A group of Yoruba farmers under
the auspices of Oodua Redemption Alliance (ORA) on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo
state capital declared that further incidents of farm destruction or attack on
any person of Yoruba extraction by suspected Fulani herdsmen would be given
appropriate reprisal it deserved.
ORA while insisting that the idea
of the federal government to establish cattle colonies or grazing reserves for
the herdsmen was a direct ploy to take Nigerians’ lands and give to the
Fulanis, implored all herdsmen to move their cattle to the allocated lands
reserved for such purpose by both Kano and Niger state governments saying that
the allocated lands were enough to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle.
The group while urging other
Northern state governments to emulate the gesture of the Mallam Abdullahi
Ganduje and Alhaji Abubakar Bello of Kano and Niger states respectively however
warned that “Failure to accept these offers, any further incidents of farm
destruction or attack on any person of Yoruba extraction in any parts of
Nigeria covering Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Kwara, Edo, Delta states would
be given commensurate reprisals.”
ORA in its 31-item resolutions
signed by its President, Comrade Victor Taiwo, a copy of which was made
available to DAILY POST at the end of its emergency meeting themed, “Just
before the Fulanis finish us!” held at House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan on
Thursday said, “We are conscious of the character of trail of the Fulanis that
they conquer people, occupy their lands and rule over them. This led to their
conquest, domination and rule over the entire Hausa land till today. We have
the memory of how the Fulanis trickled the Ilorin Yorubas into capturing their
land over which they rule till today.
The group said to avoid further
incursion into Yoruba land, “We implore all Fulani herdsmen to vacate Yoruba
land with immediate effect and relocate to Kano and Niger states or their
Northern states of conquest. We are conscious of the fact that a lot of well
tondo people in Yoruba land also have their cattle breeding contracted to the
Fulani herdsmen, we therefore implore all Yorubas in this category to withdraw
their cattle with immediate effect and establish ranches, pens or byres for
their cattle breeding.
“The resurgence or large scale
perpetration of the evil has now gotten to an uncontrollable and unacceptable
level that an open confrontation or war has now been provoked between the
Yorubas and the Fulanis.
“Before the war is ignited, we
have deemed it fit to call this summit where we discussed and made our grouse
and positions known to the Nigerian government and the global community to the
effect of our further intolerance of the menace on our racial pride.
“The basis for giving
preferential or sacred cow treatment to the Fulani herdsmen whose business
contribute no resources whatsoever to the coffers of Nigerian government is not
there at all.
“It is on the record that 95
percent of the resources sustaining Nigerian government comes from the Southern
part of the country. The cattle business of the Fulani herdsmen is their
personal affair which other people of the country must not be sacrificed for.
“We take this opportunity to
declare Mr. Ayodele Fayose the Ekiti state governor as a hero of Yoruba land
for being the only Yoruba governor who took the bull by the horns by
legislating against the menace of the Fulanis in his state.
“We, therefore, implore all other
Yoruba governors to be courageous enough as to follow suit.
“We commiserate with Governor
Samuel Ortom and the people of Benue state on the recent evil perpetrated
against their kinsmen.
“We also commiserate with all
Yorubas’ relations who have fallen victims of the Fulani’s menace over the
decades and most recently. We share our feelings with Chief Olu Falae and
Admiral Samuel Afolayan a former Chief of Naval Staff of Nigeria over the
wanton and massive destruction of their respective farmlands by the Fulani
herdsmen.
“A standing committee of
representatives from each of the states shall be established to ensure the
implementation of the resolutions so arrived at.”
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