By Affected Residents Ask FG To Proscribe Miyetti Allah Group
Residents in several communities attacked by herdsmen have urged the Federal Government to pronounce the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the umbrella body of Fulani herdsmen, as a terrorist group.
The residents reaction is coming days after some herdsmen unleashed terror on people in several communities in Benue, Adamawa and Taraba States. It was gathered that the suspects were hired by the Miyetti Allah group.
It will be recalled that in a recent interview, Governor Samuel Ortom of Beune State called on the Federal Government to arrest the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Association after he alleged that the FG knew those killing the Benue people.
The Governor added that the leadership of the Association had promised to frustrate the Law of the State after the Anti-Grazing Law was introduced. Read More…FG Knows My People’s Attackers, They Must Arrest Them- Governor Ortom Reveals In New Interview
Joining the claim by Governor Ortom, the residents of affected communities in the three States have called on the Federal Government to proscribe the Association as a terrorist group and arrest them just as a leader of the group recently disclosed that one of the attack on a community was as a retaliation of stolen cows belonging to members of the Association.
