The Chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has alleged Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State of a hysteric ploy to externalise banditry and import bandits to the southern part of the country.
In a press statement signed by the Ondo state Commissioner of Information, Donald Ojogo and a copy obtained by SUNSHINETRUTH, Governor Akeredolu said, “In order words, it is a cleverly crafted path towards replicating in the South, the most despicable situation in the North that Nigerians of goodwill daily pray to overcome. It’s a ploy beyond the ordinary.
Below is the full text of Akeredolu’s statement;
Anti-Open Grazing: EL-RUFAI’S ATTACK ON SOUTHERN GOVERNORS DEVIOUS, A HYSTERIC PLOY TO EXTERNALISE BANDITRY
From all indications, Governor Nasir el-Rufai, if he was properly quoted and his views not misrepresented, is struggling hard to export banditry to the South under an expressed opinion that is laced with mischief.
In these days and times, anyone who makes statements such as that allegedly made by the Governor belongs to a class of an unenviable ilk masquerading as leaders.
There is no wisdom in condemning/banning open grazing, prohibiting inter border movement of cattle in the North, including Kaduna, with an accompanying disapproval of a Law that gives bite to same, in another part of the country.
Perhaps, it is apt to state clearly that the likes of Governor el-Rufai are already in a hysteric ‘mode’ of escalating and indeed, externalising banditry, especially as the military onslaught against criminal elements and other terror variants suffices in the North.
For emphasis, any such comment like that of the Kaduna Governor, if indeed he made that statement, merely seeks to encourage anarchy under the guise “of resentment of a Law by affected stakeholders”.
In order words, it is a cleverly crafted path towards replicating in the South, the most despicable situation in the North that Nigerians of goodwill daily pray to overcome. It’s a ploy beyond the ordinary.
It must, however, be noted that the Anti-Grazing Law, especially in Ondo State, has come to stay. It shall be zealously guarded and conscionably deployed to protect all residents of Ondo State, notwithstanding their ethnic and religious biases. Those who have nothing evil to perpetrate have nothing to fear as regards the Law.
Signed
Donald Ojogo
Commissioner for information and Orientation
