@Noethnicity: Dude I understand your points perfectly but I think there is a dark side of this whole stuff which the public isn't yet aware of.

I am half Middle Belt and half South South and insist there are some elements trying desperately to derail this government, leveraging on the Fulani attacks to achieve that goal simply because:

1. They are terrified if measures are not taken and the government sustains it's anticorruption drive, it would be just a matter of time before they get caught up in the dragnet.

2. Some people had put all their eggs in one basket and lost them woefully with the outcome of the election. They feel the best way to have at least a foot in the corridor of power is to create such massive chaos the government would have no choice but to invite them to dinner.

3. Some people are simply ethnoreligious bigots and sadists and can't live with the fact that a Fulani Muslim is ruling them against all odds.

Now, are these attacks new? The answer is NO.

Are they just becoming more prevalent in the South (as you said) under the current govt? The answer is also NO.

Are all herdsmen killers? NO.

Are some herdsmen killers?? Absolutely.

Are all herdsmen Fulanis? NO!!

Now, have you wondered why in all these melee one word that has been featuring prominently is "Fulani Herdsmen". The video allegedly showing some armed men crossing a river in Benue state featured NO cow, yet people tagged them "Fulani herdsmen"!! Don't you wonder why?? How can you be sure some people didn't commission some idi¤ts to carry out these attacks??

Lastly ask yourself this: why is it so damn difficult for some people to imagine for a split second Southerners are themselves responsible for these just to taint the president when they insisted in the preceding admin that Northerners are the ones sponsoring the killings of their own brothers just to taint Jonathan??

There are soooo many things I'd like to say about this, perhaps on a dedicated thread but I've yet to find the strength in my fingers. I think there are things we don't know yet.

abbeyty:


ora aba ekiti, efon to ba le epon, na cutlass we go take kill am lol

ha epon fo .......anyways blokos wey burst no waste na inside the sack he burst put.....epon to fo ko s'ofo inu awo e lo Jo si...

This government is an establishment one and you will not see any fundamental change in the status quo. Since our focus is primarily on corruption, I don't undrrstand why anyone should be complaining.

I remember when the military government wanted to increase tax on cocoa in those days ,the Agbekoya of those days have a way of sending bee to fight the army!
based on the story my grand mum told me, cocoa was the major source of revenue in the country then
The farmers felt cheated and confronted the military government who tried to use the military to stop them from protesting in Ibadan, the Agbekoya fought back by sending swam of bee after the military to sting the hell out of them, the military government couldn't stand the farmers and had to called the farmers to round table for negociation.
Agbekoya, do you still have this power to fight the nomads?

spiralwedge:



Stop deceiving yourself. Crime is crime.
As Nigerians they have the same freedom, just as the Igbos do all over Nigeria, to move to anywhere they so desire within Nigeria.
Not only that they deserve federal protection, as any Nigerian, anywhere they go within Nigeria.

Just as hawking is legal, so is cow-grazing. So, live and let them live. The **** rob with guns in Lagos disguising to be hawking. So it's comparable. We must deal with the 2 issues the same. And that is to let them be just as we let the **** be.

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Excellent comment brother. No yoruba man has ever robbed with guns in traffic at least you can swear with the gods of the land. In fact they never commit any crime anywhere. Thumbs up.

Abeg right to life and right to freedom of movement which one is superior , Lawyers plsss..,.?

And you can still open your mouth and say "We are law abiding citizens of Nigeria."
After raping, killing and robbing people in various communities.
I don't blame you tho, that's the result of having an OGA AT THE TOP.

Have they forgotten that there are also limitations to every human right?

shamecurls:


Though u made some credible points, you also added lies to it

plsssss kindly support with facts, thnx

kropotkin11:
The fulanis who are Nigerians just like the rest of us have a constitutional right to unrestricted movement to all parts of the country. The law enforcement agencies also have a duty to provide protection to all Nigerians everywhere

So true they have the equal right to move around anywhere they deemed in the country. But for how long will they stick to an achaic cattle herding system that no one, not even our Mr President would wish his son do or any of us would our sons. The world is not static; it is dynamic.Those beating their chests that this useless roaming across the country is legally backed by the Nigerian constitution should be ashamed. If they insist they should be ready for the unthinkable as it will no longer be business as usual...

