16th March, 2016
Dear Mr President,
It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter and I pray уσυ would get the message and act swiftly as expected. To begin with, I am not a politician neither do I belong to any political party. I remain a witness to conscience and a disciple of truth. It's only when I observe the belligerent posture of things, that I get prompted to write. When I wrote few days ago that the hardship in our land is pregnant with twins and nursing a baby, it appeared as if I exaggerated the situation on ground. Today, things are getting worse. We have been through worst in the last few days and suffered enough under the weigh of this economic crunch. No electricity, no fuel, no job, no money..
I know the people around уσυ may detest any news report that tends to suggest that people are going through excruciating hardship but some of us who are ordinary Nigerians would say it as it is. However, I shall leave this matter for another ∂αy.
My concern and the main reason for this letter is to call your attention to the activities of your kinsmen on most land they visited throughout the country. I mean the Fulani militias and herdsmen who wreak havoc and slaughtered innocent Nigerians for reason best known to them.
I have read several articles online where уσυ were mentioned as the Life Patron of the Fulani Cattle Rearers' Association, which is the umbrella organisation of the Fulani herdsmen and militias. If true, then уσυ can use your position and the office уσυ presently occupy to call this people to order. Things are getting out of hand and уσυ don't have to wait till your brothers wipe out some tribes before уσυ spring into action.
Late last year, former Delta State police commissioner, Ikechukwu Aduba, insisted there is something more dangerous than terrorism in Nigeria. According to the interview he granted Nigerian Guardian in Asaba, the retired officer raised alarm over the illegal activities of Fulani cattle rearers and urged уσυ to address the situation before it is too late. He stated, “Boko Haram war is a minor issue when compared with what we are going to experience in the hands of Fulani cattle rearers in the nearest future if the issue is not addressed.
“In some places, especially in Delta State where I served as the commissioner of police, many people cannot go to the farm anymore for
fear of being attacked in the bush by cattle rearers. Many women have been raped in front of their husbands and children. Many people killed by the cattle rearers. It is a pathetic situation if cattle eat up people’s crops in the farm and the farm owner challenges them, it is a
big problem. If the farm owner keeps quite, his toil for the year will be in vain.
Just a few days ago over 300 people were killed by same well-armed Fulani herdsmen in Agatu, Benue State. This is one of several cases all over the nation. What about the recent one in Ketu where some lives were lost? Yet in all of these and I stand to be corrected, that up till now no strong statement has come out from the government at the centre, as regards the activities of the fulani helpmsmen. I therefore want to beseech уσυ to carefully look into the matter and do justice. It would even be more appropriate to set up a committee to investigate some of these killings in order to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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