By Boluwaji Obahopo

LOKOJA—IN a bid to find a lasting solution to kidnapping and armed robbery cases allegedly being ‘perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen, in Kogi State, MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association has set up committees at local government levels to fish out the criminals among the Fulanis.

Fulani-herdsman

Kogi State Chairman of MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Mallam Jalido Abubakar, made this known yesterday after a meeting with security agencies in the state.

Jalido who denied the accusations of crimes of kidnapping and armed robberies being levelled against the Fulanis in different parts of the country, claimed Fulanis were mostly victims of the communities where they settled rather than perpetrators of crime often ascribed to them.

He urged the people of the state to disregard the perception of Fulanis as violent people and that it was some bad ‘eggs’ among them that was giving the Fulanis a bad name, “I will not dispute the fact that we do have bad eggs among us. But we had set-up committees at local government levels to fish out the criminals, we will get them arrested.”