LET’S TALK!! Why do you think BUHARI Refuses To Declare Fulani Herdsmen A Terrorist Group or Is He Benefiting From The Killings?

Posted by E.L.E.X on August 25 2020 under News

Which way Nigeria!!!

Fulani herdsmen or Fulani pastoralists are nomadic or semi-nomadic Fulani people whose primary occupation is raising livestock.

The Fulani herdsmen are largely located in the Sahel and semi-arid parts of West Africa, but due to relatively recent changes in climate patterns, many herdsmen have moved further south into the savannah and tropical forest belt of West Africa.

The Fulani Herdsmen started migrating into northern Nigeria from the Senegambia region around the thirteenth or fourteenth century.

After the Uthman dan Fodio jihad, the Fulani became integrated into the Hausa culture of Northern Nigeria. Thereafter, during the dry season when the tsetse fly population is reduced, Fulani Herdsmen began to drive their cattle into the Middle Belt zone dominated by non-Hausa groups, returning to the north at the onset of the rainy season.

But while managing the herd and driving cattle, cattle grazing on farmlands sometimes occurs, leading to destruction of crops and becoming a source of conflict. They started carrying guns, knife, and other deadly weapons, killing innocent Nigerian farmers.

Nigeria’s implementation of the land use act of 1978 gave the state or federal government the right to assign and lease land and also gave indigenes the right to apply and be given a certificate of occupancy to claim ownership of their ancestral lands.

This placed the pastoral Fulani in a difficult position because most did not apply for lands of occupancy of their grazing routes, and recurring transhumance movement led to encroachment on the properties of others.

From 1996 to 2006 about 121 people lost their lives in Bauchi and Gombe states as a result of conflicts between pastoralists and farmers.

Over 1 million Nigerians have been killed by the Fulani Herdsmen since 2016 till date yet President Buhári refuses to declare them a Terrorist Group. But he was quick to declare a Armless IPOB a Terrorist Group and also attempted to stop Amotekun Cops.

What is Buhari up to?