Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) has conveyed concerns of angry farmers and local security leaders in Anambra State, particularly those from Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State to Miyetti Allah leader over persistent clashes between farmers and cattle herders in various parts of Nigeria. The delegation, led by the National President
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The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore (MAKH), one of the umbrella bodies of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, says the bandits currently wreaking havoc in many parts of the country are displaced herdsmen who are fighting for their rights and freedom. Spokesman of the group, Saleh Hassan, said on Wednesday that the herders decided to take the
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has written to the Police over attacks on Fulanis in Anambra State. MACBAN said there has been increasing violence against herdsmen around Ayamelum, Anambra East, Orumba South, Dunukofia LGAs. The South Eastern Zone Chapter reported the matter to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, E Department,
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The Bauchi State branch of the Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has threatened to stop its members from selling and supplying cattle to the South if the planned eviction of the Fulani herders by some governors comes into effect, Daily Trust reports. MACBAN also threatened to drag the Governor of Benue State,
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The Ondo State Government led by Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. The Special Adviser to state Governor on Security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Akure
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The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, said on Thursday night the release of the abducted students of Government Science School in Kankara local government area of the state was facilitated by the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). The governor, who disclosed this to journalists in Katsina, said the students
Read moreAn aide to the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Thursday, told SaharaReporters that gunmen who attacked Government Science Secondary School in Kankara Local Government Area of the state and kidnapped over 300 schoolboys are “truly” members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). Recall that, gunmen had on December 11 invaded the
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Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has described as deceptive claims by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), of solely concerned about their business interests in the South East. The group said it was amusing that a known terror sponsor with a known history of ethnic cleansing in the Middle Belt would claim
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has insisted that his state has no need for Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore floating a security outfit, in as much he is not against it operating in other states. Ortom said this while reacting to a statement by the Fulani socio-cultural association, where it announced that its security outfit, Miyetti
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