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Ritchiee:
WHAT THEY ARE EVEN DOING IN YOUR RED MUD REGION CANNOT BE ENVISAGED...http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/activities-of-fulani-herdsmen-worry-south-east-people/

Activities of Fulani herdsmen worry South-East people

on May 07, 2015 / in Crime Alert, News 1:20 am / Comments
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By Anayo Okoli & Francis Igata

UMUAHIA-THE activities of Fulani herdsmen in some communities have become a source of great worry to the people of the South East zone. The people are worried that Fulani herdsmen have continued to kill, maim and rape women in most of the routes where they pass with their cattle for grazing wondering why the security agencies turn blind eyes to complaints from victims of robbery and rape committed by the suspected Fulani herdsmen.
Fulani-herdsman

Fulani-herdsman

Investigations by the South East Voice showed that the suspected Fulani herdsmen had maimed and killed villagers in Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Imo States among others in last few months without any of the security agencies arresting the culprits.

It was revealed that most of the herdsmen carry sophisticated weapons like AK 47 and Pump Action double –barreled riffles as they moved about with their cattle and could attack, rob or maim people at will.

In Abia State, there had been reports of deadly clashes between the herdsmen and communities in Ozuakoli, Bende Local Government Area and Ebem and Akanu in Ohafia and Umuchieze in Umunneochi areas among others. The clashes were occasioned by allegations by the rural farmers that the herdsmen take their cattle into their farms for grazing where they damage crops.

Also, in most of the places where the Fulani herdsmen had settled, they had always colonized such areas by claiming ownership, leading to violent clashes with the rural people. Besides farmlands in rural communities where the breeders illegally colonize as grazing grounds, the aggressive nature of the Fulani herdsmen is also said to be of great concern to the people.

A community leader in Ohafia, Chief Kalu Eze Kalu who spoke to South East Voice on the issue, expressed concern that the South East Governors’ Forum, SEGF,had not articulated any policy aimed at saving their people, despite what was happening in neighbouring states like Benue and Plateau and Nasarawa, where some tribes had been completely wiped out by the Fulani herdsmen, who claim ownership of lands in places where thy were strangers.

‘’They are always armed with dangerous weapons, including AK47 riffles, charms, daggers laced with poison and machetes and are ready to attack the farm owners at the least provocation. ‘’In Ozuakoli, a man popularly known in the areas as Ajambele was attacked last year when he confronted Fulani cattle breeders when he met their cattle destroying his farm in the Over Rail area of the community.

‘’The cattle breeder was said to have used a sharp dagger to rip open Ajambele’s stomach with his intestines gushing out. He was rushed to the hospital where he luckily survived. ‘’The cases of invasion of farmlands in Ebem and Akanu communities nearly resulted in bloodbath but for the wisdom of the leaders in the community who reported the matter to the authorities.

‘’The case was so serious that the Abia State government had to intervene to restrain the youths in the communities from retaliating. It set up a peace committee that quelled the then imminent crises,” he said and prayed the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, to assist in bringing the alleged criminal activities of the Fulani herdsmen under control.

Anger trails Fulani herdsmen activities in Enugu. Also in Enugu State communities have been grumbling over the alleged inability of security agencies to curtail the criminal activities of suspected Fulani herdsmen who had robbed, raped and killed some of their victims apart from destroying their farm lands.

From Agbakwe, Ette, Akpakume, Ebe, Opanda, Nara, Ibagwa, Ukana, Oruku, Isi -Ogbo communities where activities of herdsmen have been pronounced, farmers in the area literally live in fear of engaging in farming activities as the herdsmen have forcefully acquired massive farm lands belonging to the people for grazing activities and settlement.

In Nkpologu community, Uzo – Uwani Local Government Area last December, suspected Fulani robbers killed one Veronica Ezugwu, 23, who hailed from Agum village in the area. Ezugwu was returning to the village for her traditional marriage and the New Year when she was shot inside a commercial bus by the suspected Fulani robbers who were operating in the area.

She later died at the Annunciation Hospital, Emene, Enugu where she was rushed to in January, having sustained severe gunshot wounds during the attack...
The COWARDS WOULD ONLY RUN THEIR MOUTHS WHEN THEIR CHI(YORUBAS) ARE INFRINGED UPON...
IT IS IN THEIR DNA FOR THEM TO RUN THEIR MOUTHS AND BEAT THEIR CHESTS BUT AT THE END THEY WOULD WEAR SKIRTS LIKE WOMEN AND .....
REMEMBER THE EFFEMINATE OJUKWU,THE BRAVEST MAN IN IGBOLAND...

alfred5:
Ikorodu Bank crime that happened twice? Was security tight?

