Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday declared that herdsmen were not responsible for the killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode.

DAILY POST recalls that Aborode, a former House of Representatives candidate, was last year killed in Igangan, a town in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state by yet to be identified persons.

The killing and other killings, kidnapping and attacks in Ibarapa geopolitical zone have been attributed to suspected herdsmen.

Though, many people believed that the PDP chieftain was killed by suspected herdsmen, Makinde, however, said that that herdsmen were not responsible for the killing.

Makinde who spoke on Saturday morning during a program on the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (because) monitored by DAILY POST said, ”Aborode’s killing is political.”

Makinde who noted that his interaction with the father of the deceased, insisted that the killing is “political”.

Makinde claimed he spent a night in Ibarapa geopolitical zone recently, adding that he interacted with the father of the deceased, who revealed that the death of his son was political.

He added that all the people involved in the killing would be investigated.

Makinde said, “I was the coordinator for PDP in Ibadan North East when Dr. Aborode was the coordinator for PDP in Ibarapa North Local government area when we returned to PDP.

“Dr. Aborode is not someone who is far from me. I am not saying that there are no bad eggs among the Fulani herdsmen, but, they are not the ones responsible for the killing.

“I spent two days in Ibarapa and I interacted with the people. I spoke with the father.

“I asked him what happened. They told me that, Dr. Aborode was not the one that drove himself to the farm. He was carried on the motorcycle when they were going. He sat at the back. But when they were coming, it was another person. I asked where is the person that drove the motorcycle, they said that he came to the house to seek help.

“They told me that some people who saw them during the interaction said that those people are not Fulani. They were speaking Yoruba.

“The father told me that the death was political. And I called the Commissioner of Police.

“I asked after the motorcyclist that carried him. They said that they did not injure him. He came home to seek help. And a few days ago, they said that they have brought the person. All of them must be investigated”.

Though, many people believed that the PDP chieftain was killed by suspected herdsmen, Makinde, however, said that herdsmen were not responsible for the killing.

Asgard13:



AND WE DIDNT READ OF WAKILL WAR ? SO TEY THE BROKER PEACE AND WE NO HEAR

YORUBA AND MOUTH EH

THIS ONE NA ANOTHER PROPAGANDA TO END WAKILL’s KINGDOM

ALL NA LIE
WAKILL IS STILL IN CHARGE OF 10 COMMUNITIES IN YORUBA LAND

EVIDENCE AND PROVE OF YORUBA PEOPLE FIGHTING WAKILL
WHO LED THE FIGHT
HOW MANY WHERE KILL

UNA NO SABI LIE

WVEN THE NATION NEWSPAPER NO CARRY THE NEWS
EVEN NA FAKE BLOG

NO DEY LIE CARELESS

AtikuNetwork:
He may be right. Most of the socalled herdsmen killings in the South are fake news to paint Fulanis bad. Sunday Igboho was acting on fake news. Don't believe most of the Fulani herdsmen news you read in the media. It is mostly fake news.

thebosstrevor1:
It is so sad that peaceful fulani people are being labelled killers by indigenes who most of the times are the real killers.

Political thugs now blame fulani after committing crimes for their master.

Let it be known that Most of the robberies on benin ore road are done by indigenes but these indigenes have found a creative way to blame fulanis through the help of FAKENEWS.

May God help Children of satan, i just hope their FAKENEWS wont create war, oneday in Nigeria.

Iamgrey5:
Well I watched the program live on B.C.O.S (Oyostate television) this morning.

The new thing I learnt about the whole saga was that the late Dr Aborinde was actually a politician and a member of the PDP, we didn't know this angle all this while.

So there's a good chance that there are some political actors trying to hide under the Fulani herdsmen crises to score a political point.

However, I also watched how he(Makinde) tried to dodge the Wakali(or whatever his name is) issue.

The truth here is that Wakali was eventually confronted by locals, so while some locals lost their lives, Wakali also lost some men and they brokered a deal.

So in essence, there are two sides to this Fulani herdsmen crises just like every other story.

Hence, while one cannot deny that politicians are trying to use the Fulani herdsmen crises to score cheap political points across the spectrum, one cannot deny the fact that the Fulani herdsmen crises also exist.

Asgard13:
YORUBA EH KWA

THEY KILL THEMSELVES AND PRETEND HERDSMEN DID

COWARDS HIDING UNDEE HERDSMEN TO COMMIT CRIME

SilverNorGold:


I have said it and I will continue to say it... Fulani herdsmen are innocent. All the nonsense we read on social media is false. It's a case of give a dog a bad name and hang him... They hate the Fulanis cos of envy..

Reminds me of what my Pastor, Dr. Ebuka, told me some months ago. He told me that the Fulanis are the most hated in the Southern part of Nigeria, no thanks to envy. That whenever he reads of their persecution, the Biblical story of Joseph and his envious half brothers come to (his) mind.

According to him, Joseph (representing the Fulanis/Hausas/North), was loved so much by his father (Britain).. So much that his father, Israel(Britain), dressed him with a long coat of many colors (handing power to the North).. This act made his half brothers hate Joseph.. As if that wasn't enough, the hatred worsened when the SW noticed that President Muhammadu Buhari was making efforts to woo GEJ or the South East.. This and the other reasons are responsible for the open hatred they have for the Hausa-Fulani..

But I wonder why my Christian brothers who see Joseph as the Hero are hating on the Fulanis when it's obvious that both stories are similar... Hypocrisy, right?

Anyway, Nigeria go better.