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US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by awakeupcall4all(m): 9:11am On Jun 02, 2018
The United States Congress has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to publicly condemn attacks on Christian farmers by Fulani herdsmen, accusing him of being indifferent.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Sub-committee on Global Human Rights and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke while welcoming the release of the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report.

He said: “Congress is watching the situation in Nigeria with growing concern, as the Nigerian government there appears too often to be indifferent to attacks by Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian farmers.

“The confluence of religious, ethnic, economic and political tensions is only likely to be exacerbated in the lead-up to elections next year unless President Muhammadu Buhari speaks out with a clear voice condemning the herdsmen attacks.

“We grieve with the families of those killed, including those of two priests and 17 worshipers who were buried just last week following an attack by herdsmen in Benue state in April.

“Getting the facts right on the global state of religious freedom is essential for the shaping of U.S. policy and priorities, and that is why the State Department’s annual report is so important.

“I welcome the report’s release and urge concerted action to protect this fundamental freedom.

“Religious freedom is under siege globally, challenging U.S. interests. It is no coincidence that the worst violators of religious freedom globally are also the biggest threats to our nation—those who wish to do Americans the most harm, and those who most want to tear down the pillars of democratic societies.”

Briefing journalists on the report, the US Department of State’s Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback said he would travel to Nigeria in June.

“To talk with leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, Christian and Muslim; to talk about what we can do to move forward; to reduce the level of violence; to open the way for religious freedom.

“I have been meeting with a number of different Nigerian leaders, and it’s been a very difficult- I met with three leaders, last week. And they said to me – Sunday used to be the day they hated to see coming the most because that is when most of the attacks would take place.”

He said that the Nigerian government had the responsibility to protect the right to freedom of religion, adding that the US would continue to push Nigeria to do that.

“Our effort is for religious freedom for everybody, regardless of faith, or even if you’re a person without faith, but that you are free to do with your own conscience whatever you choose and that no government has the right to interfere with that,” he added.

The report noted that there were incidents of killings and other forms of violence between members of different religious groups in Nigeria in 2017.

It reads in part: “Many killings occurred between farmers and herders in the central Middle Belt region, where farmers are predominantly Christians and from various ethnic groups, and herders are predominantly Fulani Muslims.

“This violence included religious differences as a factor, according to scholars and other experts, but also involved ethnicity, politics, and increasing competition over dwindling land resources as a result of population growth, soil degradation, and internal displacement from other forms of violence and criminality occurring in the north.”

The report chronicled many of the killings and clashes which had a religious undertone that took place in Nigeria in the year under review.

It stated: “The government continued to detain the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), the country’s largest Shia group, and restrict the activities, free movement, and free association of its members.

“There were no reports of accountability for soldiers implicated in the December 2015 clash between the army and IMN members that, according to a Kaduna State government report and reports from non-government observers, left at least 348 IMN members and one soldier dead, with IMN members buried in a mass graves.”

The report also stated that both Muslim and Christian groups said there was lack of just handling of their mutual disputes and inadequate protection by federal, state, and local authorities, especially in central regions, where there were longstanding, violent disputes between Hausa and Fulani Muslims and Christian ethnic groups.

It said: “In disputes between primarily Christian farmers and Muslim herders, herders stated they did not receive justice when their members were killed or their cattle were stolen by the farming community, which they said caused them to carry out retaliatory attacks. Farmers stated that security forces did not intervene when their villages were being attacked by herdsmen.”


http://dailypost.ng/2018/06/01/us-congress-condemn-herdsmen-killings-accuse-buhari-inaction/

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by mihrab34(f): 9:15am On Jun 02, 2018
The President should have condemned the killings irrespective of religious difference, ethnicity, politics factors.

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Chizuru01(m): 9:24am On Jun 02, 2018
But Buhari came to America and say that Herdsmen carry only sticks not guns and you guys never questioned him with fact and figures, nna na wa o

Think of It, Look at the extent buhari the Terrorist is going to protect his killer brothers and compare it to our foolish governors like Umahi and Obiano who enjoys killing their innocent brothers

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by awakeupcall4all(m): 9:24am On Jun 02, 2018
Well this is it!!.....Donald Trump was telling Buhari on clear terms that the killings of christian has to stop...saying we will be working VERY VERY HARD ON THAT ...And so people think he was only fooling around...Not knowing they are fooling themselves.

You ever wonder why MURIC got enraged?? You ever wondered why Bomb went up the next day in mubi killing scores??...And you really think there is no islamisation agenda??

Nigerians really need to thank their lucky star for Trump winning against that witch supported by Hussein Obama...Nigeria would have been doomed for good in the hands of this islamist as led by Buhari..

Now a new Sheriff is in town removing all the satanic establishment of Hussein Obama which Buhari's evil regime is part of...

IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!!!!

