Following the seven-day ultimatum Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, issued herdsmen occupying Ondo state forests.
The National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has declared that no power remove Fulani herdsmen from the state’s forests. This is even as he said ‘all the land in Nigeria belong to Fulani.’
Bodejo made the statement during an interview with TheSun, he noted that herders will not obey Akeredolu’s directive mandating them to vacate the forests reserves.
He further stated that the herders do not need anybody’s permission to use a forest for grazing so far as it provides the nutrients needed by their cattle.
Bodejo said: “All the lands in this country belong to the Fulani, but we don’t have any business to do with land if it doesn’t have areas for grazing; if the land doesn’t have cow food, we won’t have any business with it. We don’t sell land, we don’t farm. What we consider is the areas that have cow food. If the place is good for grazing, we don’t need anybody’s permission to go there.”
Distancing Fulani herdsmen from kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes reportedly being carried out in parts of the country, Bodejo said the group had filed a legal action challenging the legality of the Ondo state governor’s order.
Meanwhile, Abacityblog.com reported that the IG of Police, had allegedly ordered the arrest of a Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, over the quit notice he issued to herdsmen in a community in Oyo state.
