By Anayo Okoli, Chimaobi Nwaiwu & Chinedu Adonu
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, accused
two governors of the South-East of concluding arrangements
to hand over some senatorial zones in their respective states
to herdsmen.
Herdsmen
It assured the people of South-East that in spite of the
treacherous activities of some governors in Biafraland, it
does not wish to abandon “the critical task of confronting
terrorists in our forests and bushes in order to frustrate the
deceptive governors.”
IPOB , in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary,
Emma Powerful, alleged that the two governors’ actions
were part of the clandestine Ruga implementation
programme in the East.
According to IPOB , “it has come to the knowledge of the
great family of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, that
two PDP governors in the South-East have concluded
arrangements to hand over our land in three senatorial
zones to terror herdsmen as part of their clandestine RUGA
implementation programme in the East.
“We have also discovered that one of the governors, along
with some traditional rulers and president-general of some
communities, also connived and handed over a land
belonging to communities of his state to terrorists and their
cattle.
“The said land has been in dispute for years between the
two communities, but now the governor has forcefully
taken these ancestral lands and handed them over to the
same terror herdsmen responsible for hacking to death of
dozens of indigenes in many parts of the state without any
reprimand.
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“The message South-East governors are sending out is that
terrorists are welcomed to kill Biafrans at will and get
rewarded with land for their settlement.
“Instead of apprehending and prosecuting these marauding
murderers, the governor has instead, empowered them by
giving them a Ruga settlement in his state, while publicly
claiming he has not done so.
“This level of deception from South-East Governors have
placed the entire Biafraland in danger of wholesale
herdsmen invasion.
“We, IPOB, cannot be dying and placing our lives in danger
on a daily basis across Biafraland, fighting well-armed
terrorists with our bare hands, only to have deceptive
governors undermining our noble effort.
“Anybody related to these governors or other slaves in
government houses in the East must warn them to desist
from their suicidal undertaking to hand over our land to the
Islamic caliphate.
“We are equally aware that other state governors and
politicians in Biafraland are having series of secret
meetings on how to allocate our sacred land of Biafra to
terrorists for their Ruga settlement on the pretence of a
renamed National Livestock Programme, NLP, of the
deceptive federal government.
“We are calling on all relatives, stakeholders, supporters of
South East governors and traditional rulers to warn these
governors including those in other states, to desist from
this evil act of ceding our ancestral lands to terrorists for
Ruga settlement or National Livestock Programme in any
part of Biafraland.
“We will not spare any person or persons implicated in the
conspiracy to Islamise Biafraland through forced
settlements.”
No S’East gov gave land for RUGA— Archbishop Chukwuma
Meanwhile, Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province
(Anglican Communion) Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma
has debunked news on social media that some governors of
the South-East geo-political zone have secretly allocated
lands to herders for RUGA settlement.
Archbishop Chukwuma made the clarification during his
sermon at the 85th birthday/thanksgiving service for Dame
Beatrice Ekwueme, wife of the late former Vice President of
Nigeria, Chief Dr. Alex Ekwueme, which was attended by
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, former governors
Jim Nwobodo, Okwesilieze Nwodo, Sam Egwu, Peter Obi
and Virgy Etiaba, the Ekwueme family, Chief Emmanuel
Iwuanyawu, among other dignitaries.
The cleric disclosed that he has discussed with the
governors of the South-East zone on the matter, adding that
“even last night, I spoke with Governor David Umahi,
Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum and most of
the governors in South-South.”
He further disclosed that he is always in touch with his
host, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and urged the people not
to misinterpret or misunderstand his efforts at maintaining
peace in the state.
“I am always in touch with my governor here. People should
not misinterpret him. People should not misunderstand him.
All that he is looking for is peace in Enugu State. He is not
looking for anywhere to give anybody land. What he is
saying is that nobody is looking for violence in Enugu State.
“Let me clear this; no governor in the South-East has
agreed that there will be any land for RUGA settlement.”
We’re ready, MASSOB tells northern youth group
In a related development, groups have continued to attack
the Northern youths group that issued 30 days ultimatum to
the Federal Government to implement the suspended
controversial RUGA project, dismissing their call as a dream
that could not be realised.
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra, MASSOB, blamed the emergence of RUGA issue on
what it called “the hypocrisy of the APC-led Federal
Government of President Muhamnadu Buhari.”
MASSOB, in a statement by its leader, Uchenna Madu, said
Biafrans are not worried about the plan to implement the
policy in Biafraland or any part of South-East,” insisting that
they have “mapped out strategies to dismantle such
implementation.”
MASSOB made it clear that they would not allow any Fulani
herdsmen settlement in any part of the Igbo land and Biafra
land in general”.
