Source: THISDAY LIVE
The Kwara state chairman of Traditional
Council and Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, on Tuesday
declared that, the current activities of Fulani herdsmen in some parts
of the country was a serious threat to the corporate and peaceful
existence of the nation.
He however charged the federal government to put in all efforts to curtail the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the country.
Speaking in Ilorin, the state capital,
while receiving the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, and his
entourage at his palace, Oja- Oba, Ilorin, Alhaji Gambari said that
there was need for the federal government to take urgent step to address
the issue before it gets out hand so as not to degenerate into the
current full blown Boko Haram activities.
Osibanjo was in Ilorin on official visit
to the company site of Kam Steel Integrated Company where he laid the
foundation laying of multi billion naira Kam Integrated Steel Project
located at Jimba- Oja town along Ilorin- Ganmo road, Ilorin.
Gambari who spoke against the backdrop
of the incessant Fulani herdsmen attacks in some parts of the country
said that, “the activities of Fulani herdsmen is threatening existence
of Nigeria as an entity”.
The royal father said that, “the federal government should be more serious in dealing with the incessant security issue”.
He added, “The Fulani herdsmen were not
Nigerians, they are migrating herdsmen from other parts of Africa and
people get it wrong when they describe the rampaging and destructive
herdsmen as Fulani herdsmen. They are not Fulani.
“They are wandering and migrating tribe
of people going everywhere. They are here to destroy Nigeria entity. So,
it behoves on the federal government to be more serious on the issue so
that it doesn’t become another Boko Haram on our hands”
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