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BluePearls:
OP please add "viewers discretion" to that your topic
Now I can't get that image out of my head

maybe u need to taste one. ask a Fulani herdsman to help u kill one.... but watch those men o

real meat is ready

oh I missed out in the killing stage of this meat. guess which meat is below. see the face self.

HUMPHERY:
The video smell lies! Saw the video last December in the hands of one mopol who took part in the operations against Book Haram.

whetheru smell lie or smell rice.... those people carrying that gun are Fulani ... they are ment to carry them hence guilty

TANTUMERGO007:
WORK! WORK! WORK!

yeah

TANTUMERGO007:
na tinubu write this story

I see u late today

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lashed out at the presidency for its seeming inability to rein in the violent activities of herdsmen across the country.
In his address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism, Wednesday, Mr. Soyinka said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government was yet to come up with an articulate solution to tackle the menace.
“I have yet to hear this government articulate a firm policy of non-tolerance for the serial massacres that have become the nation’s identification stamp,” said Mr. Soyinka.
“I have not heard an order given that any cattle herders caught with sophisticated firearms be instantly disarmed, arrested, placed on trial, and his cattle confiscated. The nation is treated to an eighteen-month optimistic plan which, to make matters worse, smacks of abject appeasement and encouragement of violence on innocents.
“Let me repeat, and of course I only ask to be corrected if wrong: I have yet to encounter a terse, rigorous, soldierly and uncompromising language from this leadership, one that threatens a response to this unconscionable blood-letting that would make even Boko Haram repudiate its founding clerics.‎”
Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday unleashed terror on Ukpabi Nimbo, a community in Enugu State, killing dozens of people.
The attack came weeks after a similar wave of violence by herdsmen in Agatu in Benue State.
After weeks of apparent silence on the killings that have spread to other states, the presidency on Wednesday ordered the police to go after the suspected herdsmen.
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“When I read a short while ago, the Presidential assurance to this nation that the current homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and farming communities would soon be over, I felt mortified,” Mr. Soyinka said.
“He had the solution, he said. Cattle ranches were being set up, and in another 18 months, rustlings, destruction of livelihood and killings from herdsmen would be ‘a thing of the past’. 18 months, he assured the nation. I believe his Minister of Agriculture echoed that later, but with a less dispiriting time schema.
“Neither, however, could be considered a message of solace and reassurance for the ordinary Nigerian farmer and the lengthening cast of victims, much less to an intending tourist to the Forest Retreat of Tinana in the Rivers, the Ikogosi Springs or the moslem architectural heritage of the ancient city of Kano. In any case, the external tourists have less hazardous options.‎”
Mr. Soyinka recalled with nostalgia how he – in the company of the late Segun Olusola – journeyed across Nigeria in the pre-war 60’s, mostly out of curiosity.
“But now, would the young adventurous set out to visit the mystery caves of Anambra and its alleged curative pools from mere interest?
“They would think twice about it. It is not merely arbitrary violence that reigns across the nation but total, undisputed impunity. Impunity evolves and becomes integrated in conduct when crime occurs and no legal, logical and moral response is offered.‎”
Mr. Soyinka also said he had a personal experience recently with the cattle herders, right at his doorstep.
‎”I returned from a trip outside the country about to find that my home ground had been invaded, and a brand-new ‘Appian way’ sliced through my sanctuary,” said Mr. Soyinka.
“That ‘motorable’ path was made by the hoofed invaders. Both the improvised entry and exit are now blocked, but interested journalists are invited to visit.
“In over two decades of living in that ecological preserve, no such intrusion had ever occurred. I have no idea whether they were Fulani or Futa Jalon herdsmen but, they were cattle herders, and they had cut a crude swathe through my private grounds.
“I made enquiries and sent alerts around, including through the Baale of our neighborhood village. There has been no repeat, and hopefully it will remain the first and last of such invasion. What it portends however is for all thinking citizens to reflect upon, and take concerted measures against.”
Mr. Soyinka noted that herdsmen are among humanity’s earliest known tourists and must be taught a culture of settlement with their hosts.
“The leadership of any society cannot stand idly and offer solutions that implicitly deem the massacres of innocents mere incidents on the way to that learning school,” he said.
“For every crime, there is a punishment, for every violation, there must be restitution. The nomads of the world cannot place themselves above the law of settled humanity.”

