By Tosin Olatokunbo
Miyetti Allah, a social political Fulani group has decided to set up a counterforce to Amotekun, a security body set up in the south west to contain crime in the region.
The six states in the south west have recently enacted laws to back the security outfit which the magazine learnt would have started operation if not for the corona virus pandemic.
But the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, in an interview with the Sun Newspaper said his group is planning to establish a parallel security outfit.
“We are considering starting with 5000 personnel. While their own is Amotekun, our own name shall be unveiled soon. We have not decided on its name, maybe, it may be called, Miyetti Allah Vigilante,” Bodejo said.
The body, a 100,000 strong force, he stated will not bear arms, and its major task is to defend the interests of Fulani across the country, adding that the Fulani own Nigeria and will rule the country forever.
Bodejo stated that “stick is enough to use for their defence,” against any danger to their personal and business interests.
The vigilante force, he said will be deployed across the country to protect the livestock and other businesses owned by Fulani against cattle rustlers and bandits.
According to him, the group does not need the permission of anyone to set up the protective force, in response to Southern leaders warning that they will not allow any Fulani vigilante in their areas.
He stated that the vigilante does not require the legal backing of the state houses of Assembly because wherever the Fulani are settled” that is their own Assembly.”
The Fulani leader further stated that “We are meeting, anytime from now, we make our plans public. We will first start with 5,000 personnel,” he said, adding that, “It is going to be across the country because there is no any angle you cannot find the Fulani in this country.”
On the legality of the vigilante outfit, Bodejo stated that “It is not against the law in this country. Who would they go to take permission from, is it the animals in the bush?”
Meanwhile, the Miyetti Allah leader while speaking on the leadership crisis in the country said his people has the power to determine who ruled the Nigeria, reiterating the claim that they owned the country.
Bodejo said Fulani “produced the first prime minister. If they produced the first president, another president, another president and so on, are they not the owner of the country?
Fulani are ruling Nigeria and they must continue to rule the country forever. That is the truth,” he said.
