Something More Dangerous Than Boko Haram Is Now In Nigeria

 

Ikechukwu Aduba, former Delta state

police commissioner, has insisted there

is something more dangerous than the

dreaded Boko Haram sect in Nigeria.

The retired police officer raised

alarm over the illegal activities of

Fulani cattle rearers and urged the

man incharge of the country,

President Muhammadu Buhari to

address the situation before it is too

late.

Ex-CP Aduba explained why these

guys are worse than Boko Haram:

“It is a serious issue, more

complicated than the terrorists

activities in the Northeast. Boko

Haram war is a minor issue when

compared with what we are going

to experience in the hands of

Fulani cattle rearers in the nearest

future if the issue is not addressed.

“In some places, especially in Delta

state where I served as the

commissioner of police, many

people cannot go to the farm

anymore for fear of being attacked

in the bush by cattle rearers. Many

women have been raped in front of

their husbands and children. Many

people killed by the cattle rearers.

It is a pathetic situation if cattle eat

up people’s crops in the farm and

the farm owner challenges them, it

is a big problem. If the farm owner

keeps quite, his toil for the year

will be in vain. It is a wearisome

situation.

“The action is affecting agricultural

businesses as communities are

afraid to go to the farm for the

fear that one day, all their labour

for one year will be eaten up in

one day by cattle. If a community

is afraid that their loved may go to

the farm and not return, how do

you expect them to go to the farm

where they may meet their

untimely death? This is a serious

and pathetic situation that is worse

than Boko Haram. They will soon

overrun the entire country.

“I want to advice that President

Muhammadu Buhari and the

National Assembly should

constitute a committee that would

look into the issue. My suggestion

is that the cattle rearers should be

confined in gracing reserves and

ranches. They should be made to

stay in a particular area and not to

wander from place to place.

“If you look at it critically, we don’t

eat beef more than other countries

of the world. We don’t have cow

more than other countries. We

don’t export cow, yet in the

countries that even export cow,

there is absolute peace because

they don’t take their cattle to places

that they are not supposed to take

them. The Nigerian government

should take a decisive stands on the

matter or the keg of gun powder

will explode and the government

will now not be able to tackle the

menace of the cattle rearers.”