Flamezreal:
Abeg right to life and right to freedom of movement which one is superior , Lawyers plsss..,.?

Right to life. You must live b4 you move freely. Although human rights are indivisible.

I know some people have not heard of Agbekoya before , that's why some people did not know how sophisticated and tactical Southerners are when it comes to resisting Oppression.

SnakeXenzia:

Bros, why my homtown nah

Mabinu ore, Ogbeni Tinubu ni amunibuni eran ibiye jare.

nairacoded:
Herdsmen from different parts of Nigeria have stated that nobody can stop them from grazing their cattle in any part of the country, especially in the south. They described such restriction as unconstitutional.

The nomads, who spoke to SUNDAY PUNCH under the auspices of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, dismissed the ultimatums given by different groups for the herdsmen to vacate the southern part of the country.
This is despite the fact that groups, including foremost Yoruba farmers’ pressure group and ethnic militia, Agbekoya Farmers Association of Nigeria in the South-West; the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (South-East); the Independent Peoples of Biafra (South-East); and some ex-Niger Delta militants in the South-South, stated their readiness to defend their territories should herdsmen attack their communities again.

Suspected Fulani herdsmen, who grazed their cattle from the northern part of the country to the southern part, had been accused of killing, raping and robbing members of their host communities.

The Enugu incident, where several lives were lost, was the most recent.

But the herdsmen, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Saturday, noted that it was wrong for people to restrict their movement as the constitution guaranteed their movement into any part of the country.

The Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Plateau State, Mr. Nuru Abdullahi, said nobody could deprive Fulani herdsmen of their constitutional right of free movement.

Abdullahi said, “Why would they ask them not to go to the southern part of the country? It is their constitutional right to move freely as guaranteed by the laws of the land. What the various governments and security agencies should do is to prevent attacks and counter-attacks and such things that breed violence like cattle rustling and trespassing into farmlands.

“The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of movement for every citizen of the country; this includes the right to live, work and carry out any legitimate activity in any part of the country. If and when you breach this freedom, then, the law should deal with you. So, asking anybody not to go to any part of the country is unconstitutional.”

Also, the Chairman, MCBAN, North-West Zone, Mr. Ardo Ahmadu Suleiman, warned against criminalising all Fulani herdsmen over the attacks.

He said, “We are law abiding citizens of Nigeria. The constitution forbids anybody or group from banning anybody’s movement from one part of the country to another. We have been staying peacefully with tribes across the country for ages. Therefore, for anyone to say he wants to ban Fulani from entering their land is uncalled for.”

However, several socio-cultural and militia groups in the southern part of the country on Saturday stated their readiness to reject the invasion of their communities by Fulani herdsmen.

Agbekoya gave the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to stop the incessant attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on farmers in Yorubaland even as it vowed to retaliate any attack on its members.

The position of the group was made known by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olatunji Bandele, in a telephone interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday.

According to Bandele, if the Federal Government fails to act decisively within the stipulated time, the Agbekoya will have to defend its people with whatever means at its disposal.

Bandele said the association held an emergency meeting last Thursday where it discussed the incessant onslaught by Fulani herdsmen against Yoruba farmers, especially in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.

He stated that if the situation was not brought under control, the group would “close down all markets in the South West; make sure that Fulani herdsmen do not enter any village in Yoruba land with their cows. And if they dare enter, they are doing it at their own risk.

“We have alerted Agbekoya South West warriors across Yorubaland to be battle ready in case the Fulani herdsmen do not heed our warning because this thing has continued for the past four to five years now.”

Bandele added, “We have other security measures that we are taking but keeping to ourselves. If the Fulani herdsmen failed to heed our warning and they dare enter Yorubaland, they will be doing so at their own risk. We are waiting for the Federal Government to take decisive action.”

