Denys Gauer, outgoing French
ambassador to Nigeria, says he does not believe that foreigners are involved in
the killings across the country.
The French’s envoy position
contradicts that of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari had said that the killings
are as a result of the influx of mercenaries from the Sahel region.
“It has always been there, but
now made worse by the influx of armed gunmen from the Sahel region into
different parts of the West African sub-region,” the president had said when
Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, visited him in London back in April.
But speaking with journalists on
Friday in Abuja, Gauer said impunity is encouraging the killings in the country
and those responsible must be punished.
The envoy spoke to journalists in
commemoration of the 2018 French National Day.
“The reason for the killings is
demography; some people are fighting for land, so there must be direct policy
to develop agriculture and animal husbandry,” he said.
“I think impunity is encouraging
the killings and those responsible must be punished. I don’t believe foreigners
are involved in the killings.
“The second is justice. When
there is that kind of killing, there must be proper prosecution and
perpetrators must be properly sentenced. If that does not happen then, it
cannot end.”
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