“I said, as far as I know, the farmers and herders have been co-existing in Nigeria for generations. Let them go and ask the local leadership what has gone wrong.”
The forecasts are grim, with protests, secessionist agitations and more value added tax controversies expected ahead of the 2023 elections.
Mr Fasooto never appeared in court during his six months in detention. He was never formally charged with a crime or offence.
Mr Ortom has continued to attack Mr Buhari as a sectional and clannish leader who has done very little to dissuade his Fulani ethnic from invading and pillaging Benue.
Naming and shaming of sponsors of terrorism is unconstitutional but the naming and shaming of the “sponsors” of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho isn’t.
The attorney-general also provided an update on the government’s ongoing case against Nnamdi Kanu.
The AGF said the partnership “shows the nexus between separatists’ agitation, terrorism financing, and disruptions of peace.”
Although heavily armed police operatives were seen around the protest routes, there has been no report of violent dispersal of protesters unlike the case in Lekki, Lagos.
Mr Igboho’s lawyer is worried the Buhari regime will murder his client if extradited to Nigeria.
Mr Buhari alleged that investigations have revealed financiers of secessionist agitations including a serving National Assembly member.
