The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has warned Yoruba Nigerians not to make sweeping generalizations about the Fulani.
Forum Chair Chief Audu Ogbe issued the admonition Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during the inauguration of the ACF’s South West Executive.
He urged people in the Southwest region to stop profiling Fulanis in the area as criminals and lawbreakers.
In his speech, Ogbe, represented by ACF Administrative Secretary Alhaji Munir Mohammed, noted that Ogun State is one of the few states that accepts people of different cultures, religions and political affiliations.
Ogbe said his people have enjoyed the hands of friendship extended to them by the state’s indigenous people.
However, Ogbe called for “a halt to the profiling of the Fulani people in the Southwest”.
He called for careful prosecution of those found in court to be a deterrent to others, regardless of their tribe, and thanked the state government for allowing everyone to promote Ogun so they can conduct their day-to-day business activities without harassment.
At the June 12 event at the Cultural Center, Kuto Abeokuta, State Governor Dapo Abiodun called on Nigerians to shun politics of resentment and bitterness and urged them to seriously consider the country’s future.
Abiodun said it was time to engage in activities that would unite the country rather than divide it.
Telling Nigerians that politics and politics have already begun in view of the 2023 general election, he said: “We must not allow politics to cut off what we have enjoyed in Ogun State.”
Abiodun stated that his government has done everything it can to bring down the political temperature and ensure all crime, crime and brawls are brought down, giving people the freedom to go about their business.
He also commended Chairman Miyetti Allah, who in his remarks posited that everyone in Ogun State is free to go about their legitimate business at any time of the daya
“I have therefore urged all our people to continue their support and cooperation and also in prayer, together we will build a state to be the envy of others,” he said.
