The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere,
for the umpteenth time on Tuesday berated President Muhammadu Buhari for his alleged nonchalant
attitude in the handling of the killings in several parts of the country.
Specifically, Afenifere in a communique at the end
of its meeting in Akure, Ondo State, described as infuriating the responses of
Buhari and that of Miyetti Allah on the killings.
The group in the three-point communique entitled: ‘Enough
Is Enough’ signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, said the
response of the Miyetti Allah and that of the president came from the same
source.
Disturbed by the devastating killings and attendant
destruction, Afenifere said Nigerians must do everything possible to reject the
re-election bid of the president.
The group said: “These wanton killings and official
irresponsibility portray Nigeria as a barbaric entity and that Yoruba people
are pained living in the same space with the bestial elements who kill innocent
people in cruel manner.
"Nigerians must now gird their loins and see
the democratic uprooting of this administration as a task that must be done in
2019 so as to save the country from utter destruction.
"There is no land where the blood of the
innocent is being shed daily like Nigeria that can make progress in any area of
human endeavor." Afenifere said.
The group asked its people to have special prayers for the souls of all those killed and for God to have mercy on Nigeria in all our mosques on Friday June 29 and in our
churches next Sunday July 1 for Him to
see us through the last few months of this administration.
Afenifere also condemned Buhari on the calls for
the restructuring of the country, particularly his statement when he met with Urhobo
leaders.
The president was berated for saying that "every
group asking for restructuring has got their own agenda and I hope it can be
accommodated by the constitution."
The Yoruba group said the call for restructuring
was a selfless one to rescue the country.
"We say without any reservation to the president
that the call for restructuring is a selfless call borne out of the need to retrieve
Nigeria from the brink of collapse and put it back on track.
"If the president talks about people with personal
agenda on restructuring, it can only be those who insert it in their manifestos
to win elections and turn around to say they are getting different definitions
of restructuring after they came to
power.
"We insist that for the country to move
forward and develop, it has to be restructured into a proper federation,"
the communique stated.
Afenifere also rejected the idea of public funded
ranches in Yorubaland, describing the move as an imperialist agenda of cresting
Federal Cattle Territories (FCT) across Nigeria.
It said: "We insist that cattle rearing is a
private business and the government has no business getting involved if there
was no sinister motive.
"No inch of Yorubaland will be available for
such and no governor should cede any land for such."
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