3rd
February, 2024
PRESS RELEASE:
MURIC
TO REPS: PROBE ARMS TRAINING OF 300 PLATEAU YOUTHS IN ISRAEL
Sequel to
revelations that the government of Plateau State sent 300 youths to Israel to
receive commando training, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim
Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the leadership and members of the House
of Representatives to probe the allegation. The group said such probe is
necessary to get to the bottom of the recurrent crisis in the state.
This was
contained in a press statement issued on Saturday, 3rd February, 2024 by the
Executive Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
He said:
"A member
of the House of Representatives, Hon. Idris Ahmed Wase, alleged in 2018 that
the governor of Plateau State sponsored 300 people to Israel for special
commando operations.
"Those
300 people have since returned to the state and it is our belief that they have
since been carrying out covert operations in deadly attacks on perceived
enemies of Plateau indigenes, namely, Fulanis and Muslims in general. No
amount of efforts in the search for solution to the crisis in Plateau State
will yield positive results until the identities of the 300 men are disclosed
and the group disbanded.
"Apart
from the killer gang being sponsored by the government of Plateau State, there
are reports of four containers imported by a security company in the state
which is owned by Israel. Those containers obviously contained dangerous
weapons. It is our contention that those weapons have been serving as logistic
compliments to the terrorist activities of the 300 trainees.
"It
is equally safe to pontificate that the political leaders of Plateau State, in
their search for ways to eliminate their avowed, albeit perceived antagonists,
had gone to Israel and, under the guise of performing pilgrimage in Jerusalem,
signed secret agreements with the Israeli government.
"This
agreement resulted in the illegal training of terrorists for the Plateau State
government. It is not impossible that those trained were more than 300. The
training may have been in tranches, probably 300 per annum. Plateau is
most probably harbouring around 1,500 well trained terrorists whose only
assignment is to kill Fulanis and Muslims at any given opportunity.
"The
Nigerian security agencies may have noted the alarming speed at which every
crisis escalates in the state, the professionalism and preparedness exhibited
by the militia men in their execution and the commando style of those
confronted by them. This has been responsible for the large number of Fulanis
and Muslims massacred in the current fighting as they were quickly surrounded
from all sides.
“At
present, hundreds of Fulanis and Muslims resident in Mangu Local Government are
missing. They have been systematically and methodically cut off from Mangu.
Those missing also include Muslims who are indigenes of the state. Plateau
militia cannot tolerate the idea of a Plateau indigene being a Muslim.
"It is
also not impossible that the idea of a pact with Israel has been sold by
Plateau to other states, e.g. Benue, considering the pattern of violent clashes
which usually erupt there and the discovery of training camps for armed
Christian militia in Benue State.
"It is
our submission that Israel may be fanning the embers of war in the Middle Belt
and our security agencies need to investigate.
"Most
importantly, we charge the House of Representatives to boldly assert itself by
instituting a probe into circumstances surrounding the allegation made by Hon.
Idris Ahmed Wase. Is it true that citizens of Plateau State were trained in
Israel for armed combat? When and what number was involved? How frequent has
the training been? Such a monumental allegation should not be swept under the
carpet. Nigerians want the truth unearthed."
#HouseOfRepresetatives
#ProbePlateau300IsraelTrained
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Executive Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).
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