Seriki Adinoyi in Jos
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) yesterday faulted the recent attack on the Governor of Benue State, Mr. Samuel Ortom by suspected herdsmen, describing it as “a declaration of war,” and threatening to pull out of what it described as an unhappy marriage with Arewa.
The organisation stressed that such assault was aimed at overwhelming “the Governor and the entire democratic structure in that state which is a coup d’état.”
The MBF affirmed that the “indigenous peoples of the Niger Area and Benue Valley hereby give notice that it is no longer comfortable in the unhappy marriage for the convenience of the Arewa and is ready and prepared to forge ahead as an entity of its own or in alliance with other groups/regions who are prepared to cast off the chains of Fulani hegemony.”