Tag: Fulani

28Apr By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari Is Working With Fulani To Take Over Nigeria – Ortom (Graphic Pics)

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has accused the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of working for the Fulani ethnic stock to take over Nigeria. Ortom spoke on Tuesday in reaction to the recent killing of residents allegedly perpetrated by herdsmen in parts of the North-Central state. He also lamented that no fewer than 70 people have been killed in the last two weeks in three local governments in the state. The governor, who said the killings cannot continue, said, “What is happening now, to me, is very clear; Mr President is just working for these Fulanis to take over the whole country. “His body language is what is being played out. The body language, the action and inaction of Mr President shows that he is only the President of Fulani people; I have k...

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5Apr By dthataNo Comments

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You Are A Thorn In Fulani Flesh – Miyetti Allah To Governor Ortom

Alhaji Bello Bodejo is the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural organization. In this interview, he registered his displeasure with the level of hatred his people have received from the Benue State government. Excerpts: Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, openly accused your association of trying to assassinate him. Is the allegation true? That allegation is unacceptable to us and we demand a thorough investigation to unravel the true situation. We have used all available media platforms to inform Nigerians that we were never behind the alleged attempted assassination of the governor, but he has continued to shout to the world that our people are behind the assassination attempt. The governor alleged that you and your people held a meeting in Adamawa...

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5Apr By dthataNo Comments

Politics

We Want To Severe Links With Arewa — Middle Belt Forum

The Middle Belt Forum on Sunday faulted the recent attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State by alleged Fulani armed bandits, describing it as “a declaration of war.” The organization stressed that such assault was aimed at overwhelming “the Governor and the entire democratic structure in that state which is a coup d’état.” The MBF affirmed that the “indigenous peoples of the Niger Area and Benue Valley hereby give notice that it is no longer comfortable in the unhappy marriage for the convenience of the Arewa and is ready and prepared to forge ahead as an entity of its own or in alliance with other groups/regions who are prepared to cast off the chains of Fulani hegemony.” This was contained in a communique signed by the National President of the MBF, Dr. Pogu Bitrus and...

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31Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Alaafin Laments Release Of Arrested Fulani Kidnappers By Police

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has lamented the way the police treat some cases involving some suspected criminals who are Fulani. The monarch said some Fulani persons who were arrested for kidnapping and handed over to the police were released in controversial circumstances. Alaafin said this in Oyo on Monday when the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abduraheed Akanbi, visited him in his palace. Oba Adeyemi said, “Nigeria is under a weak system. The system is no more working. Nigeria’s system of government is failing most especially on security. Security should not be under an exclusive legislative list. “I’ve attended several fora where security issues were discussed and (where I) challenged our state governors. Security-wise, they are toothless. If the Inspector-General of Pol...

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29Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

I Chose Kano To Prove That Yoruba And Fulani Are One – Tinubu

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday gave the reason he chose Kano as the venue for his 12th colloquium and 69th birthday. He said that he picked Kano to prove that Yoruba and Fulani are one. Making reference to the marriage of the daughter of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to the son of the late ex-Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, which took place in Kano in 2018, he asked: “Why are we in Kano? “It is to demonstrate to Nigerians at this critical time. It is because there is a Fulani man, a herder man who gave his daughter to a farmer, Yoruba man. And that Fulani, that Yoruba (sic), and some people are agitating wrongly.”

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21Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Buhari Hasn’t Fulfilled All His Promises Because He Lacks The Right Team – Tofa

Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa was the candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election which result was annulled. In this exclusive interview, the elder statesman bared his mind on many topical issues in Nigeria: from insecurity to permutations for the 2023 presidential election, especially zoning and joint ticket for candidates from the same religion to how President Muhammadu Buhari has fared in delivering on his promises. He also spoke on the victimisation of the Fulani, especially in the Southern part of the country, and the response of the federal government to Asari Dokubo’s declaration of a Biafran government, among others. Excerpts: Insecurity issues seem to have increased exponentially with Boko Haram still ravaging the North Eas...

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16Mar By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Fulani ‘Warlord’, Wakili Charged For Murder, Kidnapping; Remanded In Prison

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered that alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, 70, be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili alongside his sons Abu, 45; and Samaila, 27; as well as Aliyu Manu, 20; with six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Idowu, who did not take plea of the suspects for want in jurisdiction, remanded them in Abolongo Correctional facility in Oyo State. ‌ Idowu ordered the police to return the case file to the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution. He adjourned the matter untill May 17, for mention.

