Olusegun Obasanjo, former
President on Tuesday berated State Governors who endorsed President Muhammadu
Buhari for a second term.
In a statement he personally
signed titled “The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement,”
the former president described as “insensitivity and callousness” the decision
of the governors to endorse Buhari when Fulani herdsmen are busy killing
Nigerians.
Obasanjo said the Federal
Government should stop blame game and bring about “solution that protects life
and properties of herdsmen and crop farmers alike and for them to live amicably
in the same community.”
According to Obasanjo, “The herdsmen/crop
farmers issue is being wittingly or unwittingly allowed to turn sour and messy.
It is no credit to the Federal Government that the herdsmen rampage continues
with careless abandon and without finding an effective solution to it.
“And it is a sad symptom of
insensitivity and callousness that some Governors, a day after 73 victims were
being buried in a mass grave in Benue State without condolence, were jubilantly
endorsing President Buhari for a second term!
“The timing was most unfortunate.
The issue of herdsmen/crop farmers dichotomy should not be left on the
political platform of blame game; the Federal Government must take the lead in
bringing about solution that protects life and properties of herdsmen and crop
farmers alike and for them to live amicably in the same community.”
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