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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians not to describe kidnappers, bandits and terrorists as Fulani herdsmen, saying criminals should be identified simply as criminals, regardless of their ethnic background.
He spoke on Wednesday at the opening of the 2026 National Conference of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Abuja, where he also pledged that Fulani communities would work with security agencies to remove criminals from their settlements.
“I want to assure all Nigerians that we mean well for everybody in Nigeria. We mean no harm to anybody,” the Sultan said.
He said the actions of a few criminals should not be used to judge millions of peaceful Fulani people.
“Call them criminals who are abducting people, engaging in kidnapping, terrorism and whatever. In every family, you have bad people and you have good people.…
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