Why Buhari created Miyetti Allah – Junai Mohammed

Elder statesman and Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari created Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore for political reasons.

Mohammed who was reacting in an interview with Daily Independent, to recent con­troversies sparked by the leader­ship of the organisation led by Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, the Na­tional President, said “the whole thing is nothing but politics”.

He accused President Buhari, the late Shehu Yar’Adua, and others for creating the organization solely for political purpose.

“They wanted to use it for pol­itics and, today, it is being used of Sokoto and others for politics. The same thing goes for the former Emir of Kano who was sacked, Sanusi,” he said.

While reacting to the quit notice to Fulani herdsmen by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Junaid said while it was true that there were some bad elements who were perpetrating crimes, the governor should iden­tify them and charge them to court rather than issue a blanket statement asking all herdsmen on legal duty to leave.

He said; “If anything happens, you hear people screaming, ‘it is Fulani herdsmen.

“The fact is a lot of this criminality is simply a lie. But if it is true, what you do is not to make noise about it and incite people and com­munities to be killing one another.

“If found culpable of committing criminal acts, take them to court. I don’t want to believe there is a Fulani man who is a magis­trate or High Court judge in Ogun, Ondo, or any South- West state.

“Once arrested, take the criminals to court. Making noise about it does not help anybody.”

He described as irrespon­sible the statement credited to Bodejo, the Miyetti Allah leader, that the Fulanis own all the lands in Nigeria.

Recall that Governor Ak­eredolu of Ondo State had, last week, issued an ultima­tum to herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state due to the rising cases of insecurity.

But Bodejo, in an inter­view, said the governor had no power to ask herdsmen to leave Ondo forest re­serves, saying all the lands in Nigeria belonged to Fu­lanis.

“All the lands in this country belong to the Fu­lani, but we don’t have any business to do with land if it doesn’t have areas for grazing.

“If the land doesn’t have cow food, we won’t have any business with it,” he had said.