The Coalition of Northern Groups
(CNG) says it will hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible if any
northerner is attacked in the south.
Abdul-Azeez Sulieman, spokesman
of the group, said this in a statement on Thursday.
The statement was released after
Buhari told herdsmen to disregard a call to vacate the southern part of the
country.
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF)
had asked herdsmen to leave the southern part of the country if their safety is
no longer guaranteed.
However, Suleiman accused
southern leaders of instigating violence against herdsmen after the murder of
Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader.
“A meeting with the Northern
elders was fixed for Tuesday, 15th July 2019. We went to the meeting with a
prepared position which we presented to the leadership of Northern Elders
Forum. We highlighted the utterances made by the southern leaders including decisions
taken by some notable political, religious and cultural leaders of the south,”
he said.
“It is apparent that government’s
initial silence throughout the recent weeks when various southern leaders and
regional organizations were busy issuing incendiary threats and vituperation
against the Fulani and northerners living in the south smacked of
discriminatory application of this important constitutional provision.
“It is astonishing that the death
of the daughter of an Afenifere chieftain in the hands of unknown assailants,
painful as it is, should trigger more robust and timely response than that of
the large scale and massive killings being witnessed in the above mentioned
northern states.
“CNG wholeheartedly welcomes the
assurance given by Mr. President and his government to protect and guarantee
the safety of all Nigerians anywhere they are, including the threatened
herdsmen in the south. We, however, wish to remind Mr President and the
government that northerners would hold them fully responsible should any one of
them fall victim of the consequences of the concerns we raised.”
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