KILLER HERDSMEN: SULTAN GIVES MIYETTI ALLAH 2 MONTH-ULTIMATUM
KILLER
HERDSMEN: SULTAN GIVES MIYETTI ALLAH 2 MONTH-ULTIMATUM
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigeria Supreme
Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has given Miyetti
Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) two months to identify
and apprehend herdsmen behind killings in Nigeria.
He gave the order during the formal swearing-in ceremony of the
newly elected executives of MACBAN in Sokoto, on Tuesday.
The monarch also charged the leadership of MACBAN to find out
whether Fulani herdsmen are actually responsible for the killings across the
country or not.
The Sultan lamented the labelling of Fulanis as the killer
herdsmen.
According to Abubakar, “To you the newly elected leadership of
MACBAN, I want to remind you that your task is a very challenging one. Don’t
forget that Fulanis are also being killed in Nigeria and no media attention is
given to it.
“However, we are giving you two months to go round the entire
country and find out why Fulanis are accused of being behind the killings. Go
and find out who are those Fulanis doing the killings. Also find out if it is
other people that are doing the killings and are accusing the Fulanis. Please,
we want to get the truth from you within two months.
“We are not ashamed to be called Fulanis because Fulanis are not
trouble makers. Despite the fact that any wrong doing in Nigeria now is
erroneously said to be caused by Fulanis.
“We however want people to know that though there might be bad
ones amongst the Fulanis, just like there are in every race, that is not enough
justification to generalise that all Fulanis are bad.”
