Why Tinubu Cannot Talk About Herdsmen – Adebanjo

Afenifere leader Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has put All Progressives Congress, APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on the spot saying he cannot condemn the Fulani herdsmen intrusion of the Southwest because of his presidential ambition. According to Adebanjo, Tinubu cannot talk about herdsmen so as not to offend President Muhammadu Buhari.

Adebanjo also gave serious backing to the agitation of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho.

Speaking on Wednesday in a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable, Chief Adebanjo explained why Tinubu cannot speak on the Fulani herdsmen crisis.

He said, “Everybody knows who Tinubu is. Don’t bring me to that controversy. Tinubu does not represent us. All that is happening in Oyo now, what has he said? When they (gunmen) killed the Oba in Ekiti, what did he say?

“He didn’t say anything that will oppose Buhari because he is thinking Buhari will make him the president. So, he doesn’t want to say anything to offend him. Amongst all the governors he (Tinubu) sponsored, (Rotimi) Akeredolu has the courage to speak up,” the Afenifere said in summing up why in his view Tinubu cannot talk about herdsmen.

He said Igboho is a response to the activities of the Fulani herdsmen.

Commenting on Igboho’s activities, he said:

“What he did is constitutional –self-help. Igboho arose as a result of the negligence of the constituted authorities to protect the people. If the Federal Government had arrested the Fulani herdsmen, Igboho won’t rise up,” he said.

He also berated President Buhari for defending the Fulani herdsmen.

“I don’t buy the propaganda of the defence of the Federal Government that how do you know they are Fulani? That is escapist statement.

“For the past five years, we have been talking about the same thing. And when they are caught, they will say, they are not local Fulani. And you can’t explain how these foreign Fulani came to attack your people. You see the absolute negligence, dereliction of duty and incompetence in protecting lives and property as commander-in-chief?

“These Fulani have been with us for a very long time. We are used to them – the Fulani herdsmen that used to carry sticks not AK-47. The question to ask now is that why is it now that Buhari is there that there are crimes. Buhari sees these people carry unlicensed arms openly and there are no arrests.

“If you are a competent defender of the Nigerian people, the Fulani herdsmen won’t be committing all forms of atrocities unabated.”

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