Herdsmen carrying AK47 are not part of us- Miyetti Allah
The national chairman of a Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has maintained that herdsmen did not launch attack on Benue communities, saying herdsmen carrying AK47 rifle is not a Fulani man.
Daily Trust had earlier reported that Bodejo made the claim on Thursday, January 17, in Kano while briefing the media on the crisis shortly after he returned from Mecca.
He however regretted that some criminal elements are always being mistaken for Fulani herdsmen and thus being allowed to be perpetrating attacks on innocent lives in the country.
In his own words, ''First and foremost I am condemning the killings, we Fulani socio cultural association we are not part of any killing, we are not supporting any killing not only in Benue, we are not supporting any killing in Nigeria as a whole.
''If you see anybody carrying AK47 may be that person is an armed robber from another group or bandit or whatever you can call it wearing Fulani cloth.''
He said the Fulani have no cause to react violently to the anti-open grazing law enacted by the Benue state government since it is already challenging the law in court.
He therefore appealed to the federal government to wade into the matter in order to convince Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state to withdraw the law to enable nomadic Fulani herders enjoy their rights as citizens of Nigeria.
Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo
Daily Trust had earlier reported that Bodejo made the claim on Thursday, January 17, in Kano while briefing the media on the crisis shortly after he returned from Mecca.
He however regretted that some criminal elements are always being mistaken for Fulani herdsmen and thus being allowed to be perpetrating attacks on innocent lives in the country.
In his own words, ''First and foremost I am condemning the killings, we Fulani socio cultural association we are not part of any killing, we are not supporting any killing not only in Benue, we are not supporting any killing in Nigeria as a whole.
''If you see anybody carrying AK47 may be that person is an armed robber from another group or bandit or whatever you can call it wearing Fulani cloth.''
He said the Fulani have no cause to react violently to the anti-open grazing law enacted by the Benue state government since it is already challenging the law in court.
He therefore appealed to the federal government to wade into the matter in order to convince Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state to withdraw the law to enable nomadic Fulani herders enjoy their rights as citizens of Nigeria.
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