Miyetti Allah Members Are Not Bandits:- Kwara Chairman
KEHINDE AKINPELU ,ILORIN
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN),Kwara state chapter has called on the state government and security agencies to stop those calling them bandits from taking laws in their hands
The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Shehu Garba made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Ilorin,the Kwara state capital.
He said the ethnic profiling of the Fulanis and calling them bandits is a sign of danger to the entire race.
According to him the Miyetti Allah are not responsible in the security challenges affecting some parts of the state.
Alhaji Garba explained that the Fulanis are the worst affected by the activities of bandits with their source of livelihood talking away.
He said the Miyetti Allah members are only supporting the security team “operation Lafiya Dole “constituted by the federal government, and the security agencies as well as the local vigilantee to fight criminal elements in the state.
The MACBAN Chairman appealed to the state government to discourage the activities of certain group of people who constituted themselves to create dissaffection among the residents of the state for their selfish gains.
He said the government should dismissed the call by the group to close their Kara Markets in the interest of justice and fairness, adding that such acts are malicious and devilish.
Alhaji Garba assured the determination of the association to continue to support the state government efforts in the fight against bandits and other criminal elements in the state.
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