Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has faulted the presidency’s response to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s evacuation notice to herdsmen in Ondo.

Speaking on the seven-day notice on Tuesday, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said that the herdsmen who have been accused of kidnapping, banditry and rustling can not vacate the state.

Reacting to Shehu’s comments in a series of tweets on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode posits that Akeredolu “has done & said the right thing” by giving the herdsmen an eviction notice, adding that “quit notices cannot be given to law-abiding citizens.”

The tweets read: “The assertion by @GarShehu that a bunch of murderous thugs, psychopathic vagabonds, barbaric rapists, merciless ritualists & vicious killers have a right to reside in the forests of Ondo & SW & continue to slaughter& rob our people is insulting, provocative, asinine & absurd. 

“Quit notices cannot be given to law-abiding citizens in any part of Nigeria and I have always opposed such notices. However, they can and must be given to those that kill, steal & seek to destroy the lives of others. Murderous terrorists and bloodthirsty and evil men that hide in the forest to ambush, kidnap, kill and destroy innocent and hardworking men and women have no constitutional rights.

The assertion by @GarShehu that a bunch of murderous thugs, psychopathic vagabonds, barbaric rapists, merciless ritualists & vicious killers have a right to reside in the forests of Ondo & SW & continue to slaughter& rob our people is insulting, provocative, asinine & absurd. 1/

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) January 20, 2021

“It is the duty of Government to not only flush them out from whichever hole they are hiding but also to despatch them to hell where they belong. 

“Akeredolu has done & said the right thing and I urge every single SW Governor to do the same. Fulanis, Hausas, Igbos, Ijaws & ALL Nigerians are welcome in the SW but terrorists, bandits, killers & unhinged, bloodlusting and bloodthirsty psychopaths and sociopaths are not.

“Buhari do your job and stop the killings. Stop turning a blind eye simply because they come from your tribe. Stop brushing this under the carpet and treating them with kid gloves simply because they are your footsoldiers. Stop protecting them and stop encouraging them.

“Stop sacrificing the people of the SW on the altar of solidarity with the herdsmen and Miyetti Allah. Treat ALL Nigerians as equals & defend them ALL otherwise, people will take measures to protect themselves. Developments in Ibarapa, Oyo state are a glaring testimony to that.”