Startling Revelations About Fulani Herdsmen Attacks

By Professor Charles Adisa

For a long time, the Nigerian state has been under siege by Fulani herdsmen terrorists operating under a predictable pattern of reconnaissance, attack and withdrawal, leading to many deaths and social dislocations. Since January 2016, there has been documented deaths of approximately 1000 Nigerians from across the middle belt, the South-south, and Southeastern parts of the country from these coordinated Fulani herdsmen attacks. The Fulani herdsmen are credited with destabilizing the city of Jos, a once tourist destination.

The failure to protect the citizens is the liability of the Federal Government of Nigeria and its armed forces. Most Nigerians and international bodies do not understand the Fulani herdsmen problem and we at CACLD did not initially. We therefore dispatched a fact finding team to the Southeastern part of the country to unravel the intricacies and complexities of the Fulani terrorist group; a group rated as the fourth most dangerous by respected international conflict organizations (According to the Global Terrorism Index 2015 report).

Our fact finding team visited interviewed neighbors from the local communities living within and around the Hausa communities. Both the Northerners and the local community were very open and volunteered valuable information to our team. There seems to be a willingness and eagerness for the violence to end. Below are our findings:

The Fulani Herdsmen terrorists do not own cattle: This is another revelation that may come as a surprise to many. Fulani herdsmen killers’ major job description is just to kill. They do not own any cattle. Most of them are employed by the cattle owners as “security men” whose job is strictly to protect the cattle. They do not however follow the cattle around, but move in separate vehicles along a defined route within the states where cattle are being reared.

The cattle are owned by more prominent Fulani leaders in the country. Most Nigerian Fulanis are no longer migratory herdsmen, but are either Emirs, Sultans, heads of parastatals, oil barons, Imams, Governors, Federal Reps, and Senators. However, they still maintain their cultural ownership of cattle. These wealthy Nigerians increase their wealth astronomically through cattle rearing by using their not-well-off brothers from outside Nigeria to rear these cattle. Instead of investing in ranches and buying of grasses from the South, they chose the cheaper alternative of having their kinsmen, imported from outside the country, take these cattle from the north to south seasonally; using the entire Nigerian space as their “grass kingdom”. These cattle, in turn, destroy farms in their path, rendering farmers economically bankrupt to further enrich the wealthy Fulani “remote herders”.

For clarity sake, let us present the breakdown of Fulani people in Nigeria as we deduced from our investigation.

There are about 5 million Fulani people in Nigeria making them one of the smallest ethnic groups in the country.

Out of the 5 million Fulani people, only about 3 million of them are Nigerians. The remaining 2 million come from outside the country and are first generation immigrants.

About 60 percent of the Fulanis in Nigeria are governors, Imams, Emirs, Sultan, House of Rep members, Importers, Exporters, Ministers, Oil well owners, lecturers, Vice Chancellors, Ministers, and Senators etc. In a nutshell, the Fulani control all sectors of the northern economy. These rich Fulani’s own all the cattle being reared in Nigeria.

The remaining 40 percent of Fulanis come from outside the country. These are the poor and peasant Fulanis. These immigrant Fulani’s are mostly in charge of the cattle owned by the Bourgeois Fulani. Because the Fulanis have the highest income per capita in the Nigerian state (Fulani’s who are Nigerians), they constantly need to import their poor brothers and sisters from outside the country to increase their population and to help with menial jobs. The Fulanis always either marry into rich families or they would marry only Fulani to maintain their pure race.

Lastly, there is a group of Fulani herdsmen who rear the cattle from the north to the south. These are at the bottom of the Fulani Herdsmen ladder. Some of them do not even know how to speak English and are so poor that they are paid just a little amount of money for their job. These herdsmen do not carry guns. They only carry arrows and machetes to help them navigate the bushes on their way down to the South.

We learned from the surrounding communities and from some of the Hausa elders about what constitutes a Fulani herdsmen attack. According to information we received, when there is a disagreement between host communities, or between herdsmen and farmers, the Fulani herdsmen who accompany the cattle will locate the nearest Fulani settlement. When they arrive, they will narrate their story. The Fulani (Nigerian middlemen) cattle managers will notify their top Fulani Herdsmen which in this case, include governors (like El Rufai) and other top Fulani Bourgeois who own the cattle. A decision will be made about whether there should be an attack or not on the said village or host community. If an attack is sanctioned, then modalities will be mapped out and a date will be chosen for the attack. Most times, Fulani herdsmen in the military and police are notified and everyone sends a representative. Neighboring settlements sends out representatives and arms cache are opened and arms are distributed to the participants. The major participants are the 20 to 40 Fulani herdsmen whose job is to kill.

