Ownership Of Nigeria: Fulani Leader Reacts To Miyetti Allah Leader’s Statement

Sarkin Fulani of Lagos and Chairman, Association of Fulani Chiefs, South-west Ni­geria, Mohammed Bambado, has disassociated his tribe from the claim by one Bello Abdullahi Bodejo that the whole of Nigeria belongs to the Fulani tribe, The Independent reports.

It would be recalled that one Bodejo, who claimed to be the National President of Miyetti Allah, Kautal Hore, shook the country to its foundation with his claim that the country be­longs to the Fulani and so, the tribe would rule forever.

In addition to that, Bodejo hinted that the group is ready to set up a 5,000 to 10,000 strong security personnel to be dis­tributed across the country to safeguard the interest of the Fulani across the nation.

Reacting in a statement in Lagos on Monday, Sarkin Fulani of Lagos State said the claimant is not representing the view and belief of the Fu­lani, “As we believe that the country belongs to all of us.”

According to Bambado, no true Fulani man in Nigeria would engage in any divisive conduct capable of setting the country on fire, adding “We are all law-abiding citizens of this country, who want peace, love and tranquility to reign at all times.

“The man is not speaking for us. He is not speaking on our behalf and so, we disas­sociate ourselves from his controversial and untenable claim,” Bambado asserted, just as he urged the good peo­ple of Nigeria to, “ignore the bogus claim and go about their normal businesses and daily activities in a peaceful atmo­sphere we are used to.”

The Fulani monarch, there­fore, urged the people to be vig­ilant and wary of some char­acters whose conducts and utterances could cause chaos, saying, “The current situa­tion calls for maximum coop­eration with the Muhamadu Buhari administration in its onerous task of moving the country to the next level of an enviable world standard.”

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