Sir,
Before passing judgement on him, Ogbeni Kadiri ought to be given a chance to explain himself. To begin with he could explain what he means by " humiliated" as used in the given contexts.
He pointedly singles out not Fulani but "Hausa herdsmen" for sympathy. Have there been any reports of Hausa herdsmen going on the rampage, encroaching on other peoples' farmlands, their cattle grazing and getting fat on other peoples pastures and crops, and gunning down those who put up any resistance to such encroachments?
If the Emir of Kano once said that Nigerians should be permitted to arm themselves against the Boko Haram terrorists, that ought to extend to other areas where Nigerian law enforcement does not or cannot protect citizens/ farmers who are in need of their protection. Nor should the overdue self-defence committees , in arming themselves for protection of life, limb, property and their own survival (self-protection) be accused of "taking the law into their own hands"
As some of the recalcitrant must know, Verily, Allah sub han t'ala does not like the aggressor , i.e. those who initiate aggression:
On Sunday, 1 January 2017 22:54:41 UTC+1, Okechukwu Ukaga wrote:
Kadiri,
Must all Nigerians die in the hands of these book haram terrorists masquerading as herdsmen before you and folks like you acknowledge the obvious and show some sensitivity (if not sympathy/empathy). It seems to me that no type or amount of evidence of the atrocities committed by these terrorists will keep you from sympathizing with these terrorists and defending them. Notably, they are the aggressors and you make it sound like the are the victims. Second, with regard to food production, you should know that by grazing their cattle on farmland (destroying crops, including rice) and eradicating the local people (most of them farmers) these mostly foreign terrorist masquerading as herdsmen are in fact helping cause food shortage. Otherwise, local farmers in places like Abakaliki can produce all the rice Nigeria needs although there are folks who still prefer anything foreign/imported even if inferior. Those can eat plastic rice from China if they so prefer.
Happy new year!
OUOn Jan 1, 2017 2:18 PM, "Salimonu Kadiri" <ogunl...@hotmail.com> wrote:--When rice producing Hausa farmers have been humiliated out of production, it is requisite that Nigerians should eat plastic rice and it is question of time when pounded earth-worms would be imported as substitutes for beefs for Nigerians, when Hausa herdsmen would have been humiliated out of cow breeding enterprise in Nigeria!!
S.Kadiri
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