Ex-NOA DG Raises Concerns Over Land Capture By New Fulani Intruders In Nasarawa State

Former Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Mike Omeri on Friday, March 14, 2025, has called on the Federal and Nasarawa State governments as well as security agencies to what he described as “land capture” by new Fulani intruders in most parts of Nasarawa state.

Omeri specifically noted that affected areas included Kadarko, in Keana LG, Doma, Akwanga, Kokona, Nasarawa local government areas among others.

This was as he strongly condemned the spiral attacks in communities of Nasarawa state by the suspected terror gangs and infiltrators, stressing that there was the need for urgent reinforcement of security in the affected communities to forestall further chaos, loss of lives and properties.

These were contained in a state by the former NOA Director General in which he noted that while Nasarawa people are peace loving and welcoming, the visitors and new entrants into the communities should be harbingers of peace and development and not purveyors of trouble and deaths.

In the words of Omeri; “We can co-habit peacefully by making it a duty to understand each other and not through farm land capture where such lands are turned into new independent communities, rearing crime and terrible things including murders, theft and rape.

“A situation where citizens are forced to vacate their settlements must be corrected and tackled head on. It is sad, unacceptable, disgraceful and condemnable,” he stressed.

The former DG, NOA said that the attacks and land capture in the communities have become too frequent and worrisome, stressing that the unfortunate development is becoming unbearable and unacceptable.

He further said; “This statement has become imperative since the state authorities are perceived to be overlooking the increasing incidence, which is targeting some other groups in the areas”.

Omeri also noted that the attacks and killings have been established and being perpetrated by the so-called “unknown gunmen” prior to electioneering activities prompting residents to ponder and conclude that such killings were politically motivated.

The former NOA boss noted that the frequent attacks were deliberately undertaken to cause confusion and dispersal of communities in order to deprive them of their settlements which are now gradually being taken over by “unknown settlers”.

Omeri said; “I want to call on the government in power to rise to the challenge of protecting the citizenry. Governor Sule should put in more efforts and measures to stem the increasing wave of insecurity in Nasarawa state.

“Most communities in the state now live in fear of the unknown gunmen. Security agencies must be mobilised and government must rise to its obligations of securing the people and their properties,” he said.