Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, has replied the Presidency who released a statement saying it is wrong for Ondo State government to "unilaterally oust thousands of herders who have lived all their lives in the state on account of the infiltration of the forests by criminals."
The President said instead of generalizing, all States in the country particularly in the South, should draw clear lines between criminals and the law-abiding citizens.
Kayode however noted that action taken by the Ondo State government is not against law abiding Fulani herders, but against "a bunch of murderous thugs, psychopathic vagabonds, barbaric rapists, merciless ritualists and vicious killers."
Speaking in a post on facebook, he said, "The assertion by presidential spokesman Mallam Shehu Garba that a bunch of murderous thugs, psychopathic vagabonds, barbaric rapists, merciless ritualists and vicious killers have a right to reside in the forests of Ondo and the South West and continue to slaughter and rob our people is insulting, provocative, asinine and absurd.
"Quit notices cannot be given to law-abiding citizens in any part of Nigeria and I have always opposed such notices. However they can and must be given to those that kill, steal and seek to destroy the lives of others.
"Murderous terrorists and bloodthirsty and evil men that hide in the forest to ambush, kidnap, kill and destroy innocent and hardworking men and women have no constitutional rights.
"It is the duty of Governnent to not only flush them out from whichever hole they are hiding but also to despatch them to hell where they belong. Akeredolu has done and said the right thing and I urge every single South Western Governor to do the same.
"Fulanis, Hausas, Igbos, Ijaws and ALL Nigerians are welcome in the South West but terrorists, bandits, killers and unhinged, bloodlusting and bloodthirsty psychopaths and sociopaths are not.
"President Buhari your job and stop the killings. Stop turning a blind eye simply because those they come from your tribe. Stop brushing this under the carpet and treating them with kid gloves simply because they are your footsoldiers. Stop protecting them and stop encouraging them.
"Stop sacrificing the people of the South West on the alter of solidarity with the herdsmen and Miyetti Allah. Treat ALL Nigerians as equals and defend them ALL otherwise people will take measures to protect themselves.
"Developments in Ibarapa, Oyo state are a glaring testimony to that."
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