Some groups in Benue State have asked Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore to count Benue State out of its proposed vigilante group across states of the federation.
They include Mdzough U Tiv, Ochetoha K’Idoma and Omi Ny’Igede. in a statement signed by CP Iorbee Ihagh (rtd), AVM Tony Adokwu (rtd) and Dr Ben Okpa, respectively, they vowed to use available legal means to ensure the occupation agenda of the herdsmen in disguise does not operate in Benue state as they have suffered enough.
In their statement, they said threat by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore to drag Governor Samuel Ortom to the International Criminal Court of Justice over alleged abuse of rights and seizing of 25,000 cows belonging to their members as ridiculous and nauseating.
While urging the Fulani group to be ready to take all Benue people to court not only the governor, they also accused Miyetti Allah of severally claiming responsibility for the killing of innocent Benue farmers in different media fora.
Their statement reads: ''The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore National Secretary, Saleh Alhassan was quoted in an interview on Monday, August 30, 2022 saying ‘the Miyetti Allah is working on creating their own vigilante groups in order to protect their people from the attacks of state-owned security personnel’ and particularly cited the Benue and as socio-cultural organisations, we fully sanction the operation of the State Community Volunteer Guards created by governor Samuel Ortom for a peaceful coexistence between herders and pastoralists, so for us, no such evil intentioned vigilante by the Miyetti Allah will operate in the state.
''We must emphasize that Governor Ortom as a leader popularly elected has our total mandate and we are fully in support of every lawful initiative by his administration to tackle security challenges to bring about enduring peace in the state''.
''We hereby state irrevocably that the orgy of bloodletting in Benue by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore will be vehemently resisted by our people using every available legal means. Miyetti Allah should not think they would blackmail, intimidate and victimize Governor Ortom and the rest of Benue people into silence about the unprovoked and coordinated killing of our people.
''Governor Ortom is fighting a just cause for our people and we are fully in solidarity with him and any attack on the Governor is attack on the entire Benue people who will never surrender their ancestral lands to herdsmen jihadists on a conquest agenda,” .
Recall that Governor Samuel Ortom inaugurated Benue State Community Volunteer Guards to help protect Bunue people from attacks and protect the state.
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