The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has on Wednesday, described the Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, as a drunk and a thief, for saying on national television that most of the bandits terrorising the Northern region of the country are Fulanis,
Recall, that Governor Masari who featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, on Monday, stated that many of the bandits causing havoc in Katsina State, and other parts of Northern Nigeria, are Fulanis, whose main occupation is rearing cattle.
His exact words: “They are the same people like me, who speak the same language as me, who profess the same religious beliefs as me.
“So, what we have here on ground are bandits. They are not aliens, they are people we know. They are people that have been living with us for 100 years.
“The infiltration we have from some West African countries and North African countries, are also people of the Fulani extraction.
“Majority of those involved in this banditry are Fulanis, whether it is palatable or it is not, but that is the truth.
“I am not saying 100 percent of them are Fulanis, but a majority of them are, and these are people who live in the forest, and their main occupation is rearing of cattle.”
Reacting to Governor Masari’s assertions, the National Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Alhassan, asked Nigerians to ignore the Governor.
He told Journalists that nothing good can come out of him, because he is a drunk.
His words: “No one should take that drunkard seriously. Nigerians should just ignore that man, as he has nothing to offer.
“Just looking at him, one would see he is tired. Do you take him serious? Records should come from Security Operatives, not a confused human being.
“He knows them now, is he not a Fulani man? All of them talking are stealing security votes. They should find solutions, create ranches for these herders and accommodate them.
“Which people do you find along the Sahel Sahara desert? They are many tribes. Is it by a physique that you now identify a Fulani man?
“The bandits are criminals, why should you attach tribe to it? That is why we are not happy. You do not need to attach a tribe, because it will affect an innocent person.
“Forget that man, that man is the worst Governor Katsina has had; we are just praying for his time to lapse.”