Sunday Igboho: ACF threatens to attack Yoruba in North

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called for an immediate stop to the attack on the Fulani in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State or face a reprisal attack on the Yoruba in the North.

The ACF, in a statement on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, warned that the situation could lead to another civil war if not immediately arrested.

“We recall that the civil war in the 60’s started with attacks and counterattacks like this. The governments must be proactive and stop history from repeating itself,” the statement said.

The ACF said those who carried out the attacks must be apprehended and prosecuted.

It stated, “If this is not done, there may be counterattacks in the North and the country will be up in flames. The authorities must act. The ACF is very worried and calls on them to act fast.”

It said the body received reports of an attack by Yoruba youths on the Seriki Fulani in Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir.

It said in the reports, he was attacked and driven out of his house, eleven cars and his house burnt with his family members now living in the bush.

It claimed a Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, who issued a seven-day ultimatum to Fulani people to leave Yorubaland was the instigator of the attack.

The ACF said the most disturbing thing was that the security agents stood by helplessly as the attack was carried out.

The ACF expressed worry about the development and called on the federal and state governments in the South-West to arrest the situation to avert a major battle that could destabilise the whole country.