Governor Samuel Ortom has alleged that some of the armed
Fulani herders unleashing terror on unsuspecting residents of the State and
other parts of Nigeria are from Mali and Niger Republic.
In an interview with Dailypost, the Governor revealed that
most of the Fulani herders arrested in the state “cannot speak Hausa or
Fulfide”, saying that they are from French speaking countries.
Governor Ortom accused the current presidency of finding
pleasure in the unfortunate security situation of the country, stating that the
armed Fulani men are more dangerous than the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,
which President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration proscribed and tagged as a
terrorist group.
He said, “My point is why is it that these Fulanis that are
coming here can’t be stopped? They are not even Nigerians, yet there are
Nigerians Fulanis. They are coming from Mali and Niger and they are not hiding
it. They say it.
“Most of them that are arrested here speak French, they
cannot speak Hausa or Fulfide and so it is a matter of the government deciding
that ‘look, we must stop this.’
“But it is clear to me now and that is why I said that the
body language of the current presidency is that they are happy with what is
happening. They stopped IPOB in the Southeast, and branded them terrorists.
“If I were to evaluate what was happening in the Southeast
and the Southwest, what the Fulanis are doing here is worse. The weapons they
have are more than what they have in the southeast and southwest. I don’t
support all those secessionist agitations by those individuals. I don’t support
it, but the truth is that we should ensure equity and fairness.
“We should ensure justice for all. What is good for the
goose is good for the gander. So why are we separating other people as if they
are slaves? And then you bring Fulani from outside to come and terrorize your
country and you allow them? The president himself accepted that these ones that
are terrorizing us are not Nigerians.
“So why are you allowing them? Why have they refused to
brand them as terrorists? Why have they refused to ban them? Why have they
encouraged Miyetti Allah to be killing our people?”
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