The Northern Senators warned governors and village heads in
South-East in particular to cease from making proclamations that could
overheat an already polarized country.
Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, APC Senator Abdullahi Adamu
from Nasarawa West read a communique unbehalf of the group. Senator
said, “We appreciate the steps the Federal Government had taken so far
to contain the problems of herdsmen/farmers clashes and call on
community leaders to be careful when making statements on these ugly
incidences.
“There would be no country called Nigeria, if other parts of the
country asked Fulani herdsmen to leave their communities and states. We
therefore warn everybody, including Governors to desist from making
inflammatory remarks. A governor is a community leader. The only
difference is that he has a label called governor.
“If you don’t mind, attacks by Fulani Herdsmen in recent times
started with the West when elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae, had some
very nasty experience. It was attributed at the time to Fulani herdsmen.
At the end, those people were apprehended and they were not Fulanis.
“This thing has been going on in virtually all parts of the country
today. If we now say that everybody should rise and say herdsmen should
leave, we will not have a country.”
Senator Adamu, who read from a communique issued at the close of the
Northern Senators’ meeting stated the forum is determined to continue
its unalloyed support for President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu said the
body believes President Buhari will bring about an even development
across the length and breadth of the entire nation.
The Senators also promised that in order to stem the rising tide of
clashes between Herdsmen and farmers, the Senate would either enact or
amend laws that will ensure an amicable resolution of the
herders/farmers’ crisis.
Source: Vanguard
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