The Convener, Coalition for a Better and Brighter Nigeria, Prophet (Dr.) Isa El-buba, has passionately called on the people of Plateau State to unite and fight back the enemies of the state by resisting the divide and conquer strategy of those who terrorize them.
This came in a press statement signed and made available to SUNDAY STANDARD in Jos, the Plateau State capital recently, shortly after leading a peaceful match in the capital city of Jos and Bukuru metropolis following killings of innocent women and children in Mangu Local Government Area.
He said, “I call on the people of Plateau that it is time to fight and save our state. The whole of Plateau must unite and fight back. The divide and conquer strategy being deployed by the terrorists to isolate and decimate the tribes on the Plateau seems to be succeeding.
“Plateau leaders and elders, should we continue to play the ostrich? It was first Tarok people, then Berom and later followed by the irigwe and Bokkos people in our very eyes and now, it is Mwaghavul today. Only God knows where next the evil axe will turn to!
“If these terrorists are not confronted once and for all, irrespective of the tribe under attack, they will not stop. I admonish you the citizens of Plateau to pray and also defend the land. We must form a strong alliance and put up a strong fight until we end this mess because injury to one is injury to all. Plateau arises! God bless Plateau State!”, the prophet enthused.
He, however, disclosed that the revelation by International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) stated that Nigeria led the world in Christians killed for their faith in 2022 with 5,014 deaths and over 3000 Christian abductions which called for concern and concerted efforts to avert a repeat of such heart wrenching template already rehearsing to double in 2023.
“No fewer than 1,041 defenseless Christians are already hacked to death by Nigeria’s Jihadists in the first 100 days of 2023 or from 1st January to 10th April 2023, as highlighted by the report. We all must gear up to resist a transition of killings in the country with austerity.
“We are once again overtaken by the resumption of killings of Christians and minority Muslims in the country, after a seeming cessation during the electioneering periods, a trend that has the tendency to continue and even escalate if we do not call attention to it and if security operations do not activate proactive measures.
“The killings in Benue State, Southern Kaduna and Zamfara States in the outgone weeks and all other targeted killings across other flashpoint areas remain despicable and stands condemned. We cannot continue to fold our hands and watch these territories wipe us out our ancestral lands”, El-buba encouraged.
