Ondo and Delta state governments on Wednesday accused Kaduna State Governor Nasir of “encouraging anarchy” by opposing the resolution of the Southern States to ban open grazing in tne region.
Checkout Magazine had reported that El-Rufai on Tuesday berated the southern governors for enacting laws prohibiting open grazing in their respective states after their colleagues in the North had resolved that ranching was the way out of the clashes between herders and farmers.
But Ondo and Delta state governments said there was “no wisdom” in the comment of the governor, who is known for ”talking out of turn.”
Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation Donald Ojogo said going by the comment, El-Rufai, was plotting to externalise banditry.
He said: “It is apt to state clearly that the likes of Governor El-Rufai are already in a hysteric ‘mode’ of escalating and indeed, externalising banditry, especially as the military onslaught against criminal elements and other terror variants suffice in the North.
“For emphasis, any such comment like that of the Kaduna Governor merely seeks to encourage anarchy under the guise “of resentment of a law” by affected stakeholders.”
Olisa Ifeajika, Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, said it was uncharitable for El Rufai to criticise his colleagues for enacting laws for the public good.
Ifeajika said: “It is most uncharitable for El Rufai to make such comments about what his colleagues are doing. Unfortunately, El Rufai is known for talking out of turn. It is hogwash. He is playing to the gallery.
“Anyone that infringes on the law when it becomes operational, will face the music. I wonder whether El-Rufai can come all the way from Kaduna State to stop its enforcement. It is wrong for him to dare his colleagues. As far as Delta is concerned, that is El Rufai talking in Kaduna. It is of no consequence in Delta State.”
