Former Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, while Speaking with The New Telegraph, says that it is unfair to accused President Muhammadu Buhari of keeping silent over the southern Kaduna genocide simply because he is a Fulani man.
In his reaction, he also fault Asari Dokubo for giving the Southern Kaduna people wrong advice, asking them to rise up to defend themselves without having the proper understanding of the real cause of the issue.
His words, "You see, I have read two versions of the story: first that of the people of Southern Kaduna and then that of Miyeti Allah.
"What is required is to look at both sides of the coin in order to be able to get the true picture. The allegation is that a lot of Southern people, especially those who are not Fulanis are said to have been killed and the Fulanis are saying that they have been there for a long time, intermarrying and cohabiting until this development.
"It is very complicated and people are taking sides. Like the other day I read Asari Dokubo asking Christians to go on counter-attack. He is not there and does not have the facts of the issue. That was a wrong advice because he was not there and did not have first-hand information. I have always said that government should be able to hold an enquiry into this.
"We must ascertain whether the farmers are causing the problem or the Fulanis. It is only then that we will be able to know the truth; we need a public enquiry just like the Justice Chukwudifu Oputa Panel set up by then President Olusegun Obasanjo on assumption of office in 1999.
"That is when the truth will be revealed. Now because President Muhammadu Buhari is a Fulani man, everyone is saying that he chose to be silent because he is endorsing the killings. That is not fair.
"The Fulani man is one that does not forget in a hurry. If today you steal his cattle or tomorrow you kill his brother or sister, or do anything to his wife, no matter how long it takes, except the matter is resolved, he will come for revenge.
"That is why the trouble is festering for so long. I just think that people should have the fear of God and forgive because many years back, people from Southern Kaduna and Plateaus and that region were known to be very orderly. They were very religious and loving, but today everything has gone the way they have. Islam is a religion of peace and those who practice the true religion do not kill one another. Let there be an enquiry and it is then government will get to the root of the matter and know the decision to take.
