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Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Presidency on Tuesday said it was unfair and unkind for anybody or group to keep insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari is condoning killings in Benue State and other parts of the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.

Shehu said the President was conscious of his duty to Nigerians, not least because he is held accountable for everything that goes wrong.

He said Buhari was also worried about public pronouncements and finger-pointing which he described as unhelpful to peaceful coexistence in the country.

The presidential spokesman said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has been concerned about these conflicts each time he received those very gruesome pictures of mayhem from several parts of the country, especially as it affected Benue and neighbouring states.

“He is equally worried about some public pronouncements and finger-pointing that are, in most cases very unhelpful to peaceful coexistence of our diverse peoples.



“The President is conscious of his duty to Nigerians, not least because he is held accountable for everything that goes wrong. He deeply sympathises with the families and all the other direct and indirect victims of this violence. He is determined to bring it to a permanent end.

“While there are many Nigerians who see the conflict between the nomadic herdsmen and peasant farmers as an ethnic problem, others point to religious differences and agenda. The President does not subscribe to such simplistic reductionism.

“President Buhari holds the view, as do many experts, that these conflicts are more often than not, as a result of major demographic changes in Nigeria. When Nigeria attained independence, the population of the country was estimated at about 63,000,000.

“Today the population is estimated at close to 200,000,000; while the land size has not changed and will not change. Urban sprawl and development have simply reduced land area both for peasant farming and cattle grazing.


“It is therefore both unfair and unkind, for anyone to keep insinuating that the President is condoning the spate of killings in Benue and other neighbouring states.

“President Buhari has publicly condemned the violence at every turn. He is prepared to permit every possible step that can lead to the stoppage of the killings.”


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princechurchill:
Don't enter the farm land of a man if he refuse you to enter..
How can u call a set of people that has killed more than boko haram in two years criminals...
Who gave them AK 47...

Jesusloveyou:
who give those criminals in your village ak47

delugajackson:
Ever since the orchestration of this genocide by Buhari's tribesmen, no one has been arrested. Is this not a clear indication that Buhari is in full support of this menace? Why turn a blind eye to this evil?

Human life that is sacred is being wasted daily by these bunch of marauders. The earlier he stops playing hide and seek with sensitive issues, the better for this country.

GavelSlam:



I'm also puzzled by how not a single one of the perpetrators has been killed or caught in the course of action.

At least by now one of them should have been injured and presented by at the very least local vigilante.

We've seen the victims and as sad as it is, we never get any video narration from the victims.

This matter requires serious x-raying and not the usual dem say.

GavelSlam:



I'm also puzzled by how not a single one of the perpetrators has been killed or caught in the course of action.

At least by now one of them should have been injured and presenter by at the very least local vigilante.

We've seen the victims and as sad as it is, we never get any video narration from the victims.

This matter requires serious x-raying and not the usual dem say.

frankyychiji:
Go and read what Doyin Okupe found out about this. It's here on NL and I know you saw it but just playing dumb as usual.

GavelSlam:


Who is this one again?

Is Doyin Okupe an expert on Fulani Herdsmen issues?

I'm talking about getting raw evidence you are talking about Okupe.

Some of you talk without reasoning.

Over the years we've been told the carnage has been cause by a certain group of people even in Ozubulu and I say let us have some evidence .

Let us get some victims narrate their ordeal on video.

Let communities try no later what to apprehend these people.

But for me to reach a conclusion just because Doyin Okupe says so is to vacate my investigative instincts and education.