- Herdsmen in Nigeria have said that they are not terrorists
- The herdsmen commended call by Anglican Bishops to proscribe the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation
- According to the association, its members are not criminals
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) have condemned the call by Anglican Bishops to proscribe the association as a terrorists group.
Speaking to Vanguard on Tuesday, December 11, the national coordinator, MACBAN, Garus Gololo, said the association is not happy with the comments made by the Anglican bishops.
Gololo said: “We are not happy with this comment coming from the Bishops who are spiritual heads of the Anglican Church; we want them to withdraw it."
He said while President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to do with the association, the herdsmen are not criminals.
“We are not criminals and the President has nothing to do with us. We are not terrorists, we are peacekeeping citizens.
“We have the right to graze anywhere in the world, not even in Nigeria, because that is the business we came for.
So, if the Bishops ask the President to declare herdsmen as criminals, so every man they see rearing cow will be killed. It is very wrong.
We are not happy with this comment and if they make comments as such next time, we will challenge it in the court," Galolo said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a former vice president of Nigeria and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed that the crisis between Fulani herdsmen and Tiv farmers in Plateau state can be resolved in a simple way.
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Abubakar, who made the statement while speaking with journalists during his visit to a first-class chief, His Royal Highness, Abu King Shuluwa in Makurdi, said the current crisis was sponsored.
He said dialogue had always worked in the past to resolve crisis between herdsmen and Tiv farmers.
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