COSMBYLA Kicks As Suspected Herders Give Ortom’s kinsmen 3-day Notice To Leave Their Land

COSMBYLA, the Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly, has criticized a three-day ultimatum purportedly issued by suspected Fulani herders to people of the Torkula village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State to abandon their property.

Despite the presence of military forces, the coalition, which represents all youth groups in the South East, South-South, South West, and Middle Belt districts, raised concern about how the assailants operate in the area.

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The coalition’s President General, Goodluck Egwu Ibem, questioned why military commanders who claimed to have neutralized adherents of Gana (a known terrorist slain in 202), are unable to do the same with the bandits in a statement released and made available to press on Friday.

“The military and other security forces should know that Nigerians are not fools and cannot be duped by any strange antics,” Ibem claimed. How can the military be successful just when they see Gana youngsters, but useless when Fulani militia murder Benue natives in broad daylight?

“We have it on good authority that the Fulani militias plan to take over Benue State and capture the southern half of Nigeria.” They seek to take over communities along the Benue River, from where they plan to sail to the oil-rich states of the South-South.

“The scheme to sack the communities along the Benue River is to prevent the residents of those areas from witnessing them sailing down to the South-South with their Fulani militias to assault the people of the Niger Delta.”

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The coalition, according to the statement, urged Southern governors and other stakeholders to join Benue in combating the security danger, alleging that some persons are plotting to take over the South.

The coalition ordered Benue youths to reclaim their ancestral homes from the intruders, citing Matthew 11:12 (And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence, and the violence take it by force).