Governor Fayose charges local hunters to defend Ekiti against Fulani herdsmen attack
Governor Ayo Fayose met with local hunters in Ekiti in the face of recent attacks across the country by suspected Fulani herdsmen - The Ekiti governor charged them to defend the people vowing not to go to Abuja to seek for help - The governor made this known in a tweet on his official Twitter page Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti has charged local hunters in the state to protect the people against killer herdsmen. According to a tweet from his official Twitter handle, the governor met the hunters on Wednesday, January 10 over alleged report that some herdsmen were planning to attack the state. Fayose who was dressed in full military camouflage during the meeting with the hunters called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take serious action against the herdsmen.
He said: “Mr. President, declare herdsmen as terrorists group now, they are mindless and devilish.”
The governor sympathised with the people of Benue and said they were safe in Ekiti “This (uniform dressing) is done to charge our hunters to secure the state. I saw pictures of the killings and I wondered if those were human beings. I asked the questions if people could be that picked to kill human beings that way. They will find no peace. It is no tribal killings but that of mindless people. Blood of departed will find those people and they won’t know peace. It is the duty of FG to protect its people. We are not protected.
“We have never had it so bad. People must come to leadership with conscience. The Federal Government should have sent the army not a police. “Governor Ortom should fasten his belt and protect his people. Those seeking for help in Abuja would not find because Abuja also needs help. I sympathise with you, this is your home and nobody would kill you. You are all saved here.”
He said: “Mr. President, declare herdsmen as terrorists group now, they are mindless and devilish.”
The governor sympathised with the people of Benue and said they were safe in Ekiti “This (uniform dressing) is done to charge our hunters to secure the state. I saw pictures of the killings and I wondered if those were human beings. I asked the questions if people could be that picked to kill human beings that way. They will find no peace. It is no tribal killings but that of mindless people. Blood of departed will find those people and they won’t know peace. It is the duty of FG to protect its people. We are not protected.
“We have never had it so bad. People must come to leadership with conscience. The Federal Government should have sent the army not a police. “Governor Ortom should fasten his belt and protect his people. Those seeking for help in Abuja would not find because Abuja also needs help. I sympathise with you, this is your home and nobody would kill you. You are all saved here.”
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