Over recent years, there have been countless clashes across Nigeria between Fulani herdsmen and local farming communities, resulting in hundreds of deaths. Well-armed herdsmen usually carrying AK47 assault rifles have been known to attack villages and in response to the latest massacre in Enugu State, Governor Fayose banned herdsmen from Ekiti State.
Under a new law Governor Fayose plans to send to the Ekiti State House of Assembly, herdsmen will no longer allowed to migrate across the state and must confine their livestock to ranches. However, he also called on local people to attack and kill any Fulani herdsman found flouting this law.
Governor Fayose's comments have attracted widespread condemnation and yesterday, his older brother Oluwasegun Fayose joined the criticism, saying the governor’s directive did not portray him as a true leader. He added that his brother was embarrassing the family by some of his actions and utterances.
Mr Fayose said: “leaders are not supposed to make comments that are capable of inciting the public or bringing their family’s name into disrepute. I totally disagree with him and I do not like what he is doing.
"He is dragging the family name in the mud as I read in national dailies that Ayo Fayose was inciting Ekiti people against herdsmen. I have never seen where a leader talks like this before and let it be on record that I do not support this kind of aggressive method of governance as he is too vulgar for my liking.”
Oluwasegun added that rather than making utterances that do not portray him and the Fayose family as noble, the governor should keep quiet. He pointed out that he spent most of his life in Europe, so is used to people being civil and courteous, especially in government.
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