Tribune / Nigeria: As Nigerians continue their condemnation of the on-going killing of farmers by Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country, particularly in Benue and adjoining states, the Federal Government, on Saturday, said that it would leave no stone unturned in its desire to find a lasting solution to the menace, just as it insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari has not been silent on the crisis because he is a Fulani.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, faulted the claim that President Buhari had been silent on the herdsmen / farmers clashes, saying it was unfortunate that people only chose what they wanted to hear.
Adesina said that it was not true that the president is sectional as insinuated in some quarters.
“It is not true that the president is sectional and that he has been silent on the Fulani herdsmen crisis because he is a Fulani.
“The president has not been silent on the matter. It is unfortunate that some people choose what they want to hear.
“The president has spoken against the crisis many times. We also issued a press statement on the matter.
“No stone will be left unturned in finding a lasting solution to the crisis,” he said.
An Abuja-based group of young professionals of Tiv extraction under the aegis of Club De Pals, had faulted President Buhari’s failure to tackle the killing of farmers by Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, calling on him and the APC-led Federal Government to urgently treat the crisis with the same seriousness it was applying to tackle the insurgency in the North-East.
“We state emphatically that the continued silence of the president on this very significant national security matter, the response of the Minister of Interior, Lieutenant-General Abdurrahman Danbazzau (retd), to convene a ‘town hall meeting’ without any specific date, the comments credited to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, during his visit to Agatu community that he could not see the bodies of the 400 people massacred in 10 villages, have all combined to give us the message that we are not liked. We are unsafe and unprotected by the Federal Government.
“It is appalling that the Nigerian security forces delayed deployment of their men and officers to stem the bloodletting until hundreds of people had been killed by the Fulanis.”
