Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a
group of cattle breeders, has asked Nigerians to vote against Atiku Abubakar,
presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), during the election.
Speaking with journalists in
Abuja on Thursday, Abdullahi Bodejo, national president of the group, accused
Atiku of alleged hatred for Fulani.
Bodejo said Atiku ought to be
stripped of wazirin Adamawa, a prestigious traditional title.
“We are calling on HRM the Lamido
of Adamawa to strip Atiku Abubakar of his title as Waziri Adamawa for his open
hatred for the Fulani pastoralist and surrounding himself with ethnic and
merchants that have been profiling the Fulani race and calling for their
genocide,” the president said.
“We are consequently directing
all our members nationwide and other Fulani groups to embark on massive campaign against the
presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar because he does not mean well for the
pastoralist and the country.”
Bodejo also faulted the recent
report of Amnesty International on farmers-herders clashes in the country.
The report said a total of 3,641
Nigerians have been killed in conflict between herdsmen and farmers since
January 2016.
Bodejo said Atiku is “feasting
and capitalising on the report with the view to
garnering political capital from the farmers-herders conflict.”
He urged President Muhammadu
Buhari to instruct the security agencies to monitor Atiku “considering his
volatile and inciting statement he made against herders.”
In December, the Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) endorsed Buhari’s second term
bid.
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