A group, the Arewa Defenders Forum, ADF, has thrown its
support to the Coalition of Northern Youths' stand on the need to have the Ruga
settlements in the country.
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The forum said the need for the Ruga settlement was to
reduce the mobility of cattle breeders, so that the terrorists sponsored to
destabilize the North would finally be exposed.
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Nuruddeen Alkasim, National President of Arewa Defenders
Forum, in a statement issued after an emergency meeting in Kaduna, said, "We
support the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups' stand on the need to have the
Ruga settlements in order to reduce the mobility of cattle breeders, so that
the terrorists sponsored to destabilize the North would finally be exposed for
who they really are.ÔÇØ
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The forum cautioned Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President-General
of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide to be mindful of his religious propaganda against
the Buhari presidency and Northern youths.
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The group declared that Nwodo is a forgotten, frustratred
politician desperate for recognition in the media by hiding behind his hatred
against the North through open, vicious attack on the Ruga policy and insulting
the North as a people.
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ADF expressed disappointment over the Ohanaeze leader's
claims of alleged Islamization and Fulanization of the country, stressing that
the Ruga proposal was designed to bring an end to suspicious killings using the
name of Fulanis and their Northern identity for political convenience.
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"Let someone tell Nwodo that it was the same Fulani he so
hated that once picked him up as a nonentity, full of envy for the region and
made him Minister. This is a clear indication that Nwodo is an ingrate and a
willing tool in a calculated agenda of destroying the North, riding on
religious and ethnic sentiments,ÔÇØ the forum noted.
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The group said Nwodo has only succeeded in exposing himself
as one of those Southeast elites who have lost touch with reality; who do not
want an end to the massive killing of Northerners by people masquerading as
herdsmen, in an ochestrated agenda to kill agriculture, threaten Food Security
of the region, its safety and generally run down the Northern economy.
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The group also took exception to the call by the Ohanaeze
leader that all Igbo should be ready to defend themselves, adding that by this,
the Ohanaeze leader has made a call for resort to arms.
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It urged the Federal Government to keep an eye on all
Southern elites opposed to ending the killings in the North and investigate if
they have no links to the circulation of arms used in killings and razing of
villages.
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Turning to another former minister and virulent critic of
the Ruga policy, the ADF said, "We were not surprised by Fani Kayode's unguarded
utterances because it has always been his stand on issues to do with Northern
interest.
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"Virtually every Federal Government policy capable of
stabilizing the North or promoting justice, fairness and national unity becomes
the butt of Fani Kayode's vitriolic media attacks.
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"It was therefore not surprising to us that the coalition of
Northern Groups (CNG) has become his new target of media bashing.ÔÇØ
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The group also argued thus, "Coming from the only part of
Nigeria that has so far enjoyed more than enough economic and political
patronage, with our son, President Buhari in charge of the reigns of power, it
is in fact shameful, and veiled hypocrisy that Fani Kayode would openly insult
the North, which gave them unlimited access to opportunities as a strategy for
promoting national unity and stability.ÔÇØ
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The forum warned the Ohanaeze leader and what it called his
collaborators, notably Fani Kayode, to end their politically-motivated,
senseless campaigns and allow the Federal Government proceed with its agenda
for peace through the proposed Ruga policy.
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"We dare say that this is one beautiful policy that has thus
far got the total support of prominent Nigerians, including groups of elder
statesmen like the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Arewa Consultative Forum
(ACF) and scores of civil society groups from the South,ÔÇØ the ADF explained.
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The group warned that unless something was done about
persons or groups opposed to ending the killings in the North, it presupposes
that there are hidden interests that are against a viable solution to the
region's multiple security and other challenges.
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"While we warn these three serial attackers of both Northern and national interests, we urge the Federal Government to bring back that proposal to the table, because it is a window of opportunity for job creation, food security and ending the mysterious killings in the North, for which the media is being willy- nilly used, in order to portray or openly tie the Fulani and their cows together as the major threat to national security. This is pedantic, pedestrian and totally unacceptable,ÔÇØ the forum advised. (DP)
