Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday said he can not guaranty that there won't be any repraisal attack following the killing of two people in Oke-Ako, Ekiti state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The governor said this in a statement issued through his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr Lere Olayinka. The statement reads, "Governor Fayose has described the attack which claimed two lives as the height of callousness on the part of the cattle rearers." “He warned the perpetrators to desist from such heinous crime as he would not guarantee whether there could be reprisal attacks if repeated on the town or elsewhere.” It added that the agents of the devil must be fished out and punished accordingly. “I will not fold my hands while armed herdsmen invade communities in Ekiti, killing people and destroying farmlands at will, like they did in other states. “I have directed the police and other security agencies in the state to fish out the killer herdsmen”.

Mr Fayose went further to calm the nerves of the citizens urging them to allow security agents do their work in fishing out the perpetrators of the evil act. The statement further read, “The people of Oke-Ako should therefore remain calm while the security agents do their job, “The security agents must, however, be mindful of the fact that the people’s patience has a limit and they must act promptly and decisively”.

Fayose however affirmed that he can not guaranty that there won't be any repraisal attack from the people of the state. “I am sounding a note of warning to the Fulani herdsmen and those who can talk to them should also do so now. If they continue with these wanton attacks, killing of the people and destruction of farmlands in Ekiti, I cannot guarantee that there won’t be reprisal attacks. “I can also not guarantee the level that the reprisal attacks can get to because as a governor, it is my responsibility to defend and protect my people”, he said.

Source: http://www.newslivecasts.com/2016/05/ekiti-people-will-retailate-fulani-herdmen-attack-if.html