Sultan talks tough on killer Fulani herdsmen, says they are criminals

The Sultan, also a Fulani, who branded them criminals, called on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute them.

Sultan Abubakar stated this in Kaduna at a 2-Day Annual Pan-Northern Groups Summit on Security, Socio-economic and political development, insisting that the killer herdsmen are not representing Fulani or Muslims interest in Nigeria.

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He said: “There are very terrible herdsmen who kill. But they are acting on their own, they are criminals and they must be treated as criminals. Therefore the Federal Government should prosecute them.

“It is disheartening to hear when people say Fulani herdsmen want to Islamise Nigeria and that is why they are killing.

“Any Fulani herdsman who kills is not acting the script of Fulani community in Nigeria, neither is he working for the Muslim community,” he said.

 

 

 

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