During an attack, every Fulani person in the area knows there will be an attack and all will contribute to make sure it goes on successfully. Fulanis in the higher levels of the military will ensure all commands under them stand down, and the top Fulani police officers will do the same. The road is then clear for the Fulani herdsmen to carry their attacks.

Next time when we talk about a herdsmen attack, we must understand that the attack was not carried out by the herdsmen you see escorting cattle on the roads and bushes. These attacks are well coordinated and sometimes involves the approval of senators and influential men in Abuja. Even our president Mohammed Buhari has a herd of cattle and hence is a Fulani herdsman, corroborating the information we received from respondents on ground. Fulani herdsmen attacks involves all Fulani ethnic members in Nigeria. Most times, these attacks happen only because “respectable men” sanction them.

Professor Adisa is of Chinua Achebe Center for Leadership and Development [CACLAD].

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Wait what? Wait wait, what?

Jesus!

These attacks are well coordinated and sometimes involves the approval of senators and influential men in Abuja.

Even Buhari has a herd of cattle,hence he is a FULANI HERDSMAN. That's why his response is very slow.

Wicked people,wicked leaders,God will punish all of them.

Majority of the fulani leaders including those in government up to the highest authorities are aware of these attacks before they are carried out, in fact they are very proud and happy on the successful operation of these attacks and the amount of human lives wasted which is why you will never hear them condemning the murderous acts.

Yet one mumu money miss road goat from abia state that calls himself orji kalu will open his rotten mouth to say that the attacks where not carried out by Fulani herdsmen .

does taqqiya rings a bell to useful idiots in dis shit hole? jihadist ar using taqqiya ( deception) right under nijeriyans nose.
if u claim to be sane yet cannot detect d lies n deception about d real nature of fulani herds men attack den u ar notin but a blind.

let me lay down d series of lies jihadist use to divide Christians for many years since 2011.remember both jihadist n herds men play on d same team, but like football, dey play different roles. while herds men ar vested with d duty of killings n massacres, d jihadist on d oda side takes care of d taqqiya dept.

check dis out: wen herds men attack, Jihadist come with different theories, stories about d real nature of d attacks. dis stories ar created for a single goal, n d goal is to divide n confuse Christians on d true nature of such attacks. d aim here is to neutralize any attempt to unravel to truth about herds men massacres.

d following is d jihadist modus operandi in covert support of fulani herds men terrorist massacres in nijeriya.

*wen fulani herds men terrorist attacked southern Kaduna pipul, d jihadist said is was just an ethno religious crisis.

*wen d terrorist attack plateau state, d Jihadist said was was a communal clash n reprisal attack against biron pipul. nijeriyans bought d lie.

*wen d terrorist herds men attacked taraba, d jihadist said it was a farmers herders clash. yet again nijeriyans bought d lie.

*wen d terrorist attacked agatu, benue, d jihadist claimed it was just a farmers herders clash.

*wen d terrorist attacked benue again, d Jihadist claimed 1000 cows were stolen.

*wen d terrorist attacked plateau under d same lalong who issued a stupid statement against ortom, d jihadist said it was a criminal attack.

*wen d terrorist attack adamawa, d jihadist said criminals were behind d attack. wen adamawa pipul revenged d attack against dem, sultan began his hate speech.

*wen d terrorist again attack benue, d jihadist claimed it was becos of anti grazing bill law.

do u notice d lies n diversionary tactics dis Jihadist use ? did u see d contradictions? was dere grazing law in southern kaduna wen herds men massacred pipul in cold blood? was dere anti grazing bill wen terrorist herds men attacked adamawa? was dere anti open grazing law wen terrorist herdsmen atacked agatu in benue? dis contradictions by jihadist ar DELIBERATE! for those who know me know how i so much emphasied dat Taqiyya is d jihadist greatest tool for jihad, will certainly see dat jihadist had been using taqiyya to blind side christains n useful idiots in nijeriya. wat better way to confuse nijeriyans on d real nature of herds men attack oda dan taqqiya? jihadist have successfully used taqqiya declared WAR on non muslims through terrorist activity of herds men.


DIS IS HOW JIHADIST IN NIJERIYA DIVIDE N CONQUER CHRISTIANS.
while useful idiots keep wasting dier time debating d so called herders-farmers clash taqqiya planted by jihadist, christian lives ar being wasted by terrorist herds men activities.

wake useful idiots up n smell d coffee, a silent war has been declared on u by d same persons u worship as messiah!!!