Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has described as
“provoking and insensitive”, the comments made by his Bauchi State counterpart,
Bala Mohammed, that Nigerians don’t need Akeredolu’s permission to live in Ondo
forests.
Akeredolu also warned Mohammed not to set the country on
fire with his rhetorics.
In a bid to sanitise Ondo forests of killer herdsmen accused
of sundry crimes such as kidnappings, killings, rape, amongst others, Akeredolu
ordered all herdsmen to vacate the state forest reserves or register with the
state government.
The development generated outrage with the Presidency and
some governors including Mohammed saying Akeredolu lacked the right to issue a
vacation notice to herders in the state.
“Land is in the hands of the state and federal governments
in trust but Nigerians don’t need the permission of governors or the federal
government to settle everywhere. You don’t need the permission of the governor
of Bauchi or the governor of Ondo to be in the forests of Ondo if you choose to
live in the forests because under Section 41 of the constitution, you are free
to settle anywhere,” the Bauchi State governor had said on Friday.
Reacting in a statement through his Special Assistant on New
Media, Olabode Olatunde, Akeredolu urged Nigerians to disregard Mohammed’s
comments.
The statement partly read, “The position of Governor
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is not to engage or confront anyone who has the
mindset of a crisis entrepreneur or war monger. Very provoking and insensitive
as the statement appears, we can only err on the side of caution by advising
Governor Bala Mohammed not set Nigeria on fire by his thoughts that are highly
destructive and undermining national cohesion.
“Nigerians should ignore him and rather focus on those
issues that can bring about peace and engender unity.”
Akeredolu had also slammed Mohammed for saying herders have
the right to bear AK-47 rifle for self-protection.
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