Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has said
his government has traced some violent, aggrieved
Fulani to their countries and paid them to stop the
killings of Southern Kaduna natives and the destruction
of their communities saying that the renewed violence is
carried out by bandits.
El-Rufai made this known while fielding questions from
some select Journalists in his office in Kaduna.
He said: “For southern Kaduna, we didn’t understand
what was going on and we decided to set up a
committee under Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd) to find
out what was going on there. What was established was
that the root of the problem has a history starting from
the 2011 post election violence.
“Fulani herdsmen from across Africa bring their cattle
down towards Middle Belt and Southern Nigeria. The
moment the rains starts around March, April, they start
moving them up to go back to their various communities
and countries.
“Unfortunately, it was when they were moving up with
their cattle across Southern Kaduna that the elections of
2011 took place and the crisis trapped some of them.
“Some of them were from Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali
and Senegal. Fulanis are in 14 African countries and they
traverse this country with the cattle.
“So many of these people were killed, cattle lost and
they organised themselves and came back to revenge.
“So a lot of what was happening in Southern Kaduna
was actually from outside Nigeria. We got a hint that the
late Governor Patrick Yakowa got this information and
he sent someone to go round some of these Fulani
communities, but of course after he died, the whole
thing stopped. That is what we inherited. But the Agwai
committee established that.
“We took certain steps. We got a group of people that
were going round trying to trace some of these people in
Cameroon, Niger republic and so on to tell them that
there is a new governor who is Fulani like them and has
no problem paying compensations for lives lost and he
is begging them to stop killing.
“In most of the communities, once that appeal was made
to them, they said they have forgiven. There are one or
two that asked for monetary compensation. They said
they have forgiven the death of human beings, but want
compensation for cattle. We said no problem, and we
paid some. As recently as two weeks ago, the team went
to Niger republic to attend one Fulani gathering that
they hold every year with a message from me.
source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/weve-paid-fulani-stop-killings-southern-kaduna-el-rufai/

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El rufai is clearly making a case for his brethren to be give the amnesty. If not how did they escape so easily but we traced to another country and paid?

You've just gave them what they wanted... Since Nigerdeltans were given amnesty, the North have known no rest. I hope they are satisfied now

Is better you kill Fulani man than to kill his cow, even in hundred years to come they shall come back for revenge. If you think am lying just kill Fulani cow..........and wait for the evil that will befall that community. Is good to forgive and forget.