Herdsmen Crisis: Soyinka Warns Buhari Against Looming Civil War |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has sent a strong warning signal to President Muhammadu Buhari against a looming civil war in the country, following the kidnapping, killings, maiming and assaults of some rogue Fulani Herdsmen on their host communities and residents in the Southern part of the Country.

The Ogun State born-Professor urged President Buhari to speak up now, and not allow herdsmen to cause another civil war in Nigeria.

Soyinka said it was necessary for Buhari, who is also a Fulanin,  to caution his kinsmen, and speak out urgently, to stop the herdsmen crisis before it snowballs into a civil war.

The Fulani Herdsmen heinous activities have led to insecurity in most South Western and South Eastern States. The Ondo State Government led by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu took the initiative to  evict  the rogue Fulani Herdsmen from Forest Reserves, and asked genuine herders to officially register with  the state, or leave the State.

The attrocities committed by the rogue herders,  also led to the eviction notice given to them by Yoruba Activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho in Ibarapa, Igangan area in Oyo State.