The Christian Association of Nigeria on Thursday urged the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria to call their members who are violent to order.
The President of CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, who made the call at a news conference in Abuja, said until they were called to order, they cannot regain the trust and respect of Nigerians.
The cleric explained that nobody hates the Fulani until some of them began to act violently and killing innocent people.
The CAN boss said if the Fulani man has any enemy, he created it for himself.
Ayokunle said they had been living peacefully for many years in various communities till the killing issues started.
He said: “In those days, our children married them, they married our children, but when they became too violent and started carrying AK47, killing people, what type of play is that?
“That’s a dangerous play.
“We can no longer think we are friends with that type of play, it’s too dangerous.
“So let them call their people to order and ensure that they remove the enmity they have created around an average Fulani person.”
Ayokunle said the only solution to the issue was for the leaders of the Fulanis to call the violent ones among them to order, adding: “That is the only way people will respect them and people can trust them again.”
Ayokunle also charged the government to step up its security system across the country with a view to stopping the unending killings.
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