{"id":43482,"date":"2021-05-21T16:47:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=43482"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:36:41","slug":"malamis-statement-on-open-grazing-has-questioned-nigerias-unity-abaribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/malamis-statement-on-open-grazing-has-questioned-nigerias-unity-abaribe","title":{"rendered":"Malami\u2019s statement on open grazing has questioned Nigeria\u2019s unity \u2013 Abaribe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate minority leader, has accused the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of threatening Nigeria\u2019s unity with his reaction to the call for the ban on open grazing by Southern Nigerian Governors.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST had earlier reported that the Southern Nigerian Governors recently banned open grazing in the region to control the incessant crisis between farmers and Fulani herders.<\/p>\n

But Malami, while speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, faulted the decision of the governors, saying it does not align with the provisions of Nigeria\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

Reacting, Abaribe, in a statement by his media aide, Uche Awon, described Malami\u2019s statement as a dangerous mindset.<\/p>\n

The statement read in part, \u201cWhile the local \u201cbureau de change\u201d business mostly done by the Fulanis are operating in all parts of Nigeria, why have they not elicited any resentment of other Nigerians?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simply because they live and do their business peacefully without any problem. It\u2019s the murderous activities of Fulani herders that have given rise to the current demand for laws that will bring about peaceful coexistence of all Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a divisive statement from a top federal government official, in fact, the chief legal adviser to the Federal Government at that, exposes a very dangerous mindset.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis disposition has no doubt raised the tension in Nigeria to a frightening level.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy should an Attorney General of the Federation be so fixated in evoking ethnic\/regional fault lines when duty calls for him to be a statesman?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s disheartening that Mr Abubakar Malami has chosen to debase our country. He has indeed questioned Nigeria\u2019s unity. Very unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate minority leader, has accused the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of threatening Nigeria\u2019s unity with his reaction to the call for the ban on open grazing by Southern Nigerian Governors. 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