Last week, I revealed a terrifying truth: many of the bandits kidnapping and killing our people in the Southwest are not strangers from distant lands. They are Fulani youths born and raised among us—children who grew up in our communities, drank our water, walked our streets, and shared our markets. Today, they have turned their hosts into victims. They invite their friends and relatives from other parts of the country, transforming hospitality into a weapon and brotherhood into bloodshed.
They know the Southwest better than the natives themselves. Every forest path. Every village route. Every hidden corridor. That is why I once again appeal to my able and hardworking governor to fully enforce the anti–open grazing law without fear or compromise. This is no longer policy—it is survival. This is no longer politics—it is existence.
I carried out underground investigative travels across several parts of Oyo State, and what I uncovered was deeply disturbing. This new generation of Fulani youths has become structurally embedded in kidnapping networks. For them, kidnapping is no longer crime—it is economy, trade, and livelihood. They are not the innocent Fulani of old. They are not pastoralists seeking survival. They are an organized criminal generation. Even their parents have lost control over them.
Selling land to this new generation of Fulani settlers is like setting fire on your roof and lying down to sleep under it.
Below is an interview published by the Nigerian Tribune. Read it carefully and connect it with my revelations last week. This is not coincidence. This is a pattern. This is a system. This is a strategy.
“We Came to Oyo to Kill Forest Rangers” — Suspect Confesses
Abubakar Abdullahi is one of seven suspects arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for their role in the brutal attack that left five forest rangers dead at the National Park Service office in Oloka Village.
He confessed that he was recruited by Mohammed Dangi, the gang’s second-in-command, to participate in the violent mission to free three detained Fulani herders.
Young, slim, and soft-spoken, Abubakar looked harmless. But appearances deceive. He is a trained killer, skilled in handling an AK-47 rifle.
The attack happened on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the Old Oyo National Park office in Ikoyi Ile, Oriire Local Government Area. About ten heavily armed men stormed the office around 9 p.m., launching a deadly assault on the rangers.
They killed five officers, burned one beyond recognition, stole rifles and motorcycles, and set other bikes on fire before fleeing.
The Oyo State Police spokesperson, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed that intelligence-led operations led to the arrest of seven suspects, including Mohammed Dangi, Abubakar Abdullahi, Sheu Usman, Toro Malami, Usman Alhaji Umaru, Laolo Muhammadu, and Usman Alhaji Isah.
Abubakar, who claimed Kebbi State as his hometown but currently resides in B’Olorunduro, Ogbomoso, admitted he was a herder and a kidnapper.
“It was Mohammed Dangi who called me. He ordered us to kill everyone at the park office. We were told to free our three men after killing the rangers. We did exactly that and escaped with them.”
He said they arrived on five motorcycles, armed with AK-47 rifles and explosives, and sneaked through the bush to avoid detection.
He named a man called Bello, now at large, as the gang leader who supplied the weapons and directed operations from behind the scenes.
Abubakar admitted he had been involved in kidnappings for a long time:
“Whenever I was called for kidnapping, I always went.”
Shockingly, he said he earned only ₦10,000 from each ransom operation—a revelation security sources confirmed, noting that bandit leaders often enslave their foot soldiers and exploit them brutally.
He also admitted he was trained to use the rifle by Mohammed Dangi.
A Nation Under Siege
This confession confirms everything I warned about.
These are not outsiders.
These are not visitors.
These are not strangers.
They live among us. They know us. They map us. They plan against us. They organize within us.
What we are witnessing is not random crime. It is internal occupation.
Not accidental violence, but structured terror.
Not isolated attacks, but a coordinated system of infiltration and control.
If decisive action is not taken now, the Southwest will not just face insecurity—it will face systematic destabilization.
History will not forgive silence.
Future generations will not forgive cowardice.
Our land will not survive denial.
Only God can save us—unless our leaders rise to save us first.
Ire oo.
(Source: Nigerian Tribune)
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