Miyetti Allah Takes Strong Position On Ondo Cattle Herders

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Ondo State chapter has charged the  Ondo Police Command to arrest and prosecute any herdsmen grazing around the Akure Airport  in Ondo State.

Addressing newsmen in Akure, on Wednesday, MACBAN chairman, Alhaji Bello Garba distanced the association from herders who engage in kidnapping and other criminal activities along the Ore-Benin- Lagos highway.

Addressing reports that herdsmen are grazing around the Akure Airport, hindering aircraft from landing, Alhaji Garba said that “We have warned them (herders) severally to stay away from the airