THIS IS WHAT 19 NORTHERN GOVERNORS SAID TO IGBO’S ABOUT ENUGU FULANI MASSACRE
Governors of 19 Northern States rose from their meeting in Kaduna
Friday, condemning the labelling of perpetrators of crimes around the
country as Fulani people.
The Governors, who met behind closed doors said, as much as they condemn
the recent attacks in Enugu and other parts of the country, they also
condem labelling the those behind the attacks as Fulani people.
Briefing newsmen shortly after the meeting at the Kaduna government
House Friday evening, Chairman of the Northern States Governors Forum
(NSGF) and Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima said, it was
an insult to label criminals as Fulani
According to him, “We want to unequivocally condemn the recent killings
in Enugu and other parts of the country. But we equally condemn the
politicisation or permit me, the ‘ethinicisation’ of the whole crisis.
It goes beyond Fulani. If anything happens, they say Fulani herdsmen; to
me it is an insult.
“Kidnapping in this country originated in the South-east, were don’t
they call Igbo kidnappers? We have a great national challenge and we
want to call on all and sundry to come and let us solve our common
challenges as a people. The blood of paternity that binds us together
supersedes whatever differences that might divide us,”he stressed.
While condemning the Agatu killings, the NSGF Chairman charged the media
to avoid sensationalism and harp on issues that bind the country
Nigerians together.
On the legacies of the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello,
Governor Shettima said they were doing everything possible to revive the
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