Monday, July 16, 2012

We lost over 10,000 people to Fulani attacks– Berom

Jos – The Berom of Plateau State say they have lost
over 10,000 people and property worth more than
N180 billion to Fulani herdsmen since the attacks
began.
This was disclosed, weekend, by Chairman of the
Berom Community in Abuja, Mr. Peter Gai, who told
journalists in Jos that his people had always been
at the receiving end of the attacks and were always
having to react to defend themselves.
He said given their experience with the Fulani, they
would resist any attempt to carve out any part of
Berom land as grazing reserve as being proposed
in the Grazing Bill currently before the National
Assembly.
He said: "If the National Assembly insists on
passing that bill into law, as far as Berom land is
concerned, that law is dead on arrival because no
one would like to surrender his land to somebody
who would not want to live in peace with his host."
The group called for the evacuation of the Fulani
inhabiting Berom land as a way out of the spate of
attacks and clashes that have resulted in the loss
of innocent lives.
It said it was unfortunate that the hospitality the
Berom people accorded the Fulani by
accommodating them had become a nightmare as
they were being paid back with violence.
The Grazing Bill seeks to carve out grazing reserves
for Fulani herdsmen in different parts of the
country where they can graze unmolested and
without straying into people's farms which is often
a source of clash between them and farmers.

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