Leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in the South West have absolved its members of alleged killing of farmers.
Speaking yesterday during the 2016 Annual Business Advocacy Conference/ 1st General Meeting of Ogun State Business Advocacy Group, BAG, in Abeokuta, Chairman of the association, Muhammed Kabir Labar said the reported cases of clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers were politically motivated.
Labar said the reported crises were a mere excuse to get rid of herdsmen and their business in Nigeria, adding that they are nomads not terrorists.
He said, “We are peace-loving Nigerians. We are normally called nomads or pasturalists. We are not terrorists, we carry out our business peacefully and make sure that Nigeria sustains this commodity that is under agriculture which we produce for local consumption.
“We are going to look at the allegation raised that we carry weapons around, we are all Nigerians and under the Nigerian system of government we know that carrying sophisticated weapons around is prohibited. Indicting our community that we carry weapons around are all political statements. They only talk about this to kill our business completely and that will not happen.”
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