The National President of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, has claimed that the Fulani are part of Nigeria and shouldn’t be deny coming into the country.
In an interview with The Sun, Bodejo addressed the impression that Fulani who are in other neighbouring communities like Mali, Cameroun, Chad, Futa Jalon, Senegal, are different from the ones in Nigeria. He make Nigerians understand that Fulani who are carrying weapons shouldn’t be allowed access to Nigeria border.
He emphasized the need of protecting and recognizing the rights of the Fulani. He noted that because of the insecurity in the northern states the Fulani people migrate to other neighbouring communities.
He said, “If a Fulani man is not a criminal, he shouldn’t be stopped from entering into Nigeria. We leave Nigeria and migrate to Senegal, Mali, and other West African countries and nobody stops us, so, in the same way, nobody should stop any Fulani man from other African countries from coming into Nigeria so long as he is not a criminal. Fulani is Fulani anywhere. We need justice and recognition and our rights given to us. We distance ourselves from other Fulani that don’t have regard for law and order. Note Because of the insecurity in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kebbi, our people are leaving those states to Chad, Niger, Cameroun etc and they may stay there for maybe five years or more or less, and when peace returns to those states they would migrate back”….Seē _ Morē