FROM Kogi to Oyo State in the last one week, security concerns have mounted over what has been discovered to be a mass movement of Fulani families southwards.

In Oyo State, a meeting of the Yoruba World Assembly held at the Parliament Building on Thursday was informed of Fulani herdsmen trooping into the state from neighbouring countries through Saki East, Saki West and Atisbo local government areas.

Last Saturday, in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, truck loads of Fulani men, women and children were intercepted at the point of their settling in a forest area.

They told locals that they were there as refugees fleeing from bandits ravaging their homes in Niger State.

The scores of the Fulani migrants confessed to local government authorities that they were from Niger State and wanted to settle at the location where they were intercepted.

The Fulani herdsmen and their families arrived in Okunran community in Yagba West Local Government Area of the state at about 12 noon last Saturday when truck conveying them arrived in the forest part of the remote community.

Saturday Tribune gathered that the herdsmen were intercepted by officials of the local government led by the chairman, Mr Pius Kolawole, in collaboration with locals and security agencies.

A statement last Sunday signed by media assistant to the council chairman, Mr Eniola Olayemi, had alleged that the local government authorities returned over 100 Fulanis in trucks moving to Okunran illegally to settle without a clear mission.

The statement said the council chairman had taken the security of the area seriously since he assumed office and had held series of meetings as regards the invasion of Yagba West by the Fulani herdsmen.

He said the Fulanis were intercepted on Saturday and their loaded truck was escorted out of the local government area with the support of security agencies.

The statement said Yagba West under Kolawole’s leadership “is determined to ensure that security of life and property is actualised to the fullest.”

However, the special adviser on media to the chairman, Mr Toba Abraham, while speaking to Saturday Tribune on Thursday, disclosed that not all the Fulani herdsmen were turned back to Niger State.

He said that the local government chairman and security and other relevant officials held a meeting on that day where they screened and interrogated the Fulani herdsmen women and their children.

According to him, the Fulani migrants said they had to leave their communities in Niger State due to the activities of bandits as their lives were not safe staying there.

Abraham said those among them that were able to give satisfactory explanation were allowed to stay, while those who could not explain their mission were turned back to Niger State.

Meanwhile when Saturday Tribune called on the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr William Aya, to confirm the story, he said his office was not aware of such a development.

Leader of Amotekun in Oyo State, General Kunle Togun, who was credited with the security information on influx of armed herdsmen from outside the country, told Saturday Tribune on Friday that he would address a world press conference on Tuesday or Wednesday in Ibadan.

General Togun said he would speak on all issues connected with threats from the armed Fulani trooping into the state as well as other related issues at the conference. 35 armed Fulani still in police custody in Oyo Meanwhile, 35 Fulani herdsmen who were some days ago arrested on TapaIgangan Road in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state are still in police custody.

The police said the arrested men were going through the investigative process. The men were said to have been armed with guns, knives and other weapons.

A report had it that they were on a reprisal attack on operatives of the Amotekun security outfit over the alleged killing of three suspected bandits last Saturday. One of the Fulani herdsmen arrested by Operation Burst, Adamu Yerima Abubakar, was interviewed on Friday by Saturday Tribune where he and others were being detained. He did not deny that he and his people were armed but said they were vigilantes going after kidnappers and other bandits in Ibarapa zone when they were arrested.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the Fulanis were still going through investigation. “The police have gone to the scene to make inquiries in order to get more facts. We are still investigating,” the PPRO said.

Commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Colonel Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), had a few days ago said that his men launched six operations in four local government areas but that the team in Ayete was attacked inside the forest by suspected bandits with three of them killed by his men.

Olayanju stressed that the operations were not against any Fulani settlement, adding that the operations were fully supported by Fulani leaders living in the areas. According to him, a number of Miyetti Allah members were part of the operations.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-concerns-mount-over-mass-movement-of-fulanis-southwards/

I pray they are not up to something.

okay

Let me see what I can do.

InfernoNig:
I pray they are not up to something.

Nigerians & Prayer.
"When we pray, we must pray together, ready to act on our prayer." ... But the harsh truth is that,Many a time, we use prayer as a way of ignoring the need for action.

There is no problems with this. The Fulanis and the Yorubas have been living together for centuries....Helinues.

They appear vulnerable, harmless and peaceful at the point of trying to settle down in a place until they are settled, studied their host then they start going violence claiming grazing route. Next is they start killing and raping the host community.

