International’s report on
herdsmen/farmers’ clashes which indicted the Federal Government for
failing to stop the killing of 3,641 Nigerians by herdsmen in the last
three years.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public
Communication, Mr Phrank Shaibu, the former Vice- President described
the Presidency’s response to the report as “tepid.”
He said,
“Unless Nigerians vote out the All Progressives Congress administration,
killings by herdsmen will continue and ultimately spark series of
ethno-religious crises that will be irreversible.
“It is now
very clear, like Amnesty International said in its report, that the
Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has displayed gross
incompetence and has failed in its duty to protect the lives of its
people who have witnessed many preventable deaths.
“This situation has put the nation on the verge of disintegration.”
Atiku
said the Federal Government lacked the capacity to stop the security
challenges confronting the nation which he said had left thousands of
Nigerians either killed or maimed.
The killings, he said, were scaring away foreign investors.
He
added, ‘’After every attack, either by herdsmen or by kidnappers, the
government will vow to get the culprits and punish them. Then more
deaths will occur and the government will repeat its vow.
“This is not reassuring to the people of Nigeria as well as foreigners who may want to do business in the country.
“Therefore,
it is now clear that in spite of their best efforts, Buhari and his
party, the APC, cannot stop the herdsmen and other criminal elements
currently terrorising the country.”
Atiku said it was
frightening that the Buhari administration was not doing anything in the
face of the World Bank’s report that claimed that Nigeria will soon
become the world capital of underage deaths.
