JIGAWA: Lamido slams Tinubu, others, says attack on Fulani because of Buhari misguided

FORMER Governor Sule Lamido has lambasted President Buhari’s allies in the South for folding their arms when Fulani herdsmen were being persecuted in the region.

Lamido stressed that attacking Fulani herdsmen because they belong to Buhari’s tribe was misguided adding that not all Fulani people  are supporters of the President

He stated this in Kano while receiving 27 newly elected Local Government Chapter Chairmen of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa at his office on Thursday.

He particularly berated a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmad Tinubu, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, his counterparts in transportation and labour employment ministries, Rotimi Amaechi and Chris Ngige for their indifference to the attacks.

He reiterated that Buhari being a Fulani man by tribe does not mean every Fulani in the northern part of Nigeria supported and voted for him, saying, “even me as a Fulani man did not vote for him.

““They are reading Fulani through Buhari, who is also of Fulani tribe. They failed to understand that it is not every Fulani that supports Buhari. Even me, I am a Fulani by tribe but did not vote for Buhari.

“But, what Fulanis are going through in this country is unfortunate. We are being persecuted, abused, endangered, called names, just because Buhari is from us. This is not fair. This is unjust.

“Why have those from the South, who brought Buhari to power in 2015 failed to defend his people in their region? Where are the Tinubus, Fasholas, Amaechis, Ngiges, Soyinkas, Rochas, where are all these, why can’t they protect Buhari’s people?” Lamido asked rhetorically.

Lamido also stated that Fulanis, like other Nigerians, have the right to live in every part of the country, lamenting that the tribe is now facing persecution, especially in the hands of Yorubas.

The former Jigawa State governor said this against the background of the vacation order backed up with seven-day ultimatum issued to herders in Ondo forest reserves by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.  

Akeredolu had citied the rising cases of insecurity in the state for the move adding that the order was not targeted at  Fulani or any particular ethnic group.

Also, in Oyo State, an activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better  known as Sunday Igboho issued an ultimatum to Fulanis to leave the state or face severe consequences, a situation that led him to mobilize his followers to storm the Fulani settlement in the ancient town of Oyo to eject Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir and his people from the community.

The Seriki’s house and other property were said to set ablaze in the wake of Igboho’s visit.