The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says it is against ethnic profiling of crime and criminality in the country.

The NGF Chairman, Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, gave this indication when he briefed State House correspondents after an emergency meeting of the forum at the State House Banquet Hall.

The meeting, in which the governors comprehensively reviewed the state of security across the states, started at 9 pm on Wednesday and lasted until midnight.

“And some of the issues that were reviewed included, but not limited to the farmers/herders conflict, banditry and kidnapping, militancy and sea piracy, cultism, youth protests and insurgency.

“And the following recommendations firmly came out of our meeting:

“Governors are irrevocably committed to the protection of lives and property in our states and we are full of sympathy with those who have lost lives and property.

“The governors’ forum has gone ahead also to provide some financial support to victims of the conflict experienced in Oyo and Ogun States where our delegation visited last week.

“Nigerian governors also said in very clear terms, that crime and criminality should comprehensively be prosecuted wherever they may occur without ethnic, religious or any other colouration; governors are totally opposed to ethnic profiling of crime; knowing what has transpired in other parts of the world.’’

He cited the ethnic profiling of Jews in Germany which led to the Second World War and that of Tutsis which led to the genocide experienced in Rwanda.

According to him, the NGF does not believe that crimes are associated with a particular ethnic group; and to that extent, it unreservedly condemns any attempt to profile any ethnic group on account of a particular crime.


He said the governors were also totally opposed to the proliferation of fake news and the abuse on social media.

I am also against the ethnic profiling of criminals, but we cannot call a shovel a spade. 80% or Kidnapping a perpetrated by terrorist from one ethnic group. This statistic was given by the sultan and also echoed by the police IRT.
So what did you say about given crime a ethnic coloration again?

defcon4:
I am also against the ethnic profiling of criminals, but we cannot call a shovel a spade. 80% or Kidnapping a perpetrated by terrorist from one ethnic group. This statistic was given by the sultan and also echoed by the police IRT.
So what did you say about given crime a ethnic coloration again?

Are we also to say that 90% of narcotics related crimes are perpetrated by people from a particular ethnic group?

Stop selective profiling. Condemn it in all shades.

Nothing to decry in reality.

Yes in this case you can rightly profile them
This is an ethnic agenda
An agenda to grab land and enslave indigenous people
If they are successful will the foot soldiers herdsmen be the emir or the governor if no is the answer then it is the elite that you can't profile
All fulanis are criminal.
Buhari
Emir of sokoto and others
All fulani governor and elite are all in this agenda

omenka:
Are we also to say that 90% of narcotics related crimes are perpetrated by people from a particular ethnic group?

Stop selective profiling. Condemn it in all shades.

Ethic profiling has being with us since 1966 when nzeogwu carried out a coup with other ethnic groups involved but tagged igbo coup, the igbos were almost wiped out cause of this ethnic profiling and are still suffering from one form of national resentment in one way or another, let other ethnic groups experience it too, the igbos were not created to suffer alone

Where were dey wen the likes of Abike Dabiri was always quick to run her mouth and insult a certain tribe

Ok ooo, but everybody knows say na terrorists Fulanis herdsmen be bandit, major kidnappers, killers in Nigeria. If for example fayemi child was kidnapped and Fulani camp they close to the place where his child was kidnapper, please somebody should ask fayemi who is going to be his first suspect

Why is the government not fighting the crime and they more concerned of the profiling than fighting the crime. this is plain madness

omenka:
Are we also to say that 90% of narcotics related crimes are perpetrated by people from a particular ethnic group?

Stop selective profiling. Condemn it in all shades.

yes they are, just like human rituals and 100 percent skull mining are from one ethnic group.