86 killed in newest assault on Plateau (picture credit score: Channels TV)
Former Presidential aide Reno Omokri has stated that Nigeria is now at struggle following the killing of scores of individuals by suspected herdsmen in Plateau state over the weekend.
In a sequence of tweets, Omokri lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari for saying that “Nigerians affected by the herdsmen/ farmer clashes must always allow the due process of the law to take its course.”
“I can’t believe Buhari called what happened yesterday in Plateau state a ‘herdsmen/farmers clash’ Those are his exact words,” Omokri wrote.
“In 2018, extra folks have died from herdsmen assaults in Nigeria than this 12 months’s complete struggle casualty of Afghanistan. These usually are not clashes. This is WAR!
“President Muhammadu Buhari mentioned ‘Nigerians affected by the herdsmen/ farmer clashes must always allow the due process of the law to take its course.’
“Due course of that has not arrested, tried and convicted even one herdsmen since Buhari assumes energy? A ‘due process’ that ends in demise!
“It is so shameful that President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion blames the killings of 150 Plateau Christians on ‘one hundred cattle that were rustled by a community in Plateau.’ Even if this had been true (uncertain) does it justify killing 150 folks? Is that the kind of discuss a President talks?
“Since Buhari says the opposition is behind herdsmen killings, then let us say this prayer-Oh God publicly avenge the blood of your innocent children who died at the hands of herdsmen, Boko Haram & bandits on the heads of their political sponsors in Jesus’ name. Retweet your amen!”