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Grazing Law: Fulani Herdsmen Threaten Mayhem In Benue

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8 years ago

June 2, 2017

Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, declared this in a press conference held in Abuja to reject the Open Grazing Law signed by the state governor, Samuel Ortom.

The conveners threatened to mobilize herdsmen in the country and unleash anarchy in the state to resist the grazing law.

During the press conference, the National Secretary of the Association Engr. Saleh Alhassan, sought to justify the reprehensible, irresponsible and criminal destruction of lives and properties in Benue State on the grounds that the Fulani herdsmen are the original inhabitants of the Benue Valley.

He claimed that they are engaged in a lingering crisis with the current inhabitants in the state, particularly the Tiv, over natural resources.

President of the cattle breeders’ Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, described the Anti-Open Grazing Law as “wicked, obnoxious and repressive.”

The association, therefore, vowed to mobilize herdsmen in the country to resist the law as it was, according to them, “a deliberate attempt to enslave their members.”

In response, however, the Benue State government has called bluffs the threats by Fulani herdsmen, saying that it will not repeal the law which was made to protect lives and properties.

The state government condemned the statements of the leaders of the association, stating that their stand “amounts to open declaration of war on Benue State citizens.”

The government called on the Security Agencies to arrest these leaders of the Association for prosecution for openly making inciting statements capable of breaching public peace and order.

Details of the Benue State government response will be made available in our next bulletin.

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