A group of Yoruba farmers styled Oodua Redemption Alliance (ORA) has declared reprisal attack on Fulani herdsmen who graze and destroy farms anywhere in Yoruba land.
The ORA alleged that the proposal by the Federal government to establish cattle colonies or grazing reserves for the herdsmen is ploy to corner lands belonging to other tribes and give to the Fulani.
They thus admonished all the herdsmen to move their cattle to the allocated lands reserved for such purpose by both Kano and Niger state governments, arguing that the said lands are enough to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle.
While urging other Northern state governments to emulate the gesture of Mallam Abdullahi Ganduje and Alhaji Abubakar Bello of Kano and Niger states respectively, the group however warned that, “failure to accept these offers, any further incidents of farm destruction or attack on any person of Yoruba extraction in any parts of Nigeria covering Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Kwara, Edo and Delta states would be given commensurate reprisals.”
The ORA’s resolutions was signed by its President, Comrade Victor Taiwo, at the end of its emergency meeting themed, “Just before the Fulanis finish us!”
They further said: “We are conscious of the character of trail of the Fulani that they conquer people, occupy their lands and rule over them. This led to their conquest, domination and rule over the entire Hausa land till today. We have the memory of how the Fulani tricked the Ilorin Yoruba and captured their land, over which they rule till today.
“We implore all Fulani herdsmen to vacate Yoruba land with immediate effect and relocate to Kano and Niger states or their Northern states of conquest. We are conscious of the fact that a lot of well-to-do people in Yoruba land also have their cattle breeding contracted to the Fulani herdsmen, we therefore implore all Yoruba in this category to withdraw their cattle with immediate effect and establish ranches, pens or byres for their cattle breeding.”