A leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Saidu Kolaku has been shot dead. Saidu was the zonal vice chairman of MACBAN, Adamawa South, until he was shot dead on Saturday. Premium Times reported that his death has been described by an official of MACBAN and other informed persons in the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday warned people against blaming Hausa-Fulani over insecurity and banditry in the South West region. Obasanjo stated this while meeting with the Hausa – Fulani leaders in Southwest, Kogi and Kawara States in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Saturday. He called on Nigerians to stop the culture of “passing…
Herdsmen under the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has said they have no plan to relocate to Northern Nigeria from the Southern part of the country. The herders also vowed to remain where ever they are nationwide and defend themselves if attacked. This is in reaction to the call for them to…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III has warned the Federal Government that the killing of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, Mrs Funke Olakunrin, may force each ethnic group in Nigeria to result to self-help security which may not be in the interest of the country. Oba Adeyemi made this…
Following a tension ensued in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State where two suspected herdsmen allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, identified as Rafiu Showemimo, to death, the police have arrested the herdsmen. It would be recalled that the heinous act was perpetrated on Sunday when the deceased was…
One of the sons of Reuben Fasoranti, the Afenifere leader, Kehinde has said some policemen told him that suspected herdsmen carried out the attack which led to the death of his sister. It would be recalled Olakunrin, 58, was murdered along Benin-Ore highway while returning to Lagos after visiting her father in Akure, Ondo state…
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has said the Fulani Herdsmen are not killers of daughter of the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. The association also commiserated with father of the deceased, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. In a statement by its National Secretary, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, the group lambasted the media for attributing…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed special forces to hunt the killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, along Benin-Ore Expressway on Friday. It would be recalled that LiveTimes had reported that President Mohammadu Buhari has earlier vowed to fish out killer of the deceased his condolence message to Pa. Fasoranti. According to Punch, he…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The deceased was reportedly shot Friday along the Kajola-Ore road, in Ondo State, by those the police described as armed robbers. In a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi…
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have killed Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the 58-year-old daughter of Afenifere leader, Chief Ruben Fasoranti. According to an eyewitness account, Olakunrin died of gunshot from suspected Fulani herdsmen who shot her at Ore junction in Ondo State earlier on Friday. However, police sources confirmed the killing but blamed it on…
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