Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, has declared that most of the bandits tormenting the North and other parts of the country are Fulani like him.
He said the truth was beitter but it remained the truth.
According to him, they are Fulani cattle reatrers, who had lived with the people for more than 100 years.
In an interview on ‘Channels Television’ on Monday, he said:
“They are the same people like me, who speak the same language like me, who profess the same religious beliefs like me.
“So, what we have here on ground are bandits; they are not aliens, they are people we know, they are people that have been living with us for 100 of years.
“The infiltration we have from some West African countries and North African countries are also people of the Fulani extraction.
“Majority of those involved in this banditry are Fulanis whether it is palatable or it is not palatable but that is the truth. I am not saying 100% of them are Fulani but majority of them are, and these are people who live in the forest and their main occupation is rearing of cattle.”