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/202563-soyinka-blasts-buhari-herdsmen-killings

Pastoralism or Terrorism?: The Killing Culture of the Neo-Nomadic, By Wole Soyinka


I have not heard an order given that any cattle herder caught with sophisticated firearms be instantly disarmed, arrested, placed on trial, and his cattle confiscated… Let me repeat, and of course I only ask to be corrected if wrong: I have yet to encounter a terse, rigorous, soldierly and uncompromising language from this leadership, one that threatens a response to this unconscionable blood-letting that would make even Boko Haram repudiate its founding clerics.



Herdsmen, let us appreciate, are perhaps humanity’s earliest known tourists. They must be taught however that there is a culture of settlement, and learn to seek accommodation with settled hosts wherever encountered. The leadership of any society cannot stand idly and offer solutions that implicitly deem the massacres of innocents mere incidents on the way to that learning school.

Culture is closely intertwined with tourism – the former, in fact, often drives the latter. The destination uppermost in the minds of most tourists we know is – Culture. This means that both share friends and – enemies. Of the principal enemies, seeing that we find ourselves within the precincts of governance, I intend to engage your attention in this brief address to just one: Insecurity. That inability of any vacationist to let go completely, relax, submit oneself completely to the offerings of a new environment – the sounds, sights, smells, textures and taste. Of Culture itself, in and or out of the touristic intent, there is no ambiguity in the mind of its enemies. They make no bones about their detestation – call them Taliban, Daesh or ISIS, al Shabbab or Boko Haram. Their hatred is pathological and impassioned to a degree that goes beyond the pale, beyond insanity and sadly beyond cure. The duty of governance towards such retrogressive outbreaks remains unambiguous.

After Boko Haram, what next? In fact, at this moment, Boko Haram has no ‘after’ since it is by no means ended, no matter what technical expressions such as “militarily degraded’ means. But let us assume indeed that we are already in the past of Boko Ha-ram. It is now clear that the succession is already decided, the ‘vacated’ space is already conceded, and that the new territorial aspirants are already securely positioned. The entire nation appears to be theirs without a struggle, and the continuity of an established Nigerian necropolis north to south and east to west is being consolidated.

Some necropoles are actually architecturally fascinating. They attract visitors from distant places, but those are works of veneration, artistry and dedication. They are visual feasts, among whose structures the visitors actually picnic, leave flowers and symbolic gifts to hovering ancestors. Latin America is full of them. The Nigerian widening necropoles leave only the taste of bile in the mouth, the corrosion of hate, stench and rage.

When I read a short while ago, the Presidential assurance to this nation that the current homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and farming communities would soon be over, I felt mortified. He had the solution, he said. Cattle ranches were being set up, and in another 18 months, rustlings, destruction of livelihood and killings from herdsmen would be ‘a thing of the past’. Eighteen months, he assured the nation. I believe his Minister of Agriculture echoed that later, but with a less dispiriting time schema. Neither, however, could be considered a message of solace and reassurance for the ordinary Nigerian farmer and the lengthening cast of victims, much less to an intending tourist to the Forest Retreat of Tinana in the Rivers, the Ikogosi Springs or the moslem architectural heritage of the ancient city of Kano. In any case, the external tourists have less hazardous options


Recently however, I returned from a trip outside the country about to find that my home ground had been invaded, and a brand-new “Appian way” sliced through my sanctuary… In over two decades of living in that ecological preserve, no such intrusion had ever occurred. I have no idea whether they were Fulani or Futa Jalon herdsmen but, they were cattle herders, and they had cut a crude swathe through my private grounds.


