Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural organisation, has long objected to the treatment of its members in several states of Nigeria.
The herders’ association claimed that contrary to popular belief and treatment, none of its members are criminals.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the group made a note of this at their most recent annual general meeting, which was held in Nasarawa State’s Karu Local Government Area.
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The herders’ association formed a 55-member legal committee in response to this, promising to address and put an end to any perceived unfairness experienced by its members. The group gave the committees instructions to compile a list of all allegations made against its members nationwide in order to pursue legal action against them.
To address the issue of education and social cohesion, Miyetti Allah also established two additional committees, one for enlightenment and the other for nomadic education.
It emphasised that the ongoing detention of Fulani livestock herders in the nation had pushed them to establish the 55-member legal team to defend its unfairly treated citizens.
Alhaji Abdullahi Bodejo, the association’s national president, remarked during the meeting that it was unfair, unjust, and untrue to characterise all Fulani herdsmen as criminally inclined people.
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Bodejo continued by saying that the association had given the legal team a mandate to provide legal assistance to all herders who had been unfairly treated, degraded, or imprisoned in their native country. He urged the herders to live in peace and harmony with other Nigerians in order to reduce the number of accusations made against them and their arrests by the security services.
He added a warning that the association would not come to the aid of anyone who caused problems among fellow countrymen and was apprehended by the security forces.
“Many of our kinsmen are in correctional facilities across the country for unjust reasons. They are always arrested and sent to jail simply because they are pastoring around grazing areas.
“Others were arrested just because they are Fulani people.
“The situation has been very worrisome; that is why we decided to constitute the 55-man legal team to help us fight the cause of our people, especially the innocent ones, to get justice.
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“This association does not encourage violence. We believe in one Nigeria and remain committed to the peace and united nation, so any of our kinsmen found to be involved in unjustified trouble will not be assisted by our lawyers,” Newsmen quoted the association leader saying.
In her remarks, Hajiya Aisha Bala Muhammed, the First Lady of Bauchi State and Matron of the Association, said that since criminal activity in the nation was committed by members of all tribes, Fulani herders should not be treated as if crimes started and ended with them.
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