A former Governor of Zamfara state, Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi, on Saturday in Abuja stated that the recent killings by Fulani herdsmen in Benue, Nasarawa and other states in the Northern parts of the country were “terrorism in disguise.”
He also recommended that such people should be treated as terrorists and dealt with decisively on the spot.”
Shinkafi, who is now Chairman, Board of National Coalition for Jonathan and Sambo Presidency, stated this during the inauguration of the 36 states’ chairmen of the coalition.
He said, “Reports from our intelligence and security unit confirm that those so-called herdsmen are actually terrorists in disguise.”
Giving a detailed explanation on how he arrived at his conclusion, Shinkafi, represented by Baba Usman, said, “As a former executive governor, as a northerner, I can tell Nigerians, and authoritatively so, that the herdsmen that we know are usually not more than two or three, tending to their cows with a long stick as their weapon.
“Today, we are faced with the so-called Fulani herdsmen numbering from five to 30 at a time, armed with sophisticated weapons. The coalition hereby recommends that anytime the so-called herdsmen are more than two or three in number, the Joint Military Task Force should arrest them, search them and if guns or matchetes are found on them, they should be treated as terrorists and dealt with decisively on the spot. We have enough blood-shed and we want an end to it now.”
He urged the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to waive primary election for President Goodluck Jonathan as soon as he declares for a second term in office.
“In the United States of America where Nigeria borrowed the presidential system from, a sitting President does not go through any primaries for a second term. In fairness to President Jonathan and in line with the tenets of the presidential system of government, we hereby demand that the greatest and biggest political party, the PDP waive primary elections for Jonathan,” Shinkafi added.
He also challenged the delegates at the ongoing National Conference to see the confab as a call to national duty.
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