Former Aviation Minister,Femi Fani-Kayode has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop sacrificing the people of the South West on the alter of solidarity with the herdsmen and Miyetti Allah and treat all Nigerians equally.
The call is coming in the wake of 7days ultimatum issued to Herdsmen in Ondo State forest and the response by the presidency in a statement by Garba Shehu.
The Presidency had while calling for restraint from both sides said “It will be the least expected to unilaterally oust thousands of herders who have lived all their lives in the state on account of the infiltration of the forests by criminals.”
But reacting, Fani Kayode on Wednesday said that the assertion by Garba Shehu that herdsmen have a right to reside in the forests of Ondo and South West was ‘insulting, provocative, asinine and absurd.’
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He said ” The assertion by presidential spokesman Mallam Shehu Garba that a bunch of murderous thugs, psychopathic vagabonds, barbaric rapists, merciless ritualists and vicious killers have a right to reside in the forests of Ondo and the South West and continue to slaughter and rob our people is insulting, provocative, asinine and absurd.
According to him,Murderous terrorists that hide in the forest to ambush, kidnap, kill and destroy innocent and hardworking men and women have no constitutional rights.
He stated further that,” Quit notices cannot be given to law-abiding citizens in any part of Nigeria and I have always opposed such notices. However they can and must be given to those that kill, steal and seek to destroy the lives of others.
” Murderous terrorists and bloodthirsty and evil men that hide in the forest to ambush, kidnap, kill and destroy innocent and hardworking men and women have no constitutional rights.
” It is the duty of Government to not only flush them out from whichever hole they are hiding but also to despatch them to hell where they belong. Akeredolu has done and said the right thing and I urge every single South Western Governor to do the same.
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” Fulanis, Hausas, Igbos, Ijaws and ALL Nigerians are welcome in the South West but terrorists, bandits, killers and unhinged, bloodlusting and bloodthirsty psychopaths and sociopaths are not.
” President Buhari do your job and stop the killings. Stop turning a blind eye simply because those they come from your tribe. Stop brushing this under the carpet and treating them with kid gloves simply because they are your footsoldiers. Stop protecting them and stop encouraging them.
” Stop sacrificing the people of the South West on the alter of solidarity with the herdsmen and Miyetti Allah. Treat ALL Nigerians as equals and defend them ALL otherwise people will take measures to protect themselves.
” Developments in Ibarapa, Oyo state are a glaring testimony to that.”Fani- Kayode Stated.
