.I am not in support of the killings by herdsmen in Benue state but people should begin to see that these herdsmen themselves are staring starvation and hunger in the face for themselves and their cattles. It is either they kill any obstruction or hinderance (farmers) to survive or they get killed by Dessertification.

PaChukwudi44:
bringing in PDP into this matter is sick.Trying to justify callous mother and land grabbing by Fulani mercenary!!! This article is so sick and I feel like slapping the author of this disgusting piece

PStacks:
....I am not in support of the killings by herdsmen in Benue state but people should begin to see that these herdsmen themselves are staring starvation and hunger in the face for themselves and their cattles. It is either they kill any obstruction or hinderance (farmers) to survive or they get killed by Dessertification.

Had previous government tackled this issue of desertification heads-on, there would have been no need for herdsmen to migrate from the North down south.

way forward.

for peaceful and mutual coexistence, Indigenous Benue farmers should be a little bit more accomodating to Herders whom only want a share of Natures resource of water at the River Benue environs.

first and foremost.
The anti open grazing law should be suspended for normadic herders to be able to graze their cattles.

secondly and for peace, the colony should be bounded by territory where should be properly mapped out as colonies caved for herders that must be strictly adhered to..

Thirdly, we all need agricultural produce from farmers and herders alike, no party should be looked down upon by either party as farmers and herders play a very important role to the economy of the Nation as a whole.I write this with knowledge of effects of desertification In the far north as I was in Katsina state only last week. travelling from Katsina to the border town of Jibia, you could drive unending landmass over 40 kilometers with the attendant effect of desertification visible to the naked eyes.

coming from Katsina navigating through Malumfashi heading towards Funtua at areas around Jikamshi, you would see water channels experiencing drought so badly and you can tell water had not flown through that path in a very long while. These are areas where cattles naturally should have gotten water to drink that are no more and hence a cogent reason for herdsmen to migrate.with all the above, Benue indigenes shouldnt see their land as being taken from them but rather see the herders too as looking for a means of survival.

on the part of the herders, it shouldnt come with violence and forcefulness but what do you expect of a Nomadic herder? on both sides of the divide, if peace must reign. There must be a strategy mapped out for mutual coexistence in peace.

source ; https://www.omascope.com/politics/cattle-colony-herdsmen-killings-and-stack-realities

laudate:


This author must be one of the spin doctors recruited by the cattle owners to plead their case in the media, or he must be related to the Fulani killer herdsmen.

But for peddling such vile comments against the farmers, may God punish him a million times, every single day. For supporting the Fulani killer herdsmen, may both him and those herdsmen, be visited with divine judgement. Innocent men, women and children have been killed by renegade savage Fulani herdsmen, and this clown is saying "what do you expect of a Nomadic herder?", as if human lives do not matter!

The thunder that will fire him is doing press up at the edge of River Niger!

PStacks:
look. You must be upto date with modern day realities.
these herdsmen are stack illitrates.

farmers try to keep them at bay hence a form of resistance...

whay do you expect when two ancient civilisation clashes?

Herdsmen dont just start to kill unprovoked.

nobody enjoys to kill. You only kill when your own life itself is threatened..

stop the blame games and side taking and profer your own solution Mr.

PStacks:


when you stop being myopic.
when you stop seeing from only one side of the divide.
when your reasons are beyond your hate.
when you recognise the importance of farmers and herders.
when you put yourself in the shoes of both parties and not only when party,

when u fulfil all the above then u can cone back to talk to me.

PaChukwudi44:
you are sick man!!! Human lives are been wasted by this terrorists.Politicizing this will not help your cause.Nigeria is not 16 years ago.It is much older than PDP or APC!!!

So government should take someone else's land and give to you? Is that your idea of equality oor fairness? are you fulanis sick or what? so because your vegetation is drying up,you now take your cattles to someone else's farm to feed on their crops?

laudate:


The Fulani killer herdsmen are stark illiterates armed with AK47 rifles, who kill anyone that opposes them. I guess the innocent women and children they killed in the Middle - Belt, also were a threat to those herdsmen, right? May God judge them and send them into the pit of hell, for taking innocent lives. And may the same fate befall all those who support such killing, and do not value human lives.

limeta:
Op pls stick with yr sai baba and Buhari 2023 you will still get yr bmc in full and stop this nonsence of writing .

PStacks:



there are no credible alternatives for now expect Buhari.

unlike the PDP that promised "Transformation" which to me is sporadic and automatic,


The APC only promised "CHANGE" which most atimes is a painful slow process.





Kpele
How i wish you wish Nigeria well
Just that you don.t



PDP transformed nothing but atleast APC is changing something...


its Sai Baba Buhari 2019 or Nothing else.

laudate:


Don't mind the stewvpid joker. His paymasters are dictating the tune, and he is dancing happily to their evil melody, in his bid to peddle falsehood and earn his pay. If you notice, he never mentioned the cattle rustling aspect, that leads to friction between the herdsmen and the farmers. He is making it seem as if it is the fault of the farmers for getting killed, because they denied the herdsmen a chance to graze and drink from their ponds. He is so inhumane.

There is something I believe, though. There are 3 groups of Fulani herdsmen.

