By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City
Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide, has advised the people of Delta State and Security agents, not to take the porpurted Threat letter written to the governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, by the Fulani Herdsmen as meaningless and of no value.
Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) worldwide in a press release , made available to journalists in Benin City, and signed by its President, Elder Comrade Curtis Eghosa Ugbo, said the letter should be taking seriously.
Elder Ugbo, said, ” he view with disdain the letter recently written to the Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, purportedly by Fulani herdsmen.
According to him, “In the poorly written letter the Fulani herdsmen threatened to unleash terror on Delta State and Governor Okowa particularly for hosting the meeting of 17 southern governors where the decision not to make land available for grazing in the southern states was taken.
“They went as far as warning their kith and kins residing in the state to start leaving the state so as not to be affected by the mayhem the Fulani herdsmen cum hoodlums threatened to unleash on Delta and Deltans.
“While we call on the law enforcement agencies to spread their dragnet so as to get to the root of how the letter came about. We also advice the people of the state and Governor Okowa not to just throw the threat to the dustbin on the excuse that all is well and nothing of such can happen.
He said, “Events in some other parts of the country has shown that no threat is minor when the Fulani herdsmen/hoodlums are involved. Their issue should not be handled with kids gloves. They have shown on several occasions that the criminality embedded in their system has no limit.
Adding that, “What they have done by that threat letter is to keep us(Delta and Edo States) on red alert. Being neighbours anything that affects Delta State will surely be duplicated in Edo State. As a result of this we advice all and sundry across the two states to goid their loins and see how we can humble these beasts in human flesh.
He warned that, “They should be told that they don’t have monopoly of violence and these weapons(arms, ammunition, bows, arrows, battle axes, charms etc) that they brandish every where they go are in large supplies to many other people elsewhere. We should not let down our flanks. The motto we should adapt is “be prepared.”
He added further that, “A word as they say is enough for the wise. Nothing should be left to chance. We should be extra vigilant. God forbid that our generation to come would blame us for been lackadaisical when the Fulani herdsmen illiterates came calling at our doorsteps.”
For an injury to one, is an injury to all; they will be RESISTED fully.
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