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Tension is mounting in Ekiti state as there is friction between the state government and Fulani cattle breeders in the state, The Nation reports.
This follows the recent inauguration of a task force by Governor Ayodele Fayose to enforce the anti grazing law in the state. During the inauguration, Fayose said any cow caught would be used for "stomach infrastructure."
Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have expressed dissatisfaction with the task force, locally known as "anti-malu" who have been tasked with ‘arresting’ cows found invading and damaging farms in the state.
Spokesman of the group, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, on Saturday accused “the anti-malu vigilante group" of shooting five cows and carting "away the meat but the herdsman was able to flee with the rest of his cattle.”
In a statement he said: “As far as we know, Ekiti State is not an island of its own , but a state within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and while the Governor is permitted to carry out actions geared towards protecting the interest of Ekiti State, such actions should follow the rule of law.
“We deplore this act of brigandage and call on Governor Fayose to offer an unreserved apology to MACBAN, and equally set machinery in motion with a view to compensating our members who lost five cows in this primitive adventure.
“We are hereby constrained to implore the federal government through its security agencies to wade into this unprovoked and primitive aggression against our members, before this macabre incident develops into unquenchable inferno involving our members and Ekiti State government.
This follows the recent inauguration of a task force by Governor Ayodele Fayose to enforce the anti grazing law in the state. During the inauguration, Fayose said any cow caught would be used for "stomach infrastructure."
Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have expressed dissatisfaction with the task force, locally known as "anti-malu" who have been tasked with ‘arresting’ cows found invading and damaging farms in the state.
Spokesman of the group, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, on Saturday accused “the anti-malu vigilante group" of shooting five cows and carting "away the meat but the herdsman was able to flee with the rest of his cattle.”
In a statement he said: “As far as we know, Ekiti State is not an island of its own , but a state within the Federal Republic of Nigeria and while the Governor is permitted to carry out actions geared towards protecting the interest of Ekiti State, such actions should follow the rule of law.
“We deplore this act of brigandage and call on Governor Fayose to offer an unreserved apology to MACBAN, and equally set machinery in motion with a view to compensating our members who lost five cows in this primitive adventure.
“We are hereby constrained to implore the federal government through its security agencies to wade into this unprovoked and primitive aggression against our members, before this macabre incident develops into unquenchable inferno involving our members and Ekiti State government.
