Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked the Buhari-led Federal Government to look beyond the ordinary causes of the lingering clashes between herdsmen and local farmers in parts of the country if permanent solution should be found.
The former Nigerian leader, who spoke today, Saturday when he paid solidarity visit to Benue State to condole with the Governor Samuel Ortom and people of the state over the incessant attacks and killings, remarked: “Mr. Governor, please accept my condolence. This (crisis), to me, goes beyond what is on the surface and we need to find out what is at the bottom of it.
“That is the responsibilities of leaders. They must leave no stone unturned to find what the root cause of this is and put a stop to it.”
Obasanjo, who described the incessant killings as ‘senseless,’ said the Federal Government must take proactive steps or risk the consequences of burying innocent victims like those killed in the New Years’ attacks in Benue State.
He insisted that leaders across the board must work to unravel the mystery behind the killings to arrive at a safe and lasting solution.
“We cannot talk of a free country, a secured country, a country where we will want development to take place, a country where we will want to invite investors and we are suffering this type of senselessness. I do hope that there will be an end to this.” [myad]