By Aiyeku Timothy
As the security situation of the country continues to deteriorate, with Fulani herders blamed for banditry and kidnapping, it has been revealed that there is a major difference between the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and a newly registered organisation bearing the same Miyetti Allah.
This was revealed after MACBAN called on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to make the difference known as the Association’s members are being stereotyped and blamed for the insecurity in the country.
The apex Fulani social-cultural group has therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to check the influx of herdsmen from neighbouring countries using the ECOWAS transhumance certificate protocol.
While lamenting the security situation in the country, MACBAN said it has been duly registered and distanced itself and members from the deadly activities of criminals in the name of herders.
MACBAN also called the attention of the federal government to a local criminal gang known as “Yansakai” operating majorly in Kebbi and Niger States, noting that they have been involved in wanton killings.
In a statement jointly signed by the group’s president, Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, and National Secretary, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, in Abuja, the FG has been urged to decisively deal with the issue of porous borders, which made it possible for the massive proliferation of arms.
MACBAN made demands after a meeting with the Chairman of its Board of Trustees and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III.
The meeting once again called on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to differentiate its name (Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria) from that of a newly registered organisation bearing the same Miyetti Allah, so as not to confuse the public.
Many communities in the South have recently issued eviction notices to Fulani communities in the region as they have been accused of involvement in criminal offences against their host communities.
It would be recalled that about 37 herdsmen alongside 5,000 of their cattle were ejected from forest reserves across Ondo State by operatives of the Amotekun Corps after being accused of flouting the earlier order of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