Tofax:

Nigerians & Prayer.
“When we pray, we must pray together, ready to act on our prayer.” ... But the harsh truth is that,Many a time, we use prayer as a way of ignoring the need for action.

What else can we do. Harsh reality is the Government doesn't care or they are doing little or nothing about security. All we do is pray to avert insecurities.

Buhari boys on the move

Fake news. Fulani and Yoruba are one United peace loving brothers.
They even live together in Ilorin where yoruba people are colonizing them, teaching them yoruba language and marrying their daughters to the emir.
You IPOD fake news carrier, tell me one fulani person in Ilorin that is not bearing a Yoruba name, I dare you!

InfernoNig:
I pray they are not up to something.

Continue praying while those with better understanding tackle the issue pragmatically. Weak people will always be wiped out by the wild and strong ones. Natural selection has always been true.

Yujin:

Continue praying while those with better understanding tackle the issue pragmatically. Weak people will always be wiped out by the wild and strong ones. Natural selection has always been true.

Whatever floats your boat.

IPOD shame on you.
The innocent Fulani are just running away from erosion potopoto Republic where Namadi Cownu online ESN are scamming them of their peace loving settlements in Ebonyi.
This is a proof that developers region is not habitable because the fulani have realized that the only place they can be accommodated is SW, the land of sophisticated people and accommodation.
Here we accommodate everybody.
The fulanis are welcome.
Yoruba lagba

Mysticwebb:
They appear vulnerable, harmless and peaceful at the point of trying to settle down in a place until they are settled, studied their host then they start going violence claiming grazing route. Next is they start killing and raping the host community.

IPOD get behind me with your hate.
Fulanis are fellow Nigerians and constitution says that they can live wherever they want.
Everybody cannot be inhospitable like you people.
Just sit down in your Erosion and watch us accommodate the fulani like we did in Ilorin

helinues:

This is one Nigeria my brother.
IPOD think we are hateful like them.
Fulanis, the real Omoluabis welcome you to the most sophisticated land in Nigeria.
On behalf of my fellow Omoluabis, you can live wherever you like.
This is the Nigeria of our dreams. The day we throw tribalism into the gutter and embrace oneself.
The Yorubas will lead by example by welcoming our fellow Fulanis.
One Nigeria my people!

Bkayyy:
IPOD shame on you.
The innocent Fulani are just running away from erosion potopoto Republic where Namadi Cownu online ESN are scamming them of their peace loving settlements in Ebonyi.
This is a proof that developers region is not habitable because the fulani have realized that the only place they can be accommodated is SW, the land of sophisticated people and accommodation.
Here we accommodate everybody.
The fulanis are welcome.
Yoruba lagba

Abi o my brother,

Don't mind those IPOD terrorists and their fake online ESN. The reason Fulani herdsmen are not attacking the East as they used to and now flooding into the SW is because they got tired of ESN's online attacks on them, so they had to migrate to the Westside to face the real Amotekun warriors (who by the way have been using our beautiful cone heads to do target practice lately). But we are ready to accommodate our Bororo brothers since we are known to be good accommodators... now Bororo boys have been using us to do anatomical human practicals by dismembering us anyhow, I'm currently typing this with half my fingers missing

God bless Odua nation
God bless Arewa nation
One Nigeria!

Kwashiman:

Abi o my brother,

Don't mind those IPOD terrorists and their fake online ESN. The reason Fulani herdsmen are not attacking the East as they used to and now flooding into the SW is because they got tired of ESN's online attacks on them, so they had to migrate to the Westside to face the real Amotekun warriors (who by the way have been using our beautiful cone heads to do target practice), but we are ready to accommodate our Bororo brothers since we are known to be good accommodators.

You see my brother. IPOD people are very wicked and hateful.
We know that they can corrupt some of our people to key into their hate speech to destroy our one Nigeria. That is why we set UP Amotekun to kill any Yoruba person that is against fulani settlement in SW like we are doing currently in Oyo.
Our brothers from the Futa Djallion, you are welcome once again to the land of sophistication where peace reigns.
Ignore IPOD people and their hate

Bkayyy:

You see my brother. IPOD people are very wicked and hateful.
We know that they can corrupt some of our people to key into their hate speech to destroy our one Nigeria. That is why we set UP Amotekun to kill any Yoruba person that is against fulani settlement in SW like we are doing currently in Oyo.
Our brothers from the Futa Djallion, you are welcome once again to the land of sophistication where peace reigns.
Ignore IPOD people and their hate

Amen egbon mi, even though half the population of young people in my community have been dismembered by some bororo boys, and now walk around with chopped off ears, fingers, toes etc... we won't allow the children of hate infringe on our omoluabi spirit of accommodation.

