BY DAVID ONMEJEIn Nigeria, most leaders often present themselves as the Greek philosopher kings of ancient times. They brandish themselves as all-knowing, and untouchables. They are people who cannot be counseled, and most times elevate themselves in magisterial eminence, cast in the shades of the likes of King Pharaoh. Outside their personal interest, nothing else obsesses the mind.Challenge for any [...]
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Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a group of cattle breeders, has asked Nigerians to vote against Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during the election.Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Abdullahi Bodejo, national president of the group, accused Atiku of alleged hatred for Fulani.Bodejo said Atiku ought to be stripped of wazirin Adamawa, a prestigious traditional title."We are [...]
Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the nomadic Fulani are not benefiting from Nigeria in any way.Ribadu said the Fulani think President Muhammadu Buhari has “abandoned” them and are angry with him.According to The Nation, he made the statement on Monday while speaking at a conflict resolution summit on the farmers/herders crisis.Ribadu said [...]
State of the nation: In the last two weeks, over 200 persons in Plateau state were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen, 45 villages were ransacked and sacked and those villages we are told have been taken over by Fulanis, and the original owners have had to flee from their homes. There has also been some frightening talk about the true [...]
Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, has appointed Abdul-Azeez Muhammad as his special assistant on Fulani affairs.Isiaka Gold, secretary to the state government (SSG), made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital.Muhammad is to represent Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the umbrella body of herdsmen, in the governor’s administration.Gold explained that the appointment was [...]
At least four persons have been killed while many sustained injuries in clashes between Fulani and Bachama communities in Adamawa state.The incident occurred in Numan local government area of Adamawa.In the early hours of Sunday, herdsmen reportedly stormed Kikon village, shooting sporadically.It was learnt that the herdsmen got into the village on more than 22 motorcycles to carry out the [...]
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says it is "very unkind" to say attacks by herdsmen are rampant because President Muhammadu Buhari is Fulani.He said the issue between herdsmen and locals had been existing long before Buhari became president.According to Adesina, between 2013 and May 2015 when Goodluck Jonathan was president, 756 people were killed in herdsmen attacks.He said the issue is [...]
Mohammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, sultan of Sokoto, says he will never urge the Fulani to pick up arms to kill any Nigerian.Abubakar said this on Monday while reacting to reports which quoted him as making inciting comments concerning the recent killing of some Fulanis in Numan, Adamawa state.Represented by Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, he was quoted to have [...]
Leaders of Sardauna local government council say soldiers have been deployed in their community to wipe out the natives.On June 17, a clash between two groups – herdsmen and local farmers – in the Mambila area of the council resulted in the death of a number of people.To stop further bloodshed, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo ordered the deployment of troops [...]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the deployment of extra military battalion in the troubled parts of Taraba state.Osinbajo took the action hours after some elders in Fulani communities in Saraudana local government area of the state sought his intervention.A fresh outbreak of crisis in the state led to the deaths of over 100 people and destruction of property.In a [...]
Elders in Fulani-dominated communities in Sardauna local government area of Taraba state have appealed to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to declare a state of emergency in Taraba.The state, which has recorded ethnic and religious crises in recent past, is yet again witnessing another round of violence, resulting to the deaths of over 100 people, and more than 15,000 cattle reportedly [...]
Johnson Suleman, general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, has challenged the Department of State Service (DSS) to go after herdsmen who have “already killed over 7000 persons” in the country.But for the intervention of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, Suleman would have been arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday.Operatives of the secret police had stormed the hotel [...]
The Kaduna State Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says vengeance is not the solution to the crisis rocking the southern part of the state.Maintaining that it is time to state its “own side of the story”, the association said many of its members have also been killed.It dismissed reports that the entire Southern Kaduna was on fire, and that [...]
Suspected herdsmen with firearms attacked a community in Abia state on Friday, leaving scores of people critically wounded.Ogbonnaya Nta, police spokesman in the state, confirmed the incident to journalists, and said the command had commenced investigation."Ndi Okereke Abam in Ovukwu Autonomous community in Arochukwu local government area was invaded on Friday by suspected armed herdsmen," he said.Narrating the incident to [...]
The military and other security agencies will prioritise the growing attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen and respond to it with a "joint operation" as has happened with insurgency.Rabe Abubakar, the acting director, defence information, said this according to a Punch report on Thursday. “The current resurgence of this issue of herdsmen is something which must be given a priority now that there [...]
Aka Ikenga, an elite Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has flayed the Department of State Services for accusing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of killing five Fulani men in Abia state.On Sunday, the DSS blamed IPOB for the killing of the men, whom it said were buried in shallow graves.But in a statement signed by Goddy Uwazuruike, Aka Ikenga’s president-general, on [...]
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