From Scholastica Onyeka, Makurdi
Tiv Youth Organization, (TYO) has said that the purported deal made by presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Bola Tinubu to assist herdsmen realized their agenda over the people if he wins the 2023 election is dead on arrival and would be resisted by all Benue people.
The President General, TYO, Worldwide, Timothy Hembaor stated this while reacting to a statement from the national secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal, Saleh Hassan, in which he said that they have struck a deal with the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu that he will support their long term agenda of conquest, if elected president of Nigeria, come 2023.
The youths who described the statement as unbelievably shocking said “It is on record that Bola Tinubu met with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore in Minna, Niger state and promised to meet all the demands of the militia group, if they support his bid for power in the elections coming up next year.
The youths in the statement, noted that the group’s national secretary explained further that they endorsed the former Lagos state Governor because he promised to address the issue around the Livestock Intervention Programme and the retrieval of the 450 grazing routes across the country.
Hembaor, in a statement, said the people of Benue and other Nigerians will rise and reject the grazing routes Tinubu has promised Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore adding that the design to turn Nigeria into an emirate will never see the light of day.
“Naturally, the Tiv are in Central Nigeria and while grazing routes can be established up north, the routes will not be allowed to pass through Benue State. We are sure that our brethren from the south east will support us to resist the evil genie that is knocking on our doors.
“Bola Tinubu must know that the quest to divide our land to offer safe passage to marauding Fulani may be the final straw that will bury his presidential ambition. He will have to kill every Tiv person to make it happen in our land.”
He told those campaigning for Tinubu and Miyetti Allah in Benue state that the people are waiting for them at the polls.
“The 2023 elections in Benue state will be a vote for our survival. Our enemies have come out to show their faces and we will roundly reject them and their “apostles” in the state.
He noted that Tiv youths worldwide, have nothing personal against Bola Tinubu saying they are concerned about who has the interest of the people at heart.
They insisted, “We will not vote for someone who will take our lands and hand to terrorists. We are ready to be the children of our ancestors.
“It is good to know that Tinubu has not hidden his plan to give us Buhari, hook line and sinker. Our duty is to tell our people and other Nigerians to beware, gird up their loins and prepare for a long battle for their survival. The APC presidential candidate is in bed with their worst enemy,” he said.