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8Mar By dthataNo Comments

News

ESN Captures Mohammed Isa, Fulani Bandits’ Leader Terrorising Benue – Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says that members of the Eastern Security Network have captured a notorious leader of a gang of Fulani bandits, identified as Mohammed Isa. Kanu said this in a statement released by the IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, which was made available to SaharaReporters on Monday. In the statement, the IPOB leader commended the ESN operatives for having Isa in their custody. Kanu, in the statement, said Isa and his gang had been attacking peaceful communities in Benue State and its environs. Recall that the IPOB last week warned Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State to protect Igbo residents from the killer Fulani herders disguising as military men in the state or ESN would take charge. Barely a week after the warning, the...

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6Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

“We Brought In Fulani From Mali But After Election They Refused To Go Back – Kawu

Abubakar Kawu Baraje has traced the origin of the current insecurity in the country to the influx of Fulani from neighboring countries like Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Chad brought into the country for election purposes in 2015. He said this in Ilorin as part of activities to mark his 70th birthday anniversary. He also backed self-help initiatives of the south west governors, stating that re­sponses of Sunday Igboho to the herdsman menace were necessary because the Federal Government failed in its prin­cipal responsibility to secure life and property. Baraje said that the ruling party was only wast­ing its time. According to the former PDP chairman, who also once served as the party’s national secretary, chairman of the breakaway faction of PDP that formed the nu...

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4Mar By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Two Killed As Herdsmen Attack Amotekun Corps, Vigilantes In Oyo

TWO persons were said to have been killed during a fight between Fulani and Yoruba at Aba Abugudu Market in the Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State. Also, two members of the Oyo State Security Network Agency known as Amotekun and a vigilante were injured following the fight with happened on Monday. The cause of the fight is still sketchy as of the time of filing this report on Wednesday. Sources told our correspondent that the Amotekun men were trying to break the fight when a Fulani man drew out his cutlass and attacked the three security agents, inflicting varying degrees of injuries on them. The names of the injured Amotekun men were given as Michael Oguntade and Yekini Tijani, while the vigilante who was also reportedly injured and the two Amotekun were said to ha...

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28Feb By dthataNo Comments

News

Herdsmen Carrying Guns On Social Media Are Photoshopped – Miyetti Allah

The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has declared that the pictures of herdsmen bearing guns and other weapons in the social media are usually photoshopped. In his opinion, Fulani herders are mostly uneducated and consequently have no skills to operate guns. In an interview with VINCENT KALU, the Miyetti Allah leader noted: “The people alleging this just want to create problems in Nigeria. A Fulani who is not educated; didn’t go to school, how will he know how to operate gun? The people carrying guns are the Amotekun and other vigilantes being created here and there. Herdsmen are not carrying any guns; they are just rearing their cows with their sticks.” He called on Christian pastors to join Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi, the famous Isla...

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25Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

I Won’t Apologise For Opposing Fulani Profiling – Bala Mohammed

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that he will never apologise for opposing profiling of patriotic Fulani herders as killers and kidnappers. Mohammed had last week said that “herders who carry AK-47 around do so to defend themselves against cattle rustlers that are rendering them bankrupt.” The position generated mixed reactions across the country. Speaking yesterday during the official launch of the 2020/2021 annual livestock vaccination campaign at Galambi Cattle Ranch in Bauchi, Mohammed said no tribe or group was free from criminality, so labelling a particular tribe was unfair and would breed disunity in the country. Reacting to his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, who asked him to apologise for defending carrying of weapons by herders, he said the Fulani, ov...

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21Feb By dthataNo Comments

Religion

Fulani Herdsmen: Adeboye Disowns ‘Prayer Points’ Against Fulani Moslems

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disowned a list of ‘prayer points’ against Fulani herders circulated on social media. In a tweet on Saturday, Adeboye branded the ‘prayer points’ as ‘fake news’ and said he never issued it and he never asked anyone to issue it on his behalf. The so-called ‘prayer points’ partly read, “The Fulani Moslems, well-organised, have encircled us with high calibre arms and ammunition pretending they are cattle-rearers, wait for orders to overrun our land and kill our people. They have perfected their strategies. “Now, oh Lord, arise and defend us; contend with those that contend with us. “Oh Lord, protect us. Stop them from destroying our farmlands, raping our women, killing our people, burning our...

