STILL ON THE “BEEF BOYCOTT” CAMPAIGN – BY DUKE AIGBOJE

Some sessions of the Nigerian society have embacked on a campaign to ban beef consumer on account of the killings believed to be by the Fulani herdsmen across the country.

The on-going killings are not necessarily cattle related. It appears to me more like a Jihadist movement, aimed at the primitive acquisition conquest of Uthan Dan Fodio, sponsored and propagated by the Gen. Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. The President’s body language and double standards tell it all. How else do you explain the fact that a man like General Buhari who swiftly moved against the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) with the full weight of the Nigerian military might, just to quell a wave of protests in the South East and went further to declare them a “Terrorist Organization” could suddenly grow entirely “clueless” in responding to a wave of coordinated killings by his kinsmen across the country?

I guess the puzzle pieces are now beginning to fit together on the reason why the President constituted the National Security Council in a manner that defies the Federal Character Principle and ensures that people of his Fulani tribe constitute a clear and overwhelming majority of its entire membership.

The militia who perpetrate these killings are well trained, armed, and sophisticated. They are most likely imported mercenaries engaged to help their principals in accomplishing the evil agenda of conquest and occupation. The Fulani Herdsmen we have always known are not belligerent. Though they cannot be totally absolved of participation in the on-going carnage – especially in the face of the prospect of victory as guaranteed by the President’s body language of tacit support – the professionalism and precision with which the present pogrom is being carried out is beyond the innate capabilities of the of the ordinary bow and arrow-carrying Fulani herder we all used to know.

The eye witness report of constant supplies of military hardware and other materials, using helicopters and other equipment belonging to the Nigerian State to these marauders is a further testimonial to the fact that the pogrom is not happening without the backing of Aso Rock. There was a video which was making the rounds on the internet over the weekend, showing how some of these killers were slitting the throats of their victims, with the camera capturing some persons wearing military boots and uniforms, standing to supervise the slaughter. The account of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on how he made several frantic calls to the Presidency and the military hierarchy with the aim of averting an impending attack on his people, which eventually fell on deaf ears, resulting in the slaughter of over 70 innocent citizens cannot also be said to be mere coincidence. It was all part of the plan. Finally, the haste with which the Federal Government has moved towards creating cattle colonies across the country as its solution to the crisis comes across as a move, ostensibly to provide operational bases for the Jihadists at various locations. This puts paid to every iota of doubt that the Buhari-led administration is an interested party in this whole big project of killings, subjugation and occupation of Nigerian territory by Islamic extremists with a view of taking a notch higher, Nigeria’s membership of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) and effectively situating the country as the Islamic headquarters of Africa.

Little wonder we now hear of stories of the presence of members of the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWA) now roaming free in the streets of Nigeria, having gotten a green light from a government that has demonstrated in more ways than one, that its primary essence of being in power is to ensure that the ethno-religious philosophies of the President is carried out to the letter. Such intolerance is what is presently keeping the leader of (an Islamic sect which is philosophically and ideologically opposed to that of General Buhari) the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheikh El Zakzaky in custody against all known court orders and Rule of Law.

To this extent, it is my very objective opinion that even a hundred per cent success in the “Boycott Beef” protest being pushed on social media will likely to do nothing to stem the tide of the on-going wave of killings and destruction in the country, because they are hardly connected. Even if such connection were to be identified, it will be too insignificant, as the funding for the Jihad must be coming not from proceeds of cattle business, rather from some more organized State and Non-State sources.

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