Fulani herdsman that earns N100k yearly from a cow, now gets millions through kidnapping – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that it would be hard for Fulani herdsmen who are into kidnapping to stop.

According to him, a Fulani herdsman that was used to only getting N100,000 in a year, after selling a cow, but now is getting millions through kidnapping government and as such, he might not be ready to stop anytime soon.

In an interview with BBC Hausa in Kaduna on Monday, the Kaduna governor vowed that any bandit arrested in the state would be killed, adding that the state is at war with bandits.

He said, “My administration is at war with the bandits and so we cannot negotiate. Eliminating them is the only solution to banditry.

“I never believed that a Fulani herdsman who ventured into banditry and is collecting millions of Naira as ransom will repent. I spoke to Dr Gumi, who is my friend; I explained that the majority of these bandits don’t believe in the religion. That is why they kill mercilessly.

“Anybody who thinks a Fulani herdsman that was used to only getting N100,000 in a year, after selling a cow, but now is getting millions through kidnapping for ransom will stop is only wasting his time.”