Emir Sanusi Lied Defending Fulani Herdsmen – CAN

Taraba State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Tuesday berated the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, for claiming that over 800 Fulani people were killed in Taraba last year.

The state chapter of CAN described the Emir’s claim as outright falsehood.

The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had recently alleged that over 800 Fulani people were killed on the Mambilla Plateau in Taraba State.

“I personally handed over to the federal government a dossier with the name and pictures of 800 Fulani people slaughtered in Taraba as well as names of persons known to have participated in the act of ethnic cleansing but nothing has been done,” Sanusi had alleged.

Reacting to the monarch’s claim, the body urged Sanusi to stop fueling false propaganda and wooing sentiments for his kinsmen who are killing people on a daily basis across the country.

A statement signed by CAN Chairman in the state, Rev. Dr. Ben Ubeh, reads, “The records are there in most of the national dailies that reported the communal clash on the Mambilla last year. NGOs, UNCHR and other international organizations visited the Mambilla in the wake of that crisis, but in all of these the highest number of death recorded from both side was 18.

“How is it possible to manipulate the figures and force all the different agencies to report 18 death figure. Obviously, the 800 Fulani people that were slaughtered according to Sanusi only existed in his imagination.”

The body urged the federal government to put aside the idea of cattle colonies.

Ubeh said herdsmen should be assisted to build private ranches.