The deadline, he added, started to read from last Thursday.

Asked if the group was now arming its members against the reported sophisticated fire arms of the suspected herdsmen, Bandele said, “We are not bothered with whether they carry arms or not, we will deal with the Fulani herdsmen hands down. We have done it before. The Agbekoya fought a 14-month war with the military. That was in 1968/69. We have instructed our warriors. Anywhere they kill farmers again, we will move in.”

Asked what the association would do per chance any part of Yoruba land was attacked, he said, “We will retaliate.”

The leader of MASSOB, Mr. Uchenna Madu, lamented that Igbo people had been “talking and talking” while they watched their people being killed. He stated that it was time for “action” to end killings by herdsmen.

Madu said, “The Fulani herdsmen are cowards. After the recent attacks, they ran away. If they mean business, let them wait for Ndi’gbo and we will engage them man-to-man.

“It will be demeaning to ask us if we have the capability to confront them.”

IPOB, another Igbo secessionist group which dismissed security agencies as failing to secure the people, alleged that Boko Haram had been disguising as herdsmen to attack parts of the country.

The Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Mr. Emma Powerful, stated that the group would not be at the forefront of reprisals against criminal herdsmen in the region but would encourage those under attack to defend and retaliate in self defence.

He said, “The world is watching IPOB; the plan was for us to retaliate the attacks by Fulani herdsmen but we will not do so. Rather, we will ask those who are under attack to defend themselves or get killed.

“The international rule is that you have the right to self defence if your life is under threat; security agencies know that. Face whatever or whoever is going to kill you or you die.”

Another Yoruba group, Oodua Peoples Congress, said although the Yoruba were perceived as accommodating, the group would not sit by and pretend as if all was well.

The National Coordinator of the OPC, Mr. Gani Adams, told one of our correspondents in a telephone interview that the attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the region had gone out of hand.

Adams said, “Nowadays, it is becoming too rampant in the South-West. Now, nobody is provoking the Fulani herdsmen; they are the ones taking laws into their hands, killing and maiming innocent people in their (victims’) communities.

“These Fulani herdsmen may even be Boko Haram in disguise. If government is looking at this as if they are an influential tribe or race in Nigeria and that they can’t tackle it, it may become a very serious security treat.

“We the Yoruba think that we are highly accommodating and that if a stranger who is living in our community has committed an offence, the law should take its own course. But I know for sure that the South-East will not allow their people to be maimed.”

The Chairman of MCBAN in Bauchi State, Abdullahi Abubakar, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the association was planning to hold an emergency executive meeting on Monday or Tuesday to discuss the issues affecting herdsmen.

Meanwhile, the Christian Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Nigerian Students have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to come out boldly and tackle the problem.

The Chairman of CAN in the 19 Northern States, Rev. Yakubu Pam, said the President needed to be courageous in tackling his own people and condemning their terrible activities.


http://www.punchng.com/no-one-can-stop-us-grazing-south-fulani-herdsmen/

Constitution says fulani can graze anywhere but I have not seen the statement that fulani should rape, maim and butcher even babies I mean babies because of cows.Enough is enough. Mmnhhh buhari seems to be seeking division at all cost if he does not implement what he saw and witnessed in kenya (ranches built for their cows).north says it's been born to rule, you gave your region vast land yet you are not contented. Irony of life.buhari this is 21st century , that nomadic life style of migrating to south has to change. Afterall you came with change and therefore fulani cattle rearers pattern is not immuned so buhari change it for peace to reign otherwise there could be impending disasater in nigeria if the south, west and east decide to defend themselves.A word they say is enough for the wise.

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The failure of the League Nations led to ........

let the blood bath begin... i wont be in this crazy country

omenka:
@Noethnicity: Dude I understand your points perfectly but I think there is a dark side of this whole stuff which the public isn't yet aware of.

