" Afenifere said. “It is the affliction that has seen him now
functioning as a Miiyetti Allah godfather at a time he should be presidential.
We asked him and we are calling on him to make a choice between the two."
The
Pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, says the time has come for
President Muhammadu Buhari to choose between being President of Nigeria and
serving as Grand Patron of the Miyetti Allah, the association of Fulani
herdsmen.
The
group also urged Nigerians to vote out the President in 2019 to save the
country from further destruction.
It
gave the advice shortly after rising from its monthly General Assembly meeting,
held in Akure, the Ondo state capital, at the private residence of its foremost
national leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.
After
the meeting, Afenifere described the latest killings in Plateau State, which
claimed the lives of more than 100 people, as "genocide".
Yinka
Odunmakin, National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, who read the position of
the group through a communiqué to journalists, said the killings portray
Nigeria as as "barbaric entity".
Mr.
Odunmakin observed that President Buhari was facing a conflict of interests,
being President of the country as well as the Grand Patron of Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association.
He
said the time had come for Buhari to choose between ruling as President of
Nigeria and serving as the grand patron of the Fulani herdsmen.
“After
exhaustive deliberations on the state of the nation, the following communiqué
was adopted:
“Plateau
Genocide and President Buhari's conflict of Interest; meeting was devastated by
the genocide that took place in Plateau State on Sunday in which over 200
deaths occurred by eyewitnesses accounts deaths but the police admitted 100.
“These
wanton killings and official irresponsibility portray Nigeria as a barbaric
entity and we, Yoruba people; are pained living in the same space with the
bestial elements who kill innocent people in cruel manner.
“The
images of little children killed mercilessly with open skulls make anyone with
human blood flowing in his or her veins to shrink.
“We
are further distressed that the response of President Buhari to the murder of
hundreds of our citizens did not attract a word of sympathy or regret.
“It
is very infuriating that the President's response and that of Miyetti Allah
appeared to have been authored from the same laptop.
“The
Chairman of North Central zone of Miyetti Allah, Danladi Ciroma said the
attacks were retaliation for the loss of three hundred cows.
"Ciroma
said 'These attacks are retaliatory ....Those who carried out the attacks must
be on revenge mission ...Fulani herdsmen have lost over 300 cows in the last
few weeks.....Since these cows were not found ,no one should expect peace in the
areas.
“President
Buhari, who is also the Grand Patron of Miyetti Allah who described the Fulani
herdsmen terror as ‘herdsmen/farmers clashes’ (a case of two fighting but dead
bodies only on one side), also repeated the missing cows and even added another
charge Miyetti Allah did not remember.
"According
to information available to the Presidency about one hundred cattle had been
rustled by a community in Plateau State, and some herdsmen were killed in the
process.
“The
State Governor, Simon Lalong had had invited the aggrieved groups and pleaded
against further action ...Less than forty eight hours later violence broke out
(an euphemism for the word 'retaliation used by Miyetti Allah Chief).
“The
President used the word 'thugs' thrice to describe protesting residents while
admitting that human life was becoming 'increasingly cheap' under his watch
without saying what he is doing to make it worthy or bring the herdsmen who
have admitted killing people to book.
“He
also repeated the blame game of 'desperate people' causing instability and
chaos in furtherance of the vain attempt by the administration to divert
attention from Fulani herdsmen responsible for the serial murders.
“Three
months ago, we did say that the President is afflicted by conflict of interests
as Grand Patron of Miyetti Allah and the President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
“It
is the affliction that has seen him now functioning as a Miiyetti Allah
godfather at a time he should be presidential.
“We
asked him and we are calling on him to make a choice between the two.
“It
is pointless at this stage making any demand on this incorrigible
administration.
“We
ask our people to have special prayers for the souls of all those killed and
for God to have mercy on Nigeria in all our mosques on Friday 29th June in our
churches on Sunday 1st of July and for him to see us through the last few
months of this administration.
“Politically,
Nigerians must now gird their loins and see the democratic uprooting of this
administration as a task that must be done in 2019 so as to save the country
from utter destruction.
“There
is no land where the blood of the innocent is being shed daily like Nigeria
that can make progress in any area of human endeavor. Enough is enough”, the
communique read.
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