The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, came under fire from the Benue Youth Forum (BYF) on Monday for his remark regarding the recent massacre by Fulani herdsmen in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State.
According to BYF, Atiku defecated on the graves of people slaughtered by Fulani herders in the state’s Ukum Local Government Area.
The Forum’s president, Terrence Kuanum, charged Atiku with defending the Fulani herders’ deaths in the region.
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He criticized Atiku for saying that the horrible deeds were the result of “continuous confrontations between farmers and herders.”
In a statement, Kuanum expressed disappointment over the “unfortunate message credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar in which he simply urinated on the graves of scores of people recently murdered by Fulani herdsmen in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state.”
He added: “That the PDP presidential candidate tagged the dastardly killing of children, women and the aged in their sleep as “escalation of intercommunal violence” clearly heightens the suspicion as to his level of insensitivity and complicity in the incessant attacks on Benue communities.
“Equally sad and irresponsible is the comment by Alhaji Atiku that suggests that the killings in Benue state were caused by lack of inclusion and integration of people into communities where they live, work, pay taxes and raise their children.”
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The President of the Forum also accused Atiku of habouring hatred for the state Governor, Samuel Ortom.
He added: “It is not surprising that Alhaji Atiku who has not hidden his hatred for Governor Samuel Ortom for his (Ortom’s) resilience towards ensuring that Benue people don’t surrender their lands to cattle breeders has never really been sincere in condemning the issue especially as his kinsmen are known to be behind the killings, maiming, destruction of property and displacement of innocent villagers from their communities.”
If elected, the former vice president is tasked by the Forum with outlining his plan to stop the massacre of residents of Benue State.
He advised Atiku to disregard support from the state if he fails to present his strategies for stopping these deaths there.
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BYF emphasized once more the necessity to deprive Atiku of the title of “Zege Mule u Tiv” leader.
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