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by SalamRushdie: 9:24am On Jun 02, 2018
Buhari the the terrorist

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Donald95(m): 9:25am On Jun 02, 2018
You people condemn,You people also sell weapons worth hundreds of billion naira to them knowing fully well it will be used against innocent people Na wa o

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by papoudaupolos: 9:25am On Jun 02, 2018
I jus believed that every governor has enough power and resources to protect the life of his people.
But is like the life of people is not the first to them.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Abjay97(m): 9:37am On Jun 02, 2018
Weep for Nigeria

Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Tallesty1(m): 9:42am On Jun 02, 2018
These people do not know that Buhari is a herdsman.

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by GuyWise(m): 9:49am On Jun 02, 2018
SalamRushdie:
Buhari the the terrorist

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by SadiqBabaSani: 9:57am On Jun 02, 2018
BMC mission here, Buhari is a terrorist, The Enlightened world knws

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Paperwhite(m): 10:04am On Jun 02, 2018
Buhari is really foolish & stupid to think that he can allow the fulani atrocities to continue unabated without they being decleared the terrorists that they are.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by anibirelawal(m): 10:45am On Jun 02, 2018
angry
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by saaron(m): 10:57am On Jun 02, 2018
This is why I consistently insist that victims who lost loved ones through herdsmen attack must organize themselves and drag buhari to ICC. Someone must pay for the genocide and blooded in middle belt.

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by saaron(m): 11:00am On Jun 02, 2018
Paperwhite:
Buhari is really foolish & stupid to think that he can allow the fulani atrocities to continue unabated without they being decleared the terrorists that they are.
Buhari will soon answer for his genocidal crimes in ICC.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Omololu007(m): 11:11am On Jun 02, 2018
Buhari has really failed Nigerian farmers,he crushed ipod with the military, but told us to embrace Fulani herdsmen killers.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by fineboynl(m): 11:13am On Jun 02, 2018
buhari is a terrorist, obama is a terrorist. hate trump or like him. since assumption of office. ISIS has become a thing of the past. there is more calm in the middle east now.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:19am On Jun 02, 2018
awakeupcall4all:
Well this is it!!.....Donald Trump was telling Buhari on clear terms that the killings of christian has to stop...saying we will be working VERY VERY HARD ON THAT ...And so people think he was only fooling around...Not knowing they are fooling themselves.

You ever wonder why MURIC got enraged?? You ever wondered why Bomb went up the next day in mubi killing scores??...And you really think there is no islamisation agenda??

Nigerians really need to thank their lucky star for Trump winning against that witch supported by Hussein Obama...Nigeria would have been doomed for good in the hands of this islamist as led by Buhari..

Now a new Sheriff is in town removing all the satanic establishment of Hussein Obama which Buhari's evil regime is part of...

IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW!!!!
Shataap joor Ipod terrorists. Ur trump that was busy calling PMB "sir sir" up and down Na him u they hail like this? trump that said, he is with PMB both physical and spiritual to deal with crocks in his country?

Guy, go look for Una "dilector "
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:23am On Jun 02, 2018
saaron:
Buhari will soon answer for his genocidal crimes in ICC.
ICC ko BCC ni. where is ur "dilector "? Ipod zombie.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by saaron(m): 11:26am On Jun 02, 2018
Beeman1:
ICC ko BCC ni. where is ur "dilector "? Ipod zombie.
Are you one of the April 26 BMC recruit?

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:27am On Jun 02, 2018
SadiqBabaSani:
BMC mission here, Buhari is a terrorist, The Enlightened world knws
Enlightened Ipod terrorists ba? if Una do anyhow, Una go see any how. The same Trump u r shouting up and down has given PMB go ahead to deal with any idiots in Nigeria and nothing will happen. where is my "dilector "?

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by nwabobo: 11:27am On Jun 02, 2018
awakeupcall4all:
The United States Congress has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to publicly condemn attacks on Christian farmers by Fulani herdsmen, accusing him of being indifferent.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Chair of the House Sub-committee on Global Human Rights and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke while welcoming the release of the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report.

He said: “Congress is watching the situation in Nigeria with growing concern, as the Nigerian government there appears too often to be indifferent to attacks by Fulani herdsmen on predominantly Christian farmers.

“The confluence of religious, ethnic, economic and political tensions is only likely to be exacerbated in the lead-up to elections next year unless President Muhammadu Buhari speaks out with a clear voice condemning the herdsmen attacks.

“We grieve with the families of those killed, including those of two priests and 17 worshipers who were buried just last week following an attack by herdsmen in Benue state in April.

“Getting the facts right on the global state of religious freedom is essential for the shaping of U.S. policy and priorities, and that is why the State Department’s annual report is so important.

“I welcome the report’s release and urge concerted action to protect this fundamental freedom.

“Religious freedom is under siege globally, challenging U.S. interests. It is no coincidence that the worst violators of religious freedom globally are also the biggest threats to our nation—those who wish to do Americans the most harm, and those who most want to tear down the pillars of democratic societies.”

