Fulanis are too busy to threaten anyone - Bayero, Miyetti Allah leader

Ibrahim Bayero said Prof. Osuagwu knows nothing about the history of Fulanis

He advised Igbos on how to go about fulfilling their dreams of an Igbo president

Alhaji Ibrahim Bayero, the Director of Media and Publicity, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Kaduna State chapter, has commended the governors of the Southern states for deciding to ban open grazing in the region.

According to him, the move would force governors in the North to develop grazing reserves in the 19 Northern states.

Also reacting to the assertion by former President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Imo State, Prof. Osuagwu that the Fulani pose some existential threat in Nigeria, Bayero stated that the Fulani are too busy to think of causing any havoc to their fatherland.

Bayero challenged that Prof Osuagwu is one with no knowledge of history seeking to cause a fight between the Hausa and the Fulani. He also urged the Igbo people to reach out to people in other parts of the country if they are indeed interested in having a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023.

"Let them push the Fulani to come back to the North. We prefer it because we don’t even want our people to live in the South, those that grazing there. If they continue to remain in the South, our governors will not be moved to develop the grazing reserves in the North.

"We have many grazing reserves established by the colonial masters, but our governors abandoned them. But desertification has pushed the Fulani to the Southern part and our governors felt reluctant to develop them. Let the South-East, South-West and South-South send the Fulani back to the North because we have enough land to accommodate them.

"We have more land than the South. They should send them back to the North. We don’t care and they will see what will happen. Fulani are not a liability in this country. They are the most productive Nigerians. They are not idle people. Go and see, a single Fulani man is controlling 1000 herds of cattle and you think such man is relying on the government or on you to do something for him?" he quizzed.