The National President, Miyetti
Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo also known
as Lamido Fulbe, has revealed that politicians are the ones instigating the
killings in various part of the country in order to prove a point ahead of the
coming election.
Bodejo said the killings and
destruction of properties had been politicized.
He told Sun that, “There is a
long history of clashes between the Fulani and the farmers in this country.
Almost about 50 years ago, the Fulani and the farmers have been having clashes
but the clashes were usually settled between the local chiefs and Fulani
leaders but now since the last eight years, everything has changed.
“What is happening in Nigeria
today is not a normal clash between the Fulani and the farmers. The whole thing
has been politicized and politicians are getting involved in the problem. In
2014 during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, there
were clashes in Benue, Plateau and Taraba states but the media did not
sensationalise it like what is happening now.
“In the present case, people are
using all kinds of propaganda. Any time the nation wants to go into a general
election to entrench a new government, people would start all kinds of
propaganda.
“When one or two people are
killed now, they would carry propaganda like a whole village has been wiped
off. Now, there is no farming in the bush but anything that happens, they say
it is the Fulani and farmers.
“Before, both the farmers and the
Fulani, if they had a problem in the bush, they could easily settle themselves
but now politicians are involved and they are preaching so much hatred between
the Fulani and the farmers.
“The problem is that the Fulani
do not have access to the media because many of them are in the bush rearing
their cattle.
“If for instance you want to call
a Fulani in Benue to know what is happening to them there, it may not be
possible because you do not have the number of anybody there in the bush. But
the media especially the social media, they always write one side of the story.
“There is no balance in the
stories that are being pushed out and because the Fulani are not in control of
the media, anything or crime can be imposed on them and the people would
erroneously believe it.
“The normal thing the media
should do is if they hear the side of the farmers, they should also go and find
the position of the Fulani. What is happening now is that some politicians who
are finding it difficult to come back to power are causing the problem.
“Ask yourself how many farmers
can buy the AK47 rifles that they say the Fulani herdsmen carry about. Instead
of finding a way to end the crisis, the politicians are using propaganda to
escalate it. Every time, they say it is Fulani but if you go to other countries
where the Fulani are herding their cattle, have you heard any killings that
were caused by the Fulani?
“They killed people in Taraba and
they said it was the handiwork of the Fulani but the people who did it are not
the Fulani.
“If there are such killings, the
security authorities like the police should be contacted and they should be
able to tell the truth. Like I said, they are stigmatizing us using the media
because the Fulani do not have access to the media.”
Asked exactly who the politicians
are buying AK47 for, he added, “In the last two or three weeks, the police
have arrested some people with AK47 rifles but those people are not Fulani.
“They are mentioning some
politicians who are not Fulani for buying AK47 for them and I believe them
because the poor cattle herders cannot buy AK47.”
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