Briefing journalists on the report, the US Department of State’s Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback said he would travel to Nigeria in June.

“To talk with leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, Christian and Muslim; to talk about what we can do to move forward; to reduce the level of violence; to open the way for religious freedom.

“I have been meeting with a number of different Nigerian leaders, and it’s been a very difficult- I met with three leaders, last week. And they said to me – Sunday used to be the day they hated to see coming the most because that is when most of the attacks would take place.”

He said that the Nigerian government had the responsibility to protect the right to freedom of religion, adding that the US would continue to push Nigeria to do that.

“Our effort is for religious freedom for everybody, regardless of faith, or even if you’re a person without faith, but that you are free to do with your own conscience whatever you choose and that no government has the right to interfere with that,” he added.

The report noted that there were incidents of killings and other forms of violence between members of different religious groups in Nigeria in 2017.

It reads in part: “Many killings occurred between farmers and herders in the central Middle Belt region, where farmers are predominantly Christians and from various ethnic groups, and herders are predominantly Fulani Muslims.

“This violence included religious differences as a factor, according to scholars and other experts, but also involved ethnicity, politics, and increasing competition over dwindling land resources as a result of population growth, soil degradation, and internal displacement from other forms of violence and criminality occurring in the north.”

The report chronicled many of the killings and clashes which had a religious undertone that took place in Nigeria in the year under review.

It stated: “The government continued to detain the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), the country’s largest Shia group, and restrict the activities, free movement, and free association of its members.

“There were no reports of accountability for soldiers implicated in the December 2015 clash between the army and IMN members that, according to a Kaduna State government report and reports from non-government observers, left at least 348 IMN members and one soldier dead, with IMN members buried in a mass graves.”

The report also stated that both Muslim and Christian groups said there was lack of just handling of their mutual disputes and inadequate protection by federal, state, and local authorities, especially in central regions, where there were longstanding, violent disputes between Hausa and Fulani Muslims and Christian ethnic groups.

It said: “In disputes between primarily Christian farmers and Muslim herders, herders stated they did not receive justice when their members were killed or their cattle were stolen by the farming community, which they said caused them to carry out retaliatory attacks. Farmers stated that security forces did not intervene when their villages were being attacked by herdsmen.”


http://dailypost.ng/2018/06/01/us-congress-condemn-herdsmen-killings-accuse-buhari-inaction/

Obasanjo pressing the right buttons to make #BacktoDaura a reality.

Those who know, know.

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:34am On Jun 02, 2018
saaron:
Are you one of the April 26 BMC recruit?
Shataap and face the topic. U think this farmers and herdsmen crisis started today? that same trump u all Ipod terrorists r shouting up and down has fully back PMB to deal with any idiot who causes trouble including pple like and Ur "dilector "
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Ogonimilitant(m): 11:34am On Jun 02, 2018
Ok
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Ojiofor: 11:35am On Jun 02, 2018
The nicest thing to happen to humanity in recent history is emergency of Mazi Trump as president of USA.When IPOB was celebrating his victory they indeed knew it was what celebrating.Buhari and his dumb supporters can't fool the rest of the world.

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:44am On Jun 02, 2018
SalamRushdie:
Buhari the the terrorist
Yeah, and that terrorist will continue to deal/torment pple like u who r enemies of the state. Arne kawai!
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:47am On Jun 02, 2018
Tallesty1:
These people do not know that Buhari is a herdsman.
And it's that herdsman ur Lord trump was busy calling sir. jump in to lagoon before frustration kills u. Ipod zombie.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 11:49am On Jun 02, 2018
Ojiofor:
The nicest thing to happen to humanity in recent history is emergency of Mazi Trump as president of USA.When IPOB was celebrating his victory they indeed knew it was what celebrating.Buhari and his dumb supporters can't fool the rest of the world.
But he invited PMB to Washington not ur late terrorist Nnamumudi cownu. what an irony
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Tallesty1(m): 11:52am On Jun 02, 2018
Beeman1:
And it's that herdsman ur Lord trump was busy calling sir. jump in to lagoon before frustration kills u. Ipod zombie.
Brainless grasshopper

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Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by chuksjuve(m): 11:52am On Jun 02, 2018
There was a country
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Beeman1(m): 12:03pm On Jun 02, 2018
Tallesty1:
Brainless grasshopper
Nyamiri Arne. Go and mourn ur late Nnamumudi cownu plss.
Re: US Congress Condemn Herdsmen Killings, Accuse Buhari Of Inaction by Ojiofor: 12:05pm On Jun 02, 2018
Beeman1:
But he invited PMB to Washington not ur late terrorist Nnamumudi cownu. what an irony

He invited Buhari to warm him to stop killing christians or else...............
And since then Buhari's terrorist dull brain have been resetted grin

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