Nigeria Is Under Fulani Dictatorship, Declares Adebanjo

The chieftain of the Pan- Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo says there is the need to curb the criminal activities of Fulani herdsmen who have been terrorizing the country, saying the support being received by the Fulani from the Presidency and some northern governors has shown that the country is under Fulani dictatorship.

Speaking with the New National Star in Lagos, Adebanjo wondered whether the bandits that kidnapped hapless students in Niger and Zamfara, States are Yoruba people, stating that “but, when we say they are Fulanis, they would say we are doing ethnic profiling; we are profiling criminals.

“You can see the way the Presidency and some northern governors are protecting the Fulani herdsmen. They don’t talk about their actions, the criminal activities. They are trying to change the narrative, they are saying anybody can stay and live anywhere. We are under Fulani dictatorship and nobody is free. “We are not against the Fulanis, we are against the criminal elements among them.

The wealthiest man in Nigeria, if not in Africa, Aliko Dangote is he not a Fulani? He is having his business here in the South West, nobody is fighting him. He is even building a refinery in Lagos. Have they asked him to go? “When we are saying Buhari wants to Fulanise Nigeria, some people were calling us names.

See Sheikh Gumi, he is trying to polarize the military by referring to some of them as Christian soldiers. “You remember when Ortom went to President Buhari to complain about the activities of the Fulani herdsmen, what did he tell him?

He said go and learn how to make friendship with your neighbours. You can see they are receiving support.” On the way out of the present insecurity and other problems bedevilling the nation, Adebanjo said there is no other solution than restructuring. “The county is on the precipice, we must restructure now.

That is the solution, no other solution. The situation we are now, where a section is dominating others cannot continue. And there is a limit to human endurance. We need to restructure immediately, otherwise we are deceiving ourselves,” Adebanjo added.