The National Coordinator of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, on Thursday took a swipe
at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, stating
that if elected, he (Atiku) would create division in the country.
Gololao
was reacting to a statement by Atiku campaign media organisation. One
of the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign spokesmen, Phrank
Shaibu, had earlier in the week said there would be more killings of
farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen if President Muhammadu Buhari was
re-elected next year.
The Miyetti Allah leader in Benue State
said it was wrong for Atiku to have made such inciting statement,
noting that it was not only Fulani herdsmen that had issues with farmers
in Nigeria.
He said, “We Fulani herdsmen are not killers and
before Buhari came to power, there were crisis between farmers and
herders in Benue, Tarawa, Nasarawa, Adamawa and some other states.
He
said, “I am disappointed in Atiku because he had already divided
Nigeria even when he has not come to power. Buhari has nothing to do
with herdsmen, he is a Nigerian and it is the people of Nigeria that
voted him into power and l believe they will still vote him again in
2019.”
“Nigerians should ask Atiku about the N68.8bn proceeds
from NEPA which he sold when he superintended over the privatisation
process of the then NEPA.
“People should talk about the power
plants or the money he raised from the sale of that public asset. As far
as I am concerned, Atiku is not a credible candidate to contest the
coming presidential election in Nigeria because he is so sentimental and
if they vote him in as president, he would divide Nigeria the more.
“So,
for us Fulanis, we are not killers, neither are we criminals nor
kidnappers and President Buhari has nothing to do with herdsmen. It is
the people of Nigeria who voted Buhari in 2015 and they will still vote
him .The crisis between farmers and herdsmen is a common thing
everywhere across the world it is not peculiar to Nigeria.”
Gololo asked the PDP presidential candidate if herdsmen were responsible for killings when he was a vice president.
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