The
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that Islamist militant
group Boko Haram has plans to exterminate Biafrans through maiming and
killing of women under the guise of being Fulani herdsmen.
A
statement by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful said the
group had discovered that the Fulani herdsmen and the northerners were
determined to exterminate the lives of Biafrans through cattle rearers.
The
group called on the people of Biafra to stop eating cows, stop
patronising them and called on the Hausa Fulani herdsmen to leave Biafra
land in order to avert further crisis.
“We are calling on all Biafrans to stop eating Fulani cows and stop patronising them.
“They should stop raping our women, girls and stop killing our men. They should leave our land.
“Our
intelligence report discovered that those cattle rearers were not
ordinary people but Boko Haram who were well equipped. We are calling on
Biafrans to begin to eat goat meat, chicken and fish. Again, all
Biafrans should start rearing our local cows, we have it at Abakaliki in
Ebonyi State, Nsukka in Enugu State and Obudu ranch in Calabar Cross
River State in abundance,” Powerful stated.
“If
we Biafrans implement this without patronising them again, they will
leave our land without molestation because they are equipped with guns
and we Biafrans don’t have guns and ammunition and we all know that
Hausa Fulani don’t eat cow meat. But have you asked yourselves
questions, why Hausas don’t eat red meat are they superior to you?
“IPOB
wants to remind you what the Hausa Fulani did in Agatu, Benue State, in
Delta State where they kidnapped a traditional ruler and killed him,
Enugu State and Ebonyi State where they ravaged farmlands, killed,
maimed and raped their women and girls,” the group warned.