Ekiti PDP slams Fayemi over alleged support for herdsmen, creation of cattle colonies

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described as sad
and strange, support by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
State and its governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for the
creation of cattle colonies in some Local Government Areas in the
State, saying; "an inch of Ekiti lands will not be given to herdsmen
for creating of cattle colonies that will later create an inroad for
the invasion of Ekitiland."


State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, who made
this know while reacting to reported comment by Fayemi that killings
by Fulani herdsmen will only stop if lands are provided for the
herdsmen as their permanent settlements, added that it was no longer
hidden that Fayemi had entered into agreement to create cattle
colonies in Orin-Ora, Aramoko, Omuo, Otun, Ise and Erifun in Ado
Ekiti.

While on telephone with an Abuja based radio station today, Fayemi had
reportedly said in his reaction to the yesterday killing of over 200
people in Plateau State that, "States having issues with Fulani
herdsmen can only solve the problems permanently by giving lands to
the herdsmen so that they can have their own settlements where they
can even have an Emir.


"That's why I have maintained that I will create Cattle Colonies in
Ekiti State if I become governor. It is better to give your lands to
Fulani herdsmen and live than for them to kill you as they did in
Plateau State yesterday."

By Adebayo said in a press statement issued on Monday, that "it was
strange that Fayemi has never seen anything wrong in the killing of
Nigerians by herdsmen. Instead, he has consistently given tacit
support to the killings by insisting on creation of cattle colonies.

"It is instructive to note that when herdsmen killed Ekiti people in
Oke Ako, Orin, Okemesi, Aiyede, Ipao and other places, Fayemi did not
utter a word to condemn the killings. No single press statement was
issued by the APC to condemn the killings by herdsmen and called for
arrest of the perpetrators.


"Instead of condemning these killings and destruction of people's
farmlands by herdsmen, Fayemi and his APC have been canvassing support
for cattle colonies just to remain in the good book of the Fulani
power brokers as being done by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi
Akeredolu and other APC governors.

"Ekiti people will remember that when Fulani herdsmen invaded the farm
of Chief Olu Falae and set it ablaze, Governor Akeredolu did not say a
word.

"It has therefore become necessary that we alert our people to the
danger of returning Fayemi to power because no APC governor will
protect its people against marauding herdsmen as done by the PDP
government of Governor Ayodele Fayose."