The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) New Era, on Monday asked President Muhammodu Buhari to immediately resign over his alleged failure to act appropriately to stop the killings by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria.
Adesina Akinpelu, National Publicity Secretary of the group, who made this call while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan yesterday condemned in strong terms, the killings by Fulani herdsmen in Benue state.
Akinpelu lamented that the continued failure of President Buhari to arrest and prosecute the killer Fulani herdsmen shows clearly that he is a sectional leader who is not qualified to continue ruling as Nigeria’s president.
He asked Buhari to emulate former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who during his tenure as number one citizen of the country proved to Nigerians that he is truly a national leader with no bias or preference for any section of the country.
Going down the memory lane, Akinpelu noted that Obasanjo as a sitting President from Yorubaland, did not pamper corrupt elements and trouble makers from the Yoruba extraction during his tenure.
Specifically, Akinpelu maintained that Dr. Frederick Fasheun and Otunba Gani Adams, who were factional OPC leaders were arrested by Obasanjo’ s government then, not minding that they were leading a Yoruba group.
He then wondered why the incumbent President Buhari is hesitant to arrest and bring to justice, rampaging Fulani herdsmen, who have constituted themselves as a major threat to national security.
The OPC leaders, therefore, urged the President to jettison his second term ambition, saying that “peoples of southern Nigeria cannot trust Buhari with their mandate again.”
Akinpelu also condemned the lingering fuel crisis across the country, urging the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to find a lasting solution to it.
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