Nigeria: 2011 - Nasarawa Fulani Leadership Insists on Right to Politics

9 November 2010

Lafia — The leadership of Fulani community in Nasarawa State, yesterday, rejected opposition to its support for Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma's second term bid, saying members of the community have the right, as any other person to participate in politics, so long as they do not violate any known rules.

Sarkin Fulanin Nasarawa (leader of the Fulani), Senator Walid Jibrin, who spoke to newsmen alongside Abdullahi Badejo, the chairman, Board of Trustees of Miyetti Allah Fulani Group, said "we the Fulani community of Nasarawa State met as a people with same rights as any other person, to assess development in the state under the able leadership of Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma.

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