From Fulani Bandits to Berom Militia: Zagazola Will Continue Naming Criminals, No Matter Who They Are
By Zagazola Makama
Yesterday, we published a report identifying the attacker killed during the attempted assault on the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, as a suspected Berom militia member. That simple act of calling the attacker by his known identity immediately made many people uncomfortable.
The reaction was predictable. For years, many have demanded that security reports identify Fulani attackers whenever communities are assaulted. We have consistently done so. When armed criminals of Fulani extraction carry out attacks, we do not hide behind vague descriptions such as “unknown gunmen.” “Armed attackers or assailants. We identify them as Fulani bandits or Fulani attackers where the facts support it. So why should the standard suddenly change because the attacker is Berom?
At Zagazola Makama, we made a deliberate decision while reporting the Plateau crisis that every attacker would be profiled according to established facts, including identity and area of operation. If an attack is carried out by Fulani criminals, we say so. If it is committed by Berom militia, we say so. If Erigwe are responsible, we report it. If Mangu militias are involved, we identify them accordingly. Criminality must never enjoy the protection of ethnicity, religion, or politics.
No community has a monopoly on victimhood, and no community is free from criminal elements. Pretending otherwise is one of the reasons the Plateau conflict has remained difficult to resolve.
The hypocrisy is striking. Many people are comfortable sharing our reports when Fulani criminals are exposed. They praise objective journalism and demand accountability. But the moment a criminal from their own ethnic group is identified, the complaints begin. Suddenly, facts become “divisive,” reporting becomes “biased,” and journalists are accused of profiling an entire community. It cannot work that way.
Justice cannot have two standards.
The individual neutralised during the attempted attack on NIPSS was not an anonymous figure. Within minutes of the operation, residents around Kuru and Trade Centre were already identifying him by his name (PETER) and pointing to his Berom background. That information was already circulating locally long before it appeared in our report.
Yet many of the loudest voices who routinely condemn violence suddenly went silent. There were no emotional statements. No passionate calls for justice. No public condemnation of the attack on security personnel. No acknowledgement of the professionalism displayed by troops who repelled yet another assault on a strategic national institution. Instead, the energy shifted to questioning why the attacker’s identity was mentioned.
That silence speaks volumes. The soldiers who defended NIPSS prevented another deadly attack. They recovered a service rifle stolen months earlier from a soldier killed by the Berom Militia. Those soldiers deserved commendation but Instead, some preferred to grumble in WhatsApp groups because the facts disrupted a convenient narrative. (Any youths caught with arms is a defender of his community) and he is innocent.
This is exactly why Nigeria’s security challenges persist. Too many people judge violence not by the crime committed but by who committed it.
A murderer does not become less of a murderer because he shares your language. A militia fighter does not become a freedom fighter because he belongs to your ethnic group. An armed attacker does not become a victim simply because exposing him makes your community uncomfortable.
At Zagazola Makama, our position remains unchanged. We will continue to expose Fulani bandits. We will continue to expose Berom militias, Erigwe or the Mangu militias. We will continue to expose every criminal organisation, regardless of ethnicity, religion, or political affiliation.
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Abubakar was kidnapped on the Sokoto - Zamfara road more than 2 months ago !!!
His captors are demanding a ransom his family cannot pay !!!
Let us speak up and share this on his behalf, because sometimes the only power a helpless family has is the voice of a compassionate crowd !!!
At least tomorrow, when Seyi Tinubu decides to contest for office, there will be many people across the SouthWest who can testify to the jobs & opportunities he got for them.
But what can be said about @YusufMBuhari in the NorthWest during the 8years his father led this country?
The killers of the late District Head of Kwallak in Plateau State turned out to be local Terrorist Christian youths, not Fulanis as earlier suspected. After being arrested, they were set on fire by an angry mob in Plateau State.
@CatiaKyen I know you will not see this!!!
VERY SHOCKING
The killers of the late District Head of Kwallak in Plateau State turned out to be local Christian youths, not the Fulanis as earlier suspected. After being arrested, they were set on fire by an angry mob in Plateau State.
Read full details here 👇🏾
Plateau Mob Kills Own Youths Over Murder of Traditional Ruler in Plateau
By: Zagazola Makama
Three plateau state’s indigenes suspected to be involved in the killing of a traditional ruler in Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State were on Friday set ablaze by an angry mob.
The victims were alleged to have participated in the killing of the traditional ruler of Kwallak community, Mr Ponzhi Kwallak, who was attacked and murdered at his residence on Thursday night.
Sources in the community said that the assailants stormed the monarch’s home, shot him, and made away with his motorcycle and mobile phone.
The incident, which initially sparked tension and speculation within the community, was reportedly first attributed to external attackers (fulani bandits). However, subsequent developments indicated that the suspects were allegedly from within the community.
Security sources said the suspects were apprehended on Friday while attempting to sell the stolen motorcycle.
According to eyewitness accounts, the suspects allegedly confessed to the crime after being apprehended by members of the community.
It was further gathered that the suspects were being taken to security operatives when a mob intercepted them near the Langtang North Local Government Council Secretariat and set them ablaze.
The late monarch had recently received the motorcycle, which was later traced to the suspects.
The killers of the late District Head of Kwallak in Plateau State turned out to be local Christian youths, not Fulanis as earlier suspected.
After being arrested, they were set on fire by an angry mob in Plateau State.
Four Christians disguised as Muslims to kidnap their own pastors have been arrested. One of them is even the church treasurer. They demanded a $15,000 ransom.
Christians commit crimes against their own, yet no one blames Christianity. If they weren’t caught, they’d be called Fulani by now.
80% of Ibos girls are Ashawo.
You can’t see this in the North even Yorubas are far better than these an1mals.
Underage Christian girls were caught doing prostitution in Anambra state.
Look at the shameless elders happily snapping them
Is Child Molestation and Prostitution Part of the South Culture/Religion?
Where is the Minister of women affairs?
IPOB terrorists, IGBO Christians.
Baby factories, IGBO Christians.
Fake medicine, IGBO Christians.
Drug dealers, IGBO Christians.
Child prostitution, IGBO Christians.
Child trafficking, IGBO Christians.
Scammers, IGBO Christians.
Ritual, IGBO Christians.
Baby factories, IGBO Christians.
Human organ trafficking, IGBO Christians.
We need to come together and separate ourselves from this animals.
Pastor sleeping with his own 3 Daughters in Ibo land.
Don't be surprised, it's there in the Bible 👇
- Lot's daughters got him drunk and slept with him (Genesis 19:30-38)
- Judah slept with Tamar, his daughter-in-law (Genesis 38)
Dear Arewa Tweeps,
We should not just keep quiet and see our brother @AbbakarAffan out here suffering in DSS custody on something that suppose to be addressed ever since! This is pure injustice an illegal detention of Abu Gaza.
May he regain his freedom back home safe. Thanks!