The leadership of Fulani pastoralist groups, yesterday, rose from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to call Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom to order over the anti-open grazing law in the state.
They said the governor’s “actions are a fundamental threat to peaceful coexistence and food security in Nigeria.”
The groups in attendance include the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association, Tabital Pulaaku Nigeria Chapter, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Mobgal Fulbe Development Association, Gam Allah Fulani Development Association, Fulani Title Holders Association, Pastoral Resolve (PARE), and Jonde Jam Fulani Youth Association.
They vowed to do everything legally possible to resist such law that is against their culture, movement and economic interests.
Their position was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejor, his Secretary, Mr. Saleh Alhassan and Chairman of Communiqué Drafting Committee, Garus Gololo.
The communiqué read in part: “That we condemn the call by some desperate and jobless groups, under the leadership of one Ariyo Atoye, a jobless youth parading the streets of Abuja looking for crumbs from corrupt politicians, agitating for the profiling and stigmatisation of Fulani pastoralists in Nigeria.