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Ortom Did Not Shut Out Fulani From Benue (Opinion)

April 8, 2023April 8, 2023 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Nathaniel Ikyur They could not even wait for Ortom to leave office before unleashing chaos. Moments after the governor-elect of Benue was led by his godfather, Senator George Akume to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja a few days ago, Fulani Herdsmen re-launched a viciously orchestrated attack on the village of Umogidi a sleepy rural town in the Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo Local Government Area. By the time villagers and security forces took a head count, more than 50 mourners, including the son of the chairman of the Otukpo Local Government Council and a police officer, were allegedly murdered in cold blood by the assailants, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen who have continued to lay siege on communities across the state. This is according to unrefuted accounts by community leaders and media reports. According to the eyewitnesses, many people are still missing or may not be unaccounted for. The attack followed a previous attack on the same community that resulted in the deaths of three people whose bodies had just been buried when the …

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Security: Governor Sule Convenes First Expanded Security Meeting In 2022

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Lafia (Precise Post) – Governor of Nasarawa State, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has convened the first expanded security meeting, aimed at reviewing recent security challenges in the state. The expanded security meeting held at the Government House, on Wednesday. The meeting, which is the first in the new year, has in attendance members of the state security council, traditional rulers, as well as representatives of both Fulani and Tiv ethnic nationalities. In his welcoming remarks, Engineer Sule said the meeting became necessary in order to review recent crisis that occurred across parts of the state, with a view to putting in place appropriate measures to forestall their re-occurrence. According to the governor, the essence of the meeting was to have a general understanding of the recent crises including the bombing of cows around Otiya, Ginda Iwewi, in Rukubi, Ekye Development Area, attack by bandits on Sabon Gida, after Jangargari village, in Awe Local Government Area, as well as conflict between Tivs and Fulani herdsmen around Assakio and Obi. While describing the meeting as apt, Engineer Sule said the …

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Nnamdi Kanu Arrest: IPOB blows hot, urges Biafrans to boycott travels with Kenya Air Lines

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

…. Moves to drag Kenyatta to ICC Our Reporter The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya of conniving with federal government of Nigeria in the abduction of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu into Nigeria by the security officials. The group threatened to sue Kenyatta and his ‘partners in crime’ to the International Criminal Court, ICC. In a statement from the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB noted that the Kenyan President, through such act, had demonstrated his affection for the murderous Fulani terrorists ravaging the entire Nigeria killing and maiming indigenous people in their ancestral lands. It called on Biafrans both home and in the diaspora to boycott travels with Kenya Air Lines, to immediately stop patronising any product made in Kenya; and to boycott any business dealings with Kenyans. The group also urged its members and the public to disregard what it termed cock and bull story about how and where its leader was arrested, insisting that he was not arrested, but abducted. The statement read partly, “We the global movement …

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Farmers-herders crisis politicised – Taraba Speaker

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Callistus Agwaza, Lafia (Precise Post) – Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini, has condemned in strong terms the farmers-herders conflict in the country, stressing that it has become intractable because it has been given political coloration. Speaking at a two-day multi-stakeholders regional peace building dialogue in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital, organised by West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Speaker cited the case in Taraba State where frantic efforts to end the age-long conflict met stiff resistance because of the political coloration by the opponents. The two-day event was specifically organised for the stakeholders from Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states worse hit by the conflict and aimed at collectively review emerging conflicts, risks and opportunities for collaborative prevention, as well as assess progress made across the three states in the Middle Belt region. According to the Speaker, all critical stakeholders must agree to sensitise and conscientise the people that time has come to adopt ranching as the global best practice in livestock production, devoid …

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Embrace NLTP Programme For Lasting Peace – Gov Sule Appeals To Fulani

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Lafia (Precise Post) – Engineer Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Governor, has appealed to Fulani to embrace the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) about to commence in the state, to ensure lasting peace for herders. Engineer Sule made the call when he hosted members of the Fulbe Youths and Women Ruga-Ruga Campaign Organization, at the Government House, on Wednesday. According to the Governor, with the NLTP about to commence in the state, especially with the Federal Government securing financial grant from the Netherlands government, to the tune of 400, 000 Euros, for the project to commence in Nasarawa State, the Fulani stand to benefit tremendously if they embrace and support the programme. The Governor explained that his administration bought into the idea of the NLTP because it desires peace for both herdsmen and farmers in the state, adding that accepting to participate in the project by the Fulani will ensure lasting peace across the state, as they will be protected against rustlers and bandits. He pointed out that when the scheme finally kicks off, with Nasarawa State …

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Oduduwa Agitator, Igboho In Ogun, Set To ‘Evict Criminal Herdsmen’

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter Abeokuta (Precise Post) – Activist and Oduduwa Republic agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has reportedly arrived in Abeokuta, Ogun State to flush out the bad eggs amidst Fulani herdsmen in the state. Igboho has been in the news recently following an ultimatum he gave to herdsmen in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, blaming the leadership of the Fulani for being behind the rising insecurity in the state. The Yoruba activist few days ago promised to visit Ogun after soldiers allegedly escorted herdsmen to graze in some villages in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state and brutalised some residents in defence of the herders. It was learnt that one of the residents, identified simply as Mulero, was beaten mercilessly, leaving him with serious injuries, for insisting that the herdsmen would not be allowed to graze.When asked if the state government was ready for the ‘visit’ by Igboho on Saturday, Remmy Hazzan, Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo said any stakeholders …

