Buhari Doesn’t Deserve Sleep Until Herdsmen Killings Stop – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to deny himself sleep until he finds a permanent solution to killings by Fulani herdsmen in the country.
Fayose, who was reacting to Buhari’s statement during his visit to Plateau State on Tuesday, criticised the president for describing “terrorism” as farmers/herdsmen clash.
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THE WHISTLER recalls that during Buhari’s visit to Plateau State where some suspected herdsmen killed about 100 people on Saturday, the president said: “the Nigerian cattle herder doesn’t carry nothing more than a stick, occasionally sometimes something to cut grass to feed his cattle.”
The president had also previously said that the “longstanding herdsmen/farmers clashes” can be traced to geographical and economic factors.
But Governor Fayose, on Wednesday, said the killings going on in the country “is not a case of two fighting” but an outright act of terrorism by herders in the country.
The governor equally wondered why the Federal Government is yet to fish out those responsible for the mass killings in about 11 villages in Barkin Ladi LGA and some villages in Bokkos and Riyom LGAs.
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“One question Nigerians should be asking President Buhari is; has anyone been arrested for the killing of over 200 people in Plateau? 200 people killed in one day by people said to [beretaliating loss of cows is a national disaster that should attract decisive actions not speeches,” Fayose said in a tweet.
“In saner climes, Presidents don’t go to sleep when over 200 of their citizens, including children, are murdered, they take decisive actions to bring perpetrators to book and prevent reoccurrence. But here in Nigeria, our president sees the killing of over 200 people as two fighting.
“President Buhari, killings by herdsmen is not Farmers/Herdsmen clash. It is not a case of two fighting. Rather, it is terrorism. Deal with perpetrators as terrorists and you will see these senseless killings coming to an end,” said the governor.