However there is also internal tourism, to be considered a premium asset – both economically and in spirit of nation building and personal edification. This was an exercise I indulged in in the early sixties as by-product of other engagements, such as research. A lot however was simply under curiosity. I can claim modestly claim to be among the top twenty-five percent internally traveled Nigerians, acquainted with the smells, textures and tastes of their geographical habitation. I wish the late Segun Olusola were around to testify to the sudden bouts of tourist explorations we made in his Volkswagen Beetle in the pre-war sixties.

But now, would the young adventurous set out to visit the mystery caves of Anambra and its alleged curative pools from mere interest? They would think twice about it. It is not merely arbitrary violence that reigns across the nation but total, undis-puted impunity. Impunity evolves and becomes integrated in conduct when crime occurs and no legal, logical and moral response is offered. I have yet to hear this government articulate a firm policy of non-tolerance for the serial massacres have become the nation’s identification stamp. I have not heard an order given that any cattle herder caught with sophisticated firearms be instantly disarmed, arrested, placed on trial, and his cattle confiscated. The nation is treated to an eighteen-month optimistic plan which, to make matters worse, smacks of abject appeasement and encouragement of violence on innocents. Let me repeat, and of course I only ask to be corrected if wrong: I have yet to encounter a terse, rigorous, soldierly and uncompromising language from this leadership, one that threatens a response to this unconscionable blood-letting that would make even Boko Haram repudiate its founding clerics.

It is now close to a year since I attempted to utilise the Open Forum platform of the Centre for Culture and International Understanding, Oshogbo, to launch a national debate on the topic

– SACRED COWS OR SACRED RIGHTS. The signs were already clear and the rampage of impunity was already manifesting a cultic intensity of alarming proportions. For reasons which are too distasteful to go into here, the forum did not take place. We were already agreed that General Buhari be invited to give a keynote address, based on his long experience in such matters as former head of state, and as a cattle rearer himself who might be be able to penetrate the mentality of this ‘post-Boko Haram’ pestilence’. That challenge remains open, but should now involve this gathering, which surely includes tourist and educational agencies. They should join hands with human rights organisations, the Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and local Vigilante associations etc. It is a gauntlet thrown down to be picked up, and urgently, by any of the affected or troubled sectors of society, or indeed any capable and interested party at this conference. The CBCIU is prepared to collaborate.

For every crime, there is a punish-ment, for every violation, there must be restitution. The nomads of the world cannot place themselves above the law of settled humanity.


Let me narrate a personal experience – just one among many – that was brought home to me, right against my doorstep. Before that specific happening, I had observed a change of quality in forest encounters with cattle herdsmen over the years. These changes had become sufficiently alarming for me to arrange meetings with a few governors and, later, with the late National Security Adviser General Azazi. At the time, we thought that they were Boko Haram, infiltrating into the South under guise of cattle herding. That was then, and of course that surmise has never been firmly proven or disproved.

Recently however, I returned from a trip outside the country about to find that my home ground had been invaded, and a brand-new “Appian way” sliced through my sanctuary. That ‘motorable’ path was made by the hoofed invaders. Both the improvised entry and exit are now blocked, but interested journalists are invited to visit. In over two decades of living in that ecological preserve, no such intrusion had ever occurred. I have no idea whether they were Fulani or Futa Jalon herdsmen but, they were cattle herders, and they had cut a crude swathe through my private grounds. I made enquiries and sent alerts around, including through the Baale of our neighborhood village. There has been no repeat, and hopefully it will remain the first and last of such invasion. What it portends however is for all thinking citizens to reflect upon, and take concerted measures against.

Herdsmen, let us appreciate, are perhaps humanity’s earliest known tourists. They must be taught however that there is a culture of settlement, and learn to seek accommodation with settled hosts wherever encountered. The leadership of any society cannot stand idly and offer solutions that implicitly deem the massacres of innocents mere incidents on the way to that learning school. For every crime, there is a punish-ment, for every violation, there must be restitution. The nomads of the world cannot place themselves above the law of settled humanity.

Wole Soyinka is the first Black Nobel Laureate in Literature.

