The Presidency, on Monday, urged
the Nigeria Police Force to publish the names of Fulani herders undergoing trials
in various states of the Federation.
It also said the President, Muhammadu Buhari is not complicit in the herdsmen crisis
rocking many parts of the nation.
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known while speaking
on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme.
Shehu said, “The president is
more than concerned of the ongoing situation, he is fully conscious of the fact
that it is the responsibility of his government to work with the whole
Nigerians to secure lives and stop the ongoing crisis whether they are
kidnapping or the new line of ethnic violence. He condemns it and he does not
support it.
“The fact now is having spoken
against it, it follows that all security agencies must take their line of
action from the president’s remark and do that which is necessary which is to
stop the escalation of the violent attacks being witnessed in some parts of the
country and ensure that it does not go beyond where it has been recorded.”
“I hope the headquarters of the
police will take responsibility and publish the full list of Fulani herders who
are undergoing trials in various states particularly in Benue State.
“Trials are going on, convictions
have been made and the president cannot be complicit. It is very uncharitable.
The president cannot be complicit in the kinds of things being said of him,” he
added.
Buhari promised that his regime will not allow any ethnic or religious group to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups.
The South-West region has been in
the eye of the storm lately over the activities of herdsmen who invade
farmlands with their cattle, harass farmers, and in some cases kill them. Some
herdsmen have also been accused of kidnapping, rape and other vicious crimes.
Many Nigerians including the
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had urged the President, who is also of the
Fulani ethnic stock, to address Nigerians and make it known publicly that he
does not support the criminal activities of herdsmen in parts of the country.
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi
Ganduje, had also called for the enactment of a law to abolish the movement of
cattle by herdsmen from the Northern part of the country to other parts in
order to prevent the incessant herdsmen-farmers clashes rocking parts of the
country.
But Shehu said his principal is
not a “showman” adding that the security agencies are working to tackle the
situation.
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