Is The Southwest Just ‘’Area Boys and Fake Pastors’?
By now, you may have read the comments of one Olu Okeowo, who belittled the people of the Southwest when he said inter alia, as follows:
”I have noticed, electricity is no longer in abundant supply because Shiroro has been surrounded. Gerreru has been surrounded. Electricity is being generated in the North. Those who are saying divide don’t know what they are saying. Even if we divide today, the gas that they would use to run any turbine comes from another area.
Unfortunately, my people here from the Southwest will be the ones to lose out most because what we have produced mostly are area boys and fake pastors. We need to pray for the unity of Nigeria.”
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Published 17 February 2021
Some mischievous individuals think that the olive branch overtures of the Fulani political elite on the herdsmen and farmers’ clashes is a red herring, an offering to halt the ire of the South-West against the renegade herdsmen who some suggest are the advance party for a future Fulani attack. This shouldn’t be true.
But what do you make of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore promising to retaliate attacks on herders, whereas Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Idris Abubakar and Sule Mohammed, Seriki Fulani of Igbo Ora and Eruwa, respectively, are apologising on behalf of the herders who violate other Nigerians?