Muslim Group Questions IGP Over Alleged Killing Of 732 Fulani Herdsmen

Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Wednesday questioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim idris, and other security forces on why nobody was arrested when 732 Fulani people were killed in Mambila area of Plateau and Taraba States recently.

MURIC lamented that security agents “looked away” as 82 women and children of “Fulani stock were massacred in Numan, Adamawa State by Bachama militiamen.”

In a statement signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola and sent to DAILY POST, the body wondered what steps were taken by the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris in arresting the culprits.

MURIC stressed that the life of every Nigerian matters.

The organisation insisted that those who “ethnicise or religionise killings are enemies of Nigeria. They are deliberately inviting anarchy.”

The statement reads partly: “MURIC is deeply concerned that nobody was arrested when 732 Fulanis were killed in Mambila, Plateau State. We are greatly worried that the security agents looked on as 82 women and children of Fulani stock were massacred in Numan, Adamawa State by Bachama militiamen.

“Again, what did the IG do when 24 Fulanis were killed in Lau? What did the army do when 96 Fulanis were cut down in cold blood in Kajuru, Kaduna State?

“Our pertinent question here is: are Fulanis not human beings like other Nigerians? Can we imagine the total number of lives lost by the Fulani within a period of seven months?

“To us in MURIC, every Nigerian life is precious. Killers are killers no matter where they come from. But we must not stigmatise a whole tribe because of the criminal activities of a few. We must separate killers from their tribes and their religion.

“There are law-abiding, patriotic and good citizens among the Christians, Muslims and traditionalists but criminal elements are also in all faiths. It is the same among all ethnic groups. The fact that Evans is a kidnapper does not make all Igbo indigenes kidnappers.

“As we have criminal Fulanis and Tivs, so we have erudite scholars, seasoned lawyers, high profile politicians, experienced administrators and business moguls among them. Oyenusi, a Yoruba man, was the first armed robber executed by a firing squad in Nigeria, but does that make all Yoruba people armed robbers?

“Those who ethnicise or religionise killings are enemies of Nigeria. They are deliberately inviting anarchy. But we must exercise caution because nobody knows who will survive a national pogrom. How can anybody in his right senses say the killings in Benue are targeted at Christians?

“Are the people of Zamfara also Christians? Killings in Zamfara have been occurring for years yet nobody did anything. The Nigerian Army, the police and DSS went to sleep. The press looked the other way. 23 locals were killed in Daraga in October 2011. 48 lives were terminated in June 2013 in Kizara village. More than 200 people were massacred in April 2014 in Unguwar Galadima. 50 were slaughtered in Kwanar Dutse in February 2016. 36 were killed in Bindin in November of the same year while another 23 people were killed in Tungar Kahau and Mallamawa, all in Zamfara State alone. All the victims were Muslims but nobody showed concern.”