APC supporting killer Fulani herdsmen – Ekiti PDP
and strange, the "tacit support" by the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in the State for the killings and destruction of farmlands being
perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen.
State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Jackson Adebayo, said this
while reacting to reported comment by the APC Deputy Chairman, Chief
Kemi Olaleye that States Anti-Grazing Law pioneered by the Governor
Ayodele Fayose and farmers should be blamed for killings by Fulani
herdsmen.
Adebayo, in a press statement issued on Monday, noted that it was
strange that the APC never said a word to condemn the murder of
innocent sons and daughter of Ekiti State as well as destruction of
people farmlands.
The PDP said instead of showing empathy and supporting the efforts
Fayose to end the menace, the APC and its leaders have been inciting
the herdsmen, especially its umbrella organization, Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) against the government.
The party said; "They are even saying that they will create cattle
colonies in the State if they return to power and we wonder how a
responsible political party will because of quest for power go into
agreement that will cede lands in the State to people who are
embarking on wanton killings and destruction of farmlands.
"If they claim they are not giving tacit support to herdsmen, Ekiti
people should ask the APC people one single press statement they
issued to condemn the killings by herdsmen and called for arrest of
the perpetrators.
"Rather than condemning the herdsmen killings in Oke Oke, Orin,
Okemesi, Aiyede, Ipao and other places, what the APC and its obviously
heartless leaders have been doing is to criticize Governor Fayose for
the anti-grazing law and visiting Benue State to commiserate with
Governor Samuel Ortom and the people of the State over the killings of
73 people by herdsmen."
The PDP admonished the APC in Ekiti State to desist from playing
politics with the lives of the people, noting that support for
President Muhammadu Buhari should not be translated to giving support
for crimes committed by Fulani herdsmen.
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