Stop Calling Herdsmen Criminals, All Tribes Have Their Bad Eggs – Lauretta Onochie

Social Media Aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie has come out to blast the generalization of the Fulani ethnic group as criminals.

She recently revealed this as a reaction to a statement from Femi Falana saying all kidnapping stories are traced to Fulani herdsmen.

According to her, the fact that some Nigerians tend to blame these herdsmen for everything just because of their hatred for Buhari is very appalling.

She added that all tribes have their bas eggs, and citizens should stop pointing fingers at the Fulanis because they hate Buhari’s face.

Her words, “If Emeka, Chijioke and Adanma commit crimes in any state, Emeka, Chijioke and Adanma alone are arrested and charged. Not Ndigbo.”

“If Adeleke, Ayodele and Iyabo commit crimes in any state, Adeleke, Ayodele and Iyabo alone would usually be arrested and charged. Not the Yoruba nation. However, when the criminal is Musa, Aliyu or Ibrahim, the whole Fulani nation is guilty. Sometimes, Fulanis who have lived in the area for decades, are made to suffer the consequences of crimes committed by others. Why is this? They are Fulanis, Pres Buhari’s ethnic group.”

“If there’s an ethnic or community clash where lives and properties are lost, we pick and choose which to attribute to community clash & which to lay on the doorsteps of the Fulanis, President Buhari’s ethnic group in order to satisfy the craving for more bitterness & hatred towards President Buhari.”

“There’s no tribe that is free of bad eggs. But criminalising an ethnic group because you don’t like President Buhari’s face, is nothing short of evil and fishing for trouble.”