The Ekiti State chapter of the
Peoples Democratic Party National New Media Group (PDP-NNMG) has alleged that
Governor Kayode Fayemi’s “2023 presidential ambition” was reason for his
refusal to act decisively on herdsmen menace.
It said Fayemi was acting in a
way that he would not be seen as offending the interests of “presidency cabal”,
adding that “only selfish and insensitive leaders will sacrifice the security
and well-being of their people for politics.”
In a statement on Sunday, State
Coordinator of the PDP-NNMG, Bola Agboola, said Ekiti people were not surprised
that the governor had not deemed it fit to visit victims of herdsmen killings
in the last six months because “one of the promises he made before he was
manipulated to power for the second time was to protect the interests of
herdsmen”.
“Up till now, Governor Fayemi has
not visited Orin Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, where a
community leader, Ilori
Emmanuel was killed yesterday
morning by suspected herdsmen.
“The governor has not taken a
single drastic action against the menace of herdsmen in the state.
“Even when one of his aides, the
Coordinator of Anti-Grazing Task Force Marshals, Sola Durodola insisted that
Fulani herdsmen must be registered in Ekiti, the governor sacked him.
“Also, it is on record that
during his electioneering campaign in 2018, Fayemi said that killings by
herdsmen will only stop if lands were provided for the herdsmen as their
permanent settlements.
“He reportedly added then that it
was better to give lands to herdsmen and live than for them to be killing
people.
“Even though he later dismissed
the allegation that he entered into an agreement to create cattle colonies in
Orin-Ora, Aramoko, Omuo, Otun, Ise and Erifun in Ado Ekiti, silence of the
governor on killings and kidnappings by suspected herdsmen appears to have
confirmed the allegation.”
The PDP group called on
traditional rulers and notable leaders in Ekiti state to prevail on Governor
Fayemi to face governance in the state and stop acting like a diaspora
governor.
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