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APC, ACF Disagree With Soyinka Over Call To Declare Herdsmen Terrorists
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have disagreed with Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka’s call to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare killer herdsmen terrorists.
According to APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, it would amount to error of conceptualisation to tag a race like Fulani as terrorists because of the actions of few atrocious elements.
“I understand the sentiment behind his suggestions, but we need to be very careful not to criminalise an entire people just because of the criminal activities of a few.
“Fulani herdsmen refer to a full tribe or people not an organization like Boko Haram. So to say that Fulani herdsmen should be proscribed just the way we proscribed IPOB is to fall into an error of conceptualisation. Fulani herdsmen do not belong to that organisational category because they are full tribe of people. It would be wrong to tag a whole tribe as terrorists. And will he (Soyinka) be happy if, for example, the Yoruba race is branded as terrorists because of some people who are committing some atrocities or to tag Igbo people terrorists because of few Igbo persons committing atrocities?” he quried.
ACF General Secretary, Mr. Anthony Sani, said to declare everybody in the pastoralist profession terrorists would amount to criminalisation of a particular occupation which would offend many people’s sense of justice.
“I believe our inability to fish out the criminals among herdsmen and farmers engaged in the lingering clashes and prosecute them is the major challenge of how best we control the menace posed by the festering clashes. We seem to be aware of the presence of swarm of locust in the land but we are unable to determine the pests. As a result, we do not know which are the best herbicides to control the locust. Professor Soyinka should recommend better way of overcoming the insecurity posed by the clashes between pastoralists and farmers,” Sani declared.
But, the National Chairman of Young Progressives Party (YPP), Bishop Emmanuel Amakri agreed with Soyinka. He argued that considering the mayhem the herdsmen have unleashed in most communities, declaring them terrorists was long overdue.
“We need to put in actual perspective what terrorists means and in this case, I would say that for people or a group of people who have been unleashing attacks on people in every part of this country and whose trademark is bloodshed, killing everyday and slaughtering human being in the manner of the ISIS terrorist group, declaring herdsmen as terrorists group is not something people should be debating.
“Having killed in one community or the other and unleashed mayhem on people mindlessly, the herdsmen have done enough damage to be declared terrorists. In fact, it is long overdue,” he said.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 3:06 pm
Its ok, whenever they meet their target number, if you cares, you can declare them terrorist.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 2:15 pm
But world called then terrorist whether fake buhari and his people agree or not they are terrorist period but is good so that those Igbo leaders that think they have a say in Nigeria to see that they don’t have I pity the innocent pour souls all this vampire are harking to death
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 2:05 pm
Ohaneze na Igbo governors bu ndi eriri eri.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 1:11 pm
Ohanaeze ndi ara do you hear that IPOB is a terrorist up one Nigeria mumu nnia nwodo he will def now
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 12:42 pm
APC are you folks concerned about Nigeria at all? So these terrorists herdsmen ain’t terrorists according to u
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 11:37 am
TERRORIST CAN NEVER CALL THEIR MEMBER TERRORIST..
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 11:25 am
Why should APC disagree , does that mean that APC is in partnership with herdsmen. It,s becoming obvious what APC stands for in Nigeria. Every reasonable Nigerian will want to make a very big observation here.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 11:17 am
Offcourse
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 11:10 am
Fulani are terrorists full stop
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 11:05 am
Let me laugh like keke marwa. Kunlun kum kum
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 10:31 am
Proscribe APC and ACF they are two dangerous organizations. Evil forest called Nigeria
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 10:28 am
KANU told you all these before hand and you people were making a hell of noise and now you are crying like baby, welcome Biafra nation Amen
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 10:15 am
They’re terrorists. Doesn’t matter to me whether they disagree with him or not.
Even a blind man won’t be too blind not to c this fact.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 9:53 am
So herdsmen killing action, is agreed by all Fulani’s
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 9:24 am
They are his brothers hw can he declare them terrorist
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 9:10 am
Then declare missionary workers then!
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 9:00 am
Buhari and APC are bringing shame to Nigeria before the committee of Nations.Herdsmen and Boko Haram are being pumped millions of Dollars while innocent citizens are perishing.The World is watching mind you Buhari!!!
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:58 am
You see am?i talk am say this government no what their up ⬆ to I petty those who is supporting them
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:55 am
my prayer is what ever those evil fulani have in mind against innocent nigeria be divert to those that support them now in jesus name
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 10:08 am
Keep praying very well hahahahaha una never chee chumchin I think it’s to wicked the igbos you people brought buhari let’s watch n see.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 12:26 pm
stop the childish talk is it all Yoruba that voted buhari?
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:53 am
One Nigeria. Ndi ara
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:46 am
What are they ? .What a funny Nation????.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 10:06 am
It’s not funny it’s your nation hahahahaha
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:34 am
APC is just a boko haram fulani Terrorist herdsmen party
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:28 am
Without declaring, fulani herdsmen are terrorist. APC don’t need to agree because is their leader that is herdsmen. Shame on nigzooria. #AFAU
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:21 am
Correct news hahaha, up one Nigeria, buhari till 2023 una want change abi
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:18 am
Animal progressive congress
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:18 am
Big news ,from wonderful party and sectional sect.
Anonymous
March 16, 2018 at 8:12 am
Nnia nwodo, and his immbecelic ohaneze ndi oshi, are you listening??? Killer foolani jihadist demon’s herdsmen, must not be declear terrorist, but peaceful IPOB, member’s is a terrorist???? And you want us to respect you??