Afenifere Charges South- West Govs To Halt Rising Herdsmen Attacks
The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere Renewal Group(ARG) on
Wednesday charged governors in the South-west region to adopt a
concerted approach in containing rising menace of herdsmen attacks in
the country.
ARG in a statement signed by its Chairman Hon. Wale Oshun said two
months ago, they had cause to alert all the South-West governors and
their governments on the need to be proactive to the Fulani herdsmen’s
potential to overrun parts of the Southwest in the purported but false
search for food for their cattle.
He said, “We had in seeking that our governors pay attention to the
unfolding herdsmen drama been worried by their silence, a silence that
in many quarters of Yorubaland is now interpreted as self- serving and
cowardly.
“Now that the birds have come home to roost with real attacks in at
least three of the states, it is hoped that our governors would see
the need to be prepared to prevent further unwarranted attack on our
people by a terrorist group though widely disclaimed by the
nationality they belong to but emboldened by the callous indifference
of those who have the power to intervene
“We are Nigerians and we want a united country. It is the
responsibility of all nationalities that comprise Nigeria to keep it
united. While we share in that responsibility, we as Yoruba must be
conscious of our responsibility to ourselves and to the nation.”
Oshun called on all elected officials in their domain to wake up to
their responsibilities, saying to do otherwise is to court historical
and electoral disaster.
“Yoruba governors must now come together to find a lasting solution to
the marauding herdsmen. They are now causing mayhem in Ekiti, Ondo and
Ogun states, and we need not wait until they overrun all our
territories before waking from our slumber,” he said.