Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation
minister, on Friday condemned the response of South-West governors to the call
for Fulani herdsmen to return from the region.
Recall that the Chairman of the
Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, had on Tuesday claimed that
there was a move by some trouble elements to engage herders in violence in the
Southern part of the country.
Against this backdrop, Abdullahi
asked Fulani people residing in the Southern part of the country to return to
the North.
He was quoted as saying, “We have
heard in the few hours ago that some violence had already started to manifest
in some sections of the country against the herdsmen.
“If it is indeed true that their
safety is not guaranteed in the places where they are residing, we would rather
have them back into areas where their safety is guaranteed, and they should be
coming back as much as possible to the North.”
Reacting, South-West governors on
Friday said the call by the NEF was most unfortunate, divisive and
retrogressive.
However, Fani-Kayode picked holes
with the response of the Southwest governors, describing it as meaningless and
weak.
He wrote on Twitter: “The
Southwest Governors response to the call for the Fulani terrorists to leave the
Southwest was weak, cowardly, meaningless and nonsensical.
“They could not even muster the
courage to talk until after Buhari had spoken. Someone pl ask them: are u with
the Yoruba people or with Fulani Buhari?”
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