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20Feb By dthataNo Comments

Sport

Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa Are Real Beneficiaries Of Banditry – Governor Bala Mohammed

Bala Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State has said that bandits terrorising the North are not only from the Fulani ethnic group. According to him, there are the Igbo, the Yoruba and the Hausa who are the real beneficiaries of the illicit trade. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, the Governor said, “These bandits are not only Fulanis. “In fact, they are terrorising the Fulanis but they have Fulani miscreants within them; they have Hausa, they have Igbo suppliers; they have Yorubas. They’re people really benefitting from the illicit trade.” Speaking further, Mohammed said he has not changed his mind on his recent comment that herders have no option but to carry AK-47 for self-defence because they are being attacked and killed by cattle rustlers. “...

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20Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Reno Omokri Disagrees With Sheikh Gumi Over Amnesty For Bandits/Terrorists

Dear Sheikh Gumi, Why should we give bandits amnesty? Is it because they are Fulani or Muslim? What injustice are they fighting against? I read the Quran in Arabic. There is nothing in the Quran that supports your plea. General Buhari has been killing your fellow Muslim Shiite. Why have you not called for amnesty for Shiites who don’t kill, yet you want amnesty for bandits who kill? Speak the truth, for you will one day die and face God, who is neither a Christian or a Muslim, or a Northerner or Southerner, or a Fulani or Ogoni. You recently visited Zamfara and openly took a photo with hordes of bandits. These are killer terrorists. They have broken the Hudud of both God and man as outlined in Quran chapter 5. They have committed the sin of Ḥirābah by waging war on society....

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14Feb By MosesianNo Comments

News

Fulani Workers Connived With Others to Abduct, Kill their Employer in Oyo After Collecting rlRansom

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected killers of a businessman and farmer, Oluwole Agboola. The suspects, Dahiru Usman, 35, Muhammed Ahmadu, 32, and Ibrahim Mamuda, 20, were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, on Wednesday, February 10.   Recall that six armed men dressed in military camouflage abducted the University of Ibadan graduate on his piggery/fish farm located at Adegbade village via Aba-odo in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo on Monday, December 28, 2020. His remains were recovered from the bush on Monday, January 11, ten days after ransom was paid by the family. It was gathered that Agboola went to to his farm at about 1:30pm that fateful day after he got news that one of his pigs has given birth to ten pig...

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12Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed Blames Ortom For Fulani’s Negative Perception

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has blamed his Benue State counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom, and his ‘lack of foresight’ for the negative perception of Fulani herders in the country. Speaking on the theme “The role of the Media in Promoting Peace and Unity in Nigeria”, which marked the closing ceremony of 2021 Correspondents’ Chapel Week organized by Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bauchi State council, the governor lamented that the herder/farmers cattle was poorly handled by Benue state governor. He cautioned Ortom and some governors of southern states to guard against their controversial utterances and policies in order not to threaten the peace and unity of the country. He said: “Unconstructive criticisms bring a lot of hatred and sometim...

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5Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

The Enemy Within – A Final Warning To Nigerians – Femi Fani-kayode

For your own sake and for the sake of your family and nation please take what you are about to read very seriously and please endeavour to read it to the end. Take it or leave it, this is my final warning and admonition to the good people of my beloved country Nigeria. After this I shall watch how things unfold and maintain a studied silence. In the Book of isaiah 54:15 the Holy Bible says “surely they shall gather but it shall not be of me: whomsoever gathers against thee shall be scattered for thy sake”. To add to that in the second Book of Timothy 1:7 it says “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind”. It follows that we the Nigerian people must not live in fear or believe that all hope is lost despite the raging storm that we are passing t...

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4Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

‘Why Fulani Remained Most Pampered Stock’ – Prof. Olutayo Adesina

A Professor of History from the University of Ibadan, Olutayo Adesina, has said that pampering of the Fulani did not start with President Muhammadu Buhari, pointing out that it is historical. According to the university don, who is an elder brother of the President Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, “the Fulani people have remained the most pampered in the history of Nigeria.” The professor gave these submissions while featuring on a weekly radio show, Parrot Xtra Hour anchored by Olayinka Agboola and broadcast live on the radio arm of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (because), Oluyole 98.5 FM, Ibadan. Adesina said that it should not be a surprise to anyone that almost all the other tribes are against the Fulani because of the general belief that the group is being ‘f...

