The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, on Wednesday disclosed plans to chase ‘bad Fulani herders’ involved
in violent attacks out of the South West.
Ogunwusi stated that the recent
herdsmen attacks in the South West was “alien,” hence the need to chase them
out of the region.
He spoke while hosting the Emir
of Borgu, Muhammed Dantoro, (Kitoro IV) in his palace in Ife, Osun State and
was contained in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Moses Olafare.
According to the monarch, its time
to “separate the corn (wheat) from the shaft (chaff)”.
The statement reads: “We keep
hammering on the Fulani herdsmen trying to take over everywhere, it is the bad
ones that we want to kick out and enough is enough, we will kick them and do
justice to the peace and peaceful coexistence in our country.
“We want our country to be
prosperous in peaceful coexistence, we do not want people to live in fear and
that is the reason why we are trying to connect to one another as traditional
rulers to find lasting solution to these of criminality.
“Everybody is saying they are
Fulani herdsmen now, kidnapping everywhere. Enough of that! We must separate
the corn from the shaft putting behind the past and letting peace reign in our
land and in our country and that is what we stand for. We must join together to
end this criminality being perpetrated by enemies of Nigeria with ungodly
spirit irrespective of their tribes.”
Also speaking, the Emir of Borgu
said he will support Ooni’s plan “for the betterment of the people”.
“We will definitely work together
for the betterment of our people. Borgu is a mini Nigeria because it is one of
the few places in the country where you can find all tribes coexisting
peacefully,” he added.
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