Admit you are the matron of the cattle rearers association – Soyinka tells Buhari
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Army to back Nigerians in flushing out killer herdsmen.
Soyinka said this while urging Buhari to publicly renounce the activities of killer herdsmen across the country.
Speaking in an interview with BBC Pidgin when asked what he is expecting from Buhari, Soyinka said: “Address the nation in a very stern, unambiguous terms.
“Say openly, yes, I know I am the matron of the cattle rearers association, etc.
“I am a cattle rancher myself, it is a business and I run my business on business terms.
“I do not run my business by killing people. I do not run my business by raping, displacing, torturing and I don’t run my business by occupying land that does not belong to me.
“Whatever comes to you for illegal occupation or for trespassing in other people’s property is your business.
“And I am ordering the Army, I am ordering all the security forces to back citizens’ efforts in flushing you people out. I expect nothing less even at this stage.
“This is the language I expect from President Buhari and as long as that language does not come, I must consider him quite complacent with what is going on because the buck stops at his desk, he said
that is true cuz all what he is doing says that and also he also owns cattles in daura that he is tearing that he leaves the country matters to cares for them……
When (Prof soyinka) have you seeing him addressing the nation on the critical issues, he will just keep quiet as if he doesn’t know what’s going on.
President buhari won’t say anything concerning this herdsmen because he is their matron and he always compromise on their behalf.