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4Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Fulani Eviction: Don’t Allow Anarchy In Your State – El-Rufai Warns Governors

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has condemned in strong terms the eviction being issued to Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country. El-Rufai called on his colleagues, other Governors in the country, to make statements condemning and disavowing attacks and massacres of other Nigerians living in their states. The Governor spoke on Wednesday at a State-wide broadcast saying that indigenes of Kaduna State and other states residing in other parts of the country had reached out to him to lament the hostilities of their host communities in recent times. El-Rufai further called on members of the National Assembly to fast-track action on the constitutional amendments that would usher in state and community policing. The Governor began by calling on all Nigerians liv...

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4Feb By dthataNo Comments

News

‘Fulani Must Go’: Edo Women Protest, Block Major Roads (Photos, Video)

'FULANI MUST GO' protest is ongoing in Uromi, Edo State. A large crowd of women are demanding Ian immediate eviction of Fulani Herdsmen as a result of continuous violence, killings, rape & Kidnapping attributed to them. Live from Uromi for Edo state: Women don block major roads, as dem dey demand say #FulanimustGo. Dem dey do dis one sake of say dem no longer fit go dia farms. �: Engr Kelvin Okpebholo https://youtu.be/Fk5i53WEy78  

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3Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

The Northern Elders Forum Warns Against The Demonization Of Law-Abiding Fulani

The forum on Tuesday expressed concerns over the ejection notices issued to Fulani herders, noting that the trend is setting the country on a dangerous path. Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, recently issued an ultimatum to Fulani herders in Ibarapa local government area of Oyo state. Following up on the ultimatum, he visited Ogun state on Monday, vowing to “flush out” killer herdsmen. Reacting to the development, the northern elders called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other security agencies to wade into the matter. “The forum has been receiving reports of attacks on Fulani communities in the south, since the night of Sunday, January 31, and had taken the responsible step by drawing the attention of authorities to the dangers which these att...

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2Feb By MosesianNo Comments

News

Attacks on Fulanis is setting Nigeria on dangerous path – Northern Elders Forum warns

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that the recent attacks on law-abiding Fulanis in the southern part of the country needs to stop as it will be setting the whole country on a dangerous path.   Recall that there have been calls for the Fulani herdsmen in some South Western and South Eastern states to vacate the area over claims that they have continuously masterminded crimes in the region.   Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, recently issued an ultimatum to Fulani herders in Ibarapa local government area of Oyo state. On Monday, February 1, he visited Ogun state where he also vowed to ''flush out'' killer herdsmen.   Reacting to the development, the northern elders called on President Buhari and other security agencies to wade into the matter and stop t...

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30Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Seven Out Of Every Ten Kidnappers Arrested Are Fulani – Sultan Of Sokoto

However, the monarch said that it was wrong to label all Fulani criminals or use ‘Fulanis herdsmen criminal’ to explain developments. The Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said seven to eight out of every ten kidnappers arrested in Nigeria are Fulani. According to the Nation, Abubakar disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a meeting of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN). However, the monarch said that it was wrong to label all Fulani criminals or use ‘Fulanis herdsmen criminal’ to explain developments because of the misdeeds of some of them. He said, “I am a Fulani, and I am not a bad man. I am also not a criminal. Those engaged in one forms of crimes or another are across the country. It is not proper to refer to any tribe to descri...

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27Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

I Respect Hausa People But Not Fulani – Nnamdi Kanu

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed his love for Hausa people but noted that he could not say the same for the Fulani people. Kanu described the Hausa as a good, civilised people of the country, but said Fulani people have been hiding under the combination of Hausa-Fulani to dodge the wrath of the people whenever they perpetrate evil. He said this in a statement made available to SaharaReporters on Wednesday through IPOB media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful. Kanu further said that the Igbo people in Enugu have elected a Hausa man as their Mayor twice to show that IPOB’s fight was not against the Hausa. “No wonder they hastily resorted to mouthing their usual nonsensical Hausa-Fulani overnight. Since 2015, all we have been hearin...

