The Pan-Niger Delta Forum, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, and the Arewa Consultative Forum, challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari over his silence on killings and kidnappings by herdsmen.
The PANDEF, Afenifere and the pan-northern group, the ACF, challenged the President to speak out on killings by herders.
The ACF specifically stated that there was nothing wrong in a statement by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who asked Buhari to condemn killer herdsmen publicly.
Akeredolu, had earlier said, what they expect from Mr. President is for him to come out and let Nigerians know that he does not support criminality. He once said, if they find anybody with arms without a license, they should be arrested. Security agencies must be at work without rest. Everyone has said no to open grazing, then the law should follow.
But the President, while receiving a delegation of Borno/Yobe Elders Forum at the Presidential Villa, Abuja attributed the upheavals being experienced in parts of the country to a few people with resources and influence.
Condemning Buhari, PANDEF stated that the continued silence of the President on the killings and attacks by herdsmen in some parts of the country was suggestive that he had sympathy for them.
