International’s report on herdsmen/farmers’ clashes which indicted the
Federal Government for failing to stop the killing of 3,641 Nigerians by
herdsmen in the last three years.
In a statement by his Special
Assistant on Public Communication, Mr Phrank Shaibu, the former Vice-
President described the Presidency’s response to the report as “tepid.”
He
said, “Unless Nigerians vote out the All Progressives Congress
administration, killings by herdsmen will continue and ultimately spark
series of ethno-religious crises that will be irreversible.
“It
is now very clear, like Amnesty International said in its report, that
the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has displayed
gross incompetence and has failed in its duty to protect the lives of
its people who have witnessed many preventable deaths.
“This situation has put the nation on the verge of disintegration.”
Atiku
said the Federal Government lacked the capacity to stop the security
challenges confronting the nation which he said had left thousands of
Nigerians either killed or maimed.
The killings, he said, were scaring away foreign investors.
He
added, ‘’After every attack, either by herdsmen or by kidnappers, the
government will vow to get the culprits and punish them. Then more
deaths will occur and the government will repeat its vow.
“This is not reassuring to the people of Nigeria as well as foreigners who may want to do business in the country.
“Therefore,
it is now clear that in spite of their best efforts, Buhari and his
party, the APC, cannot stop the herdsmen and other criminal elements
currently terrorising the country.”
Atiku said it was
frightening that the Buhari administration was not doing anything in the
face of the World Bank’s report that claimed that Nigeria will soon
become the world capital of underage deaths.
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