As the killings by marauding herdsmen continued across some states unabated , a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has appealed to the governors not to frustrate the federal government’s plan to establish cow colonies in the 36 states of the federation.
Faparusi, a former member of the House of Representatives , bemoaned the killings in Benue, Taraba, Adamawa and few other states in recent time, describing the situations as not only pathetic but tragic .
The APC governorship aspirant in Ekiti State commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom and the entire Nigerians on these senseless killings , he said was fast becoming a pogrom.
The federal government had last week after the Benue’s gruesome killings proposed the establishment of cow colonies in all the states, which governors Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti), Okezie Ikpeazu(Abia), Samuel Ortom(Benue) and many others had stoutly rejected.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Saturday , Faparusi said governor’s rejection of the proposed cow colonies may exacerbate the murderous activities of these killers across the country.
“Cow colonies remain a potent weapon to really cage these vampires. It remains a good option to restrict the herders, monitor them and make it easy for governments to get their accurate data bank for effective identification of their personalities.
“The reason why it has been an herculean task for the security agencies to track the killers has been that they were itinerant herders. They have no base and their identities could not be ascertain.
“With the colonies , it will be easy for the government at all levels to monitor the herdsmen. This will build communal relationship between the herders and land owners, even farmers .
“Let me also say, this country is losing several billions of its dairy potentials daily, because the itinerant herdsmen pay little attentions to milk production .
“This policy will help in boosting our economic gains in animal husbandry sector and stop unnecessary carnage being witnessed in our national history”, he said.
Faparusi, also described as a misdirected venom, sarcastic comments ascribed to some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, including former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Mike Omokri, branding the president a failure over Benue killings.
Faparusi added that as much as he was averse to senseless killings of innocent Nigerians under any guise , he stated that President Buhari didn’t give any overt or tacit supports to these suspected Fulani herdsmen.
He said it was wrong and equally flies in the face of commonsense for politicians to hide under the cloak of opposition to criticize a performing government destructively.
He urged the PDP to appreciate Buhari’s efforts in the areas of wars against corruption, insecurity and bailouts, paris club funds and budget support funds being released to states to ease salary payment.
“Not even a despot like Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin Dada and Sanni Abacha will be happy seeing innocent citizens being mowed down by senseless people, so President Buhari was not complicit in any form.
“This issue remains a national calamity and we should all join hands together to combat it”, Faparusi advised.
Comments