Jos crisis: Why we struck –Fulani Settlers
., Jang causing more trouble


Five days after the massacre in Jos, the Fulani settlers alleged to have carried out the attack have given a detailed explanation as to why the sad incident occurred.

Speaking to journalists yesterday in Abuja, the Fulani leader and secretary Sultan’s Farmer/Cattle Rearers Conflict Committee, Sale Bayari, said the recent mishap was caused by failure of both the Plateau State Government and the Presidential Committee on Jos Crisis to clearly address the losses of the Fulanis in past crisis.

Bayero, who claimed to be a none stakeholder in the crisis, also said it was unfair for the police to continue to hold the 49 Fulanis arrested so far, adding that what happened was a complete case of jungle justice.
He said: “Some of us have been forced to live like outlaws in Jos. Why would a government turn its own responsibility upside down? Under the circumstances of what has been happening in Plateau State, some people just have to die.

“Any society that refuses to be just and fair shall become a jungle where only jungle justice shall operate like the case in Plateau State today. There are some people who are very conversant with the jungle. They sleep with snakes, gorilla even at night. So if you turn your state to a jungle state, this is what you get. So far, we have suffered most. Indeed, majority of our killings were carried out in areas where there was strong government presence.”

Bayeri further noted that it was completely unjust for government and the media to be silent when the Fulanis lost hundreds of their kinsmen most of whom were children and women, only for everyone to hastily condemn them now.
“When our people were killed or were being killed, we can’t remember seeing Governor Jang, the Gbong Gwom, the Information Commissioner, members of House of Assembly of the areas, neither did anyone of them say a word about what happened to us. Up till today, they are behaving as if nothing ever happened to us and you expect this to just pass away and forever? In Kuru Karama when Aljazeera was beaming the corpses of 150 children and women strewn into the village streets, where was Governor Jang and Gyang Buba? Who has been arrested? Who provided the five Hilux Jeeps that brought the killers? Who has made any effort to fish out the killers. Haba!

“The herdsmen have been at the receiving end for no reason whatsoever and it is, therefore, most baffling to hear government now exaggerating the figure of those who lost their lives in what is called reprisal attack at Dogo Nahauwa in order to give the world the impression that those who lost their lives in this incident outweigh any other that happened to other people such as the Fulani
“We observe with great dismay and outright taking of sides by the government through its spokesman, Mr. Gregory Yenlong, Commissioner for Information, by saying that 500 were killed while the Police Commissioner was categorically saying 109 people were confirmed killed. Why is the Government denying our own casualties and the loss of property, which we have documented and published in the media while trying to convince the world to accept their own speculation as fact?

“Why didn’t the government challenge us to prove the loss of 215 people in the January 17 Jos crisis? Why didn’t the government respond to our petition to the Federal Government through the force CID that we wrote to only to deny that what took place was a reprisal attack as stated by the police. Whether it was a reprisal attack or not, between 2001 to the recent crisis, the Berom have killed over 365 herdsmen in cold blood in Jos South, Barkin Ladi and Rayon Local Gocervment Areas.

“Because the Fulani are local herdsmen who are not beneficiaries of the state, national and international media, deaths of our children, women and men never occurred and were never reported and the purported reprisal theory was never justified. If, we may ask, why then this attack took place where it happened and nowhere else outside the three Berom local government areas that we alleged we lost 215 people? We want an answer from Jang.

Bayeri, therefore, called on the Federal Government to halt the indiscriminate arrest of herdsmen in the country, cautioned that if these acts of injustice to the Fulanis continue there would not be a way out of the crisis.
“The Fulani abhor injustice and they shall seek justice through any means legal. We therefore call for the fair trial of all those arrested before only a federal high court and by the office of the federal Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) and not by the Plateau State government headed by a Berom government and Berom Attorney General whom the Fulanis hold squarely responsible for the unfortunate crisis.”

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Under the circumstances of what has been happening in Plateau State, some people just have to die.

“Any society that refuses to be just and fair shall become a jungle where only jungle justice shall operate like the case in Plateau State today. There are some people who are very conversant with the jungle. They sleep with snakes, gorilla even at night. So if you turn your state to a jungle state, this is what you get. So far, we have suffered most. Indeed, majority of our killings were carried out in areas where there was strong government presence.”

The mugu has implicated himself. Onovo, over to you.

@beaf, onovo knows better, nothing dare happens to bayari and even those arresred will be home by weekend.

This guy is mad pls he alongside those involved in d reprisal attack shld be tried nd d Judge shldnt be lenient cos dis is a clear case of terrorism or when has it become justified to take d laws into ur hands, this guy is only callin 4 d 2nd Civil war, God forbid

hypocracy is not good, ask for justice to be done no matter who is involved, jang has never hidding his disdain for for hausa/fulani/MUSLIMS so he've been frustrating every peace effort, but now that he've seen what can happen when justice is denied i hope GOD will touch his and he will give peace a chance.

Beaf:

The mugu has implicated himself. Onovo, over to you.

  Nigeria is a country where anybody can say anything without anything happening to anybody.

OBJ said and i quote, 'don't vote for a party that would not win'

Beaf:

The mugu has implicated himself. Onovo, over to you.

hmmmm,
Well in war, do you arrest the troops of any side after the war? Even if one side was wrong, their troops are not arrested. That's where this homeboy is coming from. In relation to the atrocities the Nazi troops committed, they pretty much got away with it because it was war/jungle.

if this guy is not arrested in the next 48hrs then there is something fundamentally wrong with this country.

He wont be arrested, because the military is his brethren.

That is why this nation needs to be divided, since people like this are only accountable to the Sultan of Sokoto.

Thngz r getting crazier wt each passing minuite.Hw can a sane man make such comments?

@odunnu, cos his family was murdered one month ago and everyone was clapping saying it serves them right, but now the music have changed, and now everyone is shouting, people can shout all they want, if jang is no satisfied with shedding innocent blood it wont stop, so please direct you pls to jang.

@18 platoon
You seem to be intimate with the events surrounding this crisis - based on your postings on NL so far. Under that assumption, and no matter what anyone thinks of your expressed views on this forum, may I ask you a few questions?

Could you provide a brief summary of the origin and history of these conflicts?

Could you outline the losses on your side during each of these conflicts?

Who in your judgment were the instigators of each conflict? Were they doing this in retaliation, provoked or other reasons as you may see fit?

Most importantly, what do you, please do not hold back, think is (are) the solution(s) to bring peace, permanently?

What rights do you see as minimum for your side of this argument in achieving peace?

What responsibilities do you see for your side of this conflict in bringing about peace

What prospects do you see for such peace?

Looking forward to your informed responses.

18 platoon:

@odunnu, cos his family was murdered one month ago and everyone was clapping saying it serves them right, but now the music have changed, and now everyone is shouting, people can shout all they want, if jang is no satisfied with shedding innocent blood it wont stop, so please direct you pls to jang.

This man is simply no better than the cows he rears. Can't imagine any sound human being to justify those killings I saw in the pictures. These folks are barbaric. What an insane logic.

Something will just have to give way in this country.

One sided arrests will not solve anything. The leaders of any groups involved in attacks (irrelevant of being initiated or reprisal) should be arrested and prosecuted. Government and security officials that failed in their duties should be dealt with as well.