Governor Ayodele Fayose, addressed local hunters at Oke-Ako Ekiti today
following the attack by Fulani herdsmen yesterday on the Ekiti
community, where two people were killed and many others injured. The
governor talked tough on the herdsmen attack. Below is what he said;
"Before leaving you today, I will raise for you(hunters) N2.5m, Secondly, I will raise N2.5m again for the affected families.
"I want to say it very clearly, everything you want me to do, I will do.
Because the moment you are not secured then I had better resigned as a
governor.
"If I cannot provide adequate security for you, it is better for me to
leave this office. The only reason you voted for me is because you know I
am competent to do the needful in circumstances like this. Nobody will
take Ekiti away from us.
"This killing of our people must stop. It is deliberate and we must take
all actions to stop it."They have killed two, they have killed all of
us, a fight against one Ekiti man is a fight against everybody, the
President must rise up to the challenge and stand this decaying security
situation in the face, we cannot continue like this.
"When they defeat you they will go to the next community, when they
defeat that community they will go to another one, this is Ekiti Parapo
war and it must be fought in the totality of our spirit. I stand by you,
I stand for you and that is why you elected me at a time like this. I
will not disappoint you.
"Like I said earlier, you want a Pick Up Van, today, today, I will give you a Pick Up.
"Let it be said, those people behind this herdsmen, we'll defeat you, we
will defeat you. Enough of this political herdsmen operating as
herdsmen but are Boko Haram, they are coming into South West gradually,
we are going to fight you.
"Anywhere you find a cow that is grazing unnecessarily on our ways, call
my attention, we will take them out. I am going to the house of
assembly to criminalize grazing in wrong areas. You hide under grazing
to kill people, you are operating in the night, where would you tell me
someone grazing found AK47?
"Some people are behind them, using AK 47, you rape my wife, you rape my
children, if they attempt it, bring them down! Terminate their lives!
If they claim they want to sleep with your wives, they want to touch
your children, bring them down! Bring them down!
"It is a war against Ekiti, it must be fought with the totality of our
strength. God bless you, I want to reassure you, we'll provide the
necessary security to keep you in your community. Don't run away, don't
go to another community, it is your home and nobody will have drive you
out of your home!"
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