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The Fulani Herdsmen group, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has criticised Nobel laureate , Prof. Wole Soyinka , for blaming herdsmen for the insecurity in the country , while calling for the arrest of former President Olusegun Obasanjo .
Obasanjo had written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the prevalence of insecurity in the country , calling for a national dialogue where the Fulani and other ethnic groups can be open about their grievances that have led to the insecurity in the country .
But the National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah, Alhassan Saleh , in an interview with our correspondent, said the Fulani should not be blamed for the rate of insecurity in the country .
According to Saleh , Obasanjo should offer any information his status may have afforded him to solve the security crisis.
He said, “ The fact that there is insecurity, I don’ t think the Fulani are responsible for it .
The narrative that we are responsible for the insecurity is even the problem we have with the Nigerian state .
“ When any crime happens , even before there is an investigation , people rush to the press and start accusing Fulani herdsmen.
Herdsmen are supposed to be carrying herds of cows but if somebody is a criminal or an armed robber , he should be treated as such .
“ But if Obasanjo , in particular , having ruled this country for so many years and with his network of security contacts , both locally and internationally , has information , I think he can volunteer it . ”
Asked about a proposed national platform for dialogue , Saleh said , “ Which national dialogue ? We have a National Assembly.
Whatever they have , they should send it to the National Assembly . What is the function of the National Assembly? People lost power and don ’t want to agree that in a democracy , you may be in power and another time , you won ’ t be in power.
“ If we have confidence in those we elected , I think whatever issue they have , they can channel it to the National Assembly. They want another talk shop probably to come and reposition themselves and their cronies into another jamboree .
“ Where is the Goodluck Jonathan conference report? Where are the other conferences ’ reports ? They are just pushing an agenda ; in fact , they are desperate and very diabolical in their attempt to cause a crisis in this country .
My worry is that the government is not decisive in dealing with characters of that nature .”
Saleh advised the Federal Government to take decisive action against all “ elements” and their sponsors causing instability in the country , adding that Obasanjo may want to “ destabilise the government . ”
“ The earlier they get him ( Obasanjo ) arrested and dealt with , according to the laws of the land , the better . He doesn ’t mean well for the country . We just elected a new government ; we have a National Assembly that was just inaugurated. Nobody needs any conference, except they are pushing for something else .
“ The unfortunate thing is that intellectuals like Wole Soyinka are also joining the bandwagon of these discredited politicians . But our worry is that they seem to associate every crime that happens now to the Fulani, simply because the President is a Fulani man.
“ We are just waiting and watching carefully because we are not demanding too much from the Nigerian state . All we are saying is give us space to graze our animals . That is not difficult,” he said .
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