IRIGWE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION(IDA)
PRESS STATEMENT
August 1,2021
Unceasing tears have continued to roll in our eyes as a nation and people even as this note is penned down.
The terror being unleashed by Fulani Herdsmen on Rigwe people has continued unabated and without any sign of remorse or regret.
Some villages in Miango District came under intense and severe attack by Fulani militias yesterday , Saturday July 31,2021 .
The attack which started around 7pm lasted for over four hours unhindered and undistracted had over 250 houses razed down from villages of Zanwra to near Kpatenvie (Jebbu-Miango).
The villages set ablaze are Zanwra, Nche-Tahu, Rikwe-Rishe A and B,Ri-Dogo, Nchu-Nzhwa all under Kpatenvie (Jebbu-Miango) of Kpachudu Community.
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About seven people killed,while several others injured and are receiving treatment at some undisclosed hospitals.
Over 40 hectres of farmlands with variety of crops completely destroyed beyond resurrection and growth.
Several household items and domestic animals in an immeasurable form were carted away.
The Irigwe Development Association (IDA) is really pained, saddened and brokenhearted with this unhealthy, unpalatable and distasteful development that has caused us unquantifiable and immeasurable damages courtesy plans by the marauders to have our ancestral lands forcefully taken and grabbed.
To say an attack was carried out for several hours without any form of intervention from men of Operation Safe Haven Jos to curtail it is no doubt an affirmation of the fact that it was done in the form of collusion and connivance.
As a nation,the continuous preparation of these callous and barbaric acts without any form of attention by those saddled with the responsibility of securing lives and property are uncalled for ,unacceptable and worrisome.
As peace-loving people,we must be given the needed attention as it is our fundamental human rights for our lives to be safeguarded and protected.
It’s becoming glaring that we have been relegated to second citizens as a people considering the travails befalling us as all our our concerns and grievances have been hitting the deaf ears of the Government.
While we loudly call on the authorities to stop this act of terrorism being demonstrated on the Rigwe Nation,we want to reiterate that it is nothing less of GENOCIDE on the Rigwe people and this will not be taken as we will all via legal means end it.
Even as we renege our hope and trust in God for existence,we want to condole with the entire nation over the lost of lives, farmlands and property knowing fully that He will surely not allow the enemies to triumph over.
In God we Trust!
Signed
Davidson Malison,
National Publicity Secretary, IDA
