Nollywood actress, Meg Otanwa writes Buhari on how weak he is, killings in Benue, others
Benue born Nollywood actress, Meg Otanwa has reacted to the killings in her home state.
Meg, who is from the Idoma tribe, spoke on the bloodletting in an open letter she penned on Monday.
The star thespian of Emem Isong’s ’I’ll take my chances’ lamented that attack on her kinsmen by Fulani herdsmen has been going on for years.
She also recalled her personal encounter during an attack on a community.
Meg, a graduate of
Ahmadu Bello University, appealed to President Buhari to “be on the right side of history by choosing to defend and protect the innocent and defenseless citizens.”
Full text of her letter below…
“Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, One fateful day I received numerous calls from home: “A u Fulani! A u fulani!! E ku pewa eh,” meaning, “The Fulanis! The Fulanis! They’ve come again!” It was Jan 17th last year, the herdsmen had attacked a neighbouring village and the villagers had run into our village for safety.
The marauders took lives and left a trail of destruction behind them. These attacks have been going on as far back as I can remember. I remember my grandmother hiding some of my siblings and I under the bed because “a u fulani” were coming. That was well over 20 years ago.
We had travelled home for Christmas and on this fateful day, villagers ran back from their farms covered in blood and tears from herdsmen attacks. That was my first memory and encounter with the name “Fulani”. In June of 2017, I lost my cousin, Sunday Fabian Otanwa, in the hands of these same herdsmen in Makurdi.
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