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Quit Notice: Fulani Leaders Beg For Forgiveness, Pledges Peaceful Co-existence

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter Abuja (Precise Post) – Two Fulani leaders, the Seriki Fulani of Igbo Ora, Alhaji Idris Abubakar, and the Seriki Fulani of Eruwa, Alhaji Sule Mohammed, have solicited for forgiveness, assuring the people of Oyo State that they would facilitate peaceful coexistence in Ibarapaland. Recall that there was violence at Igangan on Friday when a popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, alongside his followers, stormed the Fulani settlement in the ancient town to eject Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle. The community leaders spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town on Sunday. At the meeting, residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen. The community also presented to the delegation, pictures and other evidence of ransoms paid to the herdsmen. They accused the Seriki Fulani of complicity in the negotiation of ransoms. During the meeting, those who paid ransoms to the …

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Fulani Quit Notice: Police to Arrest Sunday Igboho, Others

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the Police to arrest Sunday Igboho and others causing tension in the state. On Friday, Igboho went to Igangan to retstae his ultimatum to Fulanis to leave. Igangan is a community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area. The activist had accused the Fulani of perpetrating murders and kidnappings. Makinde declared that his government would not allow anyone hiding under the guise of protecting Yoruba interests to cause ethnic tension and perpetrate crisis. He maintained that the war Oyo and security agencies need to wage is not against any particular ethnic group but against criminal elements, irrespective of their tribes, religions, or creed. The governor added that his administration would not allow anyone to threaten the peace of the state by acting unlawfully and saying things that are alien to the Nigerian constitution. Makinde told the new Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, that his administration would continue to synergise with law enforcement organs fight criminals, hoodlums and bandits irrespective of their tribe or religion. “For people …

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Hausa-Fulani Group Petitions Gov Ishaku Over Creation of Chiefdoms

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Callistus Agwaza Jalingo (Precise Post) – The Hausa-Fulani community in Lau local government area of Taraba State on Saturday petitioned the state governor Darius Ishaku over the creation of two new Chiefdoms and assignment of hierarchy saying that it was a deviation from the existing system in the Chiefdom. The leader of the group Alhaji Buba Madugu Abbare, who addressed a Press conference in Lau on Saturday said that the submersion of some of their village heads under the Bakula Chiefdom was a threat to the peace of the area as Hausa-Fulani are not members of the Bakula association and should not be made answerable to the leadership of the association. Buba said that the intrusion of Bakula Chiefdom into the jurisdiction of Lau Chiefdom to install chiefs and subject same to his leadership is a mystery that his group was yet to fully comprehend. “We are happy with full respect for your creation of two Chiefdom in Lau local government of Taraba State. Creation of Chiefdoms is to make the local communities closer to the government and promotes …

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What Buhari Should Do to End Banditry, Herdsmen Violence – Shehu Sani

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – Former Federal lawmaker representing Kaduna Central at the red chamber in the 8th senate, Comrade Senator Shehu Sani has suggested what President Buhari should do to end banditry and herdsmen violence in Nigeria. The senator said there is need to form a committee made up of prominent but pure fulani leaders to interface with all stake holders and end attack Shehu Sani said President Buhari should delegate a committee of prominent pure fulani leaders such as Prof Jubril Aminu, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, ex Gov Sule Lamido, Prof Iya Abubakar, Dr Mahmud Tukur & others; and that they should engage all stakeholders & end the attacks. He gave the advice Friday on his confirmed tweeter handle @ShehuSani. The Total lawmaker Tweeted: Senator Shehu Sani@ShehuSani. ”To end the Banditry & Herdsmen violence, Prez Buhari should delegate a committee of prominent pure fulani leaders such as Prof Jubril Aminu, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, ex Gov Sule Lamido, Prof Iya Abubakar, Dr Mahmud Tukur & others;they should engage all stakeholders & end the attacks.

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Fulani Socio-cultural Group Commends Matawalle for returning Grazing Lands to Herders

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 - by Edit - Leave a Comment

By Abdullahi Shugaba Dutse, – The National Patron, Board of Trustees of Fulani socio- cultural group, Billital Maroobe, Pastoralists Association of Nigeria (BILMPAN), Alhaji Yau Malammadori, has commended Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara for returning all grazing lands to Fulani herdsmen in the state. Malammadori made the commendation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Tuesday. He said the gesture would drastically reduce the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers across the state. He said the initiative would also promote unity and peaceful co-existence between farmers and pastoralists in the state. He also thanked the Governor for pledging to establish Ruga (Fulani settlement) in each of the three senatorial districts of the state. “We appreciate the gesture by the Governor because he pledged to spend at least N2.8billion in the construction of each of the settlements. “This means, he will spend a total of N5.6 billion in the three senatorial districts of the state for the projects. “We are happy because the Governor said that he would also provide us with houses, schools, clinics and …