Chairman of the Plateau State chapter of the Gan Allah Fulani Development Association, Garba Abdullahi Muhammed, has alleged that there is a genocide against the Fulani people in the state.
Muhammed, who also doubles as the Chairman of Coalition of Fulani Registered Organizations in the state, also accused local indigenes of launching an ethnic cleansing campaign against Fulanis, with a systemic plan to chase them out of the state.
He insisted that such moves will not materialize as Fulani people are also indigenes of Plateau State and they will not go anywhere.
While addressing the Fulani community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area on Friday, Muhammed said contrary to widely held belief that the persistent attacks and killings in several communities in the state are being perpetrated by Fulani bandits, investigations by his group have revealed that herders and their families have been on the receiving end as they are often targeted for extermination.
The group chairman stressed that over the years, thousands of Fulani herders have been killed, which can be justified as genocide and ethnic cleansing against them. Still, the narratives are always turned to make the Fulani people look like the aggressors.
“The cries of the Fulani community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area deserve to be heard with fairness, compassion, and urgency,” Muhammed said.
He further accused security agencies, especially operatives of the Directorate of State Services, DSS, of conducting illegal raids on Fulani communities in the council where they arrest their members indiscriminately, confiscate their properties,
