{"id":169067,"date":"2025-07-11T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fulani-youth-leader-vows-to-stay-in-plateau-state"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:31:56","slug":"fulani-youth-leader-vows-to-stay-in-plateau-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fulani-youth-leader-vows-to-stay-in-plateau-state","title":{"rendered":"Fulani Youth Leader Vows to Stay in Plateau State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Fulani youth leader in Plateau State, Hamisu Garba, has insisted that any attempt by natives to forcefully intimidate and chase them out of the state will not work as they are also citizens of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Hamisu, who spoke to DAILY POST in an exclusive interview, said he and most Fulani people were born and raised in Plateau State and they do not know any other place apart from the state and as such, are from Plateau going by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which makes it clear that one can claim state of origin where he was born.<\/p>\n<p>Hamisu wondered why some certain people were vehemently bent and concentrating efforts in seeing that Fulani people are exterminated and sent packing from Plateau, noting that such attempts will be resisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, like many other Fulani people, are also part of Plateau State and efforts, or should I say attempts to intimidate, frustrate and chase us out of Plateau will not work,\u201d Hamisu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was born in Plateau State, I have my indigene form duly signed by both my district head and local government chairman which makes me a bona fide citizen of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents were born in Plateau State and all my siblings were born and raised in Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my life, I have lived in Plateau, I went to primary, secondary and university in Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longest I have been out of Plateau was when I went for my youth service in Enugu State. So tell me, why would anyone say I am not from the state?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if anyone says we should leave Plateau, where do they want us to go? Is it a crime that we are Fulanis? Why are some people always profiling us as criminals and trouble makers?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I agree that there are criminal elements among our people and just like our Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang said sometime ago, there are also criminals in other tribes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are Mwaghavul criminals; there are Berom criminals; there are Tarok criminals; there are Ngas criminals; there are Irigwe criminals; there are Mupun criminals and there are Fulani criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut everyone is only concentrating on the Fulani, putting all efforts at demonizing and profiling all of us as criminals. I agree that some herders do go out of their way to cause problems but that does not mean all of them do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that most of the so-called bandits who attack some communities in the state are not only Fulani people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our investigations, we have found out that there are even the natives among them who are recruited and paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will interest you to know that some natives are paid as little as N20,000 to provide information on their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo are those ones Fulani people as well? We have been living in peace for years. I grew up in our village rearing our cattle, playing with our neighbours, visiting them during Christmas and Easter, and they also visited us during Sallah and we ate together, played football together and some of our older uncles and aunties were married to the natives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all lived in peace but I don\u2019t know where and when the battle line was drawn and all of a sudden, the Fulani people became an endangered species that must be exterminated and chased out of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I dare say such will not work. No one, and I repeat, no one can chase us out of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as youth leaders have been engaging our people and educating them to live peacefully with others. We have been advocating for peaceful coexistence and we expect other tribes to do the same thing instead of putting all their efforts at demonizing us and putting all criminal acts in the state at our doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said earlier, not all Fulani people are criminals and bandits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also have criminals in other tribes as well and everyone knows this. We just want to be left alone,\u201d Hamisu stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A Fulani youth leader in Plateau State, Hamisu Garba, has insisted that any attempt by natives to forcefully intimidate and chase them out of the state will not work as they are also citizens of the state. 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