The Njiya-Goron Community of Adamawa State has threatened
to resort to self-defence in the face of continued attacks on members of the
community by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The
community said the decision to resort to self-defense was taken after
authorities failed to contain the armed herdsmen’s incessant attacks, which
they said had claimed several lives and destroyed properties.
Addressing
journalists on Monday in Yola, the State capital, Chairman of the community,
which comprised 13 villages, Manassah Nayangom, said the community had so far
lost 65 people and property worth over N2 billion to the marauding herdsmen.
“The
hunting and killing of our people at will by these blood suckers must stop;
otherwise we have no choice than to take drastic measures to defend ourselves,
for it appears the government does not care whether we are dead or alive.
“There
were wanton destruction and looting of our properties worth billions of naira
by vandals.
“This
left us with no alternative than to run to the National Human Right Commission
(NHRC) in order to enforce our fundamental human rights, as we hold strongly
that the right to life is a universal gift of God that no race or tribe, no
matter how strong, can lay higher claim to it as being insinuated by Fulani
herdsmen”, Mr. Nayangom said.
He
called on the Adamawa State government to constitute a Judicial Commission of
Enquiry in order to fish out and punish anyone involved in the killings.
“We
wish to emphasize that the Federal Government must urgently summon the
political will to forge a lasting solution to the menace of the Fulani herdsmen
in Adamawa State”.
Its high time someone does something about this insurgency...in any way possible.#BlissMe
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