Nigerian govt is aiding killer Fulani herdsmen to commit crimes - Tunde Bakare

Tunde Bakare, the Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, has stated that the federal government is assisting the Fulani herdsmen to commit crimes in the country.

He made the statement during an Instagram Live programme with Journalist, Dele Momodu on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

According to him, Nigerians are in great danger if the crimes of the Fulani and the problems that come along with it persist till 2023, saying the next presidential election is still far away.

“The government is a guilty party for aiding the killer Fulani herdsmen in committing crimes of killing, abduction and destruction of farms in the country

“I want a country where I can sleep with my two eyes closed. Lawlessness is everywhere, abduction takes place every day. And this happens as a result of deficient leadership. Protecting our territorial integrity should be the most important thing now,” Bakari said.

Reacting to why he had not mobilised protests against the present government as he did during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Bakare described such things as generational.

“It’s a generational thing. You cannot condemn a generation for what they have done or not done. During the time of Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, they faced bullets and harder things but served their generation. The same things happened during the times of my boss, Chief Gani Fawehinmi and the rest. We also have done our part. So, I think it’s not about being scared, but about what a generation uses at a point in time to correct a bad government.

“When it’s your day, your turn, you must do your part also. A day is coming when this younger generation too will say they have done their part of facing the oppression of the government,” he said.