The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued out a statement concerning the attacks on Fulanis in the country.
It could be recalled that some Fulanis are being attacked specifically in the Southern-part of the country and it is from this that the NEF has called for calm stating that there are some Fulanis who are law-abiding.
The NEF issued this caution in a statement released by its director of publicity and advocacy, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed and it reads;
“The forum has been receiving reports of attacks on Fulani communities in the south, since the night of Sunday, January 31, and had taken the responsible step by drawing the attention of authorities to the dangers which these attacks represent for all Nigerians.
NEF is deeply worried by reports of ejections and attacks on Fulani herders and communities in some states of the South.
Law-abiding Fulani communities are advised to seek protection where it is available, and urged to resist the temptation to take the law into their own hands.
The vast majority of Fulani are law-abiding and have rights to live lawfully wherever they can find means of subsistence.
Like all Nigerians who can be found in every inch of Nigeria, the rights of the Fulani will not be abridged by criminals hiding behind ethnic interests to exterminate them.
There are criminals in all ethnic groups, and the nation will be treading dangerous grounds if it continues to tolerate the demonization of entire groups over particular types of crimes.
The forum demands the immediate arrest and prosecution of persons who are attacking Fulani and setting the country on a very dangerous path.”
Source: ghgossip.com