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27Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Yoruba Colluding With Fulani To Attack South-West – Gani Adams

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, on Tuesday, expressed worry that some people in the South-West are colluding with Fulani herdsmen to commit crimes such as kidnappings and armed robbery in the region. He also said that for insecurity to be eradicated from the region, the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun must be allowed to function effectively. Adams said this on a breakfast show on ARISE Television monitored by Vanguard. Expressing worry that some bad elements in the South-West were collaborating with criminal herdsmen, the Yoruba leader said: “Some people pressured me to talk on the happenings in Ibarapa, Ondo State, and other areas in the South-West. “But I am someone who does not dance to unnecessary pressure. Before I take any step,...

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26Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

We Know Those Who Burnt Igboho’s House — Igboho’s Media Aide

Salami Oladapo, media aide to Yoruba Freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said that they know the identities of the people who burnt Igboho's house on Tuesday. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that one of the houses of Sunday Igboho was set ablaze in Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking with SaharaReporters on the phone, Oladapo said: "We know the perpetrators but we won’t disclose yet. If they were strong enough, they should have come to his new house but they dare not. We are looking at the trend of things before we say anything. "No one was injured. We are not going to do anything, we leave it to God. No cause for alarm, we are calm now so we can adequately plan our next move." Earlier on Tuesday, after the arson attack on his house, Igboho s...

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26Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

“God Destroy Every Fulani That Has A Hand In Terrorism” – Man Curses Bandits That Killed His 9-Month Pregnant Sister In Kaduna

A man identified as Asadullah Baba Walid is mourning his beloved sister, who was killed by suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway. Aisha Hashim Aliyu, a volunteer health worker and graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria . ABU, was shot dead by the gunmen while traveling to Kaduna from Birnin Gwari at Zankoro before Unguwar Yako on Sunday, January 24. Taking to Facebook, Asadullah shared a photo of his late sister and cursed the bandits that killed her. He wrote; "Every Fulani that has a hand in terrorism. Oh God, destroy them. Don't leave even a single grain oh God."

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26Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

I Can’t Blame Fulani For Burning Down My House – Sunday Igboho

Sunday Igboho has said that he was not in a hurry to blame any individual or group for the arson that razed down his property in Ibadan on Tuesday morning. Sunday Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, said he would allow authorities to conduct investigation into the incident, praising God that there were no injuries or fatalities. “I cannot blame anyone right now for the attack, not even Fulani people,” he said by telephone hours after the attack. “We have to thank God that nobody was killed, it is more important.” A property owned by Sunday Igboho was set ablaze on Tuesday morning in Soka neighbourhood of Ibadan. He told the Gazette he moved out of the property about a year ago to a new property also in Soka. He has been at the centre of a controversial directive f...

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26Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Fulani Seized Our Farms, Killed, Raped, Kidnapped Us In Oyo – Oladiran Oladokun

The Convener of the Igangan Development Advocates, Mr Oladiran Oladokun, who is also a farmer, tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI the genesis of the crisis in Igangan and other parts of Ibarapaland, Oyo State and suggests the way out of it Can you trace the genesis of the herdsmen crisis in Igangan? The crisis has been going on for years and what happened last week, I think, was a reaction to the agelong issues of oppression of the host community by the Fulani herdsmen. The Fulani way of life and the culture of dominating and oppressing their hosts caused the problem. They have committed a lot of atrocities against our people, I mean the indigenes of Igangan and even the entire Ibarapaland. What are the atrocities? They started with frequent plundering of farms. It became so bad that at...

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25Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Arrest Igboho Now, He Is Not More Powerful Than The Whole Country – Miyetti Allah:

The Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, on Saturday said none of his children was killed in the alleged attack by youths on his Igangan settlement. SaharaReporters also learnt on Saturday evening that the attack on the Seriki's house happened shortly after a pro-Oodua Republic agitator, Sunday Igboho, and his men left Igangan. The Seriki however told SaharaReporters that his children and first wife sustained gunshot injuries and were responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital. Meanwhile, the Chairman of the state chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Jiji, on Saturday urged the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to work his talk by ensuring that Igboho is arrested. The Fulani leader said Makinde should consider Fulani...

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25Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Herdsmen Shot, Used Cows To Attack Me – Oyetola’s Aide, Mudasiru Toogun

THE Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Coexistence between Fulani/Bororo and the Crop Farmers in Osun State, Mr Mudasiru Toogun, said Fulani herdsmen, especially the Bororo among them, on different occasions shot at and asked their cows to attack him and members of his committee. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, Toogun, who is also a Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Peaceful Coexistence between Fulani/Bororo and the Crop Farmers, said Bororo herders always attacked Fulani herdsmen. According to him, even though criminality has no ethnic colouration, Nigerians are linking Fulani/Bororo to more criminal activities because the group is problematic. “We got a call from a village along Esa Oke road. When we got there, we met a Fulani herder on the rice farm....

