President Muhammadu Buhari has
sent a message to Fulani herdsmen urging them to ignore the recent call by the
Northern Elders Forum (NEF) asking them to leave the Southern part of Nigeria.
This was contained in a statement
signed on Wednesday by Garba Shehu, his Senior
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity.
Buhari questioned the intentions
of the NEF and the other so-called leaders in delving into issues with
unsolicited, ill-intentioned advice.
The statement added, “All
citizens of Nigeria are free to move and live within any part of the country
they please, whether or not they are originally from there.
“In line with our country’s
constitution, the government of Nigeria and the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari will protect citizens of Nigeria wherever they find
themselves.
“No one has the right to ask
anyone or group to depart from any part of the country, whether north, south,
east or west,” the President said.
“They have no one’s authority to
make such pronouncements.
“The polarising role of the
Northern Elders Forum and all those other groups dabbling into issues of
security to score cheap political points has for long been a sore point in
Nigeria’s body polity.
“They should not be allowed to
mislead anyone, least of all the Fulani herders.
“The Buhari administration is
fully devoted to finding a lasting solution to the herder-farmer clashes in
different parts of Nigeria- one that would be acceptable to all the parties
involved.”
The President, therefore, called
on all Nigerians to help keep the peace in the country.
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