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BUHARI Visit Governor Lam Adesina Over The Killing Of Fulanis. by ayodeleayo: 9:03pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
In October 13, 2000, General
Mohammadu Buhari led lorry
loads of
Northerners mostly Fulanis to
Governor Lam Adesina over the
killing of
Fulanis in Saki, Oyo State.
Fulanis had clashed with Yoruba
farmers in Saki, over grazing.
At about 2 p.m., same day,
Buhari arrived in a long convoy
at the
governor’s office in company of
the former governor of Lagos
State,
General Buba Marwa, Alhaji
Aliko Muhammed, Alhaji
Abdulrazak and Alhaji
Hassan. They all wore long
faces.
And in an angry tone, asked the
shocked Governor Adesina why
he has not
done anything to stop the
killing of Fulanis, demanding
that compensation
must be given for the killings
His words: “Your Excellency, our
visit here is to discuss with you
and
your government our
displeasure about the incident
of clashes between two
peoples… the Fulani cattle
rearers and merchants are
today being harassed
, attacked and killed like in Saki.
In the month of May, 2000, 68
bodies
of Fulani cattle rearers were
recovered and buried under the
supervision
and protection from a team of
Mobile Police from Oyo State
Command.
“ That some arrests were made
by Oyo State Police Command in
the massacre
with their immediate release
without court trial. This was
said to have
been ordered by Oyo State
authorities and they were so
released to their
amazement. The release of the
arrested suspects gave the clear
impression
that the authorities are backing
and protecting them to
continue the
unjust and illegal killings of
Fulani cattle rearers…”
According to the general, they
therefore wanted immediate
stoppage of the
killings, justice and
compensation to the Fulanis.
Governor Lam Adeshina in
response spoke for about 20
minutes and the
generals were at the edge of
their seats for the entire period.
Lam said: “ Before I thank you
for this visit, you have come to
tell me
something. I also want to tell
you something and that
something is to make
an appeal. General Buhari has
been a former Head of State,
Brigadier Marwa
has governed Lagos for some
time and with credibility… so
you are national
leaders of this country. Even
though, by accident of birth,
you are from
the North, you can be born
anywhere; may be next time
when I am coming to
the world, I will be born in the
North or the South-South. “My
appeal will
be that effort must be made to
unite this country and that will
be ïn the
best interest of all Nigerians. I
am appealing to the Arewa
Consultative
Forum, under which auspices
our distinguished Nigerians are
here; in
recent times, they have been
sending wrong signals to a
number of us who
believe in the unity and peace of
Nigeria; you have been too
critical of
the efforts of the Federal
Government. I am saying this
because Nigeria,
at this point, cannot afford to
break and the words you
northern leaders
utter are very weighty, at the
South here, we normally analyze
them
critically”.
On all the allegations, he said:
“From what they have written
in the
petition, this government is
completely blameless because
we don’t
interfere either with the
judiciary or with the police
functions. I always
preach peaceful co-existence in
Oyo State and Nigeria as a
whole. We are
all Nigerians and that is what
we have been preaching all
along and we
shall continue to be Nigerians ,
no matter the present or
immediate
problems which will be solved
by the grace of Allah.
“I want to say also that we
really have to appeal to our
people, the
itinerant Bororo people, that
they should observe less
aggression. It is
not good , it is not right just
coming from somewhere then
you just pass
through farm lands cultivated
may be with the person’s life
savings and
then over night everything is
gone. That is not right, even
Allah does not
approve of that.
We even wonder when they talk
about this people carrying
dangerous
weapons, I say do they really
believe in Allah? When you just
take life
like that and go away! Are we
not forbidden not to take
human life?
So I think General Buhari,
General Marwa, you have to be
educating them…
It is my pleasure to inform you
that at the Presidential Lodge,
we have
made some arrangements for
refreshments so that before you
go we can
refresh together”.
Buhari and his team did not
wait for any refreshments. They
came in angry
and left bewildered |
Re: BUHARI Visit Governor Lam Adesina Over The Killing Of Fulanis. by domopps(m): 9:10pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
Even when Lam Adesina is dead! How dare you brought out a dead story? Cheeeeers |
Re: BUHARI Visit Governor Lam Adesina Over The Killing Of Fulanis. by dungas30(m): 9:30pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
Dis op is an idiot an lunatic |
Re: BUHARI Visit Governor Lam Adesina Over The Killing Of Fulanis. by seunlayi(m): 10:16pm On Apr 30, 2016 |
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