“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," 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.
Afenifere: Time For Buhari To Choose Between Being President Of Nigeria And
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