According to MASSOB “the policies of the administration of
Buhari led federal government since its inception in 2015
which has been planned to favoured his Fulani kinsmen at
the detriment of Nigerians and his insincere Nigerian unity
quest has justified our agitations and other pro-Biafra
groups for the Sovereign State of Biafra.
“MASSOB therefore, demands that President Buhari
President Buhari disown the ultimatum of the Northern
youths, arrest their leaders, and make them face the wrath
of the law before Nigerians will take him seriously in the
fight against insecurity.”
Also, the coalition of south-east youth leaders, COSEYL, in
its own position made known by its leader Chief Goodluck
Egwu Ibem, described the ultimatum as an insult on
Nigerians and called for the immediate arrest of the leaders
of the group.
They called on the Northern leaders to disown the people
made the call and ensure that they were arrested to make
Nigerians believe that the people were on their own and not
acting with the support of the elders.
“It is unfortunate that since this ultimatum was issued the
Presidents attack dogs who act as his media aides, have
shamelessly and surprisingly kept sealed leaps on the
acceptance or no acceptance of the ultimatum, confirming
our indisputable position that the ultimatum was sponsored
by the presidency, to give Nigerians and the world the
the wrong impression that some people are happy and
ready to accept the Ruga settlement policy when in actual
sense it is being forced down the throats of the states and
people who are alleged to be accepting it.
Attack us and get reprisal, Igbo town unions dare Fulani
agenda
Also reacting to the ultimatum, Igbo communities have
challenged herdsmen to once again attack any part of its
territory and see if they would leave to tell the story of what
they would see as a reprisal.
The Igbo native communities also said that they view the
30-day ultimatum given to President Mohammadu Buhari by
the coalition of Northern Group to implement the RUGA
initiatives as an indirect ultimatum by another Islamic
Terrorist organization in the making to the areas they want
to Islamize.
The communities have however agreed that no part of Igbo
land would be sold to any masquerading Fulani herdsman in
the guise of ranching, colony or grazing of their cows.
The Igbo communities made the resolutions at the
Association of South East Town Union, ASETU, meeting in
Enugu, where the union also hosted Ala-Igbo Development
Foundation, ADF, during the weekend.
ASETU National President, Chief Emeka Diwe said in a
communiqué of the meeting that having observed the state
of insecurity in Nigeria and particularly, in the South East,
and having noted the commentaries of many regional
social-cultural groups, that ASETU now believe that there is
a serious, deliberate and systematic agenda to bloodily
Islamise, over-run, occupy and take over some sections of
the country, particularly the South East and Igbo land.
It, however, noted that it was only a tree that was told that it
would be felled, yet it remained stationary until it was cut
down. It, therefore, urged the Igbo offenders to take note of
the story of and be wary of The Rattlesnake .
Diwe in the communiqué said “That we decry, oppose and
vehemently reject any form of Islamisation and Fulanisation
of any part of the South East region and indeed Igbo land,
or any such move that would remind us of the 1967-1970
civil war.
“We call on our Fulani and Moslem brothers to respect our
identity and descendancy as a people and to respect our
territory as Igbo nation. We caution a foreclosure of any
further attacks or plans of attack on us as this may attract
reprisals.
“We caution every Igbo community to be mindful of any
proposal to buy large portions of land in their domain. We
hereby call on all Igbo Town Union Leaders to liaise with
their traditional rulers to subject such proposals and offers
to proper scrutiny as this would turn to gateways of
surreptitiously entering into our communities to carry out
nefarious activities.
“We call on all Igbo sons and daughters to be alert, vigilant
and security conscious and to rise up in defence of
themselves, their kiths and kins and the Igbo nation with
whatever form and formula available in the event of any
unwarranted attack, provided it is within the ambits of the
Law.
“ASETU calls on legislators from both chambers of the
National Assembly from South East to always meet and
interact with their constituents and particularly their town
unions on matters concerning their heritage as there is a
rumoured plan to introduce bills to the National Assembly
to amend the Land Use Act so as to disenfranchise the
people of their lands.
“ASETU calls on President Mohammadu Buhari to outrightly
cancel the RUGA policy. Mere suspension as announced is a
pretentious half-hearted measure designed to douse the
overwhelming national opposition and anticipated revolt. It
is also a deceitful measure to buy time and to reintroduce
the policy later after repackaging.”
Vanguard


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/07/ruga-ipob-accuses-seast-govs-of-selling-out-to-killer-herdsmen/

Northern groups give opposing governors 30 days to reverse their decision .

This is why Buhari suspended RUGA for now - imagine this one giving 30 days warning to governors who are yet to accept RUGA.

Credit : Channelstv


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJrtifUedYw

Thank God they are Igbos not real Ndigbo

It won't happen. We will stone both the governors and senators.

;waste of time.the ibos were spoiling their own cases.you people haven't had leg to stand in both military and politics.Our quiet prayer remained that Nigeria would not be broken up.And if that was allowed to happen,l knew too well who would suffer for it.