I am half Middle Belt and half South South and insist there are some elements trying desperately to derail this government, leveraging on the Fulani attacks to achieve that goal simply because:

1. They are terrified if measures are not taken and the government sustains it's anticorruption drive, it would be just a matter of time before they get caught up in the dragnet.

2. Some people had put all their eggs in one basket and lost them woefully with the outcome of the election. They feel the best way to have at least a foot in the corridor of power is to create such massive chaos the government would have no choice but to invite them to dinner.

3. Some people are simply ethnoreligious bigots and sadists and can't live with the fact that a Fulani Muslim is ruling them against all odds.

Now, are these attacks new? The answer is NO.

Are they just becoming more prevalent in the South (as you said) under the current govt? The answer is also NO.

Are all herdsmen killers? NO.

Are some herdsmen killers?? Absolutely.

Are all herdsmen Fulanis? NO!!

Now, have you wondered why in all these melee one word that has been featuring prominently is "Fulani Herdsmen". The video allegedly showing some armed men crossing a river in Benue state featured NO cow, yet people tagged them "Fulani herdsmen"!! Don't you wonder why?? How can you be sure some people didn't commission some idi¤ts to carry out these attacks??

Lastly ask yourself this: why is it so damn difficult for some people to imagine for a split second Southerners are themselves responsible for these just to taint the president when they insisted in the preceding admin that Northerners are the ones sponsoring the killings of their own brothers just to taint Jonathan??

There are soooo many things I'd like to say about this, perhaps on a dedicated thread but I've yet to find the strength in my fingers. I think there are things we don't know yet.

During GEJ tenure, he supporters were always talking of his enemies making the country ungovernable for him. Instead of him to man up and perform, he was seeing enemies and haters.
You guys are now doing the same thing. Instead u guys to critical and ruthless on performance, you guys are looking for region or haters who don't like him him to succeed.
Listen, there is no where in the world where any leader is uniamously loved in a democracy. There must be haters. Go to American foums. In fact, a leader will likely perform less if he is well loved.
So whether some region or people hate him or wants him to fail, it shouldn't be our business. what we want is clear results. so the earlier you supportes push for good governance, the better instead of always looking for enemies and haters else he will fail like his friend GEJ.

StoneLucifer:
Nonsense story from unknown and useless source!!!! Come we are waiting for u...We will use u here for suya.We are blood thirsty in my state.We are starved of human flesh.We need human scapegoats to feast on..Fresh Human meat consumption is what gives us PLEASURE & POWER here.So u are welcome. Please come to my state, we are desperately waiting!!!!!!!!

hahaha, did u actually said that, pls where is your state, and I hope u ain't sying this to scare the fulani's aways, lol u feast on human flesh indeed, pray make don't see what agatu saw, else u will run for your dear life

StoneLucifer:
Nonsense story from unknown and useless source!!!! Come we are waiting for u...We will use u here for suya.We are blood thirsty in my state.We are starved of human flesh.We need human scapegoats to feast on..Fresh Human meat consumption is what gives us PLEASURE & POWER here.So u are welcome. Please come to my state, we are desperately waiting!!!!!!!!

hahaha, did u actually said that, pls where is your state, and I hope u ain't sying this to scare the fulani's aways, lol u feast on human flesh indeed, pray make don't see what agatu saw, else u will run for your dear life.... Coward

StoneLucifer:
Nonsense story from unknown and useless source!!!! Come we are waiting for u...We will use u here for suya.We are blood thirsty in my state.We are starved of human flesh.We need human scapegoats to feast on..Fresh Human meat consumption is what gives us PLEASURE & POWER here.So u are welcome. Please come to my state, we are desperately waiting!!!!!!!!

hahaha, did u actually said that, pls where is your state, and I hope u ain't sying this to scare the fulani's aways, lol u feast on human flesh indeed, pray make don't see what agatu saw, else u will run for your dear life.... Coward.

