A leader of Miyetti Allah cattle Breeders in Benue State said
yesterday that the Fulani attacks on the state were in retaliation
for alleged stealing of their cows.
Garus Gololo told BBC News Pidgin that over 1000 of their cows
were stolen at Nengere when their owners were relocating to Taraba
through Nasarawa State.
Gololo said the herdsmen were only defending themselves from
thieves.
However,a Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah
Kautal Hore, has distanced itself from the Benue killings and their
perpetrators,labelling them irresponsible elements.
National Publicity Secretary of the association, Alhaji Yusuf
Ardo, described Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore as an association that
upholds peace, love, unity and harmony in the country.
He said:“We are peace loving people, we believe in love for one
another. Any Fulani pastoralist that doesn’t believe in peace is
not part of us.”
The group appealed to security agencies to arrest the
perpetrators of the incident and bring them to book.
The association advised Fulani pastoralists living in Benue and
other parts of the country to remain calm and be law abiding while
also urging government to look into the crises in Adamawa, Taraba,
Kaduna, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau states with a view to
having a lasting solution to issues arising from anti-grazing
laws.
A leader of Miyetti Allah cattle Breeders in Benue State said
yesterday that the Fulani attacks on the state were in retaliation
for alleged stealing of their cows.
Garus Gololo told BBC News Pidgin that over 1000 of their cows
were stolen at Nengere when their owners were relocating to Taraba
through Nasarawa State.
Gololo said the herdsmen were only defending themselves from
thieves.
However,a Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah
Kautal Hore, has distanced itself from the Benue killings and their
perpetrators,labelling them irresponsible elements.
National Publicity Secretary of the association, Alhaji Yusuf
Ardo, described Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore as an association that
upholds peace, love, unity and harmony in the country.
He said:“We are peace loving people, we believe in love for one
another. Any Fulani pastoralist that doesn’t believe in peace is
not part of us.”
The group appealed to security agencies to arrest the
perpetrators of the incident and bring them to book.
The association advised Fulani pastoralists living in Benue and
other parts of the country to remain calm and be law abiding while
also urging government to look into the crises in Adamawa, Taraba,
Kaduna, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau states with a view to
having a lasting solution to issues arising from anti-grazing
laws.
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