It's completely mind-boggling how Nigerians including the news media are unable to distinguish between Fulani Herdsmen and Fulani Bandits. The Fulani herdsmen have been terribly victimized by the Fulani bandits and that is one of the reason they are migrating south.

The Fulanis engaged in kidnapping, attacks on highways and other atrocities are bandits not herdsmen. The bandits are criminal gangs that have been terrorizing people up north including herdsmen. These guys are completely different from Fulani herdsmen.

Blaming Fulani herdsmen for kidnapping and such is blaming the victim. So how do I know? well, check out the excellent research paper below. If you want a comprehensive understanding of what's going on, read the entire research paper. Hopefully, one day we can get our useless journalists to put something like this together instead of ignorantly publishing nonsense.

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Rural Banditry and Cattle Rustling
Rural banditry also is driving herders south. Over the last decade, cattle rustling has grown in scale and organisation in several northern states where large bandit groups operate with mounting audacity. While this occurs throughout the north, the main theatres have been the Kamuku forest in Kaduna, Falgore forest in Kano, Dansadau forest in Zamfara and Davin Rugu forest stretching through Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states. Cattle theft reportedly also has been a major source of funding for Boko Haram in the north east.

The loss is hard to estimate: many thefts, especially those occurring in remote villages or forests with limited state security presence, go unreported. One report estimated that in 2013 more than 64,750 cattle were stolen and at least 2,991 herders killed in states across the north-central zone. From 2011 to 2015, bandits, cattle rustlers and other criminals killed 1,135 people in Zamfara state alone, according to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Vigilante groups formed to combat bandits (variously known as Yan Banga, Yan Sa Kai and Kato da Gora) have compounded insecurity in some areas where the arrest and summary execution of rustlers sometimes has invited massive retaliatory violence. Elsewhere, vigilantes have turned into predators themselves, extorting cash and cattle from herders as “protection levy”.

https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/west-africa/nigeria/252-herders-against-farmers-nigerias-expanding-deadly-conflict

Must yoy put "Fulani" in front of it? Cant they just be bandits?

You people are so tribal

Mynd44:
Must yoy put "Fulani" in front of it? Cant they just be bandits?

You people are so tribal

Lol, I'm the very opposite of tribal.

The first step is to get people to stop conflating Fulani herdsmen and Fulani bandits. Once Nigerians understand this, we can talk about removing Fulani entirely. Currently, we don't say Igbo armed robbers, or Yoruba armed robbers so we should not be saying Fulani bandits. But the immediate issue is to stop the demonization of herdsmen based on crimes committed by some Fulanis that are not herdsmen.

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Mynd44:
Must yoy put "Fulani" in front of it? Cant they just be bandits?

You people are so tribal

[s][/s] we see Una. Defender of evil, you think your are safe? Abi them tell u say fulani no get plan? I pity you. Funlani bandits and fulani herds men are the same. They carry their suppose gun for protecting their cows to rob people.

A Fulani is a Fulani. No distinction. Fulani are the bandits, they are the killer herdsmen, they are the kidnappers

yomi96:
[/s][s] we see Una. Defender of evil, you think your are safe? Abi them tell u say fulani no get plan? I pity you. Funlani bandits and fulani herds men are the same. They carry their suppose gun for protecting their cows to rob people.

what did you expect from a Yoruba Muslim?

StillX10:
A Fulani is a Fulani. No distinction. Fulani are the bandits, they are the killer herdsmen, they are the kidnappers

So when kidnapping was very prevalent in the SE a few years ago, was it being perpetrated by Igbo traders or Igbo criminals?

Genius, thats your story. Our story is this ...Fulani Herdsmen are responsible , and they must be dealt with!

StillX10:
A Fulani is a Fulani. No distinction. Fulani are the bandits, they are the killer herdsmen, they are the kidnappers

Exactly! Look at the nonsense he brought to us as a study. Are we blind? We can't see pictures of cow herders hugging ak47?

Oga they are the same group with the same agenda , all Herdsmen always contribute son's to join the militia wing which is used to grab land ahead of the settling party . The duty of the militia are listed below :

1 :Protect Herdsmen caravans

2 :Grab land ahead of the caravan

3: Conduct fiercesome reprisal attacks

4 :Prevent other non Fulanis from engaging in cattle trade by destroying and rustling and non Fulanis ranch or cattle stead they come across .

5 : Project Islam by capturing any weaker infidel tribe they come across

6 : Now recently kidnapping to raise cheap funds for faster expansion .

OP don't say what you know nothing about ok

And who gave them guns (semi automatic)?

