By Cajetan Mmuta, Awka
The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), on Monday, reminded residents of the five states in the Southeast geo-political zone of the country that its a ban on the consumption of Fulani cow with effect from “April this year is sacrosanct.”
IPOB in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful said the decision was taken as a last resort after many years of patience over the unprovoked genocidal attacks by Fulani herdsmen on our communities, and the failure of the double-faced Nigeria security agencies to rein in the rampaging Fulani mass murderers.
It said, “We the family of the IPOB, under the command and leadership of our great leader and prophet Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to reiterate that our earlier decision to ban the movement and consumption of Fulani cows in Biafra land, from April 2022, is sacrosanct.”
Powerful noted that the body wished “to correct the misinformation and misconceptions surrounding our position on the issue which our enemies are peddling to blackmail us.”
The statement titled, “April 2022 deadline for the stoppage of Fulani cow consumption in Biafra land is sacrosanct —-IPOB, saying “We have waited for enough and can no longer tolerate the docility and criminal silence of the federal government in protecting our communities against these agents of death.”
“Since their cows have been the reason the Fulani jihadists are slaughtering our people, destroying our farms, raping our women and kidnapping our men for ransom, we have decided to stop consuming these cursed Fulani cows which have now become a source of sorrow and death. It’s better we are alive and eat no Fulani cows than the desire to eat them and be killed.”
“The world should note that before arriving at this irreversible decision, we have made several appeals to the federal government and the security agencies to stop the Fulani from their atrocities in our land but they looked the other way, leaving our hapless communities at the mercy of these messengers of death. Our patience has been overstretched beyond its elasticity point. We can no longer afford to fold our arms and be waiting for the last man in Biafra land to be killed by Fulani jihadists masquerading as herdsmen.”
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Our people waste huge sums of money up to three Billion Naira every year on cows meat and we won’t allow that to continue encouraging those who has the money to start breeding our local cows (Efi Igbo) and other farming, IPOB will support them to boasts the farming and animal husbandry business,” the group stated.
“So, our decision to ban the movement, sale, and consumption of Fulani cows throughout Biafra land with effect from April of this year is not borne out of hate but we are safeguarding our land and our people from the evil agenda of Fulani.
“Our decision is born out of the natural desire to preserve our race from being wiped out by the Fulani terrorist herdsmen.
“If you are a Biafran dealing on Fulani cows in Biafraland, it’s better you look for an alternative now because we won’t spare any inch regarding Fulani terrorists herdsmen cows after April this year, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
A word is enough for the wise.”
