A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has condemned the recent attack and killings of innocent persons in Benue state.
In a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the association, Alhaji Yusuf Ardo, the group described the killings as “unfortunate and condemnable”.
He said that Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore was an association for peace, love, unity and harmony, adding that they had never “supported violence in the society and they would never do so anytime, any day and anywhere in Nigeria.
“We are peace loving people, we believe in love for one another. Any Fulani Pastoralist that doesn’t believe in peace is not part of us.”
The association commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his action on the matter, by sending the Hon. Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahaman Danbazau (retd) to the troubled area.
The group, however, called on the security agencies to arrest the perpetrators of the ugly incident and bring them to book, while advising those going about with false allegation against the association to desist from doing so.
“It is because of our peace loving nature that made the association to challenge the anti-grazing law in court, we believed in judiciary not violence.”
The association called on all Fulani Pastoralist living in Benue and other part s of the country, to remain calm and be law abiding citizen, urging the federal government to also look into the causes of the crisis in states like, Adamawa, Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Benue and Plateau so as to have a lasting solution particularly in issues of anti-grazing laws.
