Fulani group tackles Myetti Allah over comments on Peter Obi

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A Fulani group, Coalition of Fulbe Professionals in Africa, COFPIA, has distanced itself from a statement credited to the national secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Alhasan Salah in which he said that Fulani people would not vote for the candidate of the Labour Party ( LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections, insisting that Myetti Allah does not represent the Fulani and therefore cannot speak for them.

A statement signed by the national president of COFPIA, Professor Mohammed Gidado, and national secretary, Hajiya Mairo Modibo said while it acknowledged Miyetti Allah’s right to freedom of expression and opinion, the group ( Miyetti Allah) does not have the right to speak for the entire Fulani in Nigeria.

According to COFPIA, Fulbe people all over Nigeria would not be bound by what it called the politically sponsored statement of Miyetti Allah.

Parts of the statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a sectional, unpatriotic, ungodly and senseless statement credited to one of our brothers, Alhajji Hassan Saleh, the national secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the most controversial Fulani group in Nigeria, which no doubt, is responsible for the bad name Fulani nation has been branded within Nigeria.

“We, the Fulbe all over Nigeria, will not be bound by that politically sponsored statement of Miyetti Allah anymore.

[Vanguard]