Don’t sell land to Miyetti Allah, MASSOB warns South-East monarchs, others

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of
Biafra has warned monarchs, senators and governors in the
South-East not to sell any portion of land in the region to Miyetti
Allah Cattle Breeders Association members.

MASSOB also called on the Federal Government to prevail on
Fulani herdsmen bearing unlicensed weapons to surrender them,
adding that many of the members of MACBAN were still in possession
of AK-47 rifles.

National Director of Information of the secessionist group,
Sunday Okerefor, also maintained that members of MACBAN had already
taken delivery of the N100bn they asked from the Federal
Government.

Okereafor, who spoke in a telephone interview with our
correspondent, said members of the cattle breeders association
planned to use the money to purchase land in the South-East and
other parts of the country to create cattle ranches.

He warned that any traditional ruler found to have sold land to
Fulani persons would be dealt with, adding that the family of such
monarchs would not be spared.

He said, “So we are telling the Ezes to go and chase out these
Fulani people from our land before the end of this month because we
are aware that the Federal Government has given N100bn to
MACBAN.”

He added that Federal Government had already given N100bn to
MACBAN.

“The Miyetti Allah (MACBAN) wants to use this money to buy our
land, not that the government wants to give them land; they want to
use that money and come to our communities and buy land to breed
their cows and force us into slavery.

“Afterwards, they will bring their cows, ammunition and their
brothers there, they will buy large parcels of land and after they
buy, we will not be able to stop them again. That is why we are
warning the Ezes, that anybody that will welcome the Miyetti Allah,
that person will be dealt with.

“We have told our groups around the communities to monitor the
villages to check when the Miyetti Allah will come to buy land. We
don’t have any land to sell to them; they should go to the North
and buy land there.

“The Miyetti Allah has been given N100bn, whereas, we have
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ijaw youths and Arewa youths, why didn’t the
government give them N100bn each as they gave to the Miyetti
Allah?

“The Federal Government should first of all ask the Miyetti
Allah to drop their weapons because I saw Fulani men in our bush
with AK-47 rifles; seven of them were holding these guns, they
passed through my community in the bush.”

On 2023 presidency, the MASSOB spokesman pointed out that the
Igbo had no chance of having one of their sons or daughters
becoming the President of the country in the next 1,000 years
because some people felt they were defeated during the civil war
and did not deserve to lead Nigeria.

He said, “We are not interested in the Presidency; an Igbo man
cannot be President again. If the currency is naira, then they will
never allow Igbo to rule again. NAIRA as an acronym means Never
Allow Igbo Rule Again.

“These Igbo politicians are aware of it; they say that the Igbo
were defeated in the war; they would say that we should go home and
take care of our children and forget about an Igbo president.”

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