboho) of profiling Fulani.

In the ONAC statement signed by its General Secretary, Mr Adeola Babafemi and Assistant Publicity Secretary  Tajudeen Goriola, stated that it is shameful that the two organisations suddenly found their voices after Igboho  called for the release of a pregnant woman and her child that were kidnapped by suspected Fulani armed men.

“Both NEF and ACF were silent, maintaining cold complicity when 160 mostly Yoruba people were killed in Kwara state by suspected Fulani terrorists; they kept quite when four Yoruba traditional rulers were murdered by their children.

“They went on sabatical when 16 people were abducted at Eda Oniyo in Ekiti State; 46 people including children were kidnapped in Esiele in Oyo State, not to talk of the sacking of 33 Yoruba towns and villages in Kwara and Kogi States.”

ONAC maintained that the statement by NEF and ACF showed clearly that within them are real or potential terrorist funders and sympathisers whose primary aim is to destabilise Nigeria and cause a state of war.

“We are shocked that these organisations made up of reactionary forces and beneficiaries of the Nigerian rot can say that the action of Igboho would lead to anarchy.

“In reality the two organisations watch with excitement as Fulani unleash terror and anarchy on the rest of Nigerians, killing the young and old, stabbing pregnant women to extract their foetus, raping, invading farms and sacking villages in a savege desperation to impose their political culture on the rest of Nigerians,’ ONAC said.

The group claimed that the NEF and ACF are mere Fulani fronts decorated with the myth of Northern interests.

It added that the agenda of the groups is to bring down democracy and impose unaccontable, corrupt and dictatorial martial rule in line with Fulani heritage.

 ‘More than two million people are in IDP camps in Benue State. More than 50 communities have been sacked in Plateau State by Fulani terrorists.

“Instead of condemning these acts of terrorism, the two parochial and self serving organisations would rather keep quite.

“Even when a military coup was staged to overthrow democratically elected government in October 2023, the NEF and ACF maintained the conspiracy of cruel silence.”

ONAC said the Fulani across West Africa have become the most dangerous specie of humanity that the whole world detests

“The real threats to Nigeria is not Igboho but rabidly corrupt, inept, reactionary, self-serving  fundamentalist so called elders who dominate NEF and ACF, two organisations set up for personal profit, primitive accumulation of wealth and for the defense of narrow agenda of Fulani.

‘Your history of political brigandage and prodigal philosophy that is bereft of humanitarian philosophy, but defined by loyalty to Fulani Jihad agenda, linked to commercial interests and personal gains were responsible for the tumoil that the Fulani have imposed on Nigerians.

“Instead of being bold to caution and stem the tide of terrorism, the NEF and ACF are rather looking for infantile excuses by blaming Igboho.

“NEF and ACF are working for the destruction of Nigeria. They are old people using their prime to promote anarchy and blood letting forgeting that whose who sow the wind would reap the whirlwind.”