Obasanjo Urge Buhari to take Fulani herdsmen crisis seriously

By Oluchi Ihediuche

Former President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo expressed concerns over the nonchalant attitude of president Mohammadu Buhari the growing herdsmen-farmers’ crisis in the country.

In an interview Obasanjo said the herdsmen, being of the same Fulani stock with the President, required that he should take the matter seriously. He noted that the President needed to take an urgent step.

“When you have a situation where your own tribe is being accused of something, you must be able to look into it and make it transparently clear that the accusation is unfounded or if it is founded, you deal with it.

“There have been herdsmen and farmers’ clashes. Now, herdsmen are mainly Fulani. Nothing had been done. Rather than doing something about it, what we are having is that we will create colonies – cattle colonies.

“Where will you create colonies in Nigeria? Is it in my own part of the country that you will now make a colony? Who will give you land to create a colony within his state? So, these are specifics and I can go on and on.

“There are many things that should have been done and that are not being done and there are many things that should not have been done but that are being done; that would have helped in the area of management.”