26th April, 2014: Chief Anyim Pius Anyim,
GCON, Secretary to the Government of the
Federation
For onward transmission to the President, C-
in-C of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Goodluck Jonathan
Dear Mr. President,
Following our call on April 23rd, 2014, we
have been inundated by responses from
thousands of Nigerians, who have been saying
one thing and only one thing: we will go and
fight these people. Nigeria’s men, women, old
and young from across the six geopolitical
zones, across the entire nation have emailed
and called us and requested only one thing: a
mandate to mobilize and defend the territorial
integrity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
from the northeast headquartered insurgency.
Never before have Nigerians been so united on
any singular issue than they are on this
nagging, death breathing crisis. From the
Adamawa plateau’s to the Savannah belt, to
the creeks of Bayelsa among Nigerians of all
opinions, religious persuasions, educational
and social classes; military, professionals and
students, home and abroad; there has been an
avalanche, a massive outpouring of patriotic
fervor to deliver the nation from a savage,
demoralizing and disheartening, seemingly
inscrutable situation.
Many are saying the same thing:
Never again are we going to run away from
our responsibility to our fellow countrymen
and to our nation. These people, young, old,
men, women; all cadres of Nigerians have
requested that you involve them, that you
engage them and that you mandate them to
engage the enemy.
This fight can no longer be
limited to members of the Nigerian armed
forces and the security service. This fight is no
longer restricted to northeast Nigeria or to
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. This fight,
this movement to eradicate from among us,
the menace of wanton terror and banditry is
for all and to be engaged by all. This fight is
now a Nigerian fight.
Young men and women in Borno state, under
the Civilian-JTF have shown the way. The rest
of Nigeria’s good men and women are now
prepared to follow. Nigerians of all
persuasions all over the country are
requesting the President, that you give official
approval immediately to this initiative of the
people against terror.
This commitment will
require funding; it will require training, it will
require collaboration and cooperation with the
security services. We hereby request that you
give approval and direct the corresponding
arms of government to act necessarily.
The battle against Boko Haram terrorism has
waged unabated since 2011. As the months
and years have gone by, Boko Haram has
increased in tenacity, reach and ruthlessness.
Chronic decimations of towns in Nigeria’s
middle belt by “unknown gunmen” have been
found to actually be Boko Haram’s wider
terror campaign across Nigeria. Uncontained,
this terror threat has destroyed life and hope
most especially across the north. The Nyanya
bombing, the 5th worst such explosives event
in the world’s history since 1970,
demonstrates the increasing threat Boko
Haram presents not just to Nigeria but to its
neighbors and the larger world.
Millions in
property has been damaged, lifestyles,
irreversibly changed, over 40,000 lives have
been taken by estimates, thousands have been
maimed and hundreds of thousands have been
displaced. The death, damage and hurt cannot
be quantified.
Nigeria’s army is doing a valiant job, however
the army is heavily bogged down and politics
and systemic corruption do not allow a full
equipping of the army to combat this crises;
the morale of the army is plunging. For four
years, with a full army deployment, Boko
Haram terrorists have remained holed up in
Sambisa, Damboa, and other known jungles in
Borno.
The army is unable to finish them in
these known, defined forests. It is appreciated
that when the valiant Civilian-JTF joined the
war against Boko Haram ten months ago,
these brave men fighting and dying, with
knives and daggers only, significantly changed
the dynamics of the conflict. The role and
potential of good civilians in this conflict
cannot be undermined and can no longer be
underexploited.
In recognition of these, and the many more
factors we all are overtly cognizant of,
Nigerians must and have decided to take more
prolific, deliberate, strong actions to
deliberately abate an unending situation of
grave, unpredictable consequences. We the
people have decided to fully join the war
against Boko Haram, to finally and completely
check this menace.
The ENDS organization has been in regular
communication with the Civilian-JTF, whom
we have supported with equipment and advice
and we have understood and appreciated their
ability and determination to seek-out and
crush Boko Haram once and for all; and we
have been sensitized to their logistic and
equipment handicaps and limitations.
Since we made the call for Jihad (Holy war)
against Boko Haram, Nigerians of all ethnicity
and creeds from all parts of the country and
abroad have volunteered to take part in this
divine crusade against the unbecoming
menace.
Ex-military men have dedicated to
serve in this mission. Our school graduates,
both employed and not, have decided to fulfill
their pledge to the nation and to God.
Donations have started pouring in towards the
mission to rescue our Chibok 200 girls and to
seek out and eliminate Boko Haram in all
their hideouts.
