The National Chairman of Fulbe (Fulani) Development Association of
Nigeria (FULDAN), Malam Ahmad Usman Bello, has declared that they cannot
be defeated by any ethnic group in the country.
Bello made the remarks while speaking with Saturday Tribune in Kano,
amid the widespread outcry against the murderous activities of Fulani
herdsmen in Benue, Plateau and Taraba states and many other parts of the
country.
“Take it or not, Fulanis have remained unbeatable; no ethnic group
can fight us face to face. Any ethnic group that fights us will learn a
bitter lesson,” he said.
He, however, said it was in the interest of the Fulani, which he
described as “the largest ethnic group in Nigeria and, indeed, West
Africa,” for all Nigerians to continue to live in peace and unity.
According to Bello, they would be the biggest losers should a civil
war break out, because they have more people than any other ethnic
group.
“It is in our own interest that the country lives in peace [and for
the country] to be united. If anything happens in Nigeria, we are the
ones to lose because we have more people than any other ethnic groups.
“When you have more people, if any war occurred, certainly we Fulanis
would have more dead people to record. And we are not beggars as we are
equally blessed with wealth,” Bello said.