BREAKING ….Ban On Open Grazing: Unknown Armed Fulani Herdsmen Threatens To Attack Gov Okowa, Delta State

Unidentified armed Fulani herdsmen have threatened to launch deadly attacks against Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta state if within 72 hours, he declined to withdraw his support for ban on open grazing.

In an open letter to Governor Okowa, pasted at strategic locations in Asaba, the state capital by unknown persons, they urged all Fulanis and Northerners including security personnel to leave the state.

According to the poorly written unsigned letter dated 13th June, 2021, titled “Fulani Jihadist Warning: An Open Message Of 2 Paragraphs To Delta State”, “We highly advice all Fulani’s and Northermers, including the security personnel to live Delta state as soon as possible for the wind of our action is now present in the land, for failure of the governor to adhere to our call, this shall live us with no choice.”

The full text of the attached letter reads, “This is to inform Delta state that the Fulani’s of Usman dan fodio leadership, shall do everything it can to uphold the legacy of our heritage of open grazing for we are nomadic people from origination and shall never negotiate the ownership of Nigeria and West Africa and Sub-Sahara.

“We hereby demand the governor of Delta state to immediately withdraw is early stand for the call to barn open grazing in 17 regions in not less than 72hours from the above date and also, withdraw his position as the leading voice for the governors, as no occurrence we don’t have the first-hand information, even before the hosting of the South-south. South-east and South-south governors meeting in Asaba.

“Failure to adhere to this demand for been the host of the 17 governors, Delta state, most likely the city of Asaba and Agbor, shall encounter severe consequences than that of Bornu, Kebbi, Kastina, Kaduna, Enugu, Benue, Oyo and many more that will not respect the Fulani’s heritage, as we take responsibility for the detonate explosive uncovered in the state capital secretariat, which should serve as warning to the Delta state government for what is to come, should the governor fail to abide to our demand.

“We highly advice all Fulani’s and Northermers, including the security personnel to live Delta state as soon as possible for the wind of our action is now present in the land, for failure of the governor to adhere to our call, this shall live us with no choice.”