Who is protecting them (army protection)?

That guy did not prepare his opening well. He is an errand boy, that message is what miyetti sent him to come to nairaland with.

You will all be dealt with!

Did Rufai differentiate between herder and bandit when he talked recklessly about life of fulani will attract reprisal? Mofos!

Fulani na fulani

Two sides of the same coin!

MetaPhysical:


Exactly! Look at the nonsense he brought to us as a study. Are we blind? We can't see pictures of cow herders hugging ak47?

What an imbe-cile. Do yourself a favor and read the article attached in my original post. It was written by a global world class organization.

Have you heard of cattle rustlers? Those are bandits that attack Fulani herdsmen and steal their cow. Use your brain for once.

Because an Igbo kidnapper has a shop does not mean all kidnappers of Igbo extraction are traders

Genius100:


What an imbe-cile. Do yourself a favor and read the article attached in my original post. It was written by a global world class organization.

Have you heard of cattle rustlers? Those are bandits that attack Fulani herdsmen and steal their cow. Use your brain for once.

Because an Igbo kidnapper has a shop does not mean all kidnappers of Igbo extraction are traders

Reject! Here is study report, also from a world recognized body. Enjoy it.

A Group Constantly Adapting to the Local Environment

Like other extremist groups such as the Macina Liberation Front, ISGS has exploited grievances of marginalized communities to recruit, especially (though not exclusively) among young Fulani men. Lack of economic opportunities, a sense of diminished social status, and the need for protection against cattle theft all apparently influence the decision to join ISGS. For instance, in the Tillabéri region of Niger, even in the absence of significant financial resources from extremist groups such as ISGS, joining an extremist group is often associated with elevated status. According to a local Fulani leader, “Having weapons gives you a kind of prestige—young people from the villages are very influenced by the young armed bandits who drive around on motorbikes, well dressed and well fed. Young herders are very envious of them, they admire their appearance.”


source - https://africacenter.org/spotlight/exploiting-borders-sahel-islamic-state-in-the-greater-sahara-isgs/

Op, stay away from taking hard drugs


how are Fulani bandit as you called it seeing money to buy weapons if not from cows and how are they easily to know the terrain of all forest in their non States



Fulani herdsmen should leave Yoruba land till they're able to accept ranches and if that will stop beef so be it. beef cannot restore life


so shove that useless talk to your family member

FarahAideed:
Oga they are the same group with the same agenda , all Herdsmen always contribute son's to join the militia wing which is used to grab land ahead of the settling party . The duty of the militia are listed below :

1 :Protect Herdsmen caravans

2 :Grab land ahead of the caravan

3: Conduct fiercesome reprisal attacks

4 :Prevent other non Fulanis from engaging in cattle trade by destroying and rustling and non Fulanis ranch or cattle stead they come across .

5 : Project Islam by capturing any weaker infidel tribe they come across

6 : Now recently kidnapping to raise cheap funds for faster expansion .

OP don't say what you know nothing about ok

Can we talk in private bro?

Genius100:


So when kidnapping was very prevalent in the SE a few years ago, was it being perpetrated by Igbo traders or Igbo criminals?

Has any of those kidnappers you mentioned ever killed anyone from the north? Have they ever carried weapons and walk in the bush to kill anyone?

Stop placing herdsmen evil activities with any kidnapper on the same per

Genius100:


So when kidnapping was very prevalent in the SE a few years ago, was it being perpetrated by Igbo traders or Igbo criminals?

Who are the people that come back by midnight to kill a whole village and burn their houses and after that start to occupy the land? Fulani herdsmen!

So please why the argument this morning?

StillX10:
Has any of those kidnappers you mentioned ever killed anyone from the north? Have they ever carried weapons and walk in the bush to kill anyone?

Stop placing herdsmen evil activities with any kidnapper on the same per

That poster is a fulani herdsmen. So all the killings and raping of farmers who protested the destruction of their crops were by who? Is he ok?

FarahAideed:
Oga they are the same group with the same agenda , all Herdsmen always contribute son's to join the militia wing which is used to grab land ahead of the settling party . The duty of the militia are listed below :

1 :Protect Herdsmen caravans

2 :Grab land ahead of the caravan

3: Conduct fiercesome reprisal attacks

4 :Prevent other non Fulanis from engaging in cattle trade by destroying and rustling and non Fulanis ranch or cattle stead they come across .

5 : Project Islam by capturing any weaker infidel tribe they come across

6 : Now recently kidnapping to raise cheap funds for faster expansion .

OP don't say what you know nothing about ok

For safekeeping.

