2019: Miyetti Allah Reveals Stance On Buhari, Atiku

The National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has disclosed that the Fulani people have yet to decide between supporting President Muhammadu Buhari or Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in next year’s presidential election.

Bodejo disclosed this in an interview published by Saturday Sun.

Asked if the group would be supporting either of the leading candidates, Bodejo said:

We are careful in making our choice between Buhari and Atiku. I accept that both of them are Fulani sons. We believe that both of them can lead the country. Our only concern is that if you follow the history of democracy in Nigeria, no leader has shown interest on the issue of herders. After winning election, none of them has been able to say what do I do for these Fulani who have been supplying 99 per cent of the nation’s meat. Today, I can say that nothing of such has been done for the Fulani herders. For instance, the grazing areas are all over the country. Some are gazetted but some are not but I am wondering that up till now, nobody has asked where are the grazing reserves. But thank God President Buhari came to power and they are proposing cattle colony even though there is no single cattle route now for the Fulani to graze their cattle. Some are saying if they establish the cattle colonies, the Fulani would take over the country and so on and so forth. They have now turned the intention of government to establish colonies into politics.

On the issue of which candidate that Miyetti Allah should support in 2019, we have not decided; we are just watching. The important thing is that we have educated the Fulani to get their PVCs. We have told them that any governor who wants to use them to play politics, they should vote him out.

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