The National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has called for caution over the tagging of Fulani
herdsmen as those behind the killing of the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti,
Mrs Funke Olakunrin.
Tinubu,
who paid a condolence visit to the Afenifere National Leader in Akure, the Ondo
State capital on Sunday over the murder of Mrs Olakunrin by those suspected to
be herdsmen, stated that Fulanis should not be held responsible for the
incident.
The former Lagos State Governor
who emphasized that the origin of kidnapping can be traced in the country,
maintained that the death of the 58-year-old should not be used to divide the
country.
“I’m extremely concerned about
security, I don’t want a stigma, I can go through history of kidnapping in
Nigeria and we know how and where it all started, there are a lot of copycats.
“How many years ago have we faced
the insecurity in the country? There are cases of kidnapping, is Evans too, who
was arrested and made disclosures, also a herdsman?
“I don’t want to be political,
but I will ask where are the cows?”
He added that with the spate of
insecurity in the country, it was time to face it squarely and put an end to it
once and for all.
“I am a nationalist and the
securtity concern and challenge right now must be faced squarely throughout
Nigeria.
“We must not use this incident to
divide ourselves but we must use it as a cure to the security problem.
Additional police, additional patrol, and additional security reinforcement
along Ore road and various flash points across the country is necessary and I
have discussed this among the various authorities. The governor (Akeredolu) is
eminently aware and being proactive about this.
“The security challenges are
numerous across this country and to fight it we are going through that, more
police are being recruited and it takes time to train and deploy them to
various areas, nobody prepares more than necessary for this.
“But if you look at Zamfara,
Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and all areas, then we need to fight poverty, unemployment
and the causes that might lead people to crime.
“Equally we must create
opportunity to convert this tragedy to prosperity.”
While describing the death of Mrs
Olakunrin as a sad one, he disclosed that him and the deceased chatted few days
to her death.
“The incident that affected one
member of our family Mrs Olakunrin is seriously sad, and unacceptable but
nobody can return her alive, she has answered the call of her creator.
“Funke is very close to me and
she died a premature death. Only four or five days ago, we chatted and I know
what she discussed with me and about Baba’s health conditions. We just pray
that this will not happen again,” Tinubu said.
Recall that the deceased was
reported to have been shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen in her Land
Cruiser SUV within the Ore axis of the Benin-Sagamu expressway.
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Tinubu is a fool with his okpolo eyes. What has eveans got to do with herdsmen killing the poor woman. Continue protecting fulanis's for your personal interest. Fool. You people keep forgetting that death awaits you and what shall it profit you tinubu to gain all the money you are stealing and political positions you are coveting and lose your soul.
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