Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has said that the activities of past State governors should be blamed for banditry in the North.
According to the spokesman of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Hassan, pressure from governors turned some herdsmen into bandits, adding that herders who lost their cattle and businesses in the North were left with no choice.
However, Hassan in a statement yesterday, said: “The crisis of bandits in the north-west is because of some of the activities of the governors in the past.
“They put pressure on the herders. They lose their cattle. They have no business. Now, they have joined bandits. They are not spirits. They have reasons why they emerged as bandits.
“If you destroy grazing, you are going to create another problem. They destroyed their economy. They have no cattle and they got radicalised.
“Our members are peaceful herders. We have bandits; we have criminal elements in the forest. They are not necessarily herders.”
Prior to the resurgence of banditry, herders have been on the loose while the crisis between herders and farmers have lingered across the country.
Amid the crisis, banditry surfaced in some Northern parts of the country.
States like Zamfara, Kebbi, Niger, Katsina and Kaduna States have witnessed the sting of bandits, with students being their major target.
