The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has condemned the proposal by the Northern Governors Forum, NGF, to open a register for immigrant Fulani herdsmen it earlier described as aliens and threats to Nigeria’s internal security.


Chairman of the Northern Governor’s Forum, NGF, Kashim Shetima of Borno State, told journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday after the forum’s meeting that it would work with relevant authorities to secure Nigeria’s borders and register Fulani immigrants entering into the country to rear cattle.


The chairman of the forum, Kashim Shettima of Borno, spoke at the end of the forum’s meeting in Kaduna, on Tuesday.


According to him, the governors knew that most of the herdsmen involved in killing Nigerian farmers were immigrants from Senegal and Mali.


“We also mapped out new strategies that would be used by the local Fulani herdsmen to rear their cattle without having to move across the country,” he had said.


But a statement by the group Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, on Friday, slammed the northern governors for denying culpability of herdsmen in killings in the country, and for defending them.


“ARG also notes that herdsmen currently constitute a huge threat, not only to lives, but also to food security in Southwest,” the statement read.


“Our people, who are largely smallholding farmers, cannot work at their full capacity, living at the mercy of cows and conniving policemen.


“This has aggravated the sweeping poverty in Nigeria and has displaced many of our people. Nigeria’s socioeconomic indices is clear that farmers, not herdsmen, should get higher priority from government, being a higher employer of labour, higher contributor to tax, FOREX earning and GDP.


“ARG is therefore gravely concerned that state governors who swore to protect Nigeria’s constitution are the ones promoting alien interest.


“Or what logic is there in opening a register for agents of external aggression? It is shameful that the NGF could not even pretend and hide its readiness to sacrifice the rest of Nigeria for Fulani interest in its veiled reference to ‘national integration and cohesion’ as the solution to herdsmen menace.”


The group blasted the Kaduna Governor, Nasir Elrufai, for his recent comments on Aljazeera TV that herdsmen who were responsible for the deaths of Nigerians must be accommodated because Nigeria is signatory to ECOWAS’s treaty on trans-humane pastoralist protocol.


It queried why ECOWAS treaties are only obligatory where it concerns Fulani interest as there are other treaties that Nigeria has ignored.


The group also cited the recent ban on car importation through land borders which Comptroller General, Hameed Ali, said to have been done to stop influx of illegal arms.


It wondered why the policy could be implemented swiftly, at great economic loss to Nigerians and despite a Senate order against it, whereas nothing has been done to disarm herdsmen who freely roam about with sophisticated weapons.


“It is becoming increasingly clear that Nigerian authorities will not address the menaces of Fulani herdsmen as should be done in a sane country and NGF’s latest proposal therefore remains to be seen as a workable idea,” the statement said.


“This further shows that ethnocentric interest, rather than the Rule of Law, governs Nigeria.”


ARG stressed that the only workable solutions were to outlaw open grazing, arrest and prosecute arms-bearing herdsmen, and promote ranching systems.
“Farmers are paying for land use, why should herdsmen not? Conversely, if herdsmen are justified to bear arms, why should farmers not do same?” the group queried.


“ARG therefore hold the view that should herdsmen continue to get higher priority, our farmers would be right to resort to self-defence because where injustice becomes a law, resistance becomes a duty.”


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/221804-pan-yoruba-group-afenifere-condemns-northern-governors-plan-fulani-herdsmen.html

We all condemned fulani herdsmen activities in some parts of the country

The FG should do something about it

The way some people are using it for cheap political gain is what I don't like

sarrki:
We all condemned fulani herdsmen activities in some parts of the country

The FG should do something about it

The way some people are using it for cheap political gain is what I don't like

what you mean by cheap political gain? throw more light pls.

See why we need a NIGERIAN TRUMP?
Fulani Herdsmen or BOKO-NORMADS go maintain ke!

Nansennnnze!

And so it begins...

It's like this Fulani herdsmen case will be the one that will end this country.

though I don't pray so!!"



From the look of things it's very clear that the government place more preferences on the herdsmen and their cows than the lives ,the unity and the welfare of Nigerians.

Imagine, some idi0ts are killing people at will, u branded them aliens and u are still welcoming them to your country.

It very obvious that the herdsmen menace is an Islamic northern agenda !!!

Na today?

sarrki:
We all condemned fulani herdsmen activities in some parts of the country

The FG should do something about it

The way some people are using it for cheap political gain is what I don't like

people have condemned it, yet PMB does nothing about it, & you don't want people to talk?

that's how the south west was made to turn their backs against OPC which would have given the herdsmen a bloody nose.

today the SW is left exposed & yet you feel its all about cheap 'politics'...

Afonjas

This goes on to show that we must fight for our freedom from the almagamation scam. We are not willing to live with the north again. Period. Educate yourself with the contents of this link below:

http://www.nigerreporters.com/lord-lugards-amalgamation-of-northern-and-southern-nigeria-expires-in-3-months-time/

sarrki:
We all condemned fulani herdsmen activities in some parts of the country

The FG should do something about it

The way some people are using it for cheap political gain is what I don't like

Mumu of Aguda

Na now una eye done dey clear abi??
ThankGod this recession done restore some brains to default settings.

Hmmmm

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty"... Thomas Jefferson.

Word!!

be like say the afonja eyes don dey open

but medicine after death

even osunbade has no power

The group blasted the Kaduna Governor, Nasir Elrufai, for his recent comments on Aljazeera TV that herdsmen who were responsible for the deaths of Nigerians must be accommodated because Nigeria is signatory to ECOWAS’s treaty on trans-humane pastoralist protocol.

This el-Rufai guy is going crazy. He should be in psychiatric ward.
I wonder if the non-hausa/fulani governors under the Northern governors' group - Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, etc were involved in this decision too, especially Benue. How did they pacify him on the Agatu raid?

sarrki:
We all condemned fulani herdsmen activities in some parts of the country

The FG should do something about it

The way some people are using it for cheap political gain is what I don't like

are you insane??

I feel you are a kid somewhere at home typing..

What cheap political gain??...people are dying and you're talking about cheap political gain...you see why pastor sulemains words might just be espoused by every southerner pretty soon??

Izonpikin:
are you insane??

I feel you are a kid somewhere at home typing..

What cheap political gain??...people are dying and you're talking about cheap political gain...you see why pastor sulemains words might just be espoused by every southerner pretty soon??

to those people human lives means nothing... Everything centers on politics... I weep for xtians in this country... They are shortsighted and the architect of their own ill luck in nigeria..