StoneLucifer:
Nonsense story from unknown and useless source!!!! Come we are waiting for u...We will use u here for suya.We are blood thirsty in my state.We are starved of human flesh.We need human scapegoats to feast on..Fresh Human meat consumption is what gives us PLEASURE & POWER here.So u are welcome. Please come to my state, we are desperately waiting!!!!!!!!

Did u actually said dat, pray what happened to Agatu people don't happen to you. Becos I see someone just ranting from the comfort of his home..... Coward

ALAYORMII:


All the citizens of Nigeria has freedom of movement but when you start encroaching on others right then you're breaking the law already.


Are their cows citizens of Nigeria too?

Lol. Their cow's are citizens of Nigeria cow's and in the cow's constitution of Nigeria, they have freedom of movement. I wonder why they refuse moving upward to Niger republic rather than the south. From all indication, The south has always been the savior of the North. From crude oil to grazing land yet they are regarded as "5%". Can maginalisation be more than this?

kropotkin11:
The fulanis who are Nigerians just like the rest of us have a constitutional right to unrestricted movement to all parts of the country. The law enforcement agencies also have a duty to provide protection to all Nigerians everywhere

You seems to be stretching the provisions of the law to manifest absurdity. The constitution doesn't guarantee trespass to peoples' farm and destruction of economic crops. We should also learn to differentiate between the movement of persons and animals .

omobaekiti:
not at all,this case of herdsmen killings and what have you is a matter that's been with us for a very long time.
I know of issues of such long time ago in my mothers village,I really don't know why people choose to bring politics into the matter. To now make matters worse PMB refused to talk about it all these shows that we have to be very careful with the matter else we would find ourselves in a very bad situation.

Something like this has been happening for long.

I can remember when I was still in school, the road from Ago Iwoye to Ilishan was practically abandoned because of the terrors of this same herdsmen attacks on that road then.

kropotkin11:
The fulanis who are Nigerians just like the rest of us have a constitutional right to unrestricted movement to all parts of the country. The law enforcement agencies also have a duty to provide protection to all Nigerians everywhere

Freedom of movement doesn't include trespass n invasion of privacy.
The same law that protects 1 person can kill another. freedom of movement can also be wandering. Where your freedom end is the beginning of another's. No land in d south is without a owner and there no grazing routes or reserves in d south so moving cows to a property belonging to some else without permission is also trespass and could invite direct attack on one self

It's only in a truly lawless country that anyone would have the nerve to say this.

StoneLucifer:
Nonsense story from unknown and useless source!!!! Come we are waiting for u...We will use u here for suya.We are blood thirsty in my state.We are starved of human flesh.We need human scapegoats to feast on..Fresh Human meat consumption is what gives us PLEASURE & POWER here.So u are welcome. Please come to my state, we are desperately waiting!!!!!!!!

Lol. Fulani heardsmen don't 'v fresh skin oh. They are haggard looking and very dry. Their cow's got more freshness than them. So zero your mind on that. But 'r you a carnivore?

Caseless:
You miscreants(i mean the bad ones among them), shut up!
vote ivyy for miss NL!

You lack strategic campaign sense

DaBullIT:



Neither does it mean they must be seen as enemies, At least until it's clear they have bad intentions

Whatever is on a mans land is owned by the man. If we are to go legal, grazing on a man's land shouldn't be free not to talk about destroying a man's farm.

Making animals walk many thousand miles from the north to the south is against animal laws in sane climate.

kropotkin11:
The fulanis who are Nigerians just like the rest of us have a constitutional right to unrestricted movement to all parts of the country. The law enforcement agencies also have a duty to provide protection to all Nigerians everywhere

Tell me the sections of our Constitution that promote unrestricted movement that leads to the destruction of farmlands, rape and killings of human beings and the destruction of properties.

ramdris:
Every President with a peculiar case. OBJ engaged Niger Delta militant, OPC n other ethnic militias, Yar' adua started with Boko haram n transferred it to GEJ n now PMB is enjoying Fulani beast.... This country suck!

Egberin ote
When this country is not Merlin