There is one group of simple Fulani herdsmen who take care of the cattle. They move around peacefully with their cattle seeking grass for them to eat. Some are rather selfish, and allow their cattle to graze on farmlands to the detriment of the farmers and their crops.

And there is another group of militant Fulani herdsmen or renegades, who are the cattle rustlers that steal the cattle and kill people. They are armed with sophisticated weapons, vehicles and machinery. It is this second group, that needs to be disbanded and tracked down by the security agencies, to face the music. Someone who is not an experienced Fulani herdsman would not have the courage or skill, to rustle several numbers of cattle at a go. They are being backed by some influential Nigerians, or else where would they get such sophisticated weapons and trained killers, from??

Then the 3rd group are savage, intolerant Fulani herdsmen, employed by the cattle owners to take revenge on the communities, where their cattle were stolen, because they erroneously believe that the indigenes of those communities are responsible for stealing their cows.

The 2nd and 3rd groups are the most deadly of the Fulani herdsmen. The govt authorities and security agencies need to fish them out, and eradicate them!

Turantula:
In a sane country this OP would have been arrested and shot instantly and his carcasses thrown to the dogs and baboons

PaChukwudi44:
so because I don't have 30 billion in my account.I should wait and waylaid Davido and dispossess him of his money since I am trying to survive!!! At times I wonder how some people who call themselves human beings reason.BTW Talking about stark illiteracy ,hw many of those farmers in the village educated? Do they go about stealing other people's properties to survive?

PStacks:



to an extent it might be politicised just like every other thing in nigeria but struggle for survival pre dates fulanis and fermers.

in as much as Benue indigenes are origial owners and inhabitants of that region, I am only saying to you too that the herdsmen are faced with 2 unfavourable realities.

they cant go back up north because there is no water coming from the lake chad no more as climate change , global warming and desertification has wiped out that option and then they are not welcomed in region around the River Benue..

put yourself in their shoes and come up with a one fit all solution.

it is like being between the devil and deep blue sea.
you cant move backwards yet you cant move forward.

it is a precarious situation and people must thread with caution before aportioning blames.

this to me isnt a matter of land grabing on the parts of the fulanis, its a struggle for survival for themselves and their cattles..


if you remember the theory of evolution that talks about adaptation and survival of the fittest, that to me is simply what is playing out here


we must not always kill ourselves in Nigeria

Turantula:
garbage straight from the pit of hell fire

PStacks:



it is a case of yanja dey sleep trouble go wake am..

illitrate farmers and illitrate herders can only stir up a spark.

PaChukwudi44:


so in otherwords the people of benue must cede their lands to the Fulani herdsmen whether they like it or not so that their cows can survive? Is that what you are trying to say?

PStacks:



look. You must be upto date with modern day realities.
these herdsmen are stack illitrates.

farmers try to keep them at bay hence a form of resistance...

whay do you expect when two ancient civilisation clashes?


Herdsmen dont just start to kill unprovoked.

nobody enjoys to kill. You only kill when your own life itself is threatened..

stop the blame games and side taking and profer your own solution Mr.

PStacks:



that is the stack reality staring us in the face. There must be adjustments on every sides.


Benue, Kogi, Nassarawa, And most North central communities around the River Niger and River Benue.


remember it is access to these Natural resources that is the problem and not land grabing

PaChukwudi44:

you sound so sick and demented!!! Gosh!!!!

PStacks:
to an extent it might be politicised just like every other thing in nigeria but struggle for survival pre dates fulanis and fermers.

in as much as Benue indigenes are origial owners and inhabitants of that region, I am only saying to you too that the herdsmen are faced with 2 unfavourable realities.

they cant go back up north because there is no water coming from the lake chad no more as climate change , global warming and desertification has wiped out that option and then they are not welcomed in region around the River Benue..

put yourself in their shoes and come up with a one fit all solution.

it is like being between the devil and deep blue sea.
you can move backwards yet you cant move forward.

it is a precarious situation and people must thread with caution before aportioning blames.

this to me isnt a matter of land grabing on the parts of the fulanis, its a struggle for survival for themselves and their cattles..

if you remember the theory of evolution that talks about adaptation and survival of the fittest.

we must not always kill ourselves in Nigeria

PaChukwudi44:


exactly access to natural resources!!! Since the fulanis wants to feed their cattle.Everyothe rpeople must donate their lands!!! Chai!!! what a mentality!!!

PStacks:



why do you choose to sound like you dont take Meat and Milk and dairy products.


do you eat without meat? Then why take sides with farmers?


im not with farmers nor am I with herders.. im being truthfully neutral but trying to profer solution

PStacks:



are u suggesting all fulani herdsmen be evacuated from Nigeria... ?

say something else cos that is NEVER EVER going to happen

PStacks:
you spoke well about the various groups. 1 2 and 3.

would you becos or 2 and 3 suffer 1..

the fulani herdsmen I know are people that only want to look out for their cattle wanting no troubles.

the number 2 and 3 like u stated are the problem.

would you because of 2 and 3 have 1 suffer.

it is far better for 99 criminals to go scot free that have 1 innocent man held by the law or how do they quote that general parlance?

Bottom line. Not all herdsmen are killer herdsmen.