Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has reacted to a statement credited to the Senate president Ahmad Lawan on the farmer-herder and security crisis in southwest region.
Speaking through his special assistant on new media, Olabode Olatunde, the Ondo state governor described Lawan’s statement as unfortunate but said he will never join issue with him.
The governor also maintained that he will avoid media confrontation with those he called “crisis entrepreneurs and divisionists,” The Punch reports.
GoldenNewsNg gathered that Last week, the Senate president had berated the southwest governors for their handling of the farmer-herder crisis and ethnic tension in the region.
Lawan spoke on the heels of the recent violence in Shasha community of Akinyele local government area of Oyo state involving some aggrieved Hausa and Yoruba, and the evacuation notice issued to Fulani herders in Ondo.
But in a swift rejoinder, Akeredolu, who is the chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum (SGF), said he will not confront Lawan on the issue involving his region.
“At the risk of being repetitive, the Governor Akeredolu-led South-West Governors will not go into the arena of media conflict with crisis entrepreneurs and divisionists.”
