Ebun Francis|
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a group of cattle breeders, on Thursday urged Nigerians to reject Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead the 2019 presidential election.
Abdullahi Bodejo, national president of the group who accused Atiku of alleged hatred for Fulani made the call on Thursday in Abuja while speaking to newsmen.
He said, “We are calling on HRM the Lamido of Adamawa to strip Atiku Abubakar of his title as Waziri Adamawa for his open hatred for the Fulani pastoralist and surrounding himself with ethnic and merchants that have been profiling the Fulani race and calling for their genocide.”
“We are consequently directing all our members nationwide and other Fulani groups to embark on massive campaign against the presidential aspiration of Atiku Abubakar because he does not mean well for the pastoralist and the country.”
The Miyetti Allah president also faulted the recent report of Amnesty International on farmers-herders clashes in the country which said a total of 3,641 Nigerians have been killed in conflict between herdsmen and farmers since January 2016.
According to him, Atiku is “feasting and capitalising on the report with the view to garnering political capital from the farmers-herders conflict.”