Ritchiee:
What makes me laugh is when a conquered, slave tribe(IGBOS) begins to call their CHI(YORUBAS) slaves just for their CHI to help in securing the freedom they have been crying for...but the unfortunate fact for these conquered slave tribe is their freedom would be given to them after 200 years and there is no amount of blackmail that would change that...

calaway:
Zombie and lies!!!
his money freed him odee.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/i-paid-ransom-to-regain-my-freedom-falae-confesses/221463/

solonazzy:
1st I Dnt kno hw dat is connected to d kidnap of Falae.....d family came out n said police shuldnt take credit, till 2day police didn't come out to say dey hav caught d herdsmen..... Bt I still remember hearing lag police catch dose dat operated at ikorodu.... Bt once again, wats d connection

FreeGlobe:
Mr. Falae said he was kidnapped by six Fulani herdsmen last Monday at his Ilado farm in Akure. The 77-year-old warned that such attack should not be allowed to happen again as it could result to even graver consequences.

“It is not because of me. As for me, I am a very humble person, but by virtue of what God has made me and the status God has given me, it is an insult to our race that a man like me could be abducted by a bunch of hoodlums,” he said.

“By the way, one of them told me, he said, ‘Baba, if after you leave us you talk nonsense I will come and catch you again’. That is the kind of insult I received.”

Asked if the kidnappers were illiterates, he replied: “Only two of them could speak some English. They were between the ages of 25 and 35. They were Fulani, they spoke Hausa.”

Mr. Falae however said it was plausible that his ordeal was closely connected to his conflict with Fulani herdsmen who consistently grazed at his farm.

“The cattle rearers have been giving me a hard time for the past two or three years. Because I have a dam on the farm, so they like to bring their cattle there to drink water, then they eat other people’s crops,” he stated.

“This time they ate up my maize farm, two hectares. We took pictures, and it was videoed, the police went there. They were asked to pay compensation, they begged and paid half of what we claimed and we accepted it.

“That was about two months ago. Whether it was one of them who went to bring his brothers to come and deal ‘with this wicked man’, I don’t know. It is plausible. Absolutely plausible.

“My view is that this is my home. I have not gone to farm in any other person’s territory. This is my home where I was born. I have every right to farm here and live in peace here. So, this is totally unacceptable.

“I once told the Commissioner of Police that if he cannot protect us and protect my farm, that I will protect myself. There will be self-help if government fails to protect its citizens.

“It would have been unfortunate if that were to happen. The IG met me and gave me assurances that they will give us protection. I hope that we as a community in Ondo State and in Yoruba land as a whole must go into consultation to ensure that we enhance our protection. We cannot be slaves in our own territory.”

Mr. Falae said he was not surprised that the police could not trace and arrest the kidnappers because of the manner of their movement and operation.

“These fellows were permanently on the move. Day and night they were walking. Through farm lands, through water, through swamps…they were scared, they knew they could be traced with GPRS, that was why they were running around all the time,” he said.

“I was not surprised at all that the police could not trace them before they decided to let me go.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/190728-how-i-was-abducted-tortured-released-olu-falae.html

Aareonakakanfo:
Paper tiger ko Carton lion ni. Ogede. As regards the emboldened, You don turn me to woman be that ooo lil !d!ot boy. You better start it from azuiyi udene where you reside. and didn't i warn you red mud romanis not to use the word coward? hun

Malawian:
just negodu this internet Aareonaagbaajooso , a field marshal of the Oodua kerosene insurgent army making mouth here.

VirginFinder:
You are a bastard!
Mention one prominent Akwaibomite that is based in his village.

Freeglobe, the last time your father was robbed, did it matter to him whether the robbers were ibo or Fulani?

sammyj:
Baba Falae should go and rest and stop this politcal propaganda abeg no body is a slave except you want to be one !!!

sammyj:
Baba Falae should go and rest and stop this politcal propaganda abeg no body is a slave except you want to be one !!!

7lives:
1000000 Likes, did you notice something?, the redundant elder has suddenly found his voice chatting away like a parrot he is already a slave to money.
Anytime i see this old man making a tom foolery of himself like this, i felt like going back in time to 1999 election to withdraw the single vote i gave him during that presidential election.

