The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has
reacted to Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s admission to the atrocities being
committed by Fulani herdsmen across the country.
The Kaduna State Governor, had in an interview with the BBC
Hausa, said that Fulani herdsmen who carry out banditry kill ‘mercilessly’
because they do not believe in religion.
“…We cannot negotiate [with bandits]. Eliminating them is
the only solution to banditry,” El-Rufai said in reaction to Islamic cleric,
Sheikh Gumi’s move to persuade the criminals to drop arms.
“I never believed that a Fulani herdsman who ventured into banditry and is collecting millions of Naira as ransom will repent. I spoke to Dr Gumi, who is my friend; I explained that the majority of these bandits don’t believe in the religion. That is why they kill mercilessly.
“Anybody who thinks a Fulani herdsman that was used to only
getting N100,000 in a year, after selling a cow, but now is getting millions
through kidnapping for ransom will stop is only wasting his time,” El-Rufai
said.
And his reaction, Nnamdi Kanu tweeted, “@elrufai a Fulani
admitting that those perpetrating kidnapping in Nigeria are Fulani. But when we
use exact same term to describe Fulani terrorists, we are accused of ethnic
profiling.
“Mind you this same El-Rufai admitted paying killer herdsmen
to stop attacks on Kaduna residents.”
Speaking further, Nnamdi Kanu noted that the entitlement
mentality of the North caused the 1966 civil war and warned that the country is
most likely to enter another one.
“NIGERIA was doomed from the start when control of the
nation was ceded to those with a medieval mindset.
“It created an entitlement mentality that triggered a Civil
War & is now threatening another. Trust me, the War shall come, sooner than
later, unless Nigeria is divided NOW!” He added.
Also, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, had at the weekend
warned that activities of Fulani herdsmen in the Southern part of the country
may become uncontrollable and generate into another civil war.
Herdsmen are being accused and in some cases evicted by
their host communities over allegations of killing, kidnappings, raping of
women, as well as destroying farms with their animals.
Soyinka called on those in authorities to act urgently
before the situation gets out of hands and lead to another civil war. He
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of keeping mute over the ‘illegal’
activities of herders.’
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