Miyetti Allah Supports ‘Criminal Treatment’ For Illegal Gun Possession

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN,
southeast zone, says it supports treating any herder or other
Nigerian found illegally possessing an AK47 as a criminal.

Chairman of the group Gidago Sidikki said this on Thursday while
reacting to the statement credited to Governor Willie Obiano of
Anambra State, ordering the traditional rulers, vigilantes, police,
and other security agencies to treat any herder found in possession
of AK47 as armed robbers.

“The governor’s order is in line with the already established
agreement between the southeast governors and the Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, that any herder or others
found in possession of a gun should be treated as criminal,” he
said.

“My members have been having a good relationship with their host
communities, in spite of some isolated cases of misunderstanding,
which is normal in every human existence.

“Our interest in the zone was purely economic, and no herder is
interested in contesting the ownership of land with members of
their host communities. We expect the host communities to see us as
brothers, who come to do business in their area,” he said.

Speaking on the food blockade, Sidikki, disclosed that the
Amalgamated Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria is
behind the blockade and not Miyetti Allah Associations, as being
speculated.

According to him, the Amalgamated Association had earlier
written a letter to inform of a protest against incessant killings
and destruction of its members’ properties in various parts of the
country.

“The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, as a
body has no hand in the blockade of foodstuff from North to
Southern Nigeria,” he stated.

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN,
southeast zone, says it supports treating any herder or other
Nigerian found illegally possessing an AK47 as a criminal.

Chairman of the group Gidago Sidikki said this on Thursday while
reacting to the statement credited to Governor Willie Obiano of
Anambra State, ordering the traditional rulers, vigilantes, police,
and other security agencies to treat any herder found in possession
of AK47 as armed robbers.

“The governor’s order is in line with the already established
agreement between the southeast governors and the Miyetti Allah
Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, that any herder or others
found in possession of a gun should be treated as criminal,” he
said.

“My members have been having a good relationship with their host
communities, in spite of some isolated cases of misunderstanding,
which is normal in every human existence.

“Our interest in the zone was purely economic, and no herder is
interested in contesting the ownership of land with members of
their host communities. We expect the host communities to see us as
brothers, who come to do business in their area,” he said.

Speaking on the food blockade, Sidikki, disclosed that the
Amalgamated Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria is
behind the blockade and not Miyetti Allah Associations, as being
speculated.

According to him, the Amalgamated Association had earlier
written a letter to inform of a protest against incessant killings
and destruction of its members’ properties in various parts of the
country.

“The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, as a
body has no hand in the blockade of foodstuff from North to
Southern Nigeria,” he stated.