There is unease in Ilorin as members of the cattle dealers association a.k.a Miyetti Allah has called on the Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abudulrazaq to release a kidnap suspect if he wants their votes in the 2023 elections. Hardo Usman Adamu and others are facing kidnap for ransom charges, but the Miyeti Allah in their letter to the State government claimed that their men were innocent of the charges. “That Hardo Usman Adamu and others should be released forthwith as they are innocent of the charges against them which are capital in nature or go into full trial,” said the letter in part “That the entire Fulani community and its members would withdraw their support to Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq at the next election, if their demands were not met.”
But according to Daily Post reports another group within the Fulani Community in Kwara State disowned the Miyetti Allah stance after a meeting on December 14. They wrote a counter letter to the Kwara government. “To the dismay of the Fulani community leaders and its teeming members present at the meeting, the letter itself and the content came to them as a surprise as no consent, authority and permission of any Fulani community leader or its member in Kwara State were sought and obtained before the letter was written,” it declared. “It is our fervent belief that the judicial system in Kwara State and Nigeria as a whole will vindicate any innocent person unlawfully charged for the offence which he did not commit or partake in after full trial. “We are of the belief that releasing him without proving his innocence or facing trial will further destroy the image of each and every Fulani member in the entire nation.
“It is high time to redeem our image and prove that the Fulani people are not criminals, but a hardworking tribe from time immemorial,” the group said.