Monday, May 27, 2013

Ombatse Massacre, Government Engineered

Ombatse Massacre, Government Engineered 

"Destroy Lakyo shrine, ex-SSS boss [Major-General Abdulahi Mohammed (retd),]  urges FG." (Sun Newspaper 5/27/13)

Please FG do not destroy the Lakyo shrine  The reason  this bigot, Major-General Abdulahi Mohammed want this shrine destroyed is not of his concern for security problems  in the state  but his and Governor Al-Makura’s religious intolerance and extremism. The Islamic religion which these two practice has track record of being hostile to other peoples’ culture, religion and religious symbols. All over the Muslim world, Muslim fundamentalists which comprise most that practices Islam are destroying important cultural heritages, religious symbols and artifacts that are not Islamic. This is one of the reasons governments of predominantly muslems states in the north, stone wall and frustrates the building of churches and other religious structures in their states.

Experience supported by the interview given by Ombatse Chief Priest, Alla Agu compels me to believe that the Governor of Nasarawa Al-Makura orchestrated, staged, and engineered that security lapse and leak that led to the death of over 40 police men in his state. 
Think about it; if Ombatse militancy was this violent and evil how so Nigerians didn’t know much about them before Governor Al-Makura arranged to send over hundred police men to arrest one old man?

I condemn in the strongest terms the killing of the security men by the Ombatse militants. However, Mr. Agu said he was never invited by either the Governor or the state’s police chief before security officers attempted to invade his shrine. Yet, not being invited is not justification to attack and kill police officers. However, being a religious and ethnic minority living in the north under constant Boko Haram (hiding under police uniform and military fatigue) murderous attacks, it is not unreasonable to maintain a standing militia.   

I have no reason to doubt Mr. Agu when he said that he was never invited by the powers that be in his state to discuss the activities of his members. I do not see why he would turn down the governor’s or police chief’s invitation. I now begin to believe that the Governor or somebody working for his government engineered the tipoff of Ombatse militant using officers from the eggon tribe. I also beginning to believe that the north’s Muslim religious order or establishment has a hand in the Ombatse crisis.   

I ask the team investigating the Nasarawa mayhem and massacre to check for the Governor’s Complacence or acts that may have led to the lawlessness in his state.

I am neither Eggon nor a Northern I am a concerned Nigerian and my prayer is that I am wrong in my suspicion of the Nasarawa government's complacence in Eggon Massacre.

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