The Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has criticised the shoot-at-sight order by President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as reckless and undemocratic.
The organisation in a statement by its acting leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Thursday said the directive is targeted at protesting Igbo youths.
He said the situation should be a source of concern to well-meaning Nigerians.
The Afenifere acting leader observed that the same fate does not apply to the Fulani ethnic group.
Recalling the killing of some people in Benue State recently, Adebanjo said as one of the leaders of Southern and Middle Belt Forum that traveled to Makurdi on that occasion, he observed firsthand the positive identification of the killers by the Benue State Government and despite the incontrovertible identity of the killers, all Buhari had to say to the governor was for him “accommodate your neighbours”.
He said there was neither any arrest nor indictment.
Add anjo, however, urged the President to run an inclusive government taking into account the multi-ethnic make-up of Nigeria.
“Take a look at the security council, no Ìgbò man is a member of Buhari’s security architecture…. Is that how to run a multi-ethnic multi-religious country like Nigeria?” he asked in the statement.
It added: “Early in the week, apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, raised fresh worries over the directive to contain the tension when it condemned the “shoot at sight” order, insisting that it clearly confirms the uneven handed way the Federal Government had been treating matters affecting the people of the zone.”
