By Adoga Michael Oyi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has frowned against the tribal profiling of violent criminals on rampage across central Nigeria.
The former vice president emphasised that people should be held responsible for their conducts as individuals and not on the basis of their ethnic affiliation.
“It is a misnomer to use the term ‘killer herdsmen of Fulani extraction’ or ‘killer Fulani herdsmen’,” Mr. Atiku told THISDAY in an interview.
Specifically, the paper asked the former vice president: “As a Fulani yourself, how do you feel about ongoing security crisis largely caused in many parts of the country by killer herdsmen of Fulani extraction? ”
After giving his response by listing a litany of issues, which included blaming leadership crisis, rising population and climate change, Mr. Atiku wrapped up by reminding his interviewer that the Fulani are a predominantly good tribe.
“The vast majority of Fulani people are peaceful and live in harmony with other ethnicities,” Mr. Atiku said.
“When kidnappers kidnap, we do not identify them by their ethnicity. We identify them as kidnappers, pure and simple.
“There may be fringe elements with criminal tendencies. Some may be Fulani. Some may not even be. Let us identify them by their activities and not by their ethnicity,” he added.
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