Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has warned its members in Nasarawa State
against deliberate encroachment on farmlands.
The state chairman of
association, Mohammed Husaini, gave the warning during a meeting with members
on Saturday in Keana Local Government Area (LGA).
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reported that the meeting had in attendance herders from Keana, Obi and Awe
LGAs.
According to the chairman, as
leaders, they will expose the bad elements among them to the security agencies
for immediate prosecution.
He said that the association
would not continue to fold its arms and allow some unpatriotic members to
undermine the current peace in the state through their illegal activities.
“We will set up monitoring
committee to monitor the activities of our members and report the bad elements
to us for onward report to the security agencies.
“We will also confiscate the cows
of anyone caught destroying farmland deliberately to serve as deterrent to
others,” he said.
The chairman added that the
leadership was conducting an investigation to fish out members that recently
attacked and amputated the hands of a farmer in Keana.
“The perpetrators of the crime
will never go unpunished, as we will get them and make them face the full wrath
of the law,” he said.
Hussaini further said that, just
like the herders, farmers were also earning their livelihoods through their
farms, stressing there was no justification whatsoever for any herder to
destroy crops.
Mr Ubi Haruna, Benue State
Chairman of Miyette Allah, who was also at the meeting, commended the
government of Benue State for showing understanding with the Fulani people in
the state.
He promised that the Fulani
people living in Benue would continue to be law abiding and support the
government to succeed.
According to him, the association
would expose any herder who either destroys crops or kills anybody to the
security agencies for prosecution.
The meeting was also attended by
Alhaji Abu Giza, Chairman of Keana LGA and the representatives of the Army,
Police, and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NCSDC) among others.
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