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The Nigerian Presidency has been urged to stop defending violent herdsmen, particularly from the Fulani tribe, where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from.

The rise in insecurity across the country has largely been attributed to herdsmen as arrowheads of the criminal activities.

While herders and farmers clashes is yet to end, kidnappings, killings and other crimes have continued unabated with security agencies failing to bring the culprits to book.

The latest crime said to have been committed by the pastoralists is the killing of Funke Olakunrin, a daughter of Reuben Fasoranti who heads Afenifere, a socio-cultural group in the South-West region.

Mrs Olakunrin was reportedly killed on Friday, while journeying back to Lagos State from Ondo State, where she went to see her dad. Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen came out from the bush to attack the vehicle in which the victim was in, an attempt to escape by reversing the said Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep angered the attackers who opened fire on their target killing the lady.


In a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, herdsmen were exonerated from committing the crime while armed robbers were accused as having carried out the act.

Reacting to the claim of Mr Adesina made before the Ondo State Police Command reiterated same, Nnia Nwodo, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo urged the presidency to stop defending herdsmen whenever they are accused.

“The continuous rampaging, plunder, rape, kidnapping and murder of innocent Nigerians by armed Fulani herdsmen has climbed to a most worrisome crescendo,” the statement read.

“The inability of our security forces to disarm and prosecute these criminals gives credibility to a growing story of collusion.

“Recently, the British high commission in an advisory to British citizens in Nigeria declared 24 of our states unsafe. In the midst of these killings, their parent organisation has the effrontery to give ultimatums to the president of Nigeria to rescind his unpopular suspension, instead of cancellation of his RUGA development policy.

“Such inciting, provocative and treasonable outbursts have only been greeted by an advice that they should respect the Presidency and an unrelenting resolve to force Nigerians to accommodate such murderers in their homes under a policy that violates our constitution and all laws and court judgments relating to land use administration.

“Ohanaeze Ndigbo warns that this latest murder is capable of throwing our country into uncontrollable break down of law and order. The hasty conclusion by the federal government that she was killed by armed robbers and not the suspected herdsmen who are known to have laid siege on all parts of the country perpetrating acts of banditry and killings further exacerbates the already tense situation,” it added.


Under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, herdsmen under their umbrella body, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has been likened to socio-cultural groups in the southern part of the country.

Another scenario where the presidency has defended violent herdsmen was when it engaged Amnesty International, saying the pastoralists has not killed much under Buhari unlike during other past government.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/stop-defending-fulani-herdsmen-ohanaeze-tells-presidency/

Herdsmen under their umbrella body, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has pushed back claims that they are responsible for the dead of Funke Olakunrin.

Mrs Olakunrin who died on Friday was said to have been killed by herdsmen in Ondo State. She is the daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, a socio-cultural group in the South-West region.

In a statement by its National Secretary, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, the pastoralist expressed sadness over the incident and called on “security agencies to swing into action, and unravel the perpetrators to bring them to justice in the shortest time possible.”



The group also blasted the media which reported that the perpetrators of the act were herdsmen from Fulani extraction.

Herders are accused as arrowheads of insecurity in the country which has recently witnessed a spike in criminal activities.

“As we express sincere heartfelt condolence to the family of the deceased, we are left in a deep shock on how a section of the media in collaboration with elements in the country that are held bane (sic) on using every opportunity available to them to fuel crisis as they continue the negative profiling of Fulanis for their total annihilation by jumping into a mischievous conclusion that she was killed by herdsmen,” the statement read.


“We strongly condemn this very unprofessional, unpatriotic and callous news reportage patterns that have been conscripted against our people by the section of the media,” the group added.

The State Police Command in the state said armed robbers were the ones who killed the lady.

Meanwhile, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has vowed to retaliate the dead of the deceased.

Read More: https://www.google.com/amp/s/todaypoliticsng.com/herdsmen-speak-on-killing-of-afenifere-leaders-daughter/amp/

My friend stop bragging, those who killed the lady never made it public before striking, go and act and stop ranting like an empty vessel.

Gani Adams, leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has said Yoruba race will retaliate the dead of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group.

Mrs Olakunrin who died on Friday was reportedly killed by herdsmen in Ondo State. The state Police command in reaction said those who committed the crime were armed robbers.

Insecurity in the country, particularly the South-West region, predominantly occupied by the Yoruba tribe, has recently risen with herdsmen from the Fulani extraction fingered as arrowheads of the criminal activities.