This was an address given to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on April 27, 2016.




http://blogs.premiumtimesng.com/2016/04/28/killing-culture-neo-nomadic-wole-soyinka/

somebody is waking the spirit of bakassi boys.....

if u ask me, I think they should recoup with States government backbone.

did I hear peace loving people or what.... under my feet I match am..... cow no get sense na.... so u need people that don't have ....to lead them. ...cowssss

Equalizer:
Believe all these news on your own risk... Nothing is happening at the North east region again cos all the terrorist has relocated down South in guise as herdsmen... Confirmed info from a reliable source who doesn't what his name in print cos he's not authorized to speak on the matter..

sound like our modern journalist. lol

Valfrankie:
This pictures are too detailed not to have been taken by you. but since you didn't "chop" it, what were you doing as they ate? preaching? or how did you get the pictures

good u knew I took those pics.... meaning I was among them. cheers allow tjskii , MissyB3 and others contribute.

Valfrankie:
They also said snake tastes like Chicken, if I wanted Chicken, I know where to find it, same with beef. but you wan claim say no be YOUR LEG I dey see so for the picture? Bros confess, you follow chop am;d

what's there to denial. I didn't taste it!

Valfrankie:
ARE YOU THIS HUNGRY? NEVER SEEN SOMEONE EAT FLAMINGO ALL MY LIFE. I hope this doesn't become a trend like snake and rat meat eating

tjskii and MissyB3 can help u if u call them lol

Valfrankie:
I wonder how it tasted, OP care to tell us? we are really curious. and there are actually three grown males eating that small thing.

the person that killed it said he has eaten it before hence encouraging the others to eat it. while they were eating it one said its sweet...like cow meat... remember is found wherever there are cows.

Valfrankie:
ARE YOU THIS HUNGRY? NEVER SEEN SOMEONE EAT FLAMINGO ALL MY LIFE. I hope this doesn't become a trend like snake and rat meat eating

surprised too!

in love with that side he said the chiefs are the CSO of their autonomous communities. wish they can equipment their people with the required equipment... charms included. Bakassi boys in my mind lollollol

this case is actually to have something to nail the DSP to. Guess that of the SP is climaxing hence the remembrance of this case..... reason for weak information

do u mean car components assembling company in Africa or what?

icebebe:
Kia pple dey chop things for dis life oooo

I tell u

hearing that the executive and the legislatures have reached an agreement on the 2016 budget gladdens my heart, but my heart was immediately sad again when these questions popped up:

Who won the Battle?

Are those extra projects added still going to be implemented, and those not captured wait for supplementary budget?

or what??

tk4rd:
We even need L.G.A Police that operate in the various wards... Easily reached at all times.. My fear is that, the bribe they collect will be too much, and then, Ogas at the tops that are recruitting them would fill the available slots with ghost workers and be diverting the salaries, leaving the communities bare without police again..
Nigerian Citizens are badly corrupt to the bones..
Nothing goes well here.

guess u will do same if u are among them. things should change. it begins with u.

omenka:
And the op had to twist the original title to incite ethnoreligious bigots like himself.

Before you lot musturbatte till day break on this thread, here's what the DSP said:

This is for those whose hearts are filled with so much hatred they can hardly read the first paragraph without making a mockery of themselves.

ask those who studied literature in sch what that statement means. I doubt those giving u likes n share knows.

abeg beg ur senators from SS SE n SW to back that state policing o. because if Enugu had it the governor would have used them instead of waiting for Nigeria police that is waiting for the President order... shits happens sha

if what I just read is true then the governor is still at fault. the people voted for u to protect them in the state not pmb.

Enugu need strong vigilantes that is well equipment in arms and charms. because those Fulani
have both.

I thought one man living on Church offerings to God said this man living on tax payers money ......

okirewaju:
No


I did not just see that

no u saw it well

okirewaju:
No


I did not just see that

no u saw it well

how many them they wey we no go win them

Actually nobody will want to kill or allow somebody kill their son. the chiefs did the needful. thanks for the effort. this case has being decided already only Baba Almighty can make Saraki not to go to home alone.