CALLS ON FULANIS TO BUY ARMS, PREPARE FOR HOLY WAR
Emmanuel Thomas l Sunday, January 14, 2018
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Fulani National Movement, FUNAM has said that the people of Benue deserve the recent killings orchestrated by Fulani herdsmen.
Over 70 people were killed in Benue, when Fulani herdsmen invaded a Benue community last week. FUNAM also called on Fulanis to procure arms and prepare for holy war which they plan to orchestrate on the nation.
In a statement signed by its National President, Badu Salisu Ahmadu and Umar Amir Shehu, the group noted that it deliberated on attacks on cattles by rustlers, kidnap of Fulani men and women in some parts of Nigeria, displacement of Fulani traditional settlements in Northern Nigeria and some parts of Southern Nigeria, stealing of properties belonging to Fulani cattler owners amongst other issues.
The group said it also deliberated on the political situation in Nigeria occasioned by what it called “irresponsible calls for restructuring of Nigeria” adding that the historic and vicious attacks on Fulani people by Southern nationalities and their cohorts in the middle belt is nothing but a plot to ensure Fulani are pushed to the backbench in the power equation in Nigeria.
“Above all, the vicious campaign against the God ordained place of Fulani as the leading star guide in Nigeria, and after extensive deliberations, we hereby make the following declarations:
“A) That the killings in Benue of Tiv is well deserved. It was a revenge attack on the series of onslaught on the Fulani which was most horrendous on November 17 2017 when 30 Fulani men and women were killed in Nasarawa State. We notice the recalcitrant culture of the Tiv people as demonstrated even during the 1804 Jihad when they obstructed our ordained conquest of Nigeria.
“b) We condemn the media propaganda being waged against the Fulani and supported by Yoruba, Igbo and their bigotry allies in the Middle Belt.
“c) That we are aware of plots by the minority ethnic groups in the Middle Belt to attack Fulani settlements.
“d) That we have asked all Fulani across West Africa to raise money and arms to prosecute the oncoming war. We call on all Fulanis to prepare for this Holy War. There is no going back. All over the world, Nigeria is the only country given to Fulani by God.
“e) We oppose the anti-grazing laws which obstruct the ability of Fulani to move freely and stay anywhere in Nigeria. The Fulani, if not for the British would have actually conquered the entire Nigeria which God has ordained as our dominion.
“f) That the Cattle Colony is the only solution to the crisis. Whether the Federal Government or State Governments accept or not, we have asked all Fulani herdmen all over West Africa to move to Nigeria and penetrate every corner for the upcoming Jihad. We have asked them to be armed since it seems it is the only language Nigeria understands. The Nigerian Government has failed to protect us.
“g) We warn those who oppose the Fulani cattle trade to be cautious of the consequences. We are ready for the worse. We are prepared for war. There is hope for peace if and only if attacks on Fulani herdsmen stop and the Fulani is allowed to settle anywhere that the Fulani chose to settle in Nigeria. We are Nigerians and are free to settle anywhere we desire with our culture, our families, our commerce and our values to the glory of Almighty Allah. Any attempt(s) to reverse these demands will be met with Holy Uprising never before seen in the History of Nigeria and in the scale compared only with the 1804 Jihad. A word is enough for the wise. The Fulani is capable of defending itself”, the Fulanis said.
Signed
Badu Salisu Ahmadu
National President
Umar Amir Shehu
