MIYETTI ALLAH RAISES ALARM OVER EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS OF 68 HERDSMEN

“As a responsible and law abiding association we will not allow the situation to further deteriorate because we always believe two wrongs do not make a right".... MACBAN National Secretary.

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) which is the umbrella body of Fulani cattle rearers in Nigeria, has raised an alarm following what it has alleged, as the extrajudicial killing of sixty eight of its members in Kabbi state.

MACBAN, is therefore, urging the Kebbi state Government and security agencies in the country, to immediately commence investigation into the alleged extrajudicial killings of the said 68 herdsmen that reportedly occurred in four local government areas of the state.

According to reports monitored from the  News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Ngelzarma made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the nation's capital.

From the available reports, Ngelzarma alleged that the victims were killed by local vigilantes, known as Dakarkari “Yan Sakai, in Zuru, Sakaba, Fakai and Danko/Wasagu local government areas between April 29 to Aug. 11.

“This dastardly act which started on April 29th continued unabated and no one is being arrested or being held accountable for these killings”, he said.

He listed locations where the killings took place as Technical College Zuru, Danko, Maga, Ribah, Joli, Kadurga, Marafa, Kanya, Unashi and Ayyu.

Ngelzarma said MACBAN was worried by the silence and in-action of the traditional institution, local and state governments to deal with the lawlessness.

The MACBAN national secretary said that the association had directed its Kebbi chapter to ensure that all families affected by the killings, exercise restraint and allow the law to take its course.

“As a responsible and law abiding association we will not allow the situation to further deteriorate because we always believe two wrongs do not make a right,” he added.

Efforts to get the reaction of Kebbi Government and the police were unsuccessful. (NAN)