Christiane Amanpour, the famous journalist with the Cable News Network, CNN, says it will be difficult for Nigerians and the international community not to believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is not unconnected with attacks being perpetrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the country.
This is even as the journalist described the Fulani herdsmen as terrorists.
Amanpour, who covers wars and crisis, said activities of the Fulani herdsmen are clear indication of operation mode of terrorist groups across the world.
“By all definitions and descriptions, the Nigeria’s so called herdsmen are terrorists and if President Buhari doesn’t believe so, then it would be difficult for anyone to reasonably absolve him (Buhari) from complicity”, Amanpour stated in a report published by Sycamore Times.
“I cover wars and crises as a journalist. I think I know, and the world also knows how terrorists operate,” she said, noting that for President Buhari, whose government is grappling with economic challenges to be providing the needed support and protection for farmers is crucial.
“The fact that herdsmen’s attacking pattern is focused primarily on wiping off farmers should rob Buhari who has achieved only little in his economic agenda that’s expected to be powered mainly by farmers.”
She added: “The impact of these well defined attacks on Nigeria’s economy are expected to be grave, maybe on the long run greater than that of Boko Haram which has been largely localized to the North East.”
