Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere on
Saturday described as hypocritical comments by the Arewa Consultative Forum on
the clashes in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State over the activities
of Fulani herdsmen.
The organization told the ACF to be warned as Yoruba cannot
be threatened with war at this stage and would not provoke war.
The organization said never would the South West be going to
run for anybody on their land.
While advising the ACF to “call their criminals to order”,
Afenifere warned that Yoruba would not want a repeat of the incident of 1966.
The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka
Odumakin, said these in a statement entitled: ‘ACF hypocritical tears’,
obtained in Abuja.
He said, “The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to the
hypocritical tears of Arewa Consultative Forum over clashes in Ibarapa Local
Government Area of Oyo state occasioned by the inimical activities of Fulani
herdsmen against indigenous Yoruba people.
“While we have gone to a great length to sue for peace and
have appealed to our pained people to be law-abiding even with the daily
provocations of the Fulani and harassment of our people, we frown at the very
arrogant and insulting ACF statement, especially their reference to the event
of 1966.
“We must make it clear to them that they cannot threaten us
with a war at this stage as we will not provoke war but never are we going to
run for anybody on our land.
“We are miffed that a body like ACF that has never shown any
remorse over the killing of our people can open their mouths anyhow now because
there are consequences for the irresponsible actions of their people.
“We advise them to call their criminals to order and not
expect our people to sheepishly wait to be killed by those who value cow lives
more than human beings.
“We do not want a repeat of 1966 event but if there are
people plotting such event again, the rain will be over their heads.”
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