After pleading with Fulani bandits, Buhari threatens Igbos with genocide

Weeks after appealing to Fulani bandits to release abducted Greenfield University students, President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened South East Region with genocide.

This follows the burning of government properties by hoodlums in the region.

There have been rumours that the federal government will declare a state of emergency in the South East and carry out military operations, despite excluding the region from key government positions, which is fueling the agitation.

The latest threat by president Buhari has subsequently shown the level of intolerance his administration harbours for the region which he claimed gave him only 5% during the elections.

According to him, “we’ll treat them in the language they understand”, signifying the intention of the president to carry out another genocide against the Igbos.

He said: “I receive daily security reports on the attacks on critical national infrastructure, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail. Whoever wants the destruction of the system will soon have the shock of their lives. We’ve given them enough time.

“I received a briefing today from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the series of attacks on their facilities nationwide. These attacks are totally unacceptable, and we will not allow those behind them to achieve their evil objectives.

“I have assured INEC that we will make available to them everything they need to operate efficiently, so that no one will say we don’t want to go, or that we want a third term. There will be no excuse for failure. We will meet all of INEC’s demands.

“In the area of security, we have changed the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General, and we are demanding that they rise fully to the challenges confronting us. There must be zero tolerance for all those bent on destroying our country by promoting crime and insurrection!

“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand”.