CAN, can you stop all this?

CAN, the 'Fulani' herdsmen and the Presidents

 

Before the 2015 elections, some Men of God threatened to open the gates of hell to anyone who opposed the President then – Goodluck Jonathan. The Christian Association endorsed Jonathan – who one of his loudest aides compared to Jesus Christ, for another tenure. At that time, the blood of thousands killed due to insecurity was at its highest boiling point. 

Boko Haram was at its peak in Nigeria, no need to say more on this. Under the man who he clearly failed to provide security for Nigeria and her citizens, not only in the North-Eastern Nigeria. The top Christian body and some followers then see Boko Haram as a Northern-Muslim agenda to prevent Jonathan from leading the Country. Boko Haram was only the doing of the terrorists and its victims, the President was never responsible for all they did, said the country’s constitution then.

Less than 4 years later today, we have another President who has evidently tried well to treat the Boko Haram terrorist with iron hands. Then there is the issue of herdsmen (the Fulanis as fondly called by our Media that has shown its own side), The Christian Association of Nigeria have now come out to blame the President, unlike 2012 or 2014, they now remember that the #1 is the Chief Security officer of the Nation and he should be sacked if he can’t protect Nigerians! The last time Boko Haram went out killing everyone, it was to make the Country ungovernable for the Southern President. The Herdsmen? They were only doing the bidding of their Master, the President himself, this time trying to make Nigeria ungovernable for himself with his tribe’s men, the Fulanis. 

When the Fulani’s strike hundreds dead in Zamfara, the CAN is silent, when it happens in Kaduna, it is because one El-Rufai is the Governor (who’s a hidden agenda like the President), when that happens in Benue, and the Governor’s name is Buhari – who doubles as the Commander-in-Chief. When there is a clash in the South; Rivers, Anambra or wherever, it is just some bad boys fighting over church or at worst family clash. When rival communities clash in Southern Kaduna, the CAN will say it’s because El-Rufai and the Imams wants to turn everyone to Muslim. The last time, CAN said they were the major victims of Boko Haram in a 99% Muslim dominated Borno.

Even when there is clear evidence that the Christian Association isn’t helping matters not only with their interpretations of statistics. In 2014, one jet was seized stacked with cash meant for weapons, after intervention of top Government officials, the jet was released by South African Government. The jet belongs to a father, Ayo Oritsejafor, the President wasn’t Muhammadu Buhari. An army officer, General Benjamin Ahanotu confirmed that there was indeed a massacre in Mambilla-Taraba State months ago. The General admitted that the State Government sponsored attacks on innocent young men and women. ‘I saw women, children and even animal hacked beyond description…’ He said. International press reported this. Recently, the Voice of America reported that the Benue State Government sponsored some militia parading as Civilian Joint task forces in the border of Benue and Taraba. This has been happening for over a year, one of the caught suspects in Arufu confessed. The Governor of Benue isn’t Nasir El-Rufai that one can accuse of sponsoring criminals. 

The Emir of Kano Sanusi II told Punch reporters about the genocide on Fulanis in Taraba State. He had pictures and evidences of pregnant women and the unborn slaughtered by Ethnic militants, the Fulani President failed to do anything about this, an attack on his dear tribesmen, like it’s happened in Zamfara, Jos, Numan, and Lau areas. Christian Association of Nigeria, after carrying its own extensive security inquiry this week discovered that the Emir was lying, again. There are evidences on the internet that the State Governor of Taraba ordered all the suspects arrested be released by the Police. There were many other panels constituted by the CAN with experts like Dr. Musa Asake, which came up with a report that all the investigations by the current IGP are false and he should be removed. This demand seems new however, it has not been the case when Arase was the Police head few months back. 

According to the Christian body, The Herdsmen are more dangerous than even Boko Haram. When the Nigerian Army visited Mambila, the Brigadier General who is from Southern part of the country said: …Boko Haram is not close to what I saw. Even at the time, the Army troops reached Mambilla, not only young Fulani men and women, even their cows were not left out, were burnt live. This barbaric act of ethnic cleansing never happened, according to the CAN. Can’t the CAN be responsible and call terrorists and criminals wherever they are, as one?

[Muhammad Malumfashi tweets at @m_malumfashi]