Tag: Fulani

Plateau: “We’re not Miyetti-Allah” — Fulani Christians

Aminu Imam
Plateau Fulani Christians

…Denounce terrorist links The Fulani Christian Association of Nigeria (FCAN) has firmly rejected any connection with two prominent Fulani socio-cultural groups recently mentioned in discussions about security concerns in Nigeria. Speaking during a gathering in Miango community of Bassa local government area, Plateau State, the association said it should not be linked to the activities or positions of the Miyetti-Allah Kautal-Hore or the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). The clarification followed reports that the United States Congress recently classified the two organisations as terrorist groups. Chairman of FCAN,…

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Imam, Fulani leader, others abducted, as bandits launch fresh attack in Kaduna

Aminu Imam
Imam, Fulani leader abducted

Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have reportedly abducted the Chief Imam of the Janjala Central Mosque, Bello Abdullahi, and the Fulani leader of the area, Shehu Bello, alongside a woman, during coordinated attacks on several communities in Kagarko local government area of Kaduna state. According to reports, the armed attackers invaded multiple villages in the local government area, including Iddo, Gidan-Makeri, Kohoto and Janjala, where they abducted residents and rustled cattle, forcing many villagers to flee their homes in fear. The latest abductions were disclosed yesterday morning by a security…

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“We reject any plan by Defense Minister to wage war on Fulani people” – Prof. Yusuf

Aminu Imam
NHIS Secretary, Prof. Yusuf

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Yusuf Usman, has strongly rejected any alleged plan by the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), to wage war on Fulani people. According to a media post yesterday by the professor, such a move is unacceptable, dangerous, and counterproductive, warning that it could further inflame ethnic tensions and threaten national unity. He stressed that the Fulani people, like all other ethnic groups in Nigeria, are citizens who deserve protection, justice, and inclusion, not collective blame or military targeting.…

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Between Slaughtered Cattle and Insecurity in Nigeria

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Ishaq Moddibo Kawu. Recently, the video of hundreds of slaughtered cattle, was making the rounds, on various social media platforms. An old classmate posted it on my Secondary School Class WhatsApp platform; and because he neither spoke Fulfulde nor Hausa, he was sufficiently alarmed, to request for translation of what was being said, by the obviously distressed people, in the video. I made a translation of the conversation; but I thought it was proper to provide some more engaging context for the video. There have been circulated in.the recent…

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Banditry: “Fulani elders have lost control of its youths’ – Miyetti Allah

Aminu Imam

The Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore (MACBAN), has observed that elders have lost grip over the youths. It noted that the decay in moral values was partly responsible for criminality like banditry and kidnapping. This was part of the resolutions reached at a 2-day Socio-Cultural Festival, with the theme: The Future of Fulani Pastoralists in Nigeria. which took place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. In the communique issued, The dialogue observed that the Fulani elders have lost control of their youths, just like the Igbo elders earlier lost…

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“No going back on cow meat ban in South-East from April, 1” – IPOB

Aminu Imam

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has reiterated its proposed ban on the consumption of Fulani cow meat in the South East, emphasising that April 1 remains the scheduled date for its implementation in the zone. IPOB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, yesterday, also restated its reason for clamping down on the consumption of Fulani cow meat. He said: We also wish to correct the misinformation and misconceptions surrounding our position on the issue which our enemies are peddling to blackmail us. “In…

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Fulani leader shot dead in Kwara

Aminu Imam

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a Fulani leader, Abdullahi Hardo Buruku, popularly known as Alhaji Malam, in Lamba town, Asa local government area of Kwara State. Buruku was killed after the gunmen stormed the community around midnight yesterday, shooting sporadically.  An eyewitness said; They shot him on the spot. We heard gunshots all over”. Before his death, the deceased who is the eldest son of the late Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Alh. Muazu Hardo Buruku, was the chairman of the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria, Kwara State branch.

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‘Fulani ready for Nigerias break up’ Miyetti Allah

Aminu Imam

TheMiyetti-AllahKautal Hore associationhasdeclared that the Fulani ethnic stock is ready to break away from Nigeria if the country comes to that eventual decision. The National Secretary of the association, Alhassan Saleh, made the declaration on Friday, while reacting to the decision of the 17 Southern governors to ban open grazing after they held a meeting on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State. According to Saleh, If the South feels that because they have oil, they can show this open hatred to the Fulani, I bet you, they are late. You cannot…

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Southern Kaduna: Atyap, Fulani, Hausa communities sign peace pact

Ishaku Yohanna

The Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State have reached a truce and unanimously agreed to end the hostilities that claimed lives in Southern Kaduna. The peace deal was reached during a meeting between the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in the area. The meeting was convened by His Highness, the Agwatyap, Dominic Gambo Yahaya at the Mariyamu and Yakubu Event Centre in Ungwan Wakili. Participants at the meeting condemned the killings and the destruction witnessed in the communities. In a 14-point resolution, all…

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We dont have enough manpower to tackle Southern Kaduna killings – Military

Ishaku Yohanna

Commander of Operation Safe Haven in Kaduna, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, says the military does not have enough manpower to tackle the violence in the southern part of the state. Speaking with reporters after a security meeting presided over by Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, Okwokwo said the military is strategising on how to boost security. The commander said more soldiers will be deployed in the area to tackle the criminal elements responsible for the killings and destruction in the area. What we have were attacks on some communities and…

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