Catastrophe! Buhari atacked, El-Rufai to be consumed, herdsmen unleashed!

The series of attacks by alleged Fulani herdsmen stirred so much debate over the passing week and still stirs fear in the hearts of many.

Several dialogues in the last week were wrapped around what should be done to curb the menace. Naij.com has taken out time to gather the top quotes of the a week which saw so much chaos.

Below are the quotes that shape the dialogue of Nigeria at present, they cover all that tends to be the most pressing of needs for the nation.

 1. “The corporate existence of Nigeria as a united, harmonious, indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation is certainly greater than any citizen’s liberty or right”

Nigeria’s Federal Government reacting to the sub-regional ECOWAS community court sitting in Abuja regarding the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

2. “Whatever I say is divine”

Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state making a shocking prediction that Yahaya Bello, his Kogi state counterpart, would soon be removed from office.

The governor stated this while delivering a lecture entitled ‘Journalism and Politics: Two Sides of A Coin’, an event organised by the Oyo state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day.

3. “Saraki should resign if he is not shameless”

Embattled Senate president, Bukola Saraki, advised to throw in the towel in the wake of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The advise came from Bayo Orire, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state on Tuesday, May 3.

4. “God will consume Gov El-Rufai”

The general overseer of the Omega Fire Ministry (OFM) Auchi, Apostle Johnson Suleman and Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Ejigbo, Lagos, warning that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state may be biting more than he can chew if he continues with his policies that all clerics must get government permission before preaching in any part of the state.

5. “Fulani herdsmen will be treated as Boko Haram”

The Nigerian army through Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, its director of defence information (DDI), on Saturday, April 30, speaking about the gruesome killings of at least 40 farmers, allegedly by some Fulani herdsmen in Ukpabi Nimbo community, Uzo-Uwani local government area of Enugu state.

6. “One year after, there has been no positive change in the major indices of growth and development”

Statement issued by the Academic Staff of Union of Universities (ASUU) while holding her 19th National Delegates Conference in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom state. ASUU stressed that President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to start touching the lives of Nigerians with the mantra of ‘Change,’ which he campaigned upon to win the hearts of Nigerians during the last year elections.

7. “It is an insult and we will give them back”

Niger Delta agitators under the aegis of Concerned Militant Leaders (CML) announcing that they will declare war if Fulani herdsmen fail to leave the South-East and South-South states within two weeks.

8. “The politicians who left us to our troubles in the last five years only to come back when peace has returned to the state to tell us that Jonathan’s administration was better than the present should be stoned just like the Satan is stoned at the Kaaba.”

Governor Kashim Shettima has commending President Muhammadu Buhari for saving the people of Borno state from extinction. While also calling on the people to stone those politicians who abandoned them in the last five years.

9. “I bought my jamb form from being a conductor”

Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west and also the Senate committee chairman on FCT, narrating his life ordeal while growing up as a child.

10. “You think that you can kill Fulani herdsmen and go free?”

One of the Fulani herdsmen who allegedly participated in the Enugu massacre, making shocking revelations in police custody. The rampaging herdsmen had killed over 50 people in a recent attack on an Enugu community, a situation which has left many tongues wagging about the dangers posed by the rustlers’ continuous attacks.

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