Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has said armed Fulani herders who attack the state are Malians and not Nigerians.
Alia said the Hausa and Fulani these armed herders speak are distinct from what is obtainable in Nigeria.
These armed herders had attacked local government areas like Otukpo, Ado, Logo, and others.
However, the governor said these attackers who wield AK-47s don’t look like the indigenous Fulanis in Nigeria.
Alia who disclosed this in a televised interview yesterday said “We know Nigerians—by our ethnicities, we can identify a Fulani man, a Yoruba man, a Hausa man—we know them.
“They say they are Malians and different from our people. But they are not Nigerians—believe it.”
