CAN disagrees with Sultan's position that killer Fulani herdsmen are foreign terrorists
Tue Sep 13, 2016 05:51:pm National
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, has been challenged by
the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, to provide some information
about Fulani herdsmen terrorizing the country to security agents, if he
insisted they were foreign terrorists and not Nigerians.
While delivering his Eid message on Monday, the Sultan said armed herdsmen perpetuating violence in the country were foreign terrorists.
However, the General Secretary of CAN, Dr. Musa Asake, said it was possible that the Sultan knew something about them.
Asake said, "Foreign terrorists? Well, the Sultan knows them as foreign terrorists, but we know they are Nigerian Fulani herdsmen. If somebody said they are foreign terrorists, what are they doing here (in Nigeria)? Who brought them in?
"That shows that the terrorists are here with a very good authority when they are not supposed to be here. Who hired them?
"If they are foreign terrorists, then, they are not supposed to be going about. So, as far as we are concerned, someone should confirm to us that they are foreign terrorists and who brought them and their means of survival.
"The immigration service should also explain how they came into the country. But before we get all these, the person (Sultan) making the allegation should actually tell us how foreign terrorists got to Nigeria and who brought them. Maybe he knows something about them."
While delivering his Eid message on Monday, the Sultan said armed herdsmen perpetuating violence in the country were foreign terrorists.
However, the General Secretary of CAN, Dr. Musa Asake, said it was possible that the Sultan knew something about them.
Asake said, "Foreign terrorists? Well, the Sultan knows them as foreign terrorists, but we know they are Nigerian Fulani herdsmen. If somebody said they are foreign terrorists, what are they doing here (in Nigeria)? Who brought them in?
"That shows that the terrorists are here with a very good authority when they are not supposed to be here. Who hired them?
"If they are foreign terrorists, then, they are not supposed to be going about. So, as far as we are concerned, someone should confirm to us that they are foreign terrorists and who brought them and their means of survival.
"The immigration service should also explain how they came into the country. But before we get all these, the person (Sultan) making the allegation should actually tell us how foreign terrorists got to Nigeria and who brought them. Maybe he knows something about them."
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