Miyetti Allah factions backs Bauchi gov on carrying AK-47 rifles

Herdsmen under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association have risen in defence of the Bauchi state governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, over his comment that herders possess AK-47 rifles for self defence.

The comment from the Bauchi State Governor had incurred wide criticism and condemnations from Nigerians.

The National Secretary, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Mr. Saleh Alhassan, described the Bauchi State helmsman as the only lone voice among his peers in the North, in defence of Fulani pastoralists being persecuted across Nigeria.

But the Fulani organization carpeted Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State over his perceived hatred  for the Fulani race, saying that Ortom’s achievement in office since 2015 to his “impoverished” citizens was his “obnoxious” anti-open grazing law in the state.

Also, the Miyetti Allah group attacked the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, whom they said, claimed a “disgrace to the legal profession”.

They also accused Akeredolu of being the brain behind the creation of Amotekun allegedly unleashing terror on herders and northerners in the South-Western states of Ondo and Oyo.

According to the statement, the Bauchi state governor is the only northerner that came out in the defence of Fulani pastoralists in many states

On Governor Ortom and Akeredolu, the association said, “Governor Bala Mohammed has refused to be like the governor of Benue State, H.E. Samuel Ortom, whose only achievement is the rising of ethnic militia and gang leaders that have been visiting mayhem of killing in the state.

“Akeredolu will be held accountable for the ongoing genocide against innocent pastoralists and northerners living in the South-West.