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By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – Northern Political Christian Forum (NPCF) has called the attention of law enforcement agencies to the alleged plot by the Borno State Government to use the Civilian JTF (CJTF) to disrupt the visit of the Honorable Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe to the state.
The group which claimed it has credible information on the planned disruption, condemned the development in its entirety added that it is sponsored for some dark purposes.
NPCF said this on Thursday in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Zephaniah Abui and made available to Sundiata Post.
According to the Forum, “From the onset, we want to condemn this development in its entirety as the height of irresponsibility. It symbolizes the dismal low to which the sense of propriety has sunk among leaders who would do anything to massage their ego while the larger population of citizens are left to suffer. It is most unfortunate that the power brokers in Borno state as represented by the state government have not learnt from their past misadventures in allowing Boko Haram to emerge, fester and became a plague to the entire nation even though the north suffered most.
The group which informed that the security challenges we are facing today as a country were caused by similar sponsorships, reminded that Boko Haram Terror group is a product of politicians arming youths against their opponents.
NPCF therefore said it is at a loss as to what the incentive of the Borno State government is at this time for being involved in such a dastardly plot.
“We issue this timely warning because this was the same way “ECOMOG”, a ragtag group of street urchins, was exploited for political use and ultimately led to the emergence of Boko Haram. Is it a mistake that this is on the verge of being repeated with the incitement of CJTF members to harass a visiting minister.
What other dirty assignment would the state government have for these youths next, it asked.
NPCF further reminded that IPOB, Niger Delta militants and many others militia groups that have plagued the country at one point or the other are several examples of political leaders at the state level losing control of their self-inflicted monsters. Sadly, in all the cases, the suffering is collective because the evil meant to be exploited as political capita soon transcend all known boundaries to become nightmares for all Nigerians.
The group called on Civilian JTF to resist being used for the alleged disruption but rather focus on its self-help duty of protecting themselves from the monster created by these selfish leaders as well as preserving the body as a non-ethnic, non-religious, apolitical and untainted body that continues to clean up the security mess created and worsened by a hapless state government.
“The visit of the Minister is one of the strategies they have hatched to further their agenda in the next few days to sabotage the war against insurgency. The plot, as we gathered, involves inciting the CJTF members to disrupt the Minister’s visit and thereafter use the ensuing chaos as a cover for straggling Boko Haram fighters to regroup.
“Even more frightening is their expectation that any CJTF member arrested in contrived fracas would be detained alongside Boko Haram hardliners who will then radicalize the arrested persons.
‘’We call on the CJTF members to resist any invitation to anarchy since those pitching this deranged plot to them have other hidden plans that involve great suffering for anyone that allowed themselves to be used, it stated.
It stressed that the only time the word “security” should be associated with the minister’s visit is when talking in terms of food security, which is imperative in Borno State.
NPCF advised that instead of causing confusion, anyone that meets with the Chief Audu Ogbe should rather listen to learn which of the many interventions he has unveiled in other states can be replicated in Borno as a first step towards re-establishing the state as an agricultural power-house as opposed to provoking a fresh circle of violence.
We certainly cannot afford the kind of crisis that the people in charge of Borno State are plotting for the country, even when they have decided they will pulverize and destroy their own state, we must for the sake of the rest of us help avert this needless crisis, NPCF said.