Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) comprising Fulani cattle herders is spoiling for a show down with Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
They are angry with him over the introduction of the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals (EGEM),a vigilance group tasked with ‘arresting’ cows found invading and damaging farms in the state.
The association branded Fayose’s action unscrupulous and targeted at “our members who are bona fide citizens of the country.”
Baba Othman Ngelzarma, spokesman for the group in a statement yesterday said, “the anti-malu vigilante group shot five cows and carted away the meat but the herdsman was able to flee with the rest of his cattle.”
Continuing, MACBAN said: “As far as we know, Ekiti State is not an island of its own , but a state within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and while the Governor is permitted to carry out actions geared towards protecting the interest of Ekiti State, such actions should follow the rule of law.
“We deplore this act of brigandage and call on Governor Fayose to offer an unreserved apology to MACBAN, and equally set machinery in motion with a view to compensating our members who lost five cows in this primitive adventure.
“That the brutality of the Ekiti Grazing enforcement marshals (popularly known as Anti- malu) on herdsmen is even outside the time stipulated by that law (if the law exists at all).
“The federal government should therefore look into the actions and activities of this committee because we cannot fold our hands while the only means of survival of our members is taken away and destroyed.
“We are hereby constrained to implore the federal government through its security agencies to wade into this unprovoked and primitive aggression against our members, before this macabre incident develops into unquenchable inferno involving our members and Ekiti State government.
However, the group sympathized with the government of Kaduna State, and the people of Kaduna South over the recent attack on Godogodo community by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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So fulani brothers are now angry because the governor is doing the right thing.stupid people of cow and agend of cow propaganda.nonsese
ReplyDeleteIn all the governors think fayose is the best because he fit una.
ReplyDeleteMy action governor keep it up
ReplyDeleteThese people should remove hatred from Governance for fast Growth now. Use ur Head to create space for them. At least, ur state will benefit from them one way or the other.
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Wasting Brain Resources.
Ordinary cows were killed Nd you are complaining. All of you felt unconcerned nd said nothing when these useless herdsmen killed innocent people. Fayose is performing his constitutional duty of protection his people. We don't need ur cows.
ReplyDeleteArrest all d cow for pepper soup
ReplyDeleteFayose has set a good example.the rest of the governors should emulate him.
ReplyDeleteWhat an effrontery over another man's property! Who do the Fulanis think they are? Whose means of livelihood is not lost when you damage the crops of your host community? I have NEVER seen this kind cheekiness from a homeless bunch of scumbags in my entire life! Set them ablaze from the cows to their herders and let the war begin!
ReplyDeleteFayose is the Chief Security Officer of Ekiti State. His first line of duty is to protect the lives and property of his citizens. Any threat to that must be met with overwhelming force if necessary. I totally side with him. Expel the Fulanis like unwanted warms in the system!
ReplyDeleteFayose Is A Coward.
ReplyDeleteYou and your generation are PIGward!
DeleteIs it by force to rear cattle in Ekiti state?
ReplyDeleteYou cattle rearers should stop supplying Ekiti cattle in any form whatsoever. When the land is deprived of meat for a long time, maybe the big mouthed governor will then realise that no state is an island.
God bless Fayose may God continue to guide and protect you
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DeleteFayose u are God sent, how i wish all the nigeria governors were like u, pls foyose dont allow the fulanis let ur people down the way benue and enugu governors did because they are also thugs thats why they couldnt do any about it, thank u fayose, God bless u and ur entire law makers/ ur pple
DeleteIt is the devil that is blessing him.
ReplyDeleteVery soon he will bite his finger. Just question of time
If the cows are your source of livelyhood, also remember that people's farms and private properties are their rights too. Your rights end where mine begins. By the way, more humans than viws have been killed in Nigeria since your men began their recent rampage on Nigerian lives. Im not really surprised that a few persons support and sympathise with you (fulani herdsmen) because some slaves believe they are destined to be slavea and so submit themselves to their masters whip every morning.
ReplyDeleteIf the cows are your source of livelihood, also remember that people's farms and private properties are their rights too. Your rights end where mine begins. By the way, more humans than cows have been killed in Nigeria since your men began their recent rampage on Nigerian lives. Im not really surprised that a few persons support and sympathise with you (fulani herdsmen) because some slaves believe they are destined to be slaves and so submit themselves to their masters whip every morning.
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