Afenifere carpets Tinubu over statement on cattle colony

PAN-YORUBA socio-political group, Afenifere has berated the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his call that unused lands should be converted to grazing reserves in order to solve the herdsmen siege on farmers in some states of the federation, saying it was sad that Tinubu was adumbrating the Miyetti Allah’s position to convert the entire country into one huge cattle colony.

Tinubu had while speaking at The Nation/TVC seminar in Abuja, said the “Unoccupied, isolated land can quickly be turned into grazing areas in the affected states,” as the herdsmen terror being witnessed across the country was a fallout of water scarcity.

Afenifere, while decrying Tinubu’s position in a statement titled: “We Reject Tinubu’s Miyetti Allah’s Choice,” issued by its spokesperson, Mr Yinka Odumakin, said it totally rejected this position, describing it as very backward in modern time and contrary to the consensus of all peace-loving Nigerians that what the country needed to solve the herdsmen siege on farmers was to have ranches.

Afenifere, however, said Tinubu was free to play his politics the way it suited him but warned that he should tread softly in playing games with the lives of Nigerians by making outlandish propositions on issues on which positions had been settled.

“The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to the statement credited to former Lagos governor, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that the herdsmen’s terror being witnessed across the country is a fallout of water scarcity and that the country should “convert unused land to grazing reserves.”

“Tinubu, who was speaking at The Nation/TVC seminar in Abuja, said: “Unoccupied, isolated land can quickly be turned into grazing areas in the affected states.”

“Since most of the states in the country are being affected, it is sad that Tinubu is adumbrating the Miyetti Allah’s position to convert the entire country into one huge cattle colony,” Afenifere said.

“We admonish him that he is free to play his politics the way it suits him but he should tread softly in playing games with the lives of our people by making outlandish propositions on issues on which positions have been settled,” it added.

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, while maintaining its rejection of Tinubu’s position, which it described as “very backward in modern time and contrary to the consensus of all peace-loving Nigerians that what we need to solve the herdsmen siege on farmers is to have ranches,” wondered if the APC chieftain as a very enlightened person would have suggested that grazing routes should be established in places like the US and Britain at this age and time if he “were still living in any of such countries.”

Afenifere maintained that it stood on the 2014 National Conference position that the country should embrace ranching as a way out of the herdsmen crisis, but quickly said that while Tinubu was free to give up his residence in Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos for cattle colony, the Yoruba people would not accept their land being converted into cattle grazing routes.

“We stand on the position of the 2014 National Conference position that the country should embrace ranching as a way out of the herdsmen crisis.

“Let those who are in the position to take the decision to know this clearly: Tinubu can give his residence in Bourdillon for cattle colony but our people will not accept their land being converted into cattle grazing routes,” Afenifere said.

lagdmark:
Let me see if they will also support Mr Tinubu
On this issue

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots , association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots , association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots , association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots including my father, association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas

escodotman:
''old idiots''? If your father was among them, would you call your father an old idiot? You could have kept your almajiri brain to yourself instead of claiming to be Yoruba. The north has the largest land mass in the whole country, what is happening to those large northern land mass lying fallow and unused? The unused land area in the north is large enough to accomodate all the cattle present in Africa. Must your fulani herdsmen go to other states in the country to 'ranch'?

escodotman:
''old idiots''? If your father was among them, would you call your father an old idiot? You could have kept your almajiri brain to yourself instead of claiming to be Yoruba. The north has the largest land mass in the whole country, what is happening to those large northern land mass lying fallow and unused? The unused land area in the north is large enough to accomodate all the cattle present in Africa. Must your fulani herdsmen go to other states in the country to 'ranch'?

CityNGR:

Not if, he was expressly refering to his own father.. abi revengemssion?

CityNGR:

Speak for your father alone. Good morning

magoo10:
follow follow people like you will still support tinubu blindly if he rejects it.

We live in a democratic world
The issue is whether the generality of Nigerians accept it and feel secure but if they don't you cannot force it on them no matter how many cows your paymasters possess. get that into your head

RevenGeMission:


My father would not blindly join selfish people , i know that for sure, and if he did join openly or secretly he can forget about having any family , I know you woke up hungry and bitter , but why not tell me just one positive contribution of Afenifere has been since it was hijacked by PDP stalwarts ? Abraham Adesanya and Bola Ige were true Yoruba Heros and they never belonged to PDP or even liked Obasanjo, those names will forever be cherished by Yoruba historians


Same Afenifere was defending Falae some years back, only for us to learn that Falae indeed collected 100M from Dasuki

Same Afenifere was issuing ultimatums on herdsmen trying to drag Yoruba race into revolting , their excuse was 8 Hectares (not Acres) of Palm plantation belonging to Falae was burnt by Fulani people , if you know the size of ONE ACRE vs ONE HECTARE , you would know it's impossible

besides, a Renowned Scholar based in London described Afenifere as a bunch of tribalists and self-serving ambitious, greedy rivals driven by xenophobia and deep bigotry, and possessed by a delusion of their so-called cultural commonalities (Wikipedia )

So now you are insulting me for their comments ? I believe i am speaking about you and your father and the useless offsprings in your family

Well I can speak for my Father and he is not useless , unlike your father , failure to train you is why you wake up to insult someone else's father directly , if you are looking for fight or if you went to bed hungry and you are looking for someone to transfer your aggression to , it won't be me , You are beneath me

goodnessme1:
that because you are a yoruba muslim.
If you are yoruba christian you wont talk like this

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots , association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas

RevenGeMission:


This is not follow follow and Yes unless the definition of democracy has changed, Fulani as Nigerians have right to live anywhere they want , yes there has been issues of conflicts , murders and counter attacks but it goes both ways , Fulani hardly upload pictures of their own relatives who were murdered online , maybe because they use Palito satelite radio, listen to AM frequency and have no desire for Iphone or Androids , we only hear about reprisals


As for Tinubu , if he is against it , doesn't mean i will change my impression , i am not like Potor residents who protest release of their thieves and looters , I make my decisions myself and i live by it no matter the consequence

goodnessme1:
we yoruba muslims are behind Tinibu.

goodnessme1:
we yoruba muslims are behind Tinibu.

RevenGeMission:
Those old idiots , association of their pocket interest fools claiming to represent Yoruba interest are nothing both money mongers


I am Yoruba , They do not represent me and I am definitely not against ranching


So many Yoruba investors have at least 10 cows with these herders and those multiply each year or so , Not only fulani will benefit from grazing areas