ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home National

Shasha crisis: Fani-Kayode carpets Senate President

Says South-West Governors prevented crisis from getting worse

20th February 2021
in National
0
Shasha crisis: Fani-Kayode carpets Senate President

Shasha crisis: Fani-Kayode carpets Senate President

0
SHARES
171
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

From Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure

Former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has taken a swipe at the Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan over his recent statement that the South-West Governors were responsible for the recent killings in the Shasha area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

He said the proactive steps taken by the South-West Governors and Oyo State Governor Mr Seyi Makinde, in particular, helped at preventing the crisis from being worse than what it was.

In a statement released on Saturday night, the former Minister said: ‘I was in Ibadan when the Shasha killings started and I went on a tour of the affected area.

‘Let me assure you that many people were killed on both sides of the ethnic divide and had it not been for the efforts of the Governor of Oyo State and the tacit support and encouragement he got from the other South-West Governors in terms of appealing to the people of Ibadan to show restraint, what happened in Oyo would have been a hundred times worse and far many more northerners would have been killed.

‘The level of hate and resentment against Fulani herdsmen in the South-West is frightful and unprecedented today and the Governors are having a hard time trying to calm people down and reign them is even though. They may not want to admit it publicly.

‘The decisive actions of the South-West Governors over the last few months actually saved lives and their words and utterances actually reflected the will of the people.

‘If for example, Governor Akeredolu had not banned herdsmen from the forests of Ondo State, after some time the local population would have gone there themselves to throw them out violently.

‘The truth is that all the South-West states are sitting on a keg of gunpowder over this herdsmen issue and the local population are mobilising against them in a very frightening way.

‘Northern leaders should thank the SW Governors for keeping a lid on the whole thing and restraining our people rather than blame them for trying to keep the peace in the face of the most extreme provocation from the terrorists.

‘Quite apart from that I need to ask this question. Why does the Senate President not complain about the violence that northerners are inflicting on Middle Belters and Southerners in the North itself?

‘Again why does he not complain about the barbaric attacks and killing of our people in the South-West and other parts of the South and Middle Belt by killer Fulani herdsmen who are carrying arms, raping our women, occupying our land and terrorising out people?

‘How come he does not complain about that? Is Northern blood more precious than Southern blood? It appears that he is only concerned about retaliatory attacks by the local Yoruba population who have been brutalised and traumatised by the terrorists.

‘He has not complained about what those terrorists are doing to our people and he has exhibited no empathy with the victims simply because they are Southerners.

‘The only way the resentment against northerners will vanish in that zone is when the killer herdsmen and terrorists stop the killings. Outside of that all the self-serving and sanctimonious admonitions and lectures in the world from Northern leaders, who are clearly partial in this matter, to our leaders in the South-West will change nothing.

‘If we want peace let us be honest and let us join hands, stand shoulder to shoulder and fight against the killers together. Blaming South-West Governors and leaders for the failures of the federal government to provide law and order and protect our people from terrorists and savages will not help in this matter. As a matter of fact, it will only make things worse,’ he added.

Tags: ethnic conflictfemi fani kayodeGovernor Seyi MakindekillingnorthernersShashaSouth West governorssouth-westsoutherners
David

David

Sun News Online team

Related Posts

Franco-Nigeria bilateral trade drops by $2.2 billion dollar in 2020 - Minister
Business

Franco-Nigeria bilateral trade drops by $2.2 billion dollar in 2020 – Minister

14th April 2021
Women’s affirmative action in ECOWAS attainable with constitutional reviews – Speaker
National

Women’s affirmative action in ECOWAS attainable with constitutional reviews – Speaker

14th April 2021
NDC Commandant hails army chief on leadership qualities
National

NDC Commandant hails army chief on leadership qualities

14th April 2021
Next Post
Buhari ‘ll subdue insecurity–APC Govs

Kwara APC chair welcome Minister's embrace of registration process

Anambra: It’s now or never

Anambra: It’s now or never

QUIT NOTICE AND CITIZENSHIP IN NIGERIA

MILITANTS, BANDITS AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner

NDC Commandant hails army chief on leadership qualities

…Nigeria’ll soon overcome problem, says RCCG General Overseer

Insecurity: Army engages retirees to support national security operations

FG set to rejig expatriate quota administration

Anambra guber: APC caretaker committee to meet on timetable, sale of forms

Trending

Franco-Nigeria bilateral trade drops by $2.2 billion dollar in 2020 - Minister
Business

Franco-Nigeria bilateral trade drops by $2.2 billion dollar in 2020 – Minister

14th April 2021
0

(NAN) France, on Tuesday, announced that its volume of trade with Nigeria in year 2020 dropped to...

Women’s affirmative action in ECOWAS attainable with constitutional reviews – Speaker

Women’s affirmative action in ECOWAS attainable with constitutional reviews – Speaker

14th April 2021
PSG knock holders Bayern out of Champions League to reach semis

PSG knock holders Bayern out of Champions League to reach semis

14th April 2021
Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner

Chelsea see off Porto to reach semis despite Taremi stunner

14th April 2021
NDC Commandant hails army chief on leadership qualities

NDC Commandant hails army chief on leadership qualities

14th April 2021

Follow us on social media:

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist