National President
of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo has debunked a
statement in which it purportedly said that Nigeria belonged to the Fulani.
The sociocultural
organisation disclosed this in a statement on Sunday
Bodejo was quoted to
have said, “Nigeria is a Fulbe country and the Fulbe can enter anywhere without
permission.
“And the Fulbe are
also raising 100,000 militiamen to enforce their will on every community in
this country.”
However, the Miyetti
Allah described the claim as a blatant fabricated lie concocted to portray the
group in a bad light and smear the image of Fulani people.
“I want to state
clearly and unequivocally that this news report is a blatant fabricated lie. It
is actually the enemies of the Fulbe people that are at it again, as always,
concocting such insidious and malicious falsehood against our people for their
diabolical agenda against the Nigerian state.
“No doubt I was
asked by the Sun Newspaper to react on the formation of Amotekun and my response
was that every ethnic group has the inalienable right to defend itself against
any aggression, including the Fulbe. That Fulbe will pursue their legitimate
business anywhere in Nigeria as the country is as much their inheritance as it
is of other groups.
“I further said the
Fulbe will also form their vigilante groups if necessary to ward off any threat
against our people and against the incessant cattle rustlings that our people
have been suffering for decades without respite from government and other
communities.
“For example, more
than 804 Fulbe were murdered in cold blood in June 2017 and more than 10,000 of
their cattle killed by Mambila militias in Taraba State, the continuous killing
of our people and stealing and rustling their cattle in Plateau, Southern Kaduna,
Benue, Zamfara with no arrest against the perpetrators,” Bodejo said.
“This is essentially
what l said to the Sun Newspaper. But I am surprised that I did not see this
report on the media I spoke to but it went distortedly viral on some other
social media. Miyetti Allah refutes this news report and condemns the inherent
mischief by the enemies of the Fulbe for this diabolical act. With or without
Miyetti Allah, the Fulbe have the ability, capacity and right to defend
themselves in Nigeria and indeed anywhere. Let those who wish this our great
country ill to look for other means but leave the Fulbe alone. We have enough
of our problems without adding salt to injury.”
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