The Association of Fulani Chiefs and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have said a former Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, was not kidnapped by genuine Fulani herdsmen. MACBAN, therefore, faulted the pan- Yoruba group, Afenifere, for calling for the expulsion of Fulani herdsmen from the South-West. The Chairman of MACBAN, Ondo State chapter, Bello Garba, said this during a press conference in Lagos. Garba admitted that Fulani herdsmen usually encroached on farms but argued that no Fulani herdsman would abandon his cattle and go about abducting people. He said, “We’ve been relating with security agencies and we have never had any issue with residents before. The disagreement with farmers has been ongoing for sometime but we have mediated and settled it on several occasions. “Most of the Fulani people that came into Ondo came in as cattle breeders and you don’t expect them to just leave their animals and be kidnapping. We have been residing in Ondo State for more than 100 years and no one has ever accused us of any heinous crime in Ondo State or caught us with weapons. “As an Ondo resident, I condemn this act. Clearly, this is impersonation. We live with our families in Ondo. How can we engage in such an act? We are pleading with law enforcement agents to do more investigation and expose the real perpetrators.” Also speaking, the Sarkin Fulani of Lagos, Alhaji Mohammed Bambado, said it will not be in the interest of the Yoruba or Nigerians to denigrate cattle breeders at a time Nigeria was trying to diversify its economy and make agriculture more attractive. Bambado reminded the Afenifere that expelling Fulani indigenes from the South-West was in contravention of the African Union charter. He said, “Need we remind our brothers (Afenifere) of the African Union and ECOWAS charters that give people and animals, particularly, livestock free movement within and across international borders of West African states. Such calls and actions are in direct breach of a number of international treaties and obligations regarding the free movement of persons and animals. “Banning the movement of cattle from one part of Nigeria to another also violates the constitution of Nigeria on the freedom of movement of people and livestock. It also amounts to ethnic profiling of the nomadic Fulani.” He, however, called on the Afenifere to join hands with the Fulani to find a lasting solution to the encroachment of herdsmen on farmlands. The Sarkin Fulani, Abeokuta, Alhaji Mohammed Kabir, said the government needs to create grazing reserves for herdsmen so that they would stop encroaching on farmlands. He said if Nigeria failed to address the issue squarely, the country could start relying on other countries for cattle supply and this would further weaken the economy. Kabir, who is also the Secretary, Association of Fulani Chiefs in the South-West, said, “We have appealed to the Federal Government and state governments in the South-West to help create grazing reserves. “It is done in many advanced countries. When these things don’t exist, the herdsmen have to encroach for survival. Even before oil, we were doing this. “God forbids that we will be importing all our cattle from overseas like our cars. This cattle rearing creates jobs for thousands if not millions of people. There is ranching in advanced countries but we can’t be ranchers because we can’t afford it.”

fulani knows the only tribe that can contain their madness in nigeria

Did Baba say the association kidnapped him? Its might be the bad once among them that did the kidnapping and that does not mean the association sanctioned it or sort off.

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Cattle rearing create jobs? For Nigeria or for North?

Infact, you people have been causing too much havoc, go baq to ur state, enuf is enuf. Atleast the yorubas de rear Ram but still no wahala.

Buhari brothers cow has finished for them and they are not educated to find work, what next kidnapping and robbery

Buhari brothers cow has finished for them and they are not educated to find work, what next kidnapping and robbery life goes on.

Ranching in advanced countries developped from nomadic ranchers just like Agriculture came from subsistent farming. Governments control land distributions and usages everywhere. We are telling not asking our Governors in Nigeria to establish zonal Ranches for orderliness to prevail. These Ranches will employ local Fulani expert rearers to work productively with indigenes in the Ranches instead of, in dereliction, allowing them to wander slouchingly around in camouflaged uniform kidnapping all and sundries. We are now in a democracy and there is no Awolowo to harrass and kidnap like in the military regime, so we must deal with the best Afenifere Chieftain. That Falae has done very well for our Nigerian economy like all of our heroes past. The N5million that the camouflaged herdsmen took from his family to release him should be quardrupped to N20million to cover all his extra costs and problems and paid into his account immediately. We import Rice, what is wrong in importing cows instead of rearing camouflaged cattle herdsmen to turn ISIS and bokoharam to scatter Nigeria for us.