‘Fulani herdsmen have to defend themselves when attacked’

In spite of the recent string of attacks carried out by Fulani herdsmen on farming communities across the country, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigerian has maintained that the pastoralists kill their hosts in self-defence.

Senator Dagiri Alkali, the leader of a delegation of MACBAN to the Defence Headquarters, said on Wednesday, that the Fulani were forced out of their territories in the North as a result of Boko Haram attacks and the activities of cattle rustlers.

“When the reserves and forest were gazetted and reserved for cattle breeders, this incident was not there; but the increase in population has now wiped out the entire grazing reserves in this country; 400 and something of them all wiped out. And you have a population of about 20 million cows. Where do you keep them? And every one of us likes to eat meat.”

“This is a venture that over 20 million people are engaged in. And nobody cares to know what the causes of this problem are. Presently, you know the case of Boko Haram. They attacked and decapitated the population of Fulani in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe and some parts of Taraba.”

“The cattle rustlers have displaced the Fulani in Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau and Benue and in some parts of Kogi. Millions of cattle have been taken from these herdsmen. So when somebody says a Fulani man killed somebody, I wonder why? How? It’s only a poor man that fights.”

“But you, as the military people, you know self-defence is an art. In the military, if you are attacked you have to defend yourself. You have been squeezed; you have to find a way to survive.”

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  1. foolish talk even with innocent pple?

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