- CAN has promised to work with the Miyetti Allah association in the
quest for peace and stability of the country - The CAN president, Dr Samson Ayokunle,
urged the leadership of the MACBAN to protect the image of President Muhammadu
Buhari by exposing the criminal Fulani herdsmen in the country - The cleric
said criminal herdsmen are giving the president a bad name and the only way
this can be stopped is by exposing those criminals - On its part, the Miyetti
Allah leadership explained that all the criminals pretending to be herdsmen
were not their members The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Monday,
June 24 promised to work with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle
Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the quest for peace and stability
of the country. The president of CAN, Dr Samson Ayokunle, made the promised in
a statement signed by his special assistant, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, on Monday
in Abuja, NAN reports. Legit.ng gathers that Ayokunle, who commended MACBAN for
its peace initiative, promised to work with the leadership of the association
in the quest for peace and stability of Nigeria. The national secretary of
MACBAN, Othman Ngadzarna, had led the delegation of the association to
congratulate the CAN president on his victory for the second term. The CAN
president urged the leadership of the MACBAN to protect the image of President
Muhammadu Buhari by exposing the criminal Fulani herdsmen in the country.
According to him, “a major problem is lack of leadership. We don’t have
leadership that builds life but such that destroys life. “Nigeria needs a
detribalised leader, who will pick the best across all divides that will help
him to govern the entire nation well. “The leadership of CAN is not attacking
President Muhammadu Buhari on religious ground. “All we are asking the
government for is to be more responsible and responsive to the yearning of the
people of Nigeria, irrespective of their faith, ethnic background and political
leaning. “For example, government should be able to provide basic amenities for
the people as it is being done in other climes and security challenges must be
addressed holistically,” he said. Ayokunle said that good governance will
surely change the current disturbing narrative. He said there is no reason why
criminals amidst us should not be brought to book. “Now that you have said it
is not all herdsmen that belong to MACBAN, then your association should stop
justifying the atrocities being perpetrated by those criminals. “The criminal
herdsmen are giving the president bad name and the only way this can be stopped
is by exposing those criminals that are carrying gun around, maiming and
killing the innocent people. “President Buhari is Fulani like you people and
the best thing you can do for him is by exposing those criminals. This will
make Nigerians not to reject another Fulani man who may want to rule,” he
added. He cited few instances to condemn the criminal herdsmen who are
attacking and killing innocent people, saying “most of those who are angry with
the Fulani herdsmen do not just hate them but they have been victims of attacks
by suspected criminal herders.” Ngadzarna said that MACBAN sought for a date
when its leadership could come and dialogue with the CAN leadership in their
ongoing discussions with stakeholders in the country. He explained to Reverend
Ayokunle that all the criminals pretending to be herdsmen were not their
members. “Those carrying AK-47 around are cattle rustlers who came from outside
the country are capitalising on the porosity of our borders,” he said. He also
disclosed that there is another group of herdsmen who share same name with
them, adding “they were also registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission
(CAC). Ngadzarna further disclosed that the feud between the pastoralists and
farmers were as a result of climate change, increase in population, illiteracy,
cattle rustling and failure of government to address their needs. He, however,
noted that until of recent, the government had not deemed it fit to look into
the root cause of the feud, adding that most of the negative stories making the
rounds about MACBAN were fake news. Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported
that the South-east Governors Forum on Monday, June 24, kicked against the
demand by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) for the
establishment of a vigilante group in the south-east to protect their members.
MACBAN made the proposal during the South-east Security Summit which held in
Enugu. The summit was convened by the South-east Governors Forum to proffer
solutions to lingering clashes between herders and farmers in the region.
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