FreeGlobe:
yoruba slave so you publicly abuse your elder because of the fulani man you call president? what is wrong with these people? Will fulani people ever do what you are doing? you are an original zombie. smh

7lives:
Why don't you just pay your attention to this and leave Yoruba matter alone, your people as usual are divided and denouncing each other .
https://www.nairaland.com/2634352/independence-day-uncovered-plots-wreck/2

stickncarrot:
o as a slave, you have been conquered that's the more reason why you gave your suphrenage to someone with NEPA bill as result. Fear won't even allow you to think of fighting for your freedom. Well, all I have to say is that you should continue with your slavery.

FreeGlobe:
Mr. Falae said he was kidnapped by six Fulani herdsmen last Monday at his Ilado farm in Akure. The 77-year-old warned that such attack should not be allowed to happen again as it could result to even graver consequences.

“It is not because of me. As for me, I am a very humble person, but by virtue of what God has made me and the status God has given me, it is an insult to our race that a man like me could be abducted by a bunch of hoodlums,” he said.

“By the way, one of them told me, he said, ‘Baba, if after you leave us you talk nonsense I will come and catch you again’. That is the kind of insult I received.”

Asked if the kidnappers were illiterates, he replied: “Only two of them could speak some English. They were between the ages of 25 and 35. They were Fulani, they spoke Hausa.”

Mr. Falae however said it was plausible that his ordeal was closely connected to his conflict with Fulani herdsmen who consistently grazed at his farm.

“The cattle rearers have been giving me a hard time for the past two or three years. Because I have a dam on the farm, so they like to bring their cattle there to drink water, then they eat other people’s crops,” he stated.

“This time they ate up my maize farm, two hectares. We took pictures, and it was videoed, the police went there. They were asked to pay compensation, they begged and paid half of what we claimed and we accepted it.

“That was about two months ago. Whether it was one of them who went to bring his brothers to come and deal ‘with this wicked man’, I don’t know. It is plausible. Absolutely plausible.

“My view is that this is my home. I have not gone to farm in any other person’s territory. This is my home where I was born. I have every right to farm here and live in peace here. So, this is totally unacceptable.

“I once told the Commissioner of Police that if he cannot protect us and protect my farm, that I will protect myself. There will be self-help if government fails to protect its citizens.

“It would have been unfortunate if that were to happen. The IG met me and gave me assurances that they will give us protection. I hope that we as a community in Ondo State and in Yoruba land as a whole must go into consultation to ensure that we enhance our protection. We cannot be slaves in our own territory.”

Mr. Falae said he was not surprised that the police could not trace and arrest the kidnappers because of the manner of their movement and operation.

“These fellows were permanently on the move. Day and night they were walking. Through farm lands, through water, through swamps…they were scared, they knew they could be traced with GPRS, that was why they were running around all the time,” he said.

“I was not surprised at all that the police could not trace them before they decided to let me go.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/190728-how-i-was-abducted-tortured-released-olu-falae.html

SonOfEl:
some cowards just love being cowards. olu falae, a Yoruba political lcon was kidnapped by Fulanis, you are busy scooping for information citing any issue feuding IGBOS and fulanis! your leader has spilled the beans, you are busy forming formidable....... first class coward....you better borrow some balls to fight the slavery you and your northern bedmates have subjected you to.

Ritchiee:
ONE CONQUERED SLAVE SPOTTED...

onenaira3:
[s]LMFAOOOO. When I told them they were slaves in their land, they thought I was lying. See it...a big confession from their LEADER


Even their Afenfere group once said something somewhat similar to this in year 2003.

They were born to be slaves. Past present and defiantly the future. [/s]

stickncarrot:
Slave to who exactly? It is well known that you guys are slaves to the Northners.

Olaolufred:
IF THERE IS ANY ONE WORTHY OF BEING CALLED PROMINET AKWA IBOMITE, CHECK ON THEM IN PH, ABUJA OR LAGOS.

VirginFinder:
You are a lunatic!
ibos are the slaves looking for freedom from Nigeria via Biafra.
Who seeks freedom? A slave or a free man?

VirginFinder:
Exactly!
Is there any Akwa Ibomite that really prominent?

onenaira3:
[s]See the slaves going after akwa-ibom. Even akwa-ibom are more of a freeborn than una? We've yet to see them degrade themselves the yoloba do on daily basis nor do we see them being slaves in their land. Yoloba.... you're spaces in South West and slaves even in middle belt or do you want to repost the article where una were whining about igala enslaving una to. [/s]

onenaira3:
[s]You are a DOCILE SLAVE licking the @ss of your master for crumps. Even your olu false just confessed.

SLAVE!!!!!! Historical, currently and definitely Future.

Slaves since the day una are born.[/s]

VirginFinder:
You are a lunatic!
ibos are the slaves looking for freedom from Nigeria via Biafra.
Who seeks freedom? A slave or a free man?