I am happy as Ohaneze, Afenifere, PANEM, others snub peace meeting with Miyetti Allah – Femi Fani-Kayode

Former aviation minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode expressed warm joy following outcome of Abdusalami Abubakar brokered roundtable discussion with northern elders which was turned down.

According to the post on his Facebook, Ahaji Abdusalami earlier invited Igbo, Yoruba, apex socio-cultural groups, including PANDEM, and Middle Belt Elders Forum for a discussion with Northern Elders Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum and other northern leaders but the could not hold.

Kayode’s statement reads: “I am glad that Afenifere, Ohaeneze, PANDEM and the Middle Belt Elders Forum have decided to boycott the Abdulsalami Abubakar-brokered roundtable discussion with the Northern Elders Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum and other northern leaders which was scheduled to hold in Minna tomorrow because Miyetti Allah and a hitherto unknown, strange and shadowy group called Gan Allah Fullani Development had been invited.

“Our great Southern and Middle Belt elders and leaders will never sit with the butchers of men and lovers of cows and those that represent the Fulani terrorists!

“We cannot sit with them whilst they are busy slaughtering our people. If you want to sit with us then renounce violence, drop your arms, stop the terror and desist from giving us ultimatums and threatening us with death and destruction!

“When our great elders of Afenifere, PANDEM, Ohaeneze and Middle Belt Forum appreciate the fact that there is no point in having talks or attempting to build bridges with the Northern Elders Forum, Arewa Consultative Forum and any of those other northern groups who regard themselves as being members of the “master race” and who believe that they were “born ro rule”, that is when OPC, YOLICOM, Yoruba Summit Group, Yoruba Koya, IPOB, MASSOB, Bakassi Boys, MEND, Avengers, IYC, Egbesu Boys, Middle Belt Patriotic Front, Middle Belt Core Values and the Niger Delta Volunteer Force will swing into action.

“Meanwhile someone tell Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar that it was an insult to expect the elders of the south and MB, some of whom are up to 90 yrs old, to come running to his house in Minna for a meeting in the first place. If he and his friends want to see them they should go to the south!

“Secondly to add groups like Miyetti Allah and other shady and shadowy organisations to attend that 3 day meeting proves that he does not fully appreciate just how enraged the south and Middle Belt are right now.

“This is 2019 and not 1998! To solve this problem he will have to do far better than that and the north, who he seems to be working for, will have to get off their high horse and bend the knee!