The Nationwide Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Affiliation, Saleh Alhassan, has claimed that politicians are the actual reason behind the disaster in Plateau State, not herders.
He made the declare on Friday throughout an look on Channels Tv’s The Morning Transient, the place he spoke about nationwide safety and the farmer-herder battle.
This comes after the Defence Headquarters stated that overseas herders have been behind assaults in Plateau, Benue, and different components of the nation. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Main Basic Markus Kangye, made the assertion on Thursday throughout a media briefing in Abuja.
Nevertheless, Alhassan dismissed that clarification, calling it “deceptive” and “politically motivated.” He stated: “The notion and narrative of overseas herders is a distraction. It’s a continuation of efforts to disclaim Nigerian herders their citizenship and a serious problem to attaining peace, particularly in regards to the farmers-herders battle.”
On the Plateau disaster, he stated: “I schooled and grew up in Plateau, so I do know the basis causes of those crises. The current battle in Bokkos, as an illustration, began over a motorbike theft, not grazing or land use. However all of a sudden, each battle is labelled a farmer-herder conflict.”
He additionally said: “If Governor Caleb Mutfwang needs to be honest, he is aware of this battle is political. There’s a clear agenda to expel herders from Plateau State. His political godfather, former Governor Jonah Jang, has been a driver of that narrative, and it has been renewed once more.”
Talking additional, he stated: “Peaceable herders don’t have any enterprise with banditry. However when governors abandon standard legislation enforcement and empower ethnic militias, injustices are dedicated towards herders. In such a setting, herders resort to self-help.”
“We’re heading into one other election season, and all of a sudden conflicts are being reignited and mischaracterised as herder-farmer clashes. In Plateau, as an illustration, this isn’t even the cropping season, but such narratives are being pushed. These are pretentious statements. Deal with criminals as criminals, deal with bandits as bandits.”
“Our herders should not armed. What we have now are armed bandits in our forests, who’re mistakenly or intentionally labelled as herders. We’ve misplaced many herders and 1000’s of cattle, but we’re nonetheless accused because the perpetrators.”
“Many of the photos we see of armed herders should not even from Nigeria.” And concluded: “There aren’t any overseas herders in North Central Nigeria. What exists in some border communities are bandits and criminals, not real herders.”
He accused authorities of ignoring the struggling of herders.
“It’s at all times handy for safety companies accountable us to keep away from participating in deep conversations that tackle the basis trigger of those points. Allow them to parade these arrested and present us their nationalities. It’s not nearly Fulfulde, Fulani or the language they communicate.”
He admitted the issue of monitoring herders, saying their nomadic way of life makes it exhausting, though the affiliation retains a register.
To resolve the problem, Alhassan stated integration of livestock throughout the nation needs to be carried out.
His feedback come amid renewed violence in Nigeria’s Center Belt, together with current assaults in Bokkos and Bassa LGAs in Plateau State, which claimed over 100 lives in April 2025.
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