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Reacting to allegations of abuse of human rights by some members of the Amotekun corps in Oyo state, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi has accused operatives of Amotekun of doing the job God doesn’t like.
The Alaafin reacted to the allegation while receiving the leadership of the Fulani herdsmen in his palace on Sunday.
The delegation included leaders of Fulani herdsmen from Oyo State under the leadership of Sarkin Fulani of Oke-Ogun, Alhaji Yakubu Bello and the state chairman of Miyyati Allah, Alhaji Abubakar Jiji among others.
Oba Adeyemi while reacting to the attack on a Fulani settlement in Ibarapa Central Local government area of the state, said, “A lot of people in Yoruba land do not know that Fulani is different from one another, there are those into trading, and also those settlers that are into cattle rearing and also those that roam about from Niger, Burkina Faso, this set also trouble those Fulanis in our midst, they are the problem to all of us including the Fulanis.”
The word Fulani is like saying Yoruba if an Ekiti man does something wrong they will say Yoruba, if Lagos man does something, they will say Yoruba.”
The Monarch in his statement also condemned the Amotekun Security outfit following their mode of operations in the state.
He said, “there is no way they can operate without the cooperation of other security agencies.
Amotekun cannot work successfully without the DSS, Police, VGN and Miyyati Allah.”
Oba Lamidi not that some members of the corps have been alleged to be killing innocent people and Police as well.
“The Fulanis amidst us can identify whoever is coming to do evil because we have them among us that can differentiate the Fulanis from kano and other parts of the country, “he added.
