The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has berated the Federal
Government for planning to set up a radio station to reach out and
persuade Fulani herdsmen to stop killing farmers.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, the Special
Assistant to CAN President, Samson Ayokunle, described the plan as a
confirmation of the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo
about the planned Fulanisation of the country by the Muhammadu
Buhari-led Federal Government.
He said the government was pampering the Fulani herdsmen, whom he
said, had been described as one of the deadliest terrorist group in the
world by the Global Terrorism Index.
According to him, despite the wanton killings by the group in the
North-Central, not a single person had been prosecuted by the
government.
He said, “It was reported in the newspapers that the government
planned to give the Miyetti Allah N100bn. The government denied it only
for the Miyetti Allah to own up, saying it was approved by former
President Goodluck Jonathan. Who is fooling who?
“Why didn’t they set up a radio station for farmers too? Where is the
radio station for the bandits in Zamfara, or for the Niger Delta
militants? No single person has been prosecuted for the killings in the
North-Central. Is the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo
that there is a planned Fulanisation of the country not playing out
now?”
“Every adult in the North listens to the radio, so why can’t they
reach the herdsmen on the existing radio stations? Why do they need to
set up a different radio station for them? They should stop fooling us,”
it added.
Recall that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had said the
Federal Government had acquired an Amplitude Modulation broadcast radio
licence for the herdsmen as part of efforts to end perennial
farmers-herders’ clashes.