A former minority leader and House of representatives member, Farouk Adamu Aliyu (APC) has stated that the Fulani People are now an ‘endangered species’ in Nigeria.
Aliyu made this comment during a live interview, monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, on Channels TV on Sunday night. According to him the Fulanis have a right to free movement to anywhere in the country as they are Nigerians also. He was reacting to a statement from Dike Chukwumerije on the open grazing ban put in place by Southern Governors.
“We are in a country where the Fulanis, sadly, are being targeted as endangered species. Is any Nigerian saying that the Fulanis have no right whatsoever to go with their cows from Jigawa to Bayelsa? No! ”
“All the president was saying is that these routes are nobody’s routes, they are government routes and they should be allowed”.
“We are Nigerians”.
He continued: “The constitution of this country guarantees freedom of movement. The constitution of this country guarantees you stay anywhere you want to stay and that’s why i said i don’t want to look at from the view of the Fulani man or the igbo man or the Yoruba man. We are what we are by birth”.
He also commented on the clamour for an Igbo presidency saying that it’s possible for the APC to field an Igbo candidate president but it won’t be achieved through ‘Blackmail’ and ‘violence’. He advised the Igbos to negotiate and dialogue.
