Badejo in an interview with TheSun said Fulani is the largest ethnic group in Nigeria and they deserve to be given places to settle all over the country.

Reminding Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state of his promise of donating a part of Sambisa to herdsmen, Bodejo said, “If Borno State governor says he has given the Fulani Sambisa forest to go and settle, let him start to implement it.”

He said, “Fulani are ready to collect not only Sambisa; every state in this country should give the Fulani someplace to settle, as they are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria.

“They are so many that three states cannot accommodate them. Let every governor; both in the north and the south carve out an area for the Fulani in their respective states.”

He went on to dispute the claim that the suspended Ruga scheme was an attempt to Islamise Nigeria.

He said, “If a Yoruba, an Igbo or any other ethnic group were the president and Ruga is to be implemented, nobody will raise an eyebrow,” he said.

“The reason they are saying this is because President Muhammadu Buhari is a Fulani and as I said earlier, people are trying to be playing politics with anything that concerns Fulani.

“But if we say give these people a place to stay and let there be peace in the country, why can’t you do that? Why the government is supporting crop farmers with billions of naira, have we shouted; how much have they given to the Fulani cattle rearers to go and do their business, nobody is talking about that one.”

Recall that in July, President Buhari suspended the Ruga settlement plan for herders after backlash.