Fulani elders under the platform
of concerned Fulani leaders forum (CFLF), have called Bello Bodejo, president
of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a “fraudster,” who lacked the mandate and
credibility to speak on behalf of the ethnic group.
The CFLF’s censure comes on the
back of a statement by Bodejo, during an interview with Saturday Sun, where he
dismissed the possibility of Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
“What I know is that Tinubu
cannot be the president of Nigeria. That is the truth. He is very old and maybe older than President
Buhari,” he had said.
But Muhammad Musa Bawa, on behalf
of the forum, issued a statement, on Sunday, where he questioned the
credentials of Bodejo and slammed him for attempting to arrogate to himself the
power of Nigerians to determine who leads them.
“We note with dismay a publication
in The Sun Newspaper of Saturday April 27, 2019 and attributed to one Alhaji
Bello Bodejo, the self- acclaimed President of MiyettiAllah Kautal Hore, an
association mischievously conceived to serve some dubious interests. In the
publication, Bello Bodejo was quoted as casting aspersions on the person of All
Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” the
statement read.
“Bello Bodejo’s statement is
unfortunate and repulsive in all ramifications. For one, he lacks the mandate
and credibility to speak on behalf of the Fulani. He has lost the confidence of
our people because of his criminal activities, which are well known to us. We
challenge him to come out and tell the whole world how his younger brother was
killed during an alleged robbery operation at Saminaka in Lere LGA, using his
Hilux vehicle.
“Bello Bodejo is a known
fraudster who has made a career out of duping poor members of his Fulani
community. As at today, he leads one of the biggest cattle-rustling-gangs in
the North central zone, a morally-depraved man who could not keep even a woman
as wife in his house. Such a person cannot be taken seriously or be highly
regarded as to speak for others.
“Bello Bodejo stands for
everything unethical. His questionable antecedents speak volumes about him and
his ways. When he realised he cannot actualize his nefarious activities under
any decent association, he resorted to desperate moves, contacting prominent
politicians, soliciting for patronage and claiming to be a leader of the Fulani
under Kautal Hore, a handbag association where he is law unto himself.
“In 2015, he aligned himself with
the then-governing PDP. To worm himself into the heart of the party, he headed
for Aso Rock Villa where he endorsed former President Goodluck Jonathan in the
name of Fulani in Nigeria, a crime the Fulani people are yet to forgive him
for. He castigated General Muhammadu Buhari, calling him all kinds of
unprintable names.
“In the run-up to the 2019
election, Bello Bodejo also made frantic efforts to align with the PDP
Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, holding several meetings with
him in his Asokoro residence. When all efforts to dupe Atiku Abubakar failed,
he resorted to outright blackmail, again saying many unpalatable things about
Atiku.
“He later made frantic efforts to
reach out to Asiwaju Tinubu in January, 2019 to sell himself as someone with
mass followers. But his satanic plans couldn’t sail through with a
highly-intelligent Asiwaju, who can identify a fraudster when he sees one,
hence Bello Bodejo’s unprovoked outburst.
“Nigerians should know Bello
Bodejo through his past antecedents. He is worthless and must be seen as such.
He does not command any decent followership as his criminal records speak
volumes about him. He is a fraudster with questionable background who derives
pleasure in intimidating people using his clandestine activities.
“It is instructive to note that
the Fulani culture abhors shameful and disrespectful conduct, especially in
relating to our elders. We call on Bodejo to desist forthwith from using the
name of Miyetti Allah to spread his odious gospel of hate. He should tender an
unreserved apology to Asiwaju.”
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