The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has expressed his displeasure over President Donald Trump’s intention to invading Nigeria and his labelling Fulani herdsmen as Muslim Fulani militia carrying out genócide against Nigerian christians.
Speaking on channels tv on the 4th of December, 2025, the national secretary of MACBAN, Saleh Alhassan argued that there is nothing as genocide against Christians in Nigeria.
According to him, genocide against Christians in Nigeria are products of propagandist who are seeking aides from the US government while spreading misinformation about Nigeria for their personal gains.
“To be honest with you, the Fulani pastoralists are the most persecuted ethnic group in Nigeria for over 25 years” Alhassan declared.
He however maintained that the Fulani pastoralists have deliberately been targeted and killed by their host communities sometimes through the enablement of the states’ authorities some of which have enacted anti-pastorialism law to chastise Fulani herdsmen in their states.
He argued that while Fulani communities are targeted and killed in their host communities, the media fail to bring to limelight these crimes against the Fulani herdsmen.
Alhassan also accused president Donald Trump of aggravating the precarious situation of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria. He claims that since president Donald Trump threatened to invade Nigeria that the Fulani herdsmen have recorded more attack on them.
Responding to Trump’s insinuation that the Fulani herdsmen are Muslim militia carrying out jihadist attacks on communities, Alhassan stated that such narrative is untrue. He explained that in as much as some of the herdsmen have been involved in conflict with their host communities, they are not aggressors nor jihadists.
Hence, reacting to this, the Miyetti Allah argued that the pastoralists being armed is for their self-defense against cow rustlers and wild animals.