The Conversation: ‘Fayose wants to start a civil war’

Every week, we go searching for everyday Nigerians and we have an unfiltered conversation via WhatsApp or BlackBerry with them on the most urgent issues facing our nation.

There is no artifice, and no preparation. We want to know exactly how people see their country and it’s biggest challenges – just the way you talk with your friends. 

On Monday, 22, Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose banned cattle grazing in his state following an attack on the Oke-Ado community by suspected Fulani herdsmen. He also asked hunters to kill anyone that attacks them.

In a BB conversation between, Oluwaseyi Olofin, a Lekki based architect and Oluwafemi Sossa, we discuss the logic, the angles and the humanity of this decision.

Message start:

«¤loffy¤»: Have you ever read up on purgatory?
Oluwafemi Sossa: Nopes
Oluwafemi Sossa: Whattapin?
«¤loffy¤»: Norrin mussh
«¤loffy¤»: So you support arming hunters
«¤loffy¤»: Lol
«¤loffy¤»: Weapons will be tracked
«¤loffy¤»: Lol
Oluwafemi Sossa: Yes
Oluwafemi Sossa: I support it
«¤loffy¤»: I’m disappointed in you sha
«¤loffy¤»: You support this
«¤loffy¤»: I agree u can ban them
«¤loffy¤»: But basically a governor just said everyone take up arms and search them out and kill them
«¤loffy¤»: Then Fulanis retaliate in the north and it’s Biafran war all over again
«¤loffy¤»: When will we learn
«¤loffy¤»: Fayose knows how to play on people’s emotions sha
«¤loffy¤»: Why he no mobilise police as them dey do for elections
«¤loffy¤»: Smh
«¤loffy¤»: And I’ve seen pics of the kids butchered in Enugu so don’t tell me I don’t know what has been happening
Oluwafemi Sossa: I don’t even want to argue this matter
Oluwafemi Sossa: It’s obvious you only read one side of the news
Oluwafemi Sossa: So, enjoy in your disappointment
Oluwafemi Sossa: So it’s okay for a group of people to kill at will, claim responsibility and not be prosecuted
Oluwafemi Sossa: But it’s not okay for another group to defend their lives and property because you want to avert a war?
Oluwafemi Sossa: You are typically saying all animals are equal but some are more equal than others
Oluwafemi Sossa: And you should be disappointed in yourself
«¤loffy¤»: Lol so u are saying any and everyone take up arms and defend urself
«¤loffy¤»: Go yankee see wetin gun control issues dey cause
«¤loffy¤»: U dey think like Fayose and it dey pain me, u suppose pass that man reasoning
«¤loffy¤»: This is just the human vengeful nature speaking
«¤loffy¤»: If u go to court after taking revenge it’s not self defense, it’s premeditated murder baba
«¤loffy¤»: So anyone see guys watching their herd u open fire and kill them?
«¤loffy¤»: Dude listen to yourself na
«¤loffy¤»: Who says they shouldn’t be prosecuted
«¤loffy¤»: So pls tell me how do u identify the guilty ones?
«¤loffy¤»: Just like u dey yahoo boy house and them come carry all of u, and u’re prosecuted alongside…u go happy bah?
«¤loffy¤»: We might as well go back to the stone age na and start forming warlords up and down
«¤loffy¤»: First blame lies with the government though
«¤loffy¤»: Totally inept concerning this
«¤loffy¤»: I no know wetin be army work
Oluwafemi Sossa: Like I said, you read your news upside down
Oluwafemi Sossa: First, he did not give just anyone weapons.
Oluwafemi Sossa: He was addressing the hunters association of the community
Oluwafemi Sossa: They had weapons before now meaning he’s just helping them out
Oluwafemi Sossa: Secondly, the police is under the control of the FG
Oluwafemi Sossa: And the FG has repeatedly ignored the herdsmen even though they have killed about a thousand in 2016 alone
Oluwafemi Sossa: Thirdly, like he said, the life of one person is worth the lives of all. Just the same way the life of one cow is worth the lives of a whole community to the herdsmen
Oluwafemi Sossa: So your argument is invalid
«¤loffy¤»: Hunters association
«¤loffy¤»: Come on
«¤loffy¤»: How does that sound to u
«¤loffy¤»: So it sounds really good to hear a governor giving weapons to hunters,
«¤loffy¤»: ?
Oluwafemi Sossa: Yes
Oluwafemi Sossa: It sounds very good
«¤loffy¤»: Logic is what I just gave u
«¤loffy¤»: Well only in naija sha
«¤loffy¤»: Remind me how d civil war started
«¤loffy¤»: Anyone will defend their cities against attack
Oluwafemi Sossa: So what are the Ekiti hunters doing?
Oluwafemi Sossa: It’s a call to self defense
«¤loffy¤»: U’re d govt there are some things u don’t just say fah
Oluwafemi Sossa: So you want Fayose to do it secretly? Hypocrisy is what you want?
Oluwafemi Sossa:Did you even watch the video of Fayose talking to the hunters?
Oluwafemi Sossa: I doubt you did
«¤loffy¤»: Didn’t u hear me say his speech was wrong
Oluwafemi Sossa: Smh
«¤loffy¤»: When this war breaks out who’s gonna be left to fight it…Fayose bah
«¤loffy¤»: Govt is useless in this though that’s d painful part
Oluwafemi Sossa: Smh
«¤loffy¤»: Cos if u see as them cut small pikin head u go cry
Oluwafemi Sossa: So people should keep dying because you don’t want some people to be angry and start a war?
Oluwafemi Sossa: Listen to yourself really
Oluwafemi Sossa: Innocent people in their villages should be dying like chickens because you don’t want a war?
«¤loffy¤»: Ok take my analogy again
«¤loffy¤»: So every herdsman u see is guilty bah
Oluwafemi Sossa: How selfish, illogical and inhumane can you be?
«¤loffy¤»: When people see guys with cows they should kill them?
«¤loffy¤»: You are the inhumane one oga
Oluwafemi Sossa: As of this moment, everybody grazing in the state is a criminal because it has been declared illegal
«¤loffy¤»: So we all should lose our humanity and fight to death?
«¤loffy¤»: That is all they needed to do
«¤loffy¤»: Ban it
«¤loffy¤»: Simply
Oluwafemi Sossa: Justice denied for one is justice denied for all
Oluwafemi Sossa: It’s in the law
«¤loffy¤»: If something is banned are the police not supposed to act on it?
Oluwafemi Sossa: The police receive orders from Abuja
Oluwafemi Sossa: Not Fayose
«¤loffy¤»: Same as I said too sir
Oluwafemi Sossa: I’m sure you didn’t know that too
«¤loffy¤»: But during elections they do bah
«¤loffy¤»: Who’s d hypocrite now
Oluwafemi Sossa: No they don’t ogbeni
Oluwafemi Sossa: They do not
Oluwafemi Sossa: Jonathan already surrogated the security agencies to Fayose during the election that was why he could have control
Oluwafemi Sossa: The current president has done no such thing this time around
Oluwafemi Sossa: That is not hypocrisy Oga
«¤loffy¤»: Ehn ehn
«¤loffy¤»: Ok sir
Oluwafemi Sossa: Smh.

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