The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has raised an alarm over an audio circulating on the social media over a week now, released by an Igbo citizen threatening the lives of all Igbo Muslims in the South Eastern parts of Nigeria in particular and Nigeria as a whole.
In a Press Statement issued today by the Group and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Yusuf Agbabiaka, the Group called on Security Agencies in Nigeria – accused the Nigeria Police, the Department of Security Services [DSS] the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corps [NSCDC] and the Military Intelligence – of not updating Nigerians on what they have done to prevent the security threat to lives all the citizens of this Country as regards the circulating audio clips.
The broadcast of terror by someone who introduced himself as Maazi Kanayo in the audio clip, gave a ‘matching order’ to all Igbo citizens to kill any Igbo Muslim they found. He even dictated the way he wanted them killed.
In the scary viral audio, circulating on the social media, Maazi Kanayo described Igbo muslims as agents of Fulani herders whom he said took money from Fulani to become Muslims.
He then ordered that any Igbo muslim found should not be killed outrightly but should be kidnapped and that big hole should be dug to bury such a person alive; as he said they did to Fulani herders in their territories [I.e. Igboland] in the past.
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria decribed the the circulating audio in the social media as criminal, inhuman and sacrilegious calling for immediate arrest and urgent prosecution of the broadcaster – Maazi Kanayo.
The Group said it was no surprise why the Nation has been battling with insecurity for the past sixteen years, stating that all sorts of criminalities such as terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping and abduction for ransome payment, unknown gunmen attacks and banditry to mention a few graduated to higher proportional levels due to failure of our security agencies.
The Group notes that Nigeria’s constitution guarantees freedom of worship and freedom to change one’s religion is not an error.
“Meanwhile, history testified to the fact that Islam as a religion has been practised in igboland for the past 100 years or more, what madness could have made someone to call on his own people to eliminate part of them because of religion?” the Group statement said.
“MMWG therefore calls on the Inspector-General of Police, the Directors-General of DSS and NSCDC to brief the Nation on the whereabout of Maazi Kanayo who want to set the Nation on fire because of his tribal and religious fanaticism.
“A stich in time, will save millions, the Group concluded.”
