A coalition of statesmen in Nigeria under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) on Thursday blamed foreign invaders masquerading as religious extremists for the spate of killings and bloodshed in the country.
The organisation which membership comprises renowned technocrats and cuts across very important personalities from different sectors said indigenous ethnic nationalities have the same common enemy in the foreign invaders.
NCEF also told President Bola Tinubu to implement the report of the 2014 National Conference without any further delay, while there should be an immediate ban on nomadic cattle rearing and abolishment of the RUGA project.
NCEF wondered why the present administration has not dismantled the terrorists, even though the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari failed to act on the matter.
The Chairman of the forum and former Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Dr. Samuel Gani and the Secretary, Pastor Bosun Emmanuel, at a press conference, also called on the indigenous ethnic nationalities to come together to renegotiate Nigeria.
“As we mourn those who have died, particularly those murdered by religious insurgents, we urge the living to consider that the same threat is hanging over the heads of the survivors, if government does not attach seriousness to the activities of terrorists in the country.
“The problem facing Nigeria is a complex one and it is evident that we are facing an organized invasion by foreign forces masquerading as religious extremists.
“Nigeria is facing a racial and cultural domination agenda disguised as religious intolerance. In addition to the wanton murder of announced that they have selected Nigeria as food hub for OIC member nations.
“This announcement was made without prior discussion with the ethnic nationalities that own the land, and without the consent of State Governors who statutorily control allocation of land in the country.
“In Plateau and Kaduna states, data exists that hundreds of villages of the ethnic nationalities have been taken over by foreign Fulanis.
“The owners of the land have been driven into IDP camps while the names of the villages have been changed to Fulani names.
“In Plateau state, over 102 villages were reportedly taken over by Fulani invaders while in Kaduna state, over 109 villages have been dislodged.
“The owners of the land are in IDP camps. Recently, a community leader in the Niger Delta, Mr. Asari Dokubo, posted in a video clip that thousands of Fulanis have entered the country and they have taken over villages in Bayelsa and Rivers state.
“He raised alarm that a displacement invasion is ongoing. Similar reports have been made in Taraba, Benue, Adamawa, and in other parts of the country.
“The recent visit of Hamas terrorists to Nigeria, bearing in mind that Hamas is not the government of Palestine, neither does it represent the Palestinian people in any legislative capacity, also raises concern about government’s commitment to fighting terrorism.
“Shortly after the abduction of 287 secondary school children in Kuriga, Kaduna State, a security expert, Dr. Kabiru Adamu, stated on Arise TV that the location of the camps of the bandits was known to government four years ago.
“Even if the Buhari administration failed to act, what stopped the Tinubu administration from dismantling the camps of the terrorists?”
