The 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the purported threat by the coalition of northern groups to send all southerners in the north packing if the Federal Government doesn’t in 30 days cancel its decision to suspend the RUGA settlements for Fulani herders.
It is known that the Federal Government had formed the RUGA of a thing initiative in a bid to put to bed incessant clashes that happen between Fulani herders and host communities.
But the FG was forced to suspend the decision because the initiative was dead on arrival as it was greeted with lots of criticisms.
Meanwhile, with the news of its suspension, the northern youths who are angered by the decision have purportedly issued a 30-day ultimatum to every southerner who is currently staying in the north to vacate unless RUGA is implemented.
Reacting to this threat, Atiku rubbished the threat stating that, “there is no North or South, there is just Nigeria.”
Atiku on his Twitter page wrote: “My position on Ruga is the same as articulated by the Governors elected under the banner of my party, the PDP. My position has been well iterated by our Governors and the PDP is one.
“I will not dignify that threat with a response. There is no North or South. There is just Nigeria.”
