Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, has said that when former President Goodluck Jonathan was in power there was no herdsmen killings across the country. He also said that the problems of the Niger Delta Avengers were not there when he was the president.
Tsav said the Fulani herdsmen are killing people today because they feel Buhari is from the North and he is a Fulani man.
He said this in an interview he granted to Saturday SUN.
When asked if he agree with those insisting that the spate of violence allegedly involving the Fulani herdsmen and farmers in different parts of the country is happening because Buhari is in power he said: "I agree with that position because when Jonathan was there, these things were not happening. The problems of the Niger Delta Avengers were not there when Jonathan was there; the Fulani/herdsmen crisis was not happening at all.
"They do all those because they feel Buhari is from the North and he is a Fulani man. Again, they are doing all these because Buhari is fighting corruption. Some people are doing everything including instigating crises to frustrate the anti-corruption fight.
On Benue Killings he said, "Telling the Fulani to leave Benue is against the constitution of the Federal Republic because anybody can live anywhere in the world. He said even if the herdsmen leave the state they may still come back again.
His words, "I have said it before and I want to say it now. The government should convene a commission of inquiry to get to the roots of the problems between the herdsmen and farmers. It is only God that knows the truth but now, everybody is drawing the rope towards his own side. Telling the Fulani to leave Benue is against the constitution of the Federal Republic because anybody can live anywhere in the world. Only a commission of inquiry would truly determine what is happening.
"The problem would stop if a commission of inquiry is able to establish the root cause of the problem between herdsmen and farmers. The fear I have is that our people are also living in Taraba State. Suppose you chase them out in Benue and those in Taraba also chase your people out, what would happen.
"People must be law abiding and obey the rule of law and that is the only way the problem can be solved. There should be laws and application of those laws to stop the crisis. Anybody who perpetrates violence must be arrested and prosecuted. Such cases should not be delayed.
"If you drive the Fulani herdsmen from Benue, they may go and come back again. I am not supporting any of the parties but how to solve the problem and bring about peace in the affected areas. When you see some of the young men and women slaughtered by the herdsmen, it is very sad indeed.
"There must be some reasons for all these problems. That is why it is important for the establishment of grazing reserves, so that the herdsmen can be moved away from where the farmers are operating.
