Disband Fulani vigilante group now, HURIWA tells Tinubu

Ssubterranean motives to cause uprising, invade farming communities and capture lands of natives for grazing, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria ( HURIWA) has asked President Bola Tinubu to disband the Nomad Volunteer Vigilante Group launched in Nasarawa State. This vigilante group established by Miyetti Allah, according to HURIWA, is an attempt to usurp the functions of the Nigeria Police Force ( NPF), which, constitutionally, is the only legal policing institution in the country.

In a statement, yesterday, HURIWA said it was unconstitutional that military commanders and top police officers attended the public inauguration of the group by Miyetti Allah Kautalhore, thereby giving it official imprimatur.

It noted that immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari unleashed the full weight of armed militar y forces dra wn from Maiduguri in Borno State to crush a similar volunteer group set up by the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB).

Till date, it added, over 500 Igbo youths have been killed by the military in th eir hot chase of the Eastern Security Network ( ESN) members.

HURIWA recalled that the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio- cultural association, launched the Nomad Volunteer Vigilante Group on Wednesday, comprising 1,144 carefully selected, screened and profiled volunteers.

The rights group said the initiators of the vigilante, which it suspects may be armed and dangerous, even as those weapons might have been concealed from public view.

National President of Miyetti Allah, Abdullahi Bodejo, emphasised that the volunteer vigilantes would strictly adhere to the country’s existing laws during their operations.