The Yoruba Council of Elders have spoken on behalf of Herders in the Southwest after the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho gave eviction notice to Fulani herders in the Southwest.
The elders urged the separatist leader to give president Bola Tinubu more time to resolve the crisis.
YCE’s Secretary General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, in a chat with Vanguard, said: “The YCE is fully aware of the active position of Sunday Igboho on his call for emancipation and liberation of the entire Southwest from the claws of Fulani jihadists and Fulani hegemony.
“But the Constitution of Nigeria protects the interests of all Nigerians in the land. Be that as it is, the YCE would want to give Tinubu’s administration a chance to normalise this national issue of the recently established Ministry of Livestock Development and the powers vested in the Ministry as pronounced by the Presidency.
“We feel that Igboho and indeed all self-determination groups and agitators should wait to see its effectiveness before executing forceful eviction and ejection of Fulanis from Yoruba soil.
“Therefore we, as children of Oduduwa, must be wary of not losing our integrity of acting with the common sense upon which we base our actions.
“Bola Tinubu is the President of the Federal Republic. YCE will not want to do anything to breed trouble for his administration without seeing a grave cause.”
“Sunday Igboho means well but he must wait to see the implementation of the new directive.
“As for the security of lives and property, let the Governors, who are the security officers, beef up their security apparatus to ensure safety. It is indeed their responsibility to do so,” the YCE scribe added.
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