Herdsmen are Fulani who own cattle.

Bandits are Fulani who don't have cattle
but have been invited by the herdsmen ( who
know all the bush terrain in Nigeria ), to
come & rob.

They work hand in hand & have a
sharing formula.

The herdsmen are the brain, while
the bandits are the tools & foot soldiers.

Interestingly enough, most cattle rustlers
are Fulani.

We are not fooled.

adecz:



Herdsmen are Fulani who own cattle.

Bandits are Fulani who don't have cattle
but have been invited by the herdsmen ( who
know all the bush terrain in Nigeria ), to
come & rob.

They work hand in hand & have a
sharing formula.

The herdsmen are the brain, while
the bandits are the tools & foot soldiers.

Interestingly enough, most cattle rustlers
are Fulani.

We are not fooled.

Use your head. Herdsmen are one of the biggest victims of the bandits.

Gandollaar:
That poster is a fulani herdsmen. So all the killings and raping of farmers who protested the destruction of their crops were by who? Is he ok?

The farmer-herdsmen clash is what it is. Those are herdsmen fighting against farmers. But the people shooting at cars and kidnapping people are not herdsmen.

Fulani herdsmen killed Mrs Olakunrin

Fulani herdsmen are shooting and kidnapping people

StillX10:
Has any of those kidnappers you mentioned ever killed anyone from the north? Have they ever carried weapons and walk in the bush to kill anyone?

Stop placing herdsmen evil activities with any kidnapper on the same per

Lol, there are far far more killings in the north and the south. On Abuja-Kaduna road alone, 20 kidnapping gangs were operating until Abba Kyari dealt with them..

A Group Constantly Adapting to the Local Environment

Like other extremist groups such as the Macina Liberation Front, ISGS has exploited grievances of marginalized communities to recruit, especially (though not exclusively) among young Fulani men. Lack of economic opportunities, a sense of diminished social status, and the need for protection against cattle theft all apparently influence the decision to join ISGS. For instance, in the Tillabéri region of Niger, even in the absence of significant financial resources from extremist groups such as ISGS, joining an extremist group is often associated with elevated status. According to a local Fulani leader, “Having weapons gives you a kind of prestige—young people from the villages are very influenced by the young armed bandits who drive around on motorbikes, well dressed and well fed. Young herders are very envious of them, they admire their appearance.”


source - https://africacenter.org/spotlight/exploiting-borders-sahel-islamic-state-in-the-greater-sahara-isgs/



Members of miyetti allah, fulani herders, are recruited into terrorism like ISGS which is affiliated with ISIS to use Jihad to islamize Nigeria. They find banditry appealing because of the readily available funds to dress well, feed well, ride around on motorbikes, carry guns.

MetaPhysical:
A Group Constantly Adapting to the Local Environment

Like other extremist groups such as the Macina Liberation Front, ISGS has exploited grievances of marginalized communities to recruit, especially (though not exclusively) among young Fulani men. Lack of economic opportunities, a sense of diminished social status, and the need for protection against cattle theft all apparently influence the decision to join ISGS. For instance, in the Tillabéri region of Niger, even in the absence of significant financial resources from extremist groups such as ISGS, joining an extremist group is often associated with elevated status. According to a local Fulani leader, “Having weapons gives you a kind of prestige—young people from the villages are very influenced by the young armed bandits who drive around on motorbikes, well dressed and well fed. Young herders are very envious of them, they admire their appearance.”


source - https://africacenter.org/spotlight/exploiting-borders-sahel-islamic-state-in-the-greater-sahara-isgs/



Members of miyetti allah, fulani herders, are recruited into terrorism like ISGS which is affiliated with ISIS to use Jihad to islamize Nigeria. They find banditry appealing because of the readily available funds to dress well, feed well, ride around on motorbikes, carry guns.

You seem to have an inability to comprehend. What the article say and what you are saying are worlds apart. So if Igbo traders are envious of successful Igbo kidnappers, does that mean the kidnappers are traders?

Genius100:


You seem to have an inability to comprehend. What the article say and what you are saying are worlds apart. So if Igbo traders are envious of successful Igbo kidnappers, does that mean the kidnappers are traders?

Leave Igbo out of it and come face to face with Yoruba on this issue.

Did El Rufai differentiate when he bragged about reprisal for "any fulani" killed?

MetaPhysical:


Leave Igbo out of it and come face to face with Yoruba on this issue.

Did El Rufai differentiate when he bragged about reprisal for "any fulani" killed?

What does that have to do with the topic? Are you some kind of a numbskull?