Members of the Fulani Association of Ghana have expressed their discontent with how the violent clashes between local farmers and nomadic herdsmen in the Asante Akyem North and Sekyere Afram Plains districts of the Ashanti Region are being handled by the government.
They said they are being maltreated by the police-military task-force and the larger populace following clashes between the Fulanis and farmers in some communities, particularly in Agogo and its environs in the past weeks.
Addressing the press in Accra on Friday, head of the Fulani Community in Ghana, Professor Sheikh Osman Barry appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in what he described as unwarranted atrocities being meted out to the nomadic Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country.
The Association heavily lamented how the innocent herdsmen are the ones often attacked whenever the cattle are reportedly destroying farms, whiles the real owners including politicians and other influential persons in society, are left off the hook.
Sheikh Barry, while condemning the unrest, demanded the shoot-to-kill strategy be stopped and the affected families compensated.
“We equally wish to appeal to His Excellency to ensure that adequate compensations are paid to the innocent victimised Fulani families who have lost their cattle during the said joint operation and other atrocities,” he stressed.
Prof Sheikh Osman Barry also called on the General Secretary of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to intervene in the plight of the Fulani Community in Ghana, indicating that the hostile way they are being treated is unacceptable.
He urged collaboration in decision-making on issues that concern the Fulani and suggested dialogue towards resolving the issues of nomadic herdsmen in Agogo.
His call follows the recent attack on some four members of the task-force; three military officers and a police officer, who sustained gunshot wounds.
According to Police in the area, the assailants believed to be nomadic herdsmen, lay in wait and shot at the security personnel who were in the bush as part of measures to evict the herdsmen and their cattle from Agogo.
Government subsequently dispatched about 200 personnel drawn from the military and police service to Agogo and Sekyere Afram Plains districts to flush out the nomadic herdsmen who are reportedly terrorizing residents of those areas.
The Deputy Minister of Information, Curtis Perry Kwabia Okudzeto said the joint security team has been tasked to “push back the herdsmen from new areas they have occupied, arrest perpetrators of recent acts of violence for prosecution, and augment the efforts of Operation Cow Leg, an ongoing security operation aimed at dealing with the activities of herdsmen in the area.”
Source: Ghanaweb.com
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. Please report any inappropriate content to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority. |
I wanted to ask you only one question MeMan Nti tell me where do the first fulani man was given birth,in the sea?on the earth?or at the sky?some peoples words are from their stomach straight...
fulanis are africans. ecowas. african union. ecowas. african united. brothers and sisters. cousins. black people. ECOWAS. ecowas. treat strangers and foreigners well. africa belongs to all of us africans. make them a part of the socio-economic development. producers of cattle for the economy. we are all africans. pretty soon, lots of americans and europeans of african descent are going to invade their land. africa. what do you do then. think ahead. plan for the diaspora. the future is here.
Nii you've taking my words from my mouth. This man Sheik Barry is talking like he wedges some powers in Ghana which makes him untouchable. I heard him quoting on a radio station his grandfather was here in 1800s and so what?does that make you a Ghanaian?in any case when the aliens compliance order was enforced where were you? you people ceased to be Ghanaians from that time but resident Ghanaians with documents backing it and do you have it? Ghana is not an annex for fulanis and our security forces have every right to protect our people and property, Go back to your Fulani land this is Ghana and we don't want you. This land is not for Akufo Addo but Ghanaians and we can't love Fulanis more than our indigenous people, this is our land and go back home.We can't allow violent foreigners to be on our mist. OPERATION COW LEG KILL THEM! IF THEY FEEL THREATENED they should go back to where they came from we need to protect our people not Fulanis. They talking of compensation from who?did you compensate those your people killed, maimed, raped and destroyed their farmlands? You can send your case to heaven not United Nations did they bring you here?Ghana is a sovereign country with laws and if you go against the laws you need to be punished. ***barred word*** saa can't be tolerated any more. You come to our country to kill our people and you calling the UN to come to your aid because your cattle are being killed?are you a human being or a cow? This shows disrespect to the people of Ghana, they value their cattle more than the Ghanaian people nons*nse! That Barryuse be deported, these foreign people are arrogant because of our leaders.
You can't have roaming AK47 raping herdsmen destroying people farms without any negative retributions. We're not in the 18th century. The Fulanis should adapt like any other group to make a living. They can still have their cattle but their methods of ranching shouldn't violate others rights to farm period.
Cage your cattle and the crisis will be resolved. You can't send your cattle to glaze on others farms and expect them to sit idle without taking any action. Adapt modern methods of ranching and stop your primitive ranching which wont help anybody. Cage the cattle, grow hay to feed them and there will be peace with your neighbour.
Where were u when ur people were killing men and women ? Stout up