– Chief Segun Oni has said that some
politicians are behind the menace wrought by herdsmen – Oni said the
politicians are seeking to trouble the APC-led administration – The
APC chief
says the present administration has done excellently well in fighting insecurity
Chief Segun Oni, the national deputy chairman (South) of All Progressives
Congress (APC) has said that politicians are behind the incessant attacks
orchestrated by Fulani herdsmen.
Oni who made the assertion on Tuesday, August
30, accused politicians of complicity in the constant attacks on communities
across the country by suspected herdsmen. Breaking Times reports that the APC
chieftain made the allegation while speaking to journalists at the party’s
National Secretariat in Abuja, he said that the intent of the politicians was
to destabilise the Federal Government.
It would be recalled that recently,
communities in some states, including Benue, Plateau, Enugu, Nasarawa, Kaduna
and Taraba had been attacked by the suspected herdsmen, who carried arms.
Chief Oni said: “This, personally worries me because these gunmen who have
suddenly become so notorious, invading villages and so on, are people that
have always been around. “My guess is that many of these are sponsored by people
who have so much money and want to create instability. “I believe that many
of these have political motives and people who just want to trouble the
government of the day. “People who don’t want peace because they believe peace
will also not be what they will want to see. It is very, very difficult. “You
will just hear one version here today, another striking us there tomorrow and
so on.
The APC chieftain said that the APC-led Federal Government had scored pass mark in fighting insecurity. He said: “one thing we can say for sure is that Boko Haram has been mutilated. I believe the average Nigerian can see that, can feel that and understand that; whatever is left of it, let us encourage the security agencies to move ahead and move fast and take further control. I don’t think the security situation is as terrible as it used to; no, it is not. Therefore, as far as security is concerned, I would say that we have earned the pass mark, but we can do better.” Speaking on President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to treat the Niger Delta militants like the Boko Haram if they did not stop their acts, Oni said: “I think it is a warning. You know at times a father would also warn his child, `don’t cross this line so that I will not be hard on you’. I think it is a warning.” Meanwhile, indignant at the connivance of the government in dealing with Fulani herdsmen crisis in Ekiti state, the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) suggested that President Muhammad Buhari’s inaction could be a sign of his involvement in attacks and even sponsoring. READ ALSO: Fulani herdsmen attack Fayose over anti-grazing law The organisation stressed that had anything similar happen in another country in Africa, Europe or any other part of the world, Buhari would have been among the first to condemn the killings but keep pretending that nothing is going on in his own country. The CLO also insisted on monitoring the arrest and prosecution of Ibrahim Adamumale, 20, a suspected Fulani herdsmen, arrested in Affa, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state for possessing of an AK-47 rifle with 24 rounds of live ammunition. Besides, the group condemned the the backdrop of the arrest of the alleged masterminds of massacre in Nimbo on April 25, where 13 natives were killed despite credible technical intelligence. The suspects arrested in the Nimbo attack were: Mohammed Zurai, Ciroma Musa, Sale Adamu, Suleiman Laute, and Haruna Laute. SOURCE;NIJA.COM
The APC chieftain said that the APC-led Federal Government had scored pass mark in fighting insecurity. He said: “one thing we can say for sure is that Boko Haram has been mutilated. I believe the average Nigerian can see that, can feel that and understand that; whatever is left of it, let us encourage the security agencies to move ahead and move fast and take further control. I don’t think the security situation is as terrible as it used to; no, it is not. Therefore, as far as security is concerned, I would say that we have earned the pass mark, but we can do better.” Speaking on President Muhammadu Buhari’s resolve to treat the Niger Delta militants like the Boko Haram if they did not stop their acts, Oni said: “I think it is a warning. You know at times a father would also warn his child, `don’t cross this line so that I will not be hard on you’. I think it is a warning.” Meanwhile, indignant at the connivance of the government in dealing with Fulani herdsmen crisis in Ekiti state, the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) suggested that President Muhammad Buhari’s inaction could be a sign of his involvement in attacks and even sponsoring. READ ALSO: Fulani herdsmen attack Fayose over anti-grazing law The organisation stressed that had anything similar happen in another country in Africa, Europe or any other part of the world, Buhari would have been among the first to condemn the killings but keep pretending that nothing is going on in his own country. The CLO also insisted on monitoring the arrest and prosecution of Ibrahim Adamumale, 20, a suspected Fulani herdsmen, arrested in Affa, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state for possessing of an AK-47 rifle with 24 rounds of live ammunition. Besides, the group condemned the the backdrop of the arrest of the alleged masterminds of massacre in Nimbo on April 25, where 13 natives were killed despite credible technical intelligence. The suspects arrested in the Nimbo attack were: Mohammed Zurai, Ciroma Musa, Sale Adamu, Suleiman Laute, and Haruna Laute. SOURCE;NIJA.COM
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