Blame Yahaya Bello for Kogi violence, says Oodua group
URGENT PRESS STATEMENT
The Governor of Kogi State, Mallam Yahaya Bello should be held responsible for the escalation of crisis in Kogi State. A statement by Apapa Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA) on Wednesday warned that the Governor’s partisan position on the killings in Ogga, a native community in Kogi will worsen the lingering feud.
The statement signed by AOKOYA Secretary for Strategy, Col Abimbola Sowunmi (retd) and Deputy Secretary for Publicity, Ismail Abiodun said that on Wednedday morning, the Kogi Governor ordered armed police men to invade Ogga community leading to fracas and shooting of many innocent people. The people are bleeding as we write.
We urge Nigerians to locate the crisis in Kogi within historical context. A Yoruba man Aina Aiyenigba Ariyo was beheaded in the most savage manner by a Fulani herdsmen in Ogga. The said Fulani men had earlier invaded the farm of the late Ariyo prompting his cows to eat up crops belonging to Ariyo. When Ariyo complained, he was met with instant injustice: His head was severed.
His wife and children watched as his head was tumbling up and down while the Fulani men laughed. The family began to run away. They were pursued by the armed herdsmen. They later went back to the beheaded farmer and started digging knives in his stomach. Not done, the Fulani men started licking the blood of the slain and chanting incantation in Fulfude.’ This is a savage culture and a brute civilization.
One of the worst things was that community leaders went to retrieve the corpse but the Fulani men chased them with their cutlasses.
AOKOYA said that when the incidence was reported to the State Governor, he did nothing blaming the community for not allowing the cows to feed on Mr Ariyo’s farm.
“The whole Yoruba communities in Kogi were perplexed that Mr Yahaya Bello made no attempt to look for the killers of Mr Ariyo. He didn’t pay any condolence visit. He felt unconcerned and even mocked the family of the late Mr Ariyo”
We are surprised that Mr Yahaya Bello suddenly realized the importance of human lives when the community retaliated by killing some Fulani herdsmen.
“What the Ogga people did was a preemptive attack. No sooner had Mr Ariyo was beheaded than the Fulani armed men regrouped and planned to attack the entire community. They indeed invaded the community. Youths in the town already aware and had made preparations for the attack. In the ensuing battle, some Fulani men lay dead while many Ogga people were also wounded.
Since this incidence, Mr Yahaya Bello has given Ogga community leaders seven days to fish out the killers or he would dethrone the traditional rulers and even remove elected officials in the affected communities. This is nothing but segregation and selective justice. “Mr Yahaya is anxious to please the Fulani herdsmen whose lives he thinks are more important than that of the innocent people of Kogi State.”
We wish to notify Nigerians that as early as last year January, a large consignment of Fulani herdsmen had invaded the Government Reserved Forests in the Yoruba part of Kogi. They came with a letter written in Hausa to the extent that they were given authority to settle in these forests by a Northern Emir. Ogga, Aginmi, Ejuku and communities in Moppa complained to the governor but he did nothing. The armed Fulani had since settled in these communities.
We say that the Governor must be held responsible for continuous outbreak of hostilities in the Ogga region. The Governor must be held responsible for any further death in these communities.

Yahaya Bello.......Always in d news for the wrong reason...

4days ago
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community, in Yagba West Council of Kogi State.
https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/21/fulani-herdsmen-allegedly-kill-one-farmer-kogi/amp/

3 days ago
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has given seven days ultimatum to four councils administrators and traditional rulers where 15 Fulanis were killed to fish out the perpetrators or risk losing their positions for ineptitude of duty

https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2019/05/21/yahaya-bello-threatens-sack-lg-bosses-traditional-rulers-killing-15-fulani-herdsmen-kogi/amp/

This is all about who killed who. One is more important to this government

He is showing loyalty to the ogas at the top, however, sacrificing human lives for that. That is why state police is very important. Let people watch over themselves, let them secure their own property. Not until Nigeria takes their own security into their own hands, revolt before Nigeria knows she needs to do the needful....

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That's what you get when you get a position you did not deserve. This devil think he is small god that can do an undo..... God has not open your book yet, you will pay for the atrocities you committed in office...

What pain me most about this idiot is that some people that are not living in kogi will be supporting this mad man. I wish you were here with us to feel what we are facing here. We are dying silently here in kogi most especially in kogi central but nobody is ready to talk to him.

Nobody can speak up for the fear of their lives, everybody is forced to like him or risk paying with your live. All I know is that what has beginning definitely has an end, the greatest injustice Nigerians and Efcc chairman will do to kogi state is not hanging this idiot by ball as soon as he is disgrace from office come November.

Indeed, it will be a celebration for everybody.

Supported.

Shame on us Southerners for running instead of fighting back! It's about time we show the Fulani they don't have Monopoly of violence by fighting back with everything we have at our disposal! Thought they said Agbekoya and co. had jazz na, let them use it to fight enemies, including Yahaya abi na just to dey vex dey write warning?

Fight and defend your community and don't run. You can't leave your land for aliens to take over

At this point, Yayah Bello is only thinking of how to hire thugs to disrupt the election this November.

cos my guy can't handle the forces against him

reccy:
That's what you get when you get a position you did not deserve. This devil think he is small god that can do an undo..... God has not open your book yet, you will pay for the atrocities you committed in office...

What pain me most about this idiot is that some people that are not living in kogi will be supporting this mad man. I wish you were here with us to feel what we are facing here. We are dying silently here in kogi most especially in kogi central but nobody is ready to talk to him.

Nobody can speak up for the fear of their lives, everybody is forced to like him or risk paying with your live. All I know is that what has beginning definitely has an end, the greatest injustice Nigerians and Efcc chairman will do to kogi state is not hanging this idiot by ball as soon as he is disgrace from office come November.

Indeed, it will be a celebration for everybody.

Buhari is performing at the centre, All APC governors are transforming their states too. It is PDP governors that are looters. Get over this post election-loss ache please.

I'm beginning to wonder if Libyans are more important in our country than us

Amumaigwe:


Buhari is performing at the centre, All APC governors are transforming their states too. It is PDP governors that are looters. Get over this post election-loss ache please.

What does it suppose to mean? Hope you know I'm talking about a state I reside?? Do you know about my state more than me?? Please don't provoke me please. I take God beg you...
The only source of joy kogite and patriotic ebiran are with for, is the removal of this goat from office.

It is task that must be accomplished!

the thing is if we continue to act gentle (calm, patient) for this Fulani nonentities, they will continue to think themselves important (powerful, conqueror). let's give to them what they demand for (entire wipe off). am telling you they lack the capacity to stand before ekiti people alone

jimi4us:
At this point, Yayah Bello is only thinking of how to hire thugs to disrupt the election

They are of high value to him in November

this Kogi state governor is just a sad moment and a big disappointment to youths and the people of the state considering how he came into office and how luck shine on him after the device of the eventual winner late Audu...
he has failed and thought supporting the herdmen with words on newspaper will earn him Buhari backing....it's over for him