Two of many messages we have received as
posted below, go to show the inviolable
determination of the people to tackle this
seeming helpless, chronically protracted
crises:
Godwin ****** from Nasarawa wrote us:
I am ready to serve as a volunteer... am a
Christian from Nassarawa state living in
Abuja. Enough is enough, the truth must come
out. I would serve as a media correspondent
in the rescue to show Nigeria's what has never
been seen before. If we die we die... my
number is 0803*******
Another blessed volunteer, Garba wrote us:
I hereby request to join your campaign against
insurgents with a view to securing the freedom
of all those held against their will. I retired
from the Nigerian air force in year 2000 in the
rank of wing commander.
Based on the responses, our faith in the
millions of good people of Nigeria and the
support coming from local and international
organizations and individuals, we are
confident of our ability to raise an army of
50,000 volunteers. We are also at this time,
not imposing a request for any financial
assistance from the Nigerian government.
We
the people and friends of Nigeria are capable
and ready to arm this civilian force and
sponsor all logistics of the operation.
The time for blame and suspicion is over. The
die has been cast; our civilians, the youngest,
most innocent and vulnerable are dying and
being abducted into a horrific life of rape. We
are ready to join and fully equip the Civilian-
JTF to the capacity to achieve success.
This is a path that providence has bestowed
upon us and we shall not shirk our
responsibility. We will kill and arrest the
miscreant terrorists and properly investigate
their sponsorship.
Our plan of engagement which will be in
league with the Nigerian military will include
battle training with the federal army
responsibly engaged. The civilian force will be
documented biometrically and all weapons
and equipment will be registered for use
during the duration of the force majeure.
We will kit ourselves appropriately for this
battle. We are confident of our ability to
purchase equipment that will ensure a swift
victory over these few riffraffs in our forests
and border regions and mingling I our towns.
We plan to seal their access to the borders
and trap the terrorists within Nigerian
territory, to eliminate them without permitting
them escape. We will drive our cars to Borno
to use in the mission. We will starve them in
their hideouts.
The civilian war against Boko Haram will be
conducted under the safest guidelines of
combat. We will be acquiring surveillance
drones and Quadrocopters which will avail us
live recordings and images of Boko Haram
hideouts and their formations and movement.
We will employ traps and baits and traffic
spikes to limit Boko Haram movement around
perimeters of engagement and upon their
retreat. Our army units will be equipped with
adequate communication devices.
We tender this plan and proposition to the
relevant authorities and the Nigerian people
for quick approval. Time is of the essence. On
our right of approval for this request, it is
recognized that politicians arm thugs to wage
battles for them. Boko Haram and MEND are
two known results of the placing of arms in
the hands of Nigeria’s bad people.
The Odua
People’s Congress, OPC are also known to
openly bear arms. Tompolo, an ex-militant
who was actively and destructively engaged
against the Nigerian nation, is today
sponsored heavily with millions of dollars by
the Nigerian government to equip an army to
“guard Nigeria’s oil installations.”
Today, we
request that Nigeria’s noble and not bad
people, who have already demonstrated their
worth and paid the ultimate price, are
officially authorized to bear arms in a limited-
duration mission to crush Boko Haram terror,
which is the most significant threat and
nuisance to Nigeria.
Myself inclusive, we are preparing to proceed
to Borno to the frontlines to coordinate and
engage Boko Haram in battle and end this
terror once and for all. We will win the war
against terror. We will battle and solve
Nigeria’s worst problems one by one.
Nigerians are tired of being a disgrace to the
world, topping lists in worst terror events,
abductions, kidnapping and other dangerous
crises.
Too many innocent Nigerians have
been killed. We fondly remember Ms Rahmat
Abdullahi, bombed in the UN building
bombing of 2011. Late Colonel Kabir Salisu;
the wife and uncle of Musa, a lecturer in
Maiduguri and a host of great citizens we
have lost to Boko Haram extremists are
immortalized in our memories and their
deaths shall be avenged.
Our abducted girls,
who have already undergone irreparable
damage with these terrorists, were the last
straw for some of us. We will teach Boko
Haram a lesson; its last lesson. We will fight
and die to eradicate this menace, swiftly,
efficiently and in totality. Borno, prior known
to be one of the most peaceful and hospitable
places on the earth, will be restored its life.
We believe in our inalienable right to bear
arms and defend ourselves and our families
and friends in the state of national emergency.
We look forward to and urge the government’s
wise cooperation and speedy approval of our
request for authorization.
We are united by a common humanity and a
common bond as a people and a nation to
fight and eliminate all undesirable elements
that have within the last four years, wrecked
havoc on us.
While awaiting authorization, the clamor
increases, the people are ready and the nation
waits for dynamic leadership.
May the Almighty grant us victory!
God bless Nigeria.
Dr. Peregrino Brimah
http://ENDS.ng [Every Nigerian Do Something]
Email: drbrimah@ends.ng Twitter: @
EveryNigerian
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