How we stopped herdsmen from invading our land – Cross River Monarch




The Paramount Ruler of Mkpani, Obol Lopon of Mkpani, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Obol Sunday Obono Okoi has disclosed how his community stopped Fulani herdsmen from entering their farmlands.

He said his community has put various machineries in place to make it impossible for herders to enter their farm lands.

Speaking with GCFRNG on Thursday, the Monarch lamented the activities of herders and called on the Federal Government to caution herdsmen with a view to stopping them from destroying people’s farms and allegedly killing farmers.

“It is not bad for people to carry on with their legitimate businesses, but it’s bad for people to abandon their legitimate business and embark on the destruction and killing of innocent people or fermenting criminal activities

“If somebody has a farmland and use that to train his or her children, eat from there, rents houses and other activities, and you are also doing your business, why should you allow your business to supersede others, using your animal to destroy others? It’s bad.

“In my place, Mkpani, in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, we have put ourselves together by not allowing them to come into our community and attempt anything in our farm because we are afraid of a lot of things.


“We held several Council meetings and took various decisions including how to protect our people and our farms. We don’t joke with our farms since we have highway that passes through our community. We give strong warning that as they come, they pass,” he stated.

Consequently, on the drum of war allegedly being peddled by some regions in the guise of restructuring, the Monarch said, “Basically, the essence of government is to solve problems of the people and in every society, government has to put the esteem laws that will guide the workings of the people and we believe that some of these laws we are having are very obsolete.

It’s necessary for us to reconsider ourselves and see how we can realign with the reality of our time and moment. If there is need for us to meet, we have to meet and get things done peaceful manner.

“If there is need for us to curb insecurity. We have to do that fast because our population today has multiply geometrically to a level that everybody is worried,” he said.

Monarch wey Sabi.
No long talk. Defend yourselves or lose your property and die cheaply.

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How many of you know that the civil war in Central African Republic started because the Fulani's who were less than 6% of the population did a coup to seize power.

The president then began installing Fulanis in top govt positions. All business, economic, military positions were held by Fulanis. Churches were attacked and ransacked. Lands were taken and grabbed by the Fulani's.

Then the indigenes planned and strategised. One solemn night, they attacked. Killing hundreds of soldiers guarding the president with Dane guns and matchetes. Some accounts say they butchered the soldiers like cows and goats.

The president fled the country and a civil war broke. Over 80% of the Fulanis have fled CAR. Those that remained, their cows were slaughtered and their lands given to the rightful people.

So the question is, what is happening to the remaining 80% that were driven out of CAR? Remember that the CAR civil war broke out in 2013 and the expulsion of Fulanis began in 2014.

If you're good in basic maths you'll realise when Fulani herdsmen started killing in Nigeria was in 2015 right. Good.

Also remember that El Rufai said that the people killing weren't Nigerians. Remember? He was right. They aren't. They're Fulani nomads and they're looking for land.

Nigeria is the perfect place for them to conquer. The south is divided and their Nigerian brethren have already conquered the North. The only reason they couldn't conquer CAR was because they country was united against the Fulani from the onset. Although new powers are looking to gain control in the country.

If Nigerians will learn from history, no Fulani man should be allowed to rule this country. And even if by chance they rule, they must never be given the powers that have been given to PMB. PMB govt resembles the strategy deployed by the Fulani in CAR. Where the Fulani will head all important govt agencies.

Those who fail to learn from history, are already doomed to repeat it.

Ifesinachi22:
How many of you know that the civil war in Central African Republic started because the Fulani's who were less than 6% of the population did a coup to seize power.

The president then began installing Fulanis in top govt positions. All business, economic, military positions were held by Fulanis. Churches were attacked and ransacked. Lands were taken and grabbed by the Fulani's.

Then the indigenes planned and strategised. One solemn night, they attacked. Killing hundreds of soldiers guarding the president with Dane guns and matchetes. Some accounts say they butchered the soldiers like cows and goats.

The president fled the country and a civil war broke. Over 80% of the Fulanis have fled CAR. Those that remained, their cows were slaughtered and their lands given to the rightful people.

So the question is, what is happening to the remaining 80% that were driven out of CAR? Remember that the CAR civil war broke out in 2013 and the expulsion of Fulanis began in 2014.

If you're good in basic maths you'll realise when Fulani herdsmen started killing in Nigeria was in 2015 right. Good.

Also remember that El Rufai said that the people killing weren't Nigerians. Remember? He was right. They aren't. They're Fulani nomads and they're looking for land.

Nigeria is the perfect place for them to conquer. The south is divided and their Nigerian brethren have already conquered the North. The only reason they couldn't conquer CAR was because they country was united against the Fulani from the onset. Although new powers are looking to gain control in the country.

[b]If Nigerians will learn from history, no Fulani man should be allowed to rule this country. And even if by chance they rule, they must never be given the powers that have been given to PMB. [/b]PMB govt resembles the strategy deployed by the Fulani in CAR. Where the Fulani will head all important govt agencies.

Those who fail to learn from history, are already doomed to repeat it.

I couldn't agree less.This should be the next slogan.They(Fulanis) have shown themselves to be brash, nepotistic and agents of anything backward.

Never again should a country like Nigeria have such kind in and around the corridor of power.

Any southerner who eventually become president should systematically whittle down their influence in our security agencies and phase down out of strategic positions.