We must act to stop genocide

IT HAS been five years since Nigeria’s Islamist Fulani herdsmen insurgency began their aggressive and strategic land-grabbing policy.

They seek to replace diversity with an Islamist ideology, similar to Boko Haram’s. It is – according to many Nigerians – genocide.

I have seen the death and destruction in Bauchi, Kano and Plateau states.yet time and again, the UK government dismisses the “situation” as mere “land and water disputes” or “tit-for-tat clashes between farmers and herders”.

That is an insult to those who are suffering.the Foreign Office must ensure the Nigerian government takes effective action to protect all its citizens and call to account those who perpetrate atrocities.

UK aid should come with tough conditions until Abuja does provide that protection. Something has to change. For the longer we tolerate these atrocities, the more we embolden the perpetrators.