President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told the President of the United State of America, Donald Trump, that Fulani herdsmen do not carry AK-47 Rifles.
The president who made the assertion in a chat with his counterpart said herdsmen only carry sticks and occasionally matches.
Buhari who further stated that the herdsmen crisis was an age-long problem said,
“The problem of herders in Nigeria is a very long historical thing. The Nigerian herders don’t carry anything more than a stick and occasionally a matchet to cut down foliage and give it to their animals, these ones are carrying AK-47.
“So, people should not underrate what happened in Libya. 43 years of Ghaddaffi, people were recruited from Sahel and trained to shoot and kill. With the demise of Ghaddaffi, they moved to other countries and region and carried the experience with them.
“We are grateful to the United States for agreeing to give us the aircraft that we asked for. We are even more grateful for the physical presence of the United States military officials in Nigeria. Our institutions in Nigeria, for training them and going to the Northeast to see how they are performing.
“The commitment of the United States to get rid of terrorism across the world, we have fast earned experience from that and we are grateful for it.”