Mr Adams is of the opinion that the crime was committed by herders and has said they Yoruba people is not bereft of ideas on how to end insecurity in the region.

He said the world should take note of what is happening and should not blame them when they retaliate, of which he vowed to.

“We only want the whole world to know what has been done and being done to our people. They should be aware of the actions that preceded our reaction when it eventually comes,” the OPC leader said in a statement signed by his media aide, Kehinde Aderemi.

“We are not bereft of ideas of how to stop this criminality on our land. It is just so that we should not be blamed when the reaction comes.

“We are like the proverbial goat that is being chased. When it gets to the wall, it will certainly react. We are at that stage now,” he added.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari; former presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan and other notable Nigerians has expressed sadness over the incident, praying God grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/yoruba-will-retaliate-killing-of-afenifere-leaders-daughter-gani-adams-vows/

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of Afenifere, a socio-cultural group in the South-West region.

Mrs Olakunrin was reportedly killed by herdsmen on Friday evening but Mr Buhari has dismissed the crime as having been committed by herders who are recently accused as arrowheads of insecurity in the country.

In condoling Mr Fasoranti, the Nigerian leader said those who killed the lady are said to be armed robbers, according to Ondo state Police command.

“President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, whose daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin was killed along Ondo-Ore road by those described as armed robbers by Ondo Police Command. He prays God to give Pa Fasoranti fortitude to bear the loss,” Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said in a statement on Friday evening.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/herdsmen-did-not-kill-daughter-of-afenifere-leader-buhari-condoles-fasoranti/

Despite the amount we are still in darkness? And you guys want to probe OBJ without explaining how you invested such amount and we are still in darkness?

Probe yourself first.

Sirjamo:
Thieves always spend money recklessly because they don't work hard for it

So are you calling Buhari a thief because he fought upto the Supreme Court thrice, where did he get the money?

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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of Afenifere, a socio-cultural group in the South-West region.

Mrs Olakunrin was reportedly killed by herdsmen on Friday evening but Mr Buhari has dismissed the crime as having been committed by herders who are recently accused as arrowheads of insecurity in the country.

In condoling Mr Fasoranti, the Nigerian leader said those who killed the lady are said to be armed robbers, according to Ondo state Police command.

“President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, whose daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin was killed along Ondo-Ore road by those described as armed robbers by Ondo Police Command. He prays God to give Pa Fasoranti fortitude to bear the loss,” Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said in a statement on Friday evening.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/herdsmen-did-not-kill-daughter-of-afenifere-leader-buhari-condoles-fasoranti/

FarahAideed:
Another fake news planted by BMO

But authentic if it sooths your emotions?

Developments at the 2019 presidential election tribunal indicates that Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been scammed, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

Mr Abubakar, a former vice president, was the major challenger to Mr Buhari who sought re-election on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

Popularly known as Atiku, the opposition candidate is at the election tribunal praying he be declared winner of the February 23 exercise wherein the president was declared re-elected by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The petitioner and his party are claiming to have won the election based on results allegedly obtained from the servers of the electoral body, despite the commission’s claim of not possessing any computer database, let alone transmitting results electronically during the general election.

While some of the petitioners’ witnesses who claimed to have served as officials of INEC during the election said they transmitted results of the exercise electronically, others could not give the correct date when the election held.

A cross section of the witnesses, testifying against Buhari, APC and INEC who are respondents to the petition, said they were seeing statements allegedly from them for the first time at the tribunal.

While Atiku and the PDP has upto July 17 to prove their case, some of their witnesses from Zamfara State journeying their way to the tribunal sitting in Abuja were reportedly attacked by unknown gunmen.

For Lauretta Onochie, the president’s media aide, aforementioned events so far suggest that aides and legal counsels of the PDP candidate are hell bent on swindling funds out of their client.

“Some of @atiku’s witnesses were “attacked” in Zamfara on their way to the Election Tribunal.Some witnesses can’t remember d date of d presidential election. Others saw their statements for the 1st time in court.Atiku allowed himself to be scammed by opportunistic aides & lawyers,” Ms Onochie who just turned 60 said in a tweet on Friday evening.

