Tag: Fulani herdsmen

Sheikh Gumi launches Nomadic Rights group to protect Fulani

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Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Friday, announced the formation of the Nomadic Rights Concern (NORIC), an organisation meant for the protection of the rights of the Fulani people. According to Gumi, NORIC’s sole mandate would be to protect the interests of herders across Nigeria through the use of legal means. While stating the objectives of the newly formed NORIC during an interaction with newsmen in Kaduna, the cleric said the persecution and stereotyping of Fulani herdsmen and their arbitrary arrest across the country was the reason behind the formation…

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Educating herdsmen only way to curb insecurity in Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi

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Renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dr. Abubakar Ahmad Gumi, has opined that with the provision of education opportunities to Fulani herdsmen at the grassroots, the raging insecurity in the country could be checked. Sheikh Gumi, who on an inspection visit of the Sheikh Uthman Bin Fodio Centre, at Kagarko Grazing Reserve, Kohoto village, in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State, donated by Sultan Bello Mosque Foundation, stated that education is the best approach to help widen the knowledge of the Fulani herdsmen against involving themselves in the insecurity situation. Gumi further…

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“Bandits are Fulani people; we know them” – Katsina Gov. Masari

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Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has revealed the identities of bandits wreaking havoc in Nigeria, particularly the northern parts of the country. According to the governor, most bandits are of the Fulani ethnic stock as himself, adding that they speak Fulfulde and profess the same religious beliefs as himself. Gov. Masari, who made the claim while featuring on a television programme on Monday, said many northerners might not like his revelation but maintained that his disclosure remains the truth. He revealed that the elements have the same religion, language…

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Hunters expel Fulani men, women attempting to enter Adamawa town

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Hunters in Ganye local government area of Adamawa State have turned back a group of 107 Fulani migrating to Toungo LGA of the State. Picture caption: The migrating Fulani families intercepted in Ganye town. Eye witnesses told newsmen that the hunters stationed at a checkpoint in Ganye town had intercepted a trailer conveying families comprising five men, 32 women and 70 children in the early hours of Monday. Upon interrogation, the men, who identified themselves as heads of the families, claimed to be migrating from Doma in Nassarawa State to…

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Kano: Village Head suspended by Emir for selling land to Fulani herdsmen

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The Village Head of Butu-Butu, in Rimin-Gado LGA of Kano State, Ibrahim Abubakar II, has been suspended by Karaye emirate for selling land to Fulani herdsmen. Ibrahim Abubakar II is the emir of Karaye, one of the four new emirates created in 2019 by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The suspension of the Village Head was announced by the spokesperson of the emirate, Haruna Muhammad Gunduwawa, via a press statement released yesterday. According to the statement, “The Fulani migrants built a mosque on the land without following the due…

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‘We’ll give lands to Fulani herdsmen’ – Ortom

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has said lands are available for Fulani herdsmen who want to ranch their cattle in the State. Ortom disclosed this on the 72nd birthday of a former Nigeria Ambassador to Mexico, Iyorwuese Hagher. The Commissioner for Education, Dennis Ityayvar, represented him at the event. According to him, Benue people are historical friends of the Fulani. Ityayvar said, “His Excellency, Governor Samuel Ortom has explained again and again that we, Benue people, are not against Fulani; we’re still friends. “Any Fulani person who wants to establish…

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Army troops sight large migrant herders on transit in Kaduna

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A group of migrating personsidentified as a band of traveling herders, have been sighted by security agencies around Tafa village, in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State, according to the State government. A press statement issued by the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated that “this followed several distress calls from citizens on movement of armed bandits in the Lambata-Kabbo area of Tafa village, in Kagarko local government area. “In response to the reports, troops and Police operatives were mobilised to the area for…

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IPOB militants slaughter 19 Fulani herders in Anambra

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Nineteen Fulani herders have been slaughtered by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the Igbariam community of Oyi local government area of Anambra State. It was learnt that the hoodlums stormed a storey building housing the Fulani herders in the community around 2a.m on Sunday. It was also learnt that 12 women, 7 men and yet-to-be disclosed number of children were killed by the hoodlums. According to reports, the criminals brought out the victims, stripped them naked, tied and slaughtered them. Speaking on the sad…

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‘Nigeria may break up because of you’ — Umahi tells Fulani herders

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Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, has warned that the continuous attacks by Fulani herders against their host communities could eventually lead to the disintegration of the country. Umahi, who has been under intense pressure to resign following recent kiIIings in his State, said he is saddened by the situation and demanded that urgent steps be taken by the Buhari administration to stem the tide. “We feel so sad that this kind of thing should happen in Ebonyi state; we feel so worried for our country Nigeria”, the governor stated. He…

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“President Buhari should personally negotiate with us for peace to reign — Fulani Herder-turned-bandit

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Some herders-turned-bandits have claimed that the Federal Government’s neglect and lack of qualitative education pushed them into banditry. In a published video, one of the bandits who was interviewed said the president has to personally negotiate with them for peace to reign, stressing that every Nigerian has to be treated equally. The speaker said despite Nigeria’s wealth, bandits are being neglected, forcing them to bear arms. He blamed the lackadaisical attitude of the president on the continued killings in some northern states. According to him, herdsmen supported the Buhari administration…

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