Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the Fulani are not
benefiting from Nigeria in any way.
Ribadu said the Fulani think
President Muhammadu Buhari has “abandoned” them and are angry with him.
According to The Nation, he made
the statement on Monday while speaking at a conflict resolution summit on the
farmers/herders crisis.
Ribadu said the country must be
able to address the problem squarely, adding that nomadic lifestyle is not
peculiar to Nigeria.
“The Fulani in the town who claim
to be part of them, or even their traditional rulers who claim to be their
leaders, don’t understand what they are going through. They are people who are
completely out of everything.
“You can hardly see any nomadic
Fulani man that is part of state assembly or the national assembly and they
form about 15 to 20 million of the population and they are marginalised. They
are not in any way benefiting from what is happening in the country today.”
Ribadu added that Nigeria has not
made any effort to integrate the Fulani into the country, apart from the
nomadic education programme that had been put in place.
He also said: “People have
continued to misunderstand what is going on. President Buhari has nothing to do
with what is going on.
“In fact, the Fulani are even
angry with him because they think he has abandoned them. They think he is
listening to the others and that he gives audience to the people from Benue,
Plateau and never gave them audience.”
Ribadu, violence is not the way to go.Fulani herdsmen resulted to killing people because they are marginalized? That bore down to insensitivity of the PMB Govt.He lack the capacity to handle the issue or he Pmb may have sent some people to do the job,but they ate money and forget about the issue.Trust Nigeria politicians,they can do anything for money.This is our problem.
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