The Jukun people in Taraba State have lamented the alleged 'graveyard silence and inaction' from the presidency, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and Northern State Governors' Forum over their plight in the Fulani herdsman and farmers' crises.

The people, through the Jukun Development Association of Nigeria (JDAN), highlighted the atrocities being allegedly committed daily by Fulani herdsmen in southern and central Taraba State and much of the states in North-central Nigeria, saying: "As we speak, hundreds of thousands of cows are occupying destroyed homes and farmlands across the region making sure that indigenous population never return to their homeland."


At a world press conference held in Lagos which was addressed by the association President, Bako Benjamin, the Jukun people said despite all these, "We and the entire people of Nigeria have waited patiently for strong words and actions from the presidency.
"But the silence is becoming disturbing and dangerous, more disturbing is the graveyard silence of our ACF and Northern Governors' Forum who have chosen to look the other way as fellow northerners are been butchered and displaced from their ancestral homes and being replaced by new Fulani herdsmen population."

Benjamin therefore stated that: "On behalf of the Jukun people all over the world and the traumatised Christian minority tribes in the North-central Nigeria, we call on the state and federal government of Nigeria to make a public pronouncement concerning these killings and displacements immediately to demonstrate concern and reassurance, otherwise the people of these regions will have no choice than to take drastic measures to defend themselves and protect their ancestral homes.

"We once again call on the Taraba State and federal government to immediately send security agents to forcefully send packing all Fulani herdsmen illegal occupying farming communities and arrest the perpetrators of these genocides including villages' heads and their collaborators."

The association noted that another "disturbing aspect of this discriminatory blood bath" is that the herdsmen always attribute "their wanton massacre to cattle rustling as the motives for the wanton killings, but facts on ground point to reported and documented cases with the laws enforcement agents rating in Jigawa, Kebbi and Zamfara States as the headquarters of cattle rustling in Nigeria.

"But curiously, Nigerians have never heard of any killing, burning of human beings, destruction of homes and farmlands and permanent arm occupation by Fulani herdsmen in farming communities in those areas."
JDAN therefore stated: "We want to make it abundantly clear to everyone today that this medieval styled territorial expansion and genocides in this 21st century is capable of triggering another round of Nigeria's second civil war if not checked immediately by the authorities.

"And Fulani herdsmen and supporters must be reminded that no matter how many millions of poor farmers being slaughtered by their hired Chad and Niger republic mercenaries, they cannot save their medieval profession that is outdated and dying a natural death."

Source : http://tarabasquare..com.ng/2016/03/fulani-herdsmen-crises-jukuns-lament.html

Na wa o

it is called CHANGEEEE

Forsaken Country.
In the absence of government, you have no choice but to take your destiny in your own hands

If we go way back, and check the atrocities committed by this so called herdsmen till date, it might even make Boko are rams look like child play,
Government should put a ban on nomadic cattle rearing, if you wan rear cow, do am for una backyard for village

Nigerians should wake up before its too late.
Fulanis are not going to stop their jihad against Christians unless someone stop them.
But what kind of a country is Nigeria where a particular ethnic group get away with heinous crime without consequences?

It is only the Fulani that is allowed to take laws into their hands in this country without anyone asking questions.....But Why?
If nothing is done at the rate they are going they will turn every citizen of this country to Abokiii before 2050.

Why eat the product of your aggressor daily and still lament.

simple solution is to boycott beef for 6 months and let's see if there won't be peace.

lot's of alternative protein exist;
fish, pork, chicken sheep, rabbit, snail, bush meat

The consumers and the demand for beef are the cause of the rampage

femu:
Why eat the product of your aggressor daily and still lament.

simple solution is to boycott beef for 6 months and let's see if there won't be peace.

lot's of alternative protein exist;
fish, pork, chicken sheep, rabbit, snail, bush meat

The consumers and the demand for beef are the cause of the rampage

Nigerians are lazy and unserious,
the other day #NoBankingDay was held, it had no effect, yet people went to banking halls and are still complaining about the excessive charges.

As for the affected regions I sympathize, they shouldn't waste time calling on a government that is not there to hear the people in the 1st place.
the ministers are just there as figure head, no action except buhari does it himself, the buhari is still fulfilling his childhood ambition of traveling round the globe

oduastates:
Forsaken Country.
In the absence of government, you have no choice but to take your destiny in your own hands

forsaken country? Why not relocate to Togo? It is visa free?

If the descendants of Usman Dan Fodio has the audacity to carry arms and kill at will, I have every right to carry arms openly too.

I seek to kill nobody. I seek no war. I hate violence. I hate wars.

However, I have the right to defend myself.

Government has failed. Nigeria has failed. Our army do not engage the Fulani herdsmen, I don't know their reasons.

Who has hypnotized this generation?

If you are from Jukun it Agatu it any if such occupied lands, wake up.

amagunnerfan:
forsaken country? Why not relocate to Togo? It is visa free?

Relocate for what?
For the soldiers of "allah" to install an Emir at Onitsha without any resistance?

No way.

You asked for change, you have gotten change. Junkunawa, react na, i knw u dont take shit from them. Waitin for presdency for wot?

It was the same way Muslims never condemned BH because their attacks were targeted at Christians. They're only started speaking out when the chickens had come home to roost.
What goes around comes around.
Benue people should arm themselves and defend their lands from these blood craving demons called Fulani herdsmen.

PMB is never silent, he just doesn't make noise to build media friends. If he is to speak on the issue now, we will discover that a committee has been set up. Anyway, the love for wailing is the beginning of High BP