By Uche Mbah
The quest for self-determination by Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities seems to have been given a boost when Banji Akintoye, the Chairman of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self Determination, NINAS, Monday said terrorism in Nigeria is State sponsored.
He also put the United Nation on notice that he intends to organize a Million Man March for freedom at the UN headquarters in New York for eleven days.
NINAS is the umbrella body for groups seeking self-determination in Nigeria. This consists of IPOB, Oduduwa group, and the Middle Belt group.
Akintoye used the opportunity to urge the United Nations to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, a terrorist Organisation.
Nigeria has declared the Indigenous People of Biafra a terrorist organization, but the United Nations has not recognized it as such. Conversely, the United Nations have designated Boko Haram as a terrorist Organisation, but the Nigerian government has not recognized them as such.
According to him, the protest will expose the alleged genocide being carried out by herdsmen.
Herdsmen have been carrying out a murderous mission in the name of cattle grazing in the South and Middle-Belt of Nigeria.
In a release by his Communications Manager, Mr. Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye said the land belongs to the people of South and Middle Belt, who will be showing to the world the crimes against humanity, attacks on press freedom and free speech in Nigeria.
“The land belongs to the people through the grace of Almighty God. We, the Indigenous people of the South and Middle-Belt, reject the illegitimate and imposed 1999 Nigerian Constitution that hijacks our Self-Determination and Assets.
“We want an end to the ethno-religious killings in Nigeria. We want the Government of Nigeria to stop funding terrorism against us. What is happening today in Nigeria is State-sponsored terrorism.
“The herdsmen you see in the South and Middle-Belt today are different from the nomadic herdsmen we grew up to know. The current ones are imported members of ISIS, AL-QUAEDA, ISWAP, and Boko Haram Terrorists being masqueraded as Bandits.
“By the grace of God, we shall be demanding from the world leaders to declare Miyetti Allah a terrorist group. It is dangerous to the safety and peace of the South and Middle-Belt people to call Miyetti Allah a trade Union, it is a Terrorist group being supported by the current Fulanized Government of Nigeria with a mission to overrun the indigenous people.
“The agenda of these government-backed terrorists killing and maiming our people in the South and Middle-Belt is to take over our ancestral lands for their Fulani people. You see that it is either Buhari is talking about Cattle Colony today or RUGA tomorrow or Grazing Reserves next tomorrow. He appreciates the Fulani Cows than human dignity.
“The Fulani people have even said it openly on Television that the land in Nigeria, up to the Atlantic Ocean, belongs to their great-great-grandfathers. They said the oil in the South belongs to them because the majority of the landmass in Nigeria is in the North.
“We the Indigenous people now say enough is enough. Therefore, as the World Leaders are meeting for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, we want to use the opportunity to demand a United Nations Supervised Referendums in our regions so that the indigenous people can decide on what they want for their nationhood.
“First, the fraudulent 1999 Constitution must go down. And this should happen before the 2023 General Elections.”
“The herdsmen you see in the South and Middle-Belt today are different from the nomadic herdsmen we grew up to know. The current ones are imported members of ISIS, AL-QUAEDA, ISWAP, and Boko Haram Terrorists being masqueraded as Bandits.
“By the grace of God, we shall be demanding from the world leaders to declare Miyetti Allah a terrorist group. It is dangerous to the safety and peace of the South and Middle-Belt people to call Miyetti Allah a trade Union, it is a Terrorist group being supported by the current Fulanized Government of Nigeria with a mission to overrun the indigenous people.
“The agenda of these government-backed terrorists killing and maiming our people in the South and Middle-Belt is to take over our ancestral lands for their Fulani people. You see that it is either Buhari is talking about Cattle Colony today or RUGA tomorrow or Grazing Reserves next tomorrow. He appreciates the Fulani Cows than human dignity.
“The Fulani people have even said it openly on Television that the land in Nigeria, up to the Atlantic Ocean, belongs to their great-great-grandfathers. They said the oil in the South belongs to them because the majority of the landmass in Nigeria is in the North.
“We the Indigenous people now say enough is enough. Therefore, as the World Leaders are meeting for the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, we want to use the opportunity to demand a United Nations Supervised Referendums in our regions so that the indigenous people can decide on what they want for their nationhood.
“First, the fraudulent 1999 Constitution must go down. And this should happen before the 2023 General Elections”, it concluded.
