Three days ago I was in Buruku local government area to see for myself the level of carnage been perpetrated by this terrorists and blood suckers who walks freely on our soil under the guise of herdsmen and I was told that they repeatedly said the Tiv people must go back to Congo where they migrated from.
History has it that all the tribes that occupy the Niger territory are said to have migrated from one end or the other but today we are here as one Nigeria and as such no individual or group of people can claim to be more Nigerian than the others. All of us are one.
Here I most repeat this, that the Fulani herders we know and have lived with us time immemorial are our friends and brothers, they are here with their families and amazingly they understand as well as speak the Tiv language fluently.
The ones we know nothing about are these terrorists who have occupy our most cherished God given possession, our lands, they bear sophisticated weapons day and night. These terrorists are repugnant to the very fiber of our existence as a law abiding people.
We want the law enforcement agencies and the international community to know that our people are under severe attacks by terrorists, this if not promptly arrested will spell doom for the entire of Nigeria due to the strategic position of Tivland. Indeed we cannot share our land with terrorists, never, not as long as we live.
These terrorists have consistently and comfortably deflowered our girls through rape, murdered the strength of our people, the youths, they suck the bloods of our women and children on daily basis. They drive our people hungry while leaving our economic base in shambles.
How long are we going to continue in silence? Together we can speak against this menace, using all available means of communications. A Tiv man from Mbatiav and the one from Masev shares the same blood, the one from Shitile and Nongov also share the same blood, the one from Ihyarev and Kunav also, all of us are one. Injustice or injury to one is to all.
I want all of us as a people with a common destiny to understand that these terrorists do not ask for political party identity or affiliation before one is murdered which behoves on us all to unite and pay more attention on defending our common identity as Tiv people.
With the last drop of blood in my vain i reject the occupation of terrorists on our land and it is a decision that all of us must take else the essence of our existed is at the verge of extinction.
Through peaceful means we shall continue in this struggle.
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