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24Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Cows Shouldn’t Be Roaming About In 21st Century – Adamu Garba

Amid the crisis generated by the quit notice given to herders in Ogun and Oyo states,  a former All Progressives Congress, APC,  presidential aspirant,  Adamu Garba, has said that it is wrong for cows to be roaming about in Nigeria in 21 century. He also said there is no land in Nigeria that does not belong to either the federal,  state or local governments,  saying land can only be used upon agreement with the owner. He called on government to quickly speak on land ownership in the country with a view to resolving certain misconceptions about land ownership. Adamu,  who said these in a post on his Facebook page,  blamed those he called city Fulani for not making a case for ranching to be used for grazing by herders. His words:”I’m a Fulani man, but I can tell you that it...

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24Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Fulani Owns All Land In Nigeria – Miyetti Allah Leader, Bodejo

As the seven-day ultimatum Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, issued herdsmen occupying Ondo state forests expires tomorrow, the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has declared that no power remove Fulani herdsmen from the state’s forests. In an interview with VINCENT KALU, the Miyetti Allah leader stressed that their people have settled there for over 250 years and so they are not going to obey anybody to leave the place. He claims the Fulani ethnic group owns all the land in Nigeria. “All the lands in this country belong to the Fulani, but we don’t have any business to do with land if it doesn’t have areas for grazing; if the land doesn’t have cow food, we won’t have any business with it. We don’t sell land, we don’t farm. What we consider is t...

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24Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Arewa Forum Condemns Attack On Fulani In South West

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the attack on a Fulani community in the southwest, insisting that such an act was a social upheaval that may destabilize the country. ACF also alleged that security agents did nothing when the attack was carried out. Emmanuel Yawe, National Publicity Secretary, Arewa Consultative Forum, in a statement on Saturday entitled “STOP THE DRIFT IN THE SOUTHWEST”, recalled that the civil war in the 1960’s started with attacks and counter-attacks like the Oyo attack on Fulani. He stated that “this morning, we received reports of an attack by Yoruba Youths on Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, the Serki Fulani in Oyo State. In the reports, he was attacked and driven out of his house, eleven cars and his house burnt with his family members now livi...

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17Jan By dthataNo Comments

Religion

Crisis In Aso Rock, A Governor Will Die, Niger Delta will clash with Fulani – Apostle Paul Okikijesu 2021 Prophecies

Apostle Paul Okikijesu of the Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry has claimed in a series of prophecies that God revealed to him there will be a serious crisis in Aso Rock. According to him, the said crisis will shake the entire nation and affect every soul in the country. He said there will be a great misunderstanding between the Fulani herdsmen and Niger Delta people. “Thus says the Lord of hosts: A looming crisis will burst in Aso Rock between January and March 2021. It will have a widespread effect; it will shake the Nation and make people to tremble,” he said in the prophecies made available to DAILY POST. “Thus says the Lord: People should pray seriously for Aso Rock, because of the crisis that can make every soul in Nigeria to be worried. Write this period down, that i...

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13Jan By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Afenifere, PANDEF Kick, As Miyetti Allah Seeks Inclusion Of Fulani In Amotekun

THE Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, yesterday, called for the inclusion of its members and other ethnic groups in the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, in Oyo State, to overcome the language barrier, which sometimes causes misunderstanding. The call by MACBAN, however, elicited angry reactions from other ethnic groups like the pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, and the Middle Belt Forum. The leader of the Fulani herders in Oyo State, Ibrahim Jiji, made the call, while speaking with newsmen at the Ibadan palace of Sarkin Sasa Sardaunan Yamaa, who is also the Chairman, Council of Arewa Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, in the Southern states. Jiji, who expressed sadness over the ki...

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10Jan By dthataNo Comments

News

Amotekun, Herdsmen Clash In Aiyete, Oyo. Seven People Killed

Men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun and some Fulani have reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. The clash was said to have started at Okebi village on Saturday morning but the cause of the clash could not be immediately ascertained as of the time of filing this report. A man, Saliu, who claimed to be a resident of the area told our correspondent that seven persons had been killed. He added that about seven houses were also razed. Saliu said, “Alhaji Usman Okebi and his two sons were killed. We don’t know what caused the fight. Some persons were shot and injured. “The number of people killed has increased to seven. Those who were shot and ran away later died in the bus...

