The National Chairman of the Fulani Association, Alhaji Saeed Mohammed Kucho, has condemned the killing of Fulanis in the country.
Alhaji Saeed Mohammed Kucho was addressing the media at Kintampo in the Bono East Region after visiting the families of two Fulanis who were killed last week.
Alhaji Kucho said instant justice is against the law of this country and for that matter, Ghanaians should report unlawful acts to the police and not take matters into their own hands.
“If there is a law that is governing us in this country, it is supposed to deal with any kind of tribe in Ghana. But if the law will deal with other tribes and leave Fulani aside for people to kill us, it is not normal,” he said.
“That is why I am begging, because we are also human beings. Please, I’m on my knees, pleading to the authorities that if something like this happens to any Fulani man they should take the person to the police station and the law has to deal with that person.”
The killing of Fulani herdsmen has been a disturbing issue that is not just faced by our nation, but in other African countries as well.
In March this year, the BBC reported the killing of 130 Fulani herdsmen who were accused of having ties to jihadists in Ogossagou in the Mopti region of Mali by some hunters in the region.
Here in Ghana, for instance, some members of the Fulani community of Bagurugu were attacked about two months ago, with their houses and livestock burnt down to ashes, leaving then with nothing.
This led to the Karaga District Chief Executive (DCE), Alhassan Yabdoo to mobilize relief items to support the affected people, as well as footing the medical bills of the injured ones.
Also, police in the Northern Region earlier on arrested one person who was alleged to be linked with the murder and secret burial of a Fulani man.