‘Fulani Herdsmen Have Reduced Nigeria To Banana Republic’

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has decried the killings perpetrated by marauding herdsmen in the country, especially the middle-belt region.

The association in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant on media to CAN President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, on Tuesday, said criminal Fulani herdsmen have reduced the country to a “Banana Republic”.

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The Christian body said this while commiserating with the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) as it conducted mass burial for the two priests and parishioners killed by the Fulani herdsmen in Benue State recently.

Two priests of the Roman Catholic church, Rev. Fathers Felix Tyolaha and Joseph Gor, were killed along with 17 parishioners in Benue last month.

CAN told President Buhari not to forget his campaign promise in 2015 to fight insecurity, while calling on security agencies to rise up to the security challenges across the country.

While describing the killings as unacceptable, it told Buhari to suspend his re-election bid and focus on ending the mayhem and ensure the release of Leah Sharibu.

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The statement reads in part: “CAN calls on President Muhammadu Buhari not to forget his 2015 campaign promises including fighting insecurity and keeping Nigeria united and upon which Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for him.

“Buhari’s government should not fold arms and watch misguided Nigerians, mostly Boko Haram and herdsmen promote killing as a past time in the name of politics and ethnics while solution appears very elusive.

“CAN is disheartening to note that criminal Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers and other hoodlums have reduced Nigeria to a Banana Republic.

“This development is unacceptable and we call on all well meaning people anywhere in the world to join hands in praying for the deliverance, freedom and liberty from this self inflicted bondage.

“CAN asks President Buhari to suspend his re-election bid until he restores sanity to the country while ensuring the release of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Chibok girls and other abductees from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists”.

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