The Muslim Right Concerns (MURIC) has called on Seyi Makinde, Oyo State governor and President Muhammadu Buhari to compensate Fulani herders attacked by angry mob on Friday.

The religious body made the demand in a Sunday statement signed by its director, Ishaq Akintola.

Mr Akintola also advised that the crisis which erupted in Ibarapa, Oyo State between a Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and Fulani herdsmen be properly handled.

Calamity struck when supporters of the Yoruba activist invaded the Fulani settlement in Ibarapa and attacked herders after the expiration of Igboho’s vacation order to herdsmen in the area.

Properties worth millions of naira were lost after the irate youths set houses, vehicles and other valuables ablaze. Weighing in MURIC is advising that those attacked be immediately compensated by the government to forestall further breakdown of law and order.

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It also advised against demonizing an ethnic group over the criminal activities of few elements within its fold.

“The Igangan incident must be condemned by all lovers of peace. But at the same time, we cannot close our eyes to the pain and suffering of farmers and indigenes of the area whom criminals see as soft targets for kidnapping, armed robbery, etc. It is however crystal clear that it is not a religious matter, though some have been misled into labeling it an Hausa-Fulani affair. Our focus must be the criminals, not any tribe,” MURIC said.

“While we do not endorse violence, we opine that people whose farms have been destroyed have the right to express indignation. In the same manner, those whose relations or friends have fallen victims to criminal activities like kidnapping and armed robbery are justified to speak up. The only difference here is that no single tribe should be held responsible for all the crimes.

“This is because criminals abound in all faiths and tribes everywhere in the world, not only in Nigeria. We should therefore address crime and criminals. We should target kidnappers and armed robbers, not any particular ethnicity. Those who make the mistake of profiling people of certain tribes will end up hurting decent elements within that tribe and this is against the law of natural justice.

“With particular reference to the Oyo and Ondo State incidents and the quit notices, MURIC reminds people of the South West that the crisis cuts across ethnicities. The same herdsmen are involved in several states. Benue, Kaduna, Adamawa, Taraba, Enugu, Onitsha, PortHarcourt, etc, are facing the same problem of herdsmen versus farmers. In essence, the phenomenon is general and not targeted at the Yoruba per se.

“Almost all the northern states face the herdsmen versus farmers conflict, banditry and kidnapping. People of the South West must consider the fate of thousands of their kinsmen from Ogbomosho, Offa, Iwo, Ibadan, etc who have resided in the North for more than a hundred years before insisting on a general expulsion of Northerners.

“Truth is bitter, but the earlier we say it the better. Herdsmen have no right to destroy crops. This is where people have genuine grievances against herdsmen. But indigenes should not label all herdsmen as kidnappers because there are law abiding citizens among them. Yet the most disturbing thing is that many of the criminals are foreigners. Our suggestion is that it is these criminals and foreigners that the security agencies (including Amotekun) should go after.

Instead of applying the big stick, MURIC advises the Federal Government to consult widely with elders from all the states of the federation concerning the issue of herdsmen versus farmers with a view to finding a comprehensive solution. FG should also seek advice from other African countries where the same crisis has been on the front burner at one time or the other since this conflict is not restricted to Nigeria alone. It is national, continental and universal in dimension.

“To douse tension immediately, both FG and the Oyo State government should undertake to speedily and adequately compensate victims of the latest conflict in Igangan, Oyo State. FG in particular should take greater responsibility because it is the nationwide lacuna in security matters that has been responsible for the breakdown in law and order.

“Instead of issuing threats and counter-threats, we appeal to the various ethnicities in the country to understand the nature of the conflict. Herders and farmers crisis is not a Nigerian problem alone, it is universal. Nigeria needs to seek an enduring panacea to its own peculiar problems instead of aggravating the conflict. We must learn from the war in Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, etc and the attendant humanitarian disasters. This is still avoidable in Nigeria,” it added.

Source: https://todaypoliticsng.com/compensate-fulani-herders-attacked-in-oyo-immediately-muric-tells-makinde-buhari/

I agree with MUMUric

So who will compensate those attacked by the violent herdsmen.

Yes with 100 billion mumu people....

Who will now compensate the people they destroy there farm and also killed nd raped...

Probably from the tax the Fulanis generated to the state from their cattle rearing.

Nonsense and ingredients,who then compensates the families of those slain, displaced and disfigured by same herdsmen. Muric should not just start now ooooh

I think this man should see this video of fully armed fulani herdsmen before talking.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urS7T1etLSs

STUPID TERRORIST MURIC. . .N.B. MURIC REPRESENTS MURIC RELIGION n0t ISLAM

The nerve!!!!

How many Farmers have they compensated for destroying their farmlands?

I will slap this man anytime I meet him....

This Yoruba muslim never disappoint..

The audacity of this people is very annoying.

Toor
The best u can do for yourself and family right now is to get out of this shithole..
No value for lives and properties at all

A dog on heat.

kiss the truth!

Why the long epistle, go get microphone and go to ibadan and tell makinde and oyo people to compensate those blood sucking fulani that are killing them and come tell us what you see

Yorubas should end this man tall stories
72 virgins will keep him busy

MURIC claims to be a religious body. Why delving into ethnic matters?

And the comment is not even fair. People are killed daily by Fulani herdsmen, yet they are compensated with flogging and more killings.

Fulani men are sent packing by tired victims, and you say the Fulani should be compensated. What about the hosts that have lost lives and farm investment?

How do I look

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this is because criminals abound in all faith and tribes everywhere in the world not only nigeria,we should therefore address crime and criminals.

this their own too much.if their leaders can't control them,when trouble comes all go hear.

This is it...

Love Yoruba Muslims.. THEIR LOYALTY IS TOP NOTCH

This people are causing problem everywhere the go.

jk

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292two:
you're not supposed to be in my contract list

we're on same mission

Guy!
Hehehehehehehehe

Nothing do youz

Nobody ever called it a Hausa-Fulani conflict, you silly old goat, it's a fulani palaver

Stop hiding behind Hausa's you useless bastardsss

I am not a prophet, one day Ishaq Bello and his mumurism will be chased away from Yoruba land for ever

So who will compensate the people who have their farm produce destroyed by the herders and their cows...

Who will compensate those maimed, raped and killed by this herders?

They will turn the blind eye when the herders wreck havoc but they have the guts to be asking for compensation after the destruction they have carried out...

Asgard13:
This is it...

Love Yoruba Muslims.. THEIR LOYALTY IS TOP NOTCH

Akintola doesnt speak for Yoruba muslims.He speaks for his pay masters.Forget about his yoruba name,he could be a fulani disguised as a Yoruba.

This man is always biased....and to some myopic fellow here, they think he has spoken dispassionately...
Ishaq Akintola can sacrifice the entire Yoruba people based on religious sentiment...and many of them are here commenting blindly...
What this has written is devoid of the truth of would insecurity and banditry challenges befalling villages and towns in the south-west...

Akintola, just for you to force your religion down the throat of Naija people, you are supporting illegality......
From the comment, he mentioned that Seriki must be compensated but fail to expatiate on what led to chaos in the Ibarapa community....
I pray akintola daughter will be a victim of rape, arson, torture, kidnapping and other heinous crime being perpetrated by all these Fulani herdmen...

This Mumuric man and his fellow Yoruba Muslims will be the greatest enemy of the Yoruba nation in this struggle...how sad, has the govt ever compensated the victims of Fulani aggression, this stvpid man should shut up