Declare herdsmen as terrorist gang or risk wrath of other militias – Group tells Buhari

The Adamawa United Forum (AUF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare herdsmen as terrorist gang following their incessant killings across the nation or risk the wrath of other militia groups in the country.

The spokesman of the group, Musa Jekeko, told journalists yesterday in Yola that the recent killings in Numan Local Council of the state and other parts of the country had shown that the herdsmen were deadlier than Boko Haram.

He said: “Looking at their operations from the prism of objectivity, it is high time government designated them as terrorists to check the emergence of other militia groups in our communities.

“Adamawa must remain a peaceful territory, and that depends on the effective handling of security issues in the states.”

“It is no longer in doubt that the Shafuron conflict was generated by a disagreement over the invasion of farmlands by herdsmen and has nothing to do with religious or ethnic cleansing.

“From the information available to us, we have every reason to question the sincerity of government in the handling of the state of insecurity in Numan and its environs.

“The service chiefs should be held responsible for the monumental loss incurred during the conflict both in lives and property due to poor handling of the security situation in the wake of the invasion of communities around Numan by the militias,” Jekeko said.

The AUF official, however, called on the State House to urgently enact an anti-open grazing and ranching bill as part of measures to check the menace.

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