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Soyinka questions FG: Why ban IPoB, and leave Miyetti Allah?

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has questioned the Federal Government’s handling of the farmer-herder crisis.

Speaking exclusively to Channels Television’s NewsNight, a pre-recorded programme that airs every Monday, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban the cattle group, Miyetti Allah, while it had proscribed the Indigenous People of Biafra, a group seeking the secession of the South-East from Nigeria.

He said Nigeria must always put the country’s history in perspective to understand security challenges.

“My temperament does not accept that anyone should chase me out of my God-given earth. So, it’s a temperamental thing as well,” Soyinka said.

“The idea that you can unleash terror on me because you want my little patch of territory or you want my soul, that is, you want to subjugate me, you want to turn me into a slave. Well, I would sort that out first.

“And then, I’ll make up my mind whether I want to leave. So each outrage, unfortunately, has the opposite effect. Whether the outrage is taking place in Benue, Kaduna, or is taking place in Owo. Or whether it is taking place right here on the (Ogun state) border – we’ve been subjected also to this lunacy, of the subjugation mentality which some minority people hold. And I find it very difficult to accept to be chased out of my entitled portion of the earth.

“Many people just either do not know the history or do not understand the purpose of history. And then there’s a different group also who are very selective about history; they know how to distort or misuse history.

Take for instance, when the incursion of the Fulani herdsmen began, and the Miyetti Allah spokesman said, I think it was in Borno, “We once ruled this place and we can take back our land anytime we want.

“I remember that statement; I’ve never forgotten it. Amid the trauma of these people, somebody comes gloating and then cites selective portions of history. I said this person should be arrested and locked up.Who says he wants to repeat his history of conquest – he’s admitting either knowledge, before or after, or support, anyway. Isn’t there anything like hate speech anymore? Why are you proscribing IPOB without proscribing Miyetti Allah?”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/soyinka-questions-fg-why-ban-ipob-and-leave-miyetti-allah

Why would Buhari ban his own people?

Buhari is a bigot who declared IPOB a terrorist group in 2017, at a time when IPOB was neither armed nor touched anyone.

But in 2016, a year before, armed killer herdsmen massacred over 500 people in Agatu LGA, Benue, fully supported by Miyetti Allah, but Buhari didnt think that was worth declaring them terrorists

A well known terrorist and advocate for terrorists will never proscribe his brethren.

Kongi has spoken and as usual, makes maximum sense.

Do you think Buhari doesn't know the hideout of his fellow Fulani tribesmen in Zamfara he won't do anything because they're his people

Abeg make una all stop these politics of intolerance after all we are all one irrespective of who we support.

Min Kaptjan

It's like we've all forgotten Buhari is also a Fulani herdsman.

Miyetti Allah speaks the mind of Buhari. They are his brothers, backbone and major supporters. It's common sense.

It's just like asking why Tinubu can't call for the ban of Agberos.

Haa Prof too don wake up
Anyway, better late than never

Nigeria is a failed State under the lifeless One imposed to us by Soyinka and Tinubu 

I keep asking...On what grounds would APC want Nigerians to vote for the party come 2023?

Anyone campaigning for APC despite their bloody failure should be seen as an enemy of Nigeria! 

Nigeria says NO to old ancestors! Peter Obi is the best candidate we have now!!!!

How can they proscribe them when their brother is on the throne

Oga keep quiet. You follow bring Buhari upon us. Why u no dey do protest again ?

Gadetimese:
Tinubu is a PLACE HOLDER for gov Shettima, the earlier you people realize this the better oo.

Most of these people pushing this Drug Lord doesn't know there's an agenda to just install him by fire by force and when he is tired and sick before 2 years, Shettima will be swear in as president and more kabiru sokoto will be hiding in his house.

Even Yaradua was way stronger than him before he became president

Affliction shall not rise the second time

Now, you sound very foolish

Nepotism, the same reason one notorious bandit was crowned why a freedom fighter is been imprisoned with no room for justice.

Smh... okay

Emergingnation3:
Soyinka questions FG: Why ban IPoB, and leave Miyetti Allah?



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/soyinka-questions-fg-why-ban-ipob-and-leave-miyetti-allah

Who will answer this question!

BUHARI IS A RELIGIOUS BIGGOT AND RACIST.

It’s simple.
Sentiment and politics of ethnicity

gidgiddy:
Why would Buhari ban his own people?

thank you

Lets hope for the best

Ethnic bigoted devil call Buhari