Miyetti Allah Dares Trump, Respond To Call For Them To Be D!sarmed
Miyetti Allah Dares Trump, Respond To Call For Them To Be Disarmed
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has responded to president Donald Trump’s series of threat of invading Nigeria and his labelling Fulani herdsmen as Muslim Fulani militia carrying out genócide against Nigerian christians.
While speaking on channels tv on the 4th of December, 2025, the national secretary of MACBAN, Saleh Alhassan expressed his displeasure at president Donald Trump over his accusing finger at the Fulani Nigerian herdsmen. Saleh Alhassan argued that there is nothing as genócide against Christians in Nigeria. According to him, genócide against Christians in Nigeria are products of propagandist who are seeking aides from the US government while spreading misinformation about Nigeria for their personal gains.
According to him, an honest review of the plight of herdsmen in Nigeria will show that Fulani pastoralists are the most persecuted ethnicity in Nigeria across 25 years. He claimed that Fulani pastoralists have deliberately been targeted and kîlled by their host communities sometimes through the enablement of the states’ authorities some of which have enacted anti-pastorialism law to chastise Fulani herdsmen in their states.
Alhassan argued further that the Fulani herdsmen have not been treated fairly– he accused the local and international media of ignoring the plight of the Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria while amplifying narratives that demonize the Fulani herdsmen, oftentimes linking them to crimes, kidnapping, and terrór attacks on Christian communities.
He claimed that while Fulani communities are targeted and kîlled in their host communities, the media fail to bring to limelight these crimes against the Fulani herdsmen.
Alhassan also accused president Donald Trump of aggravating the precarious situation of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. He claims that since president Donald Trump threatened to invade Nigeria that the Fulani herdsmen have recorded more attack on them.
Responding to Trump’s insinuation that the Fulani herdsmen are Muslim militia carrying out jihadist attacks on communities, Alhassan stated that such narrative is untrue. He explained that in as much as some of the herdsmen have been involved in conflict with their host communities, they are not aggressors nor jihadists.
Recall that during US Congress inquiry into allegation of Christian genócide in Nigeria, lawmaker Cory Mills asked why Fulani herdsmen bear arms even when private ownership of firearms are currently illegal in Nigeria. Consequently, the US Congress suggested the disarming of Fulani herdsmen in one of its recommendations to the Nigeria’s leadership.
Hence, reacting to this, the Miyetti Allah argued that the pastoralists being armed is for their self-defense against cow rustlers and wild animals.
