By Fred Ezeh, Abuja Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore ,has announced the establishment of its security ou...
By Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore
,has announced the establishment of its security outfit called Miyetti Allah
Vigilante nationwide, to respond to alleged increase in attacks against the
Fulani pastoralists.
According to them, the vigilante would operate according to
the constitutional provisions and legal requirement of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. The decision which was taken at delegates’ conference of the
Association in Abuja, yesterday was endorsed by all state officials and elders
of the association.
The National President and Secretary of the Association,
Alhaji Bello Bodejo and Engr. Saleh Alhassan, respectively, in a communique
released at the end of the conference noted that the security outfit will
assist the security agencies in curbing criminal activities such as cattle
rustling, kidnapping and rural banditry.
They claimed that Fulani pastoralists have been carelessly
killed by some security agencies in the country and other non state actors,
hence the need for the security outfit that will secure the lives and source of
livelihood of the Fulani pastoralists.
They, however, called on the National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) to investigate the atrocities and ensure justice is served, also
urging the security agencies to commence the process of detailed documentation
of the violence against Fulani pastoralists, including the collection of
exhibits and all relevant information to isolate the perpetrators of the
violence, arrest and prosecute them for forestall reprisals.
They commended the efforts of the Federal, State governments
in addressing the conflicts between farmers and herders, cattle rustling,
kidnapping and banditry, and called on the Inspector General of Police to
protect Fulani pastoralists across the country from tribal hordes, ethnic
militias and cattle rustlers. There were prayers for peaceful coexistence of
the country and good health for the leaders.
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