A youth group under the banner of Concerned Plateau Youths Council, CPYC, has warned various Fulani groups and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, against making inciting statements capable of further fueling crisis in the state.
The CPYC, in a statement issued on Monday and jointly signed by its President, Kendrick Lawen and Secretary General, Dung Luka, said the spate of baseless allegations by Fulani groups, who alter narratives to appear like victims when they are actually the aggressors in violent clashes across the state smacks on nothing but hypocrisy.
“It is quite worrisome that various Fulani groups will come out to claim innocence whenever their militias attack our communities.
“We wonder what they stand to gain by playing the victim card when we all know that they are perpetrators of these crimes against humanity, invading communities, killing innocent people including women and children, sacking and taking over villages and in the end, still claim they are the victims,” the group said in the statement made available to DAILY POST.
The CPYC also frowned at a recent statement by MACBAN where the body accused the Berom tribe of harbouring ethnic militias whose mandate is to track down Fulani herdsmen and systematically eliminate them.
“Any discerning person will quickly decipher that the statement and allegations were just a smokescreen by the respected body but for what purpose and intent?
“We want to caution MACBAN, and other Fulani groups to refrain from making such statements capable of fueling further crisis in Plateau State as well as set their people against ours. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,” the CPYC said.
