The Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) has urged the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to call its members who are violent to order.
According to NAN, Samson
Ayokunle, president of CAN, spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
He said herdsmen cannot regain
the trust and respect of Nigerians until they stop being violent.
He said violent herdsmen created
enemies for themselves, saying people had been coexisting peacefully with them
for many years in various communities.
Ayokunle explained that nobody
hated the Fulani until they began to act “violently”, killing “innocent
people”.
“If there was any enemy from any
Fulani man, the Fulani man created the enemy for himself, they have been living
peacefully for many years in our various communities, till the killing issues
started,” he said.
“In those days, our children
married them, they married our children, but when they became too violent and
started carrying AK-47, killing people, what type of play is that? That’s a
dangerous play.
“We can no longer think we are
friends with that type of play; it’s too dangerous. So let them call their
people to order and ensure that they remove the enmity they have created around
an average Fulani person.”
Ayokunle charged the government
to step up its security system across the country with a view to stopping the
unending killings.
The Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) has urged the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to call its members who are violent to order.
According to NAN, Samson
Ayokunle, president of CAN, spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday.
He said herdsmen cannot regain
the trust and respect of Nigerians until they stop being violent.
He said violent herdsmen created
enemies for themselves, saying people had been coexisting peacefully with them
for many years in various communities.
Ayokunle explained that nobody
hated the Fulani until they began to act “violently”, killing “innocent
people”.
“If there was any enemy from any
Fulani man, the Fulani man created the enemy for himself, they have been living
peacefully for many years in our various communities, till the killing issues
started,” he said.
“In those days, our children
married them, they married our children, but when they became too violent and
started carrying AK-47, killing people, what type of play is that? That’s a
dangerous play.
“We can no longer think we are
friends with that type of play; it’s too dangerous. So let them call their
people to order and ensure that they remove the enmity they have created around
an average Fulani person.”
Ayokunle charged the government
to step up its security system across the country with a view to stopping the
unending killings.
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