I have always been suspicious of those folks heading the country's security sectors, the Police, the Military, etc., including those who advised the Federal Government to take this option. I remember that Kaduna State Governor, El Rufai, also paid some humongous amount of money to some faceless Fulani herdsmen, according to him, so that they could stop the killings in the State. To the contrary, the herdsmen became bolder and stronger than the State, and the killing continues till date.
The Federal Government is not sincere with this step. I see it as another clever way to fund, albeit, unwittingly, the Fulani agenda tfor the purpose of sustain their hegemonic hold on the rest of other tribes in Nigeria. I am not sure the reason is to flush out bandits from the forests. The Fulani bandits have infiltrated most southern forests already and their nefarious activities have continued unchecked. This Federal Government is deliberately contradictory. At some point it claimed that the herdsmen were from Niger, Libya, Mali and Sudan, but it failed to deal ruthlessly with the "outsiders" devastating the country, destroying lives, and turning the citizenry into mendicants! Rather, today, the same Government is negotiating with the "outsider-bandits", and planning to fund the terrorists. That logic does not hold any water. If the Federall Government gives the N100 billion to the Fulani terrorists, they will in turn be better equipped and the state of insecurity will worsen because the terrorists will bounce back stronger and more deadly! The Federal Government is, indeed, a bundle of contradictions that shouldn't be taken serious!
Ademola O. Dasylva
On Sat, 4 May 2019, 22:33 OLAYINKA AGBETUYI, <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:
--There is a saying in Yoruba that only a thief can be used to catch a thief on a rocky promontry. It was either professor Bolaji Akinyemi or another senior professor who said the idea of ' engaging with terrorists was first suggested to Good luck Jonathan and people pooh poohed it. So this idea is not entirely new and predates the PMB administration. I myself would prefer a less contentious strategy.. But I am not in government.
OAA
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-------- Original message --------From: Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com>Date: 04/05/2019 20:11 (GMT+00:00)To: usaafricadialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Reactions as Nigerian Govt EntersAlliance With Fulani Herdsmen Terrorist Group
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--NATIONAL LOW
We have seen the recruitment of confirmed Boko Haram terrorists into the Nigerian military. Earlier, any individual with any form of criminal record is disqualified from being employed by any agency of government least to say the military and soul of Nigeria!Now, the government is negotiating with the 4th most deadly terror organisation in the world to pay them N100 BILLION in order for them to sheathe their swords. Meanwhile, the number 1 Police officer in Nigeria has confirmed that the same Fulani terrorists are now ready to collaborate with the Police to flush out "bandits" from the forests!! The same government that guns down agitators for self determination and better society.....
Nigeria has hit an all time low as it gasps for breath. Yet, you are still going around claiming that "Buhari means well". Pray, forgive me but I will find it hard to have any dealings with you in future.
9JA NEEDS HELP
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