The presidential aide who accused the former vice president of shopping for terrorists in a foreign land to make the nation ungovernable for her principal, will be on the defensive side to shake off the N2.5billion filed against her after refusing to publicly apologize and pay N500million as damages.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/election-tribunal-how-aides-lawyers-scammed-atiku-buharis-aide-reveals/

Before you even make the move by thinking of it, Buhari will crush you to the extent that your flesh and sand will be competing who to be used for building.

That Saraki did it and escaped doesn't mean you would.

Dare me and see.

Ahmed Lawan, President of the 9th Senate has vowed that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will be challenged to proof the legislature under him is not a rubber stamp as insinuated in some quarters.

Mr Lawan stated this on Friday while addressing Women Parliamentarians, led by Joy Emordi, a former federal lawmaker.

Critics of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) are quick to refer to the top lawmaker as a rubber stamp of the executive led by President Muhammadu Buhari, considering the circumstances that led to his emergence as the leader of the legislative arm of government.



Mr Buhari and his party had explored all available means at its disposal to ensure Mr Lawan succeeded the immediate past President of the 8th Senate, Bukola Saraki,

Although the top lawmaker was tipped for the position during the formation of the 8th Senate in 2015, Mr Saraki thwarted the plan, despite belonging to the ruling party, by forming alliance with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to produce the past legislature.

As the formation of the 9th Senate drew near, Buhari played a vital role in ensuring the preferred candidate of his party clinched the position. Another lawmaker who was interested in succeeding Saraki traded his ambition for the withdrawal of corruption charges against him on the orders of the president who claims the fight against corruption knows no political inclination.

Addressing his visitors, the Senate President said he will never be a rubber stamp of the president.

“Yes, I believe in President Buhari as a person and I believe in my party, the APC, but I believe that our problems as Nigerians are Nigerian problems. They are neither APC nor PDP problems, they are Nigerian problems that require Nigerian solution. So, we have to work together,” Mr Lawan was quoted by his media aide, Mohammed Isa, to have told his guests during their visit.

“We will be there for the executive arm of government all the time in moving this country forward. We are going to challenge the executive in a manner that is decent but decisive. As a minister, you have to do your ministerial job well.

“We will make government appointees to do what is required of them. We have to deal with the issues confronting us. It is not going to be easy, but we have to build a relationship that have mutual respect, collaboration and partnership. It is achievable,” a statement Mr Isa added.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/todaypoliticsng.com/buhari-will-be-challenged-senate-president-lawan-vows/amp/

This incompetent man eh

President Muhammadu Buhari has said most of the ministers he appointed when he was first elected president in 2015 are strangers.

Mr Buhari who took almost six months to appoint the strangers into different ministries had at the time told Nigerians that he took his time to carefully appoint those he described as to have merited the appointment.

The president who was first sworn-in on May 29, 2015 also said his intention to restructure Federal Government ministries accounted for why he did not send names of ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate until September 30, of that same year.



He has at different occasions praised his cabinet members as effectively discharging their duties well despite allegation of incompetence levelled against most of them by critics of the administration.

Mr Buhari who was sworn-in for a second term four years after, is yet to name those who will help him pilot the affairs of the nation for another term of four years.

After President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, who predicted that ministerial list of the president will arrive the lawmaking arm before the week runs out, led the leadership of the National Assembly to visit the president, the Nigerian leader has said he is under pressure to unveil his ministers.

He also said those who worked with him during his first term are strangers whom he does not know but were recommended to him by his party, the ruling All Progressive Congress, (APC).

“I am very much aware about it and I am under tremendous pressure on it,” Mr Buhari told State House Correspondents after the gathering Thursday night

“The last cabinet which I had, most of them, a majority of them I didn’t know.

“I had to accept their names and recommendation from the party. I worked with them for three and a half years,” he added.

TODAY POLITICS could not independently verify if the president handed over the list to the leadership of the National Assembly. A senator had said should the president fail to send in his ministerial nominees on time, he will have to wait until the legislative arm resumes in September after their two months recess expected to start in two weeks time.

He also opined that this might shatter the plans of both the legislature and the executive to return to the January to December budget cycle.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/strangers-were-my-ministers-during-my-first-term-buhari/

The governors are not the problem but the people, they will never accept you, so forget it.

Stop your violence attitude and see Nigerians donate lands freely to you guys.

As long as herdsmen continue to litter this country with guns untamed, no one will welcome you people, go about with sticks, that's if you want to stay in South East.

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The coalition of Northern groups has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop state governors from the South-East region over their recent decision said to be against herdsmen in the region.

