Osinbajo speaks on FG’s handling of herdsmen killings and Leah Sharibu's rescue

- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the FG is handling the issue of herdsmen/farmers killings carefully so as not to cause a civil war in the nation

- Osinbajo also said the government is determined to end the killings and hold accountable anybody arrested

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expalined that the federal government is handling the issue of herdsmen/farmers killings and the rescue of Leah Sharibu as well as other crises in the country carefully so as to avoid civil war.

Osinbajo made the statement on Friday, in Osogbo, Osun state capital, while addressing congregation of clergies at a forum of “Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference”, Tribune reports.

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He said: “We must not allow the narrative being said about some issues to survive. There’s great determination to end the killings and hold accountable anybody arrested.

"We have to be very careful. We must put whatever happens in a context. If we don’t handle it carefully, we may put the country in a civil war.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned the federal government not to allow Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi girl still being held by Boko Haram, die in captivity, to avert religious crisis in Nigeria.

The special assistant on media and communications to CAN president, Adebayo Oladeji, on Friday, May 18, in an exclusive interview, said CAN would not stop to agitate for the release of the schoolgirl, adding that her death could spell doom for the country as she was being detained because of her religious inclination.

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Source: Legit.ng