Odua a gbe wa ooo
One Nigeria!

Kwashiman:

Amen egbon mi, even though half the population of young people in my community have been dismembered by some bororo boys, and now walk around with chopped off ears, fingers, toes etc... we won't allow the children of hate infringe on our omoluabi spirit of accommodation.

Odua a gbe wa ooo
One Nigeria!

See eh, Omo IPOD is not smart at all. This is why their region is not developed.
They keep on chasing investors like the Fulani Herdsmen away and later they will cry marginalization. Awon orisirisi. Shameless wailers
Just watch how we will seize this opportunity and create another Lagos with our brothers the fulani herdsmen.
Let the Wailers wail. Fulanis are going no where.
One Nigeria for ever

Yoruba1stson:
See how nyamiris are wailing up there, as usual shaa wailing is in their dna. Shame on bunch of fools

I dey tell you.
They even brought fake news so that it will look as if we are having troubles with our fulani brothers.
Shame on you, IPOD and Namadi Cownu followers

Yoruba1stson:
See how nyamiris are wailing up there, as usual shaa wailing is in their dna. Shame on bunch of fools

Are you sure you're Yoruba 1stson? Upon the scaring news that foreigners are migrating to Nigeria illegally,the only sensible thing you have to say is to attack some funny comments here.
What do have to say about this:
"In Oyo State, a meeting of the Yoruba World Assembly held at the Parliament Building on Thursday was informed of Fulani herdsmen trooping into the state from neighbouring countries through Saki East, Saki West and Atisbo local government areas."

Redcrafton:
There is no problems with this. The Fulanis and the Yorubas have been living together for centuries....Helinues.

Yolobas and hausafulanis are brothers.

Bkayyy:

See eh, Omo IPOD is not smart at all. This is why their region is not developed.
They keep on chasing investors like the Fulani Herdsmen away and later they will cry marginalization. Awon orisirisi. Shameless wailers
Just watch how we will seize this opportunity and create another Lagos with our brothers the fulani herdsmen.
Let the Wailers wail. Fulanis are going no where.
One Nigeria for ever

One Nigeria with only yolobas and hausafulanis will really be a wonderful one

Kwashiman:

Abi o my brother,

Don't mind those IPOD terrorists and their fake online ESN. The reason Fulani herdsmen are not attacking the East as they used to and now flooding into the SW is because they got tired of ESN's online attacks on them, so they had to migrate to the Westside to face the real Amotekun warriors (who by the way have been using our beautiful cone heads to do target practice lately). But we are ready to accommodate our Bororo brothers since we are known to be good accommodators... now Bororo boys have been using us to do anatomical human practicals by dismembering us anyhow, I'm currently typing this with half my fingers missing

God bless Odua nation
God bless Arewa nation
One Nigeria!

Yes oooh

We are ready to join MURIC to stop that good for nothing AMOTEKUN, that have killed 11 people in one month so we can accommodate more Bororo people from Mali, Guinea and those returning from Central African republic.
Bororo people are nice people...they dont kill people.

Where are their cows

Tofax:

Are you sure you're Yoruba 1stson? Upon the scaring news that foreigners are migrating to Nigeria illegally,the only sensible thing you have to say is to attack some funny comments here.
What do have to say about this:
"In Oyo State, a meeting of the Yoruba World Assembly held at the Parliament Building on Thursday was informed of Fulani herdsmen trooping into the state from neighbouring countries through Saki East, Saki West and Atisbo local government areas."

Just clowns trying to sound sarcastic.

Get urself a gun....

We are at war

I no go say pim. When Nigerians are ready, we shall have that discussion.

First of all, who designated Oyo state communities as hosts for IDP camps ?

The South West governor should prepare for the fulanis, because Hausa people are now do fire for fire for the fulanis in their domain especially Niger state, they are now relocating from Niger state to Southwest. They should not allow them to settle down in South West o because of their atrocities

Sorrow, tears and blood are their trademark.Guard and protect yourself people.TY Danjuma have already warned Nigerians.