Coordinator
of the Benue State chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria (MACBAN), an umbrella body of Fulani herdsmen in Nigerian, Alhaji
Garius Gololo, has revealed why his people worship cow.
In a chat
with The Sun, Gololo said apart from God, herdsmen also worship their major
source of livelihood.
“Why won’t
you worship what you are gaining from? They worship God, but they depend on
their cow. If you want to marry, it’s from that cow; if you are going to the
hospital, it’s from that cow, if you want to eat, it’s from that cow.
“So, for
people to say Fulani worship cows, its clear; they must, because it’s from it
they eke a living. Fulani does not need road, they don’t need electricity, and
they don’t need a big house. They live with the cow. But now in Nigeria, not
only Benue, people are against herdsmen.
“In a place
like Zamfara, it’s not herdsmen; it is criminals versus criminals. Recently, I
was in Zamfara when they fought. There are no more herdsmen in Zamfara because
they all ran away with the cattle as a result of incessant attacks after the
return of a notorious criminal and members of his gang who terrorized them.
“But
whenever anything happens, they say it’s Fulani. The point is that they are
against the Federal Government, not the ordinary Fulani. Because the president
is a Fulani and most Nigerians are against him, anything that happens, they say
it’s Fulani.”
Asked why
they kill anybody who attacks their cows, Gololo said, “It is not easy for any
human being to kill. Nobody wants to kill a fellow human being. But it is not
even the Fulani that are involved in some of the killings they are accusing
them.
“If what
happened recently in Gboko was the other way round, the whole world would have
heard it. I’m yet to see the human rights people; nobody is talking about it
because Fulani do not have anybody to speak for them.”
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