The Sultan of Sokoto and
President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA),
Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has given Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of
Nigeria (MACBAN) two months to identify and apprehend herdsmen behind killings
in Nigeria.
He gave the order during the
formal swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected executives of MACBAN in
Sokoto, on Tuesday.
The monarch also charged the
leadership of MACBAN to find out whether Fulani herdsmen are actually
responsible for the killings across the country or not.
The Sultan lamented the labelling
of Fulanis as the killer herdsmen.
According to Abubakar, “To you
the newly elected leadership of MACBAN, I want to remind you that your task is
a very challenging one. Don’t forget that Fulanis are also being killed in
Nigeria and no media attention is given to it.
“However, we are giving you two
months to go round the entire country and find out why Fulanis are accused of
being behind the killings. Go and find out who are those Fulanis doing the
killings. Also find out if it is other people that are doing the killings and
are accusing the Fulanis. Please, we want to get the truth from you within two
months.
“We are not ashamed to be called
Fulanis because Fulanis are not trouble makers. Despite the fact that any wrong
doing in Nigeria now is erroneously said to be caused by Fulanis.
“We however want people to know
that though there might be bad ones amongst the Fulanis, just like there are in
every race that is not enough justification to generalise that all Fulanis are
bad.”
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