Expose killer herdsmen, Sanusi tells Miyetti Allah

The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has charged herdsmen,
under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria, to fish out criminal elements among them.

The monarch expressed regrets that Fulani herdsmen were being
generally painted as criminals, which he maintained they were
not.

He urged Nigerians to avoid ethnic profiling whenever a crime
was committed, noting that “criminals have no tribal marks.”

A statement on Sunday quoted the ex-Central Bank governor as
saying this on Sunday in Minna, during a national executive council
meeting of MACBAN.

The meeting, according to the statement, was also attended by
the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Musdafa, Prof. Ango
Abdullahi, Dr. Aliyu Tilde and other stakeholders.

He urged MACBAN to also liaise with the governors of Niger,
Kogi, Nasarawa and Kano states who have indicated interest to
allocate grazing reserves, with a view to developing them.

In his remarks, the Zonal Chairman of the National Executive
Committee, MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, noted that, “conflict
between herdsmen and farmers has a long history; the solution has
been to engage all stakeholders to find an amicable solution to the
conflict.”

He commended the approaches of governors Willie Obiano and
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Anambra and Enugu states respectively, “who
have been able to effectively stem the recurring clashes between
farmers and herders at a time their other peers and the Federal
Government are at a loss on how to handle the clashes.”

The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has charged herdsmen,
under the aegis of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of
Nigeria, to fish out criminal elements among them.

The monarch expressed regrets that Fulani herdsmen were being
generally painted as criminals, which he maintained they were
not.

He urged Nigerians to avoid ethnic profiling whenever a crime
was committed, noting that “criminals have no tribal marks.”

A statement on Sunday quoted the ex-Central Bank governor as
saying this on Sunday in Minna, during a national executive council
meeting of MACBAN.

The meeting, according to the statement, was also attended by
the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Musdafa, Prof. Ango
Abdullahi, Dr. Aliyu Tilde and other stakeholders.

He urged MACBAN to also liaise with the governors of Niger,
Kogi, Nasarawa and Kano states who have indicated interest to
allocate grazing reserves, with a view to developing them.

In his remarks, the Zonal Chairman of the National Executive
Committee, MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, noted that, “conflict
between herdsmen and farmers has a long history; the solution has
been to engage all stakeholders to find an amicable solution to the
conflict.”

He commended the approaches of governors Willie Obiano and
Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Anambra and Enugu states respectively, “who
have been able to effectively stem the recurring clashes between
farmers and herders at a time their other peers and the Federal
Government are at a loss on how to handle the clashes.”