The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has accused the opposition of sponsoring killings across the country to dent the image of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
Adesina made this known in an appearance on Arise News on Wednesday.
He said the killings were orchestrated by the opposition to discredit the present administration ahead of the 2019 election.
The presidential aide said, “You have the true herders and farmers who are clashing and you have hidden hostile hands who have crept in under that umbrella to play what the president has described as irresponsible politics.
“This farmers/herders’ clash has been going on for a long time. When I say long time, I mean far long before this administration.
“Like the president said, the issue is even older than anybody living today. What you have today are being sponsored because they know security is one of the strongest points of the administration.
“The president said so in a national broadcast. He also said the security agencies are investigating and has warned that once they are identified, they will be dealt with.
“The intention of the opposition in any democracy is to weaken the incumbent as much as possible and the opposition in Nigeria has identified security as one of the strong points of the Buhari administration. So they decided to go to that area finding the soft under belly and stick a knife into it.”