Lauretta Onochie, Senior Special Assistant on Social Media
to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said every tribe
in the country has bad eggs.
She also claimed that many critics of the Buhari regime were
driven by hate and bitterness and were, therefore, wont to accuse Fulani
herdsmen of every heinous act perpetrated by criminals, adding that such
commentators were fishing for trouble.
In a string of tweets on Monday, the President’s aide said
all crimes committed in non-Fulani host communities were attributed to guest
-herders- who are of the same tribe as Buhari.
Onochie was reacting to statements made by a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on the eviction order issued by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, that herdsmen should leave the state’s forest reserves within seven days.
Onochie wrote, “If there is an ethnic or community clash
where lives and properties are lost, we pick and choose which to attribute to
community clash and which to lay on the doorsteps of the Fulanis, Buhari’s
ethnic group, in order to satisfy the craving for more bitterness and hatred
towards Buhari.
“There is no tribe that is free of bad eggs. But
criminalising an ethnic group because you don’t like President Buhari’s face,
is nothing short of evil and fishing for trouble.”
The President’s aide further said the critics of the regime
have insatiable demands. “They had asked for restructuring. Buhari has no power
to alter the constitution so he did what is within his power…After
restructuring, they moved to Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram,” she wrote.
Onochie, however, sued for peace amid the unfolding
situations in Ondo and Oyo States, adding that elections remained the
constitutional way to remove an unpopular government.
“Those threatening mayhem must calm down, take a deep breath
and remember that this is the only nation we can truly call, “ours”.
“The ballot box is usually, the best way to change a
government. That is in 2023. Let common sense prevail. God bless Nigeria,” she
tweeted.
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