A Fulani herdsmen group Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has criticised leaders of the south-east over the anti-open grazing law in force in the region.
In a chat with PUNCH on Tuesday, the group’s spokesman Saleh Alhassan said that the fact that the region is still experiencing crisis despite the departure of herdsmen shows the Fulani herdsmen were not the problem.
“That nonsense you see in the south-east is a manifestation of frustration…They will continue burning their cities, killing themselves,” he said.
“Now that the herders are not there, they are still killing themselves. Sometimes they wear Fulani attires to continue to commit heinous crimes. Now that the herders are not there, are they having peace in the east?” Mr Alhassan asked.
He said the cows being sold in the south-east mostly belong to Igbo traders.
Alhassan added that the constant sit-at-home orders given by the Indigenous People of Biafra which were being violently enforced had led to the loss of cattle, hence the exit of Miyetti Allah.
He also denied allegations that herdsmen killed Dr Chike Akunyili, widower of former NAFDAC chief Prof Dora Akunyili.
Alhassan argued that ranching is expensive, advising state governors to set up ranches and then lease them to herders.
