The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in Kebbi State has revealed why sustainable
peace would continue to elude Nigerians.
MACBAN explained that peace would
continue to elude Nigerians if illegal arms are allowed to remain in the hands
of unauthorised people, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports .
State Chairman of the body,
Alhaji Muhammad Ardo-Zuru, while addressing newsmen in Birnin-Kebbi, the state
capital, over the weekend, urged security agencies across the country to
retrieve these illegally acquired weapons from unauthorised persons.
According to Ardo-Zuru,
“Sustainable peace will continue to elude us if such weapons, including guns
and ammunition, are left in the hands of criminals.
“For peace to endure in the
country, authorities will have to ensure deliberate steps are taken to mop up
all guns and ammunition in criminal hands.
“This should be in addition to
prosecuting all those found wanting in the killing of innocent people, no
matter how highly placed they are,” he said.
Ardo-Zuru, expressed the desire
of the Miyetti Allah to cooperate with government and security agencies to
maintain peace.
“We are not in support of the
call that communities should take laws into their hands, in the name of
defending themselves.
“Those behind recent killings are
only out to provoke other sections so they can destabilise the country,” he
said.
”Our members have been killed
across the country, but as leaders, we cannot allow them to avenge.
“We realised that those who
attacked Fulani people in Taraba, Benue and Kaduna states carried out those
attacks purposely to destabilise the country,” he said.
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