Fulani Herdsmen, Police now friendly

Rita and Fulani men

Over the weekend Ririeye visited Katsina State where most of the Donkey rearers and Fulani Herdsmen resides.They exhibited exactly what their Governor, Aminu Bello Masari said during the one day media summit held on the 24th of March 2017.

 He said: ''The Fulani herdsmen have now surrendered their guns and settled for peace''.

Truly, they were seen as men of peace, they were all friendly to travelers and visitors. Last month the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, revealed how Fulani herdsmen had over the years killed, maimed and raped Igbo citizens within the past few years, but that is not the case as we speak, as we experienced a different thing entirely.

He said: “The peaceful coexistence between previously peace-loving Fulani herdsmen, who herded their cattle with long canes and our local farmers has been replaced by an era of AK-47 totting and rampaging herdsmen who kill, maim, rape our people and destroy our farms.

“Not one of them is ever arrested for illegal possession of firearms. Even those arrested in Nimbo for mercilessly killing our people remain unprosecuted by the Northern dominated law enforcement agents.”

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But from our experiences, we saw a different thing and can confirm that, the Governor Masari, and SGS Dr. Mustapha .M.Inuwa, the man incharge of security matters were correct, when they said, the Fulani herdsmen have dropped their guns for peace.