Elder statesman Edwin Clark has described the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari dismissing the ban on open grazing by Southern governors in their respective states at their recent meeting in Asaba, Delta State, as provocative.
Clark, who just turned 94, spoke to reporters after his birthday celebration service in his Abuja home. The elder statesman, who reiterated that he was against calls for secession, urged President Buhari to withdraw the statement, saying it is capable of triggering a national breakup.
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Clark noted that the President has never hidden his interest in championing the cause of Fulani herdsmen. The elder statesman, reacting to Buhari’s statement on the ban of open grazing by Southern Governments, said:
