Senate minority leader,Eyinaya Abaribe has described comment Attorney General Abubakar Malami comment on ban on open grazing by southern as a divisive and selfish.
In a statement by his media aide ,Uchenna Awom,Thursday
the senator said a statement by a senior officer if federal government exposes a very dangerous mindset.
Full statement below,:
Seator Abaribe to AGF Malami….. Your Divisive Rhetoric is Unfortunate
“While the local “bureau de change” business mostly done by the Fulanis are operating in all parts of Nigeria, why have they not elicited any resentment of other Nigerians?
“It is simply because they live and do their business peacefully without any problem. It is the murderous activities of Fulani herders that have given rise to the current demand for laws that will bring about peaceful coexistence of all Nigerians.
“What’s the correlation between spare parts sellers in a rented shop or government properly designated area and marauding Fulani herders destroying farms, killing and raping thus trampling on people’s private properties and means of livelihood? Such a divisive statement from a top federal government official, infact the Chief legal adviser to the federal government at that, exposes a very dangerous mindset . This disposition has no doubt raised the tension in Nigeria to a frightening level.
“Why should an Attorney general of the federation be so fixated in evoking ethnic/regional fault lines when duty calls for him to be a statesman. It is disheartening that Mr Abubakar Malami has chosen to debase our country. He has indeed questioned Nigeria’s unity. Very unfortunate”, Senator Abaribe said when asked his views on what Malami said.
Signed
Uchenna Awom
Media Adviser
To Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe
