President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all Nigerians to shun the recent call by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to Fulani herders, telling them to exit the southern part of Nigeria.
In a recent statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari bared his mind.
His words, “All citizens of Nigeria are free to move and live within any part of the country they please, whether or not they are originally from there. ”
“In line with our country’s constitution, the government of Nigeria and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will protect citizens of Nigeria wherever they find themselves.
“No one has the right to ask anyone or group to depart from any part of the country, whether north, south, east or west.”
“They have no one’s authority to make such pronouncements.
“The polarising role of the Northern Elders Forum and all those other groups dabbling into issues of security to score cheap political points has for long been a sore point in Nigeria’s body polity.
“They should not be allowed to mislead anyone, least of all the Fulani herders.
“The Buhari administration is fully devoted to finding a lasting solution to the herder-farmer clashes in different parts of Nigeria- one that would be acceptable to all the parties involved.”
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