Ooni of Ife
The
Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye
Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has assured Nigerians that the country's
traditional institution has devised a means through which the
criminals among the Fulani herdsmen who are behind the menace of
insecurity in Yorubaland and other parts of the country will be
kicked out soon.
Ooni
Ogunwusi who is the Co-chairman of the National Council of
Traditional Rulers gave the assurances during the courtesy visit of
the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Muhammed Haliru Dantoro, Kitoro IV, to his
Ile-Oodua Palace at Ile-Ife on Wednesday.
The
African foremost traditional ruler who decried the spate of killing,
kidnapping, cattle rustling and other banditry activities in the
country especially in Yorubaland explained that the hoodlums were on
a mission to dent the country’s good image especially as Nigerians
are renowned peace lovers.
“We
keep hammering on the Fulani herdsmen trying to take over everywhere,
it is the bad ones that we want to kick out and enough is enough, we
will kick them and do justice to the peace and peaceful coexistence
in our country.
“What
has been happening in Yorubaland recently is allien to us. We will
work towards bringing sanity to our communities, people should not
live in fear but should have that freedom to move from one point to
the other the way you all have moved freely for several hours driving
from New Busa today all the way to Ife.
“Nigeria
is our country and we are aware of all security issues confronting
us, we know how everybody is panicking, it is about time for us to
separate the corn from the shaft.
“We
want our country to be prosperous in peaceful coexistence, we do not
want people to live in fear and that is the reason why we are trying
to connect to one another as traditional rulers to find lasting
solution to these of criminality.
“Some
few days ago I was with the Sultan of Sokoto as the co-chairmen of
the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria(NCTRN)
discussing that it is important for us to stand against all the
criminals that are hiding under the hospices of Fulani Herdsmen.
“Everybody
is saying they are Fulani herdsmen now, kidnapping everywhere. Enough
of that! We must separate the corn from the shaft putting behind the
past and letting peace reign in our land and in our country and that
is what we stand for.
We
must join together to to end this criminality being perpetrated by
enemies of Nigeria wuth ungodly spirit irrespective of their tribes”
Ooni said.
Earlier,
the Emir of Borgu, Alhaji Muhammed Haliru Dantoro, Kitoro IV, while
acknowledging efforts of the Ooni Ogunwusi and other members of the
country’s traditional council, he explained that traditional rulers
must remain committed to the oneness of the country.
"This
is a home coming for me today. I said so because of the age long tie
between Borgu kingdom and Ile-Ife.
"He
recently got married and I have to come and visit him before its too
late. We are here to felicitate with you, we wish you a happy married
life. God will always uphold you for the peace and unity you are
doing for this country and Africa".
“As
traditional rulers, we are for our people and we should be seen
working for them to enhance their unity. All of us are children of
the same African parent and the north and south of Nigeria should be
seen as one. This is the only way we can collectively defeat a common
enemy operating under whatever disguise".
“This
is the secret behind the relationship of our predecessors, they were
building bridges
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