Licensed to Kill: How the Buhari Era Shielded Fulani Terror and Criminalized Christian Survival
Mike Odeh James
(This is to highlight the case of Zidane who was sentenced to death for defending themselves and Sunday Jackson )
Under Muhammadu Buhari, Fulani terrorists were effectively handed a licence to kill.
They operated with breathtaking impunity, unchallenged and unrestrained, while entire communities in Nigeria’s Middle Belt were left exposed to slaughter.
Rather than confront the violence, Buhari’s administration presided over — and normalized — the mass recruitment and rapid promotion of Fulani officers within the Nigerian military.
In the Middle Belt, military units dominated by Fulani officers repeatedly ignored credible terror alerts when Fulani militants attacked Christian villages. Distress calls went unanswered.
Reinforcements never came. Homes burned, churches were razed, and families were butchered while soldiers stayed away.
Yet the pattern changes instantly when Miyetti Allah or other Fulani interest groups raise complaints — often exaggerated or outright false. Then the military moves with alarming speed and ferocity, unleashing brutal force not on terrorists, but on indigenous Christian populations.
Villages are raided, civilians beaten or killed, and entire communities collectively punished for crimes they did not commit.
This injustice runs deep into Nigeria’s judicial system. Fulani terrorists and jihadists routinely receive soft landings: arrests without prosecution, releases without explanation, and lenient treatment that mocks the scale of their crimes.
Meanwhile, local villagers who attempt to defend themselves are arrested, disappeared, summarily killed, or sentenced to death — not for terrorism, but for the crime of survival.
This is not failure. It is betrayal.
It is a system where killers are protected, victims are criminalized, and justice is weaponized against the innocent.
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