The Bauchi State Governor , Bala Mohammed , has said Fulani herders carry AK- 47 for self - defence because they are being attacked by cattle rustlers .
He slammed his counterpart in Benue State, Samuel Ortom , over his handling of the farmer - herder clashes which had led to loss of lives .


Mohammed spoke at the closing ceremony of the 2021 Press Week of the Correspondents ’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists , Bauchi State Council on Thursday at the Command Guest House .

The governor in his keynote address on the theme , ‘ The Role of the Media in Promoting Peace in Nigeria , ’ commended journalists in the state for their accurate and balanced reporting and for promoting peace in Nigeria .

He faulted the notice to quit given to Fulani herders in some southern states , particularly Ondo , pointing out that the moves of the “ southern governors are wrong . ”

Mohammed said , “On the herders - farmers clashes , you have seen what our colleagues in the South - West are doing and some of them in South -East. Some of us told them with all modesty and humility – you are wrong .

“ But the person that is most wrong is the Governor of Benue State, my brother and my colleague, Governor (Samuel ) Ortom; he started all these. If you don’ t accommodate other tribes we are also accommodating your people in Bauchi and other places .

“ We have so many Tiv people working and farming in Alkaleri, farming in Tafawa Balewa , farming in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi ; has anyone asked them to go ? We have not , because it is their constitutional rights to be there.

“ We have Yoruba people in Bauchi for over 150 years, even before the birth of Nigeria . Nobody has told them to go ; some of them have risen to become permanent secretaries in Bauchi, Gombe and Borno.

“ And now , the Fulani man is practicing the tradition of trans - human , pastoralism, he has been exposed to the dangers of the forests, the animals, and now , the cattle rustlers , who carry guns, kill him and take away his commonwealth , his cows , he had no option than to carry Ak - 47 and defend himself because the society and the government are not protecting him .

“ It is not his fault , it is the fault of the government and the people ; you don’ t criminalise all of them because in every tribe there are criminals . You should be very sensitive . ”

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God punish this bandit of governor

If the cows were not in the bushes and forests trekking from Maiduguri to ughelli, they would be less at risk to be rustled.

Most certainly, it is only criminals that can back up criminals like the governor. So because of cattle rustling, herdsmen should be allowed to bear AK-47 riffles with which they commit crimes and no one cautions them? Shouldn't farmers whose crops are destroyed and they themselves killed and their wives raped also be allowed to bear AK-47 riffles? This is the talk of a sick person!

Hear mumu talk oooo. Anyway I hope the government is hearing this one. Let everyone one of us be carrying AK 47 for self defense against the killer fulanis na

Anything that comes from the north is an agent of evil and backwardness. When they were in power in the years of the military, they destroyed Nigeria, imagine someone overthrowing a democratically elected President, it can only be from them, imagine someone canceling a free and fair election, it can only be from them, what pisses me off is the way they perpetrate evil with the name of God

Northerners are this country problem.

They are gradually exposing themselves......out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks

AK47 to defend cow from cattle rustlers, meaning Nigerians supposed to carry atomic bombs to defend themselves from bandits because our lives are more important than cow.

Mumu talk