[B00M] See what Afenifere told the Presidency about Fulani Herders | MUST READ

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere, said though it was not surprised by the Presidency's intervention in the matter.

In the statement issued by the group, they accused the presidency of representing only Fulani interests against those of Yoruba, Igbo, Junkun, Ijaw and other tribes in Nigeria.

It further holds that "the Federal Government and its minion, Garba Shehu, could only hear Ondo state when Governor Akeredolu was very loud and clear about herders to vacate forest reserves in the state is symptomatic that this Government has a serious problem with heating the rest of us when the issue involves its anointed Fulani.

Afenifere while supporting the ultimatum given by the Governor to the herders believed that the Fulani criminals have caused untold hardships in Ondo State and other Yoruba towns and cities in recent times and only an irresponsible government that wants to behave like the Federal Government of Nigeria that cares will continue to fold its arms.

Citing the murder cases of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, The Olufon of Ifon, and the Deputy Registrar of FUTA among many others, and the attitude of the Federal Government, the group maintained that the lives of the Yoruba people and other non-Fulani communities are daily being taken by local and foreign Fulani bandits without any sign that these lives matter to the government with its desire to shield the Fulani from the laws.

Afenifere, therefore called on all true- born Yoruba to stand behind Governor Akeredolu in these trying times as he is determined to do all within the law to flush Ondo forests of all criminals, and urged other governors to emulate the Governor and free the Yoruba land from the Fulani who have surrounded them with the shield of the Federal Government.