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The Federal Government, yesterday, received several knocks for the swift manner with which it responds to issues affecting Hausa/Fulani while a similar disposition is not shown towards worries and challenges faced by the majority of Nigerians. x
The critics are particularly disturbed by the government’s taciturnity and alleged partisan disposition since allegations of criminal activities, including the destruction of farmlands were levelled against herdsmen operating from forest reserves in Oyo and Ondo states emerged.
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Saturday accused the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, of bias after he ordered the arrest of a grassroots politician in Oyo State, Sunday Ighoho, for giving Fulani herdsmen a seven-day ultimatum to leave the state.
In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA demanded the arrest of the National President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bello Bodejo, who had threatened to take over the land across the country in the past.
The IGP had on Saturday ordered the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest Igboho, who is also the Akoni Odua of Yorubaland, and immediately transfer him to Abuja over Friday’s violence in Igangan, Ibarapa North local government area of the state where at least two people were reportedly killed and properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed.
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January 23, 2021
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Saturday accused the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu of partiality and double standards by ordering the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko to arrest the Yoruba Ethnic Rights Activist, Mr. Sunday Ighoho.
But, HURIWA said IGP has refused to order the immediate arrest of the leader of a faction of Miyetti Allah Association, Bello Badejo who has threatened to take over lands of communities across the country unlawfully.
HURIWA in a statement issued by the National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, said: “May be the IGP is lobbying for extension of tenure and can do everything to please the powers that be that have unambiguously made it known that the Fulani Ethnicity and Fulani herdsmen are sacred cows who are above the laws of the land. Otherwise, the retiring Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, should also arrest one Bello Bodejo, the national president of M