The recent decision of the state governors to restrict the movement of cows into the region by foot is one of the measures faulted by the Northern groups whose 30-day ultimatum, for the implementation of Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) nationwide, is yet to expire.

In a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in Abuja on Thursday, the group urged the federal government to urgently halt the forceful ejection of pastoralists in Southern part of the country.



Mr Suleiman said the decision of the governors is currently building tension among citizens of Fulani extraction.

“We are not impressed by the patronizing and insulting attempt to divide Fulani people and Nigerians by leaders who do not appear to understand the implications of their decisions,” the group said.

“We ask here whether other Nigerians should now arrogate to themselves powers to decide which chemists in the North sell drugs or which business men are making money manufacturing spare parts in the North.

“Should Northern Governors assume responsibility for expelling persons from particular ethnic groups that are clearly involved in criminal activities, or designing difficult and impossible conditions for others from these groups which will make it impossible for them to operate? they queried.

The group urged security agencies to urgently check the escalation of hate-inducing comments by some Southern based political, cultural and religious leaders aiming at endangering the Fulani people rendering them object of indiscriminate attacks.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/stop-igbo-governors-from-driving-away-fulani-herdsmen-northern-groups-tell-buhari/

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Following his commendation to President Muhammadu Buhari for making June 12 the new day in the country, Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti State governor, has been told to continue praising the president.

Democracy day previously celebrated on May 29 was shifted to June 12 on the proposal of Mr Buhari to commemorate MKO Abiola, presumed winner of the 1993 presidential election.

Mr Abiola had the election that produced him as winner annulled by the military led by former military leader, Ibrahim Babangida.

The president, during the celebration on Wednesday which was not attended by past leaders, renamed the national stadium to reflect the name of the presumed election winner.

Previous administrations who attempted to immortalize Abiola failed to do so. The attempt of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to rename a tertiary institution after him met brick walls.

Reacting to the development, the former governor commending Buhari and slammed former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, for failing to honour the late Abiola.

Mr Fayose has been urged by a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, to continue praising the president whom the former governor has been attacking during his reign as Ekiti governor.

“Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has commended Pres. @MBuhari for honouring Abiola who was the winner of the June 12 1993 presidential election that was annulled by then military Head of State, Gen Babangida,” Ms Onochie tweeted Friday evening.

“Me: This is a good development.
Keep it up, #PeterTheRock,” she added.

Mr Fayose is not the only opposition figure to have commended the president for rescheduling the democracy day. A former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, had towed same line as the former governor.

The duo are facing corruption trials instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Meanwhile, properties traced to the former governor and sealed by the EFCC has been unsealed.

Read More: https://politicstimesng.com/continue-praising-buhari-presidential-aide-tells-fayose/

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The presidency has reacted to the controversial alleged non-existence of electronic server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The issue of electronic server was first brought to the front burner by the commission which vowed to use it in transmitting election results electronically.

However, after the outcome of the election which is being challenged at the presidential election tribunal, the electoral body claimed not to have transmitted election results to any server but collated it manually.

On Thursday, while responding to the request of the opposition party seeking access to peruse its server, the commission said it does not have a server.

The latest position of INEC has triggered reactions from Nigerians and an aide of the former vice president.

Speaking on Friday, the presidency said the onus is on Atiku to prove that the commission has electronic server it used in transmitting results during the general election.

Read More: https://politicstimesng.com/presidency-speaks-on-alleged-non-existence-inec-server/

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Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has said she should henceforth be addressed as the first lady.

Mrs Buhari’s wish is against that of her husband who said his wife should be addressed as wife of the president.

The president when he sought for the office in 2015 had promised to abolish the first lady’s office because it is unknown to the Nigerian Constitution. He is yet to do so even as at press time.

His wife has continued to occupy the office which is perceived to have held enormous powers during previous administrations.

Mrs Buhari making amends to how she should be henceforth addressed on Thursday disclosed her new official title at the presentation of awards to the former and current wives of Governors of the 36 states.

“When my husband was newly elected, I personally chose to be called the wife of the President,” she said at the event which took place at presidential villa, Abuja.

“But, I realised that it causes confusion from the state as to whether the wives of state governors are to be addressed as the first ladies or wives of the governors.

“So, forgive me for confusing you from the beginning, but now I chose to be called the first lady,” she added.

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/henceforth-i-should-be-called-first-lady-not-wife-of-the-president-aisha-buhari/