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29Oct By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Fulani Herdsman Not Planning Attack On Abians – Commissioner Of Police, Agbede

The Abia state Commissioner of Police CP Janet Agbede dispelled rumours that Fulani are grouping to launch an attack on Abians. Addressing a press conference in Umuahia, the state capital on Wednesday the CP described the rumour as false. She said “This rumor is not only false but the Handwork of those intending to cause more tension and confusion across the state. I wish to reassure the law-abiding citizens and residents in the state to go about their lawful businesses as the law enforcement agencies are ever ready to protect their lives and properties". She also called out to hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protest in the state to loot public and private properties to return them or be ready to face the full rot of the law.

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30Aug By dthataNo Comments

Politics

El-Rufai Lauds Fulani, Ham For De-Escalating Tension

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has commended Fulani and Ham leaders for de-escalating tension and keeping the peace after a herder was killed in Jaba local government area of the state. On Sunday, Usman Shehu Abdullahi, a herder, was murdered by unknown assailants at Sabzuro-Tunga near Nok. There has been concern about the state of insecurity in communities in southern Kaduna, which has led to the deployment of troops to the state. Speaking at a meeting in Ungwan Tunga on Saturday, the governor who was represented by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the security agencies are investigating the development. "We are here on behalf of the governor to commiserate with you over the unfortunate incident and to commend you for recourse ...

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28Aug By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Any Fulani Who Comes To Benue As Vigilante Will Go To Jail – Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday warned that he would use the rule of law to ensure that any Fulani herdsman who dared to come to the state for vigilante group was jailed. Recall that the Fulani organisation, Miyeitti Allah Kauta Hore, had at a press conference in Abuja recently, vowed to establish vigilante group in all states of federation to combat insecurity. In his response to this, Ortom through his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, warned the Fulani organisation not to come to his state, adding that their motive was to carry their heinous activities to another level. The association, while also reacting to the statement, threatened to drag the governor and Benue State to court unless he retracted the statement But Ortom, while speaking with jo...

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8Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Miyetti Allah President, Abdullahi Bodejo Denies Making Statement About Fulani Ruling Nigeria Forever

National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, has denied saying that Fulani will rule Nigeria forever and was raising 100,000 militiamen to enforce their will on every community in the country. He said the news report was not true and was aimed at maligning his image. He therefore called on Nigerians to disregard it. Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, President of the Miyetti Allah Association, addressing a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Bodejo disclosed this in a statement on Sunday while reacting to comments credited to him that no other tribe would be allowed to rule Nigeria except Fulani. He said, "My attention has been drawn to a news report making rounds in the social media to the effect that as National President of Miyetti Allah I made cla...

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7Jun By dthataNo Comments

Politics

Nnamdi Kanu Reacts As Miyetti Allah Declares Fulani Will Rule Nigeria Forever

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reacted to the declaration made by the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, that the Fulani own Nigeria and will rule the country forever. Kanu said that his group, the IPOB, had for years warned, screamed and worked tirelessly to let the whole world know what is happening now and about to happen but they (Kanu and his followers) were ignored, insulted, spat at and ridiculed. Abdullahi had in an interview at the weekend also disclosed that his organisation had concluded arrangements to flag-off its own security outfit which would be deployed across the country. The Fulani leader had said that no one can drive away his people from any part of the country because “They produced Nig...

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6Jun By dthataNo Comments

News

MURIC Reacts To Statement Allegedly Made By Miyetti Allah

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) rejects a statement credited to Miyetti Allah in which the group allegedly said that Fulani will rule forever. We call on Miyetti Allah to confirm or deny the alleged statement. We affirm that Nigeria belongs to no particular tribe and every ethnic group has a stake in the Nigerian project. Leadership is therefore not the birthright of any ethnicity. We appeal to Nigerians to ignore the statement allegedly made by Miyetti Allah and to allow the group to make clarifications. We call on leaders to avoid divisive, explosive and provocative statements. We strongly suspect that the alleged statement is either a product of fake news or that the real statement had been deliberately distorted or that Miyetti Allah leader has been inadvertently misquot...

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6Jun By dthataNo Comments

News

The Fulani Will Rule Nigeria Forever Because They Own It – Miyetti Allah

The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has openly boasted that the Fulani ethnic group own Nigeria and will rule it forever in an interview with the Sun. In the usual power-drunk tirade that comes from the organisation on a regular basis, the President of the Herdsmen association also revealed that plans had been concluded to flag off a Miyetti Allah vigilante group with 100,000 members which will be deployed to every state in Nigeria. Bello Abdullahi said the Fulani did not need permission to settle in any part of Nigeria because they own it. He said further that unlike the Amotekun outfit that needed the backing of the law to function, their own security outfit does not need the backing of the law. My organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal...

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12May By BobbyNo Comments

News

No Fulani’ll come to Oyo from other states for now — Former Miyetti-Allah chair

FOLLOWING reports of illegal entry of people from other states into Oyo State despite the inter-state lockdown order by the Federal Government, Fulani cow traders and herdsmen have been warned to stay off the state till the authorities vacate the restriction order. The former Chairman of Oyo State Chapter of Miyetti Allah, Alhaji Yakubu Bello, who stated this on while speaking with reporters in Iseyin, said the warning was to secure the lives of the generality of the people against the dreaded COVID-19 infection. Yakubu said the state chapter of the organization has sent strong warnings to members from northern Nigeria and other States of the federation to heed the government’s warning against inter-state travelling, adding that incidents of arrest of travellers from the north or any...

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25Feb By BobbyNo Comments

News

Alleged Fulani Herdsmen Lay Siege for Commuters in Edo State

A gridlock was reportedly witnessed last weekend after some suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly laid siege for commuters last weekend after Okada in Edo State while heading towards Ore in Ondo State. A social media user who shared a video from the scene of the incident, said the armed herdsmen were brandishing machetes. @RealOlaudah tweeted;   Aledged Fulani Herdsmen, laid a seige on commuters after Okada, Edo State, heading towards Ore Ondo State, on the way to Lagos last weekend. It seems this insecurity issue has blown out of the capacity of law enforcement officials to handle. Please watch  

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10Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

My Father Left Over 40 Children At 86 – Says Reps Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has condemned those who criticised him for showing off his four wives and 27 children on the floor of the chamber, warning that it was against his private life. Ado-Doguwa, who said he was allowed as an adherent of Islam to marry that number of wives, nothing that it was a common thing in the northern part of the country dominated by Muslim Hausa and Fulani. According to him, his father, who died in 2019 at 86, was survived by over 40 children, one of whom was a four-year-old. Ado-Doguwa, who was in the National Assembly between 1992 and 1993 in the botched Third Republic, has been a member of the House since 1999, representing Tudun-Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency of Kano State. On January 29, 2020, A...

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2Feb By dthataNo Comments

Politics

FUNAM: Fulani Claims Ownership Of Land From Sokoto To The Atlantic

A little known Fulani group that calls itself the Fulani Nationality Movement, (Funam) may have stoked ethnic nationalism in Nigeria with its claims of Fulani ownership of the country and its giving notice of planned conquest of the entire territory. FUNAM, which made a similar provocative statement in 2018, following the Benue massacre by herdsmen, returned to its familiar territory in a statement that further sharpened the ethnic cleavages in Nigeria. While the statement was a reaction to recent killings in Plateau state by armed Fulani herdsmen, its claim of the existence of a Fulani Strike Force that coordinated what it called a retaliatory attack against Birom people in Barkin Ladi, in Plateau state may ignite an arms race by Nigeria’s various ethnic groups. President of ...

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30Jan By dthataNo Comments

Crime

Angry Youths In Plateau Attack Fulani Settlement, Raze Down 23 Houses, Mosque

In what looks like a reprisal attack following the killing of 13 persons in Kwatas village of Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, some angry youths have attacked Fulani settlements, setting ablaze 23 houses and a mosque within the locality. Addressing newsmen on Tuesday, the state chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, and a sister Fulani organisation, GAN Allah Association, confirmed the attack, saying that the incident is barbaric and condemnable. While condemning the earlier attack that led to the killing of 13 persons, the groups described as unfortunate how the incident was hung on the necks of Fulani herdsmen in the area. According to them, it is inconclusive to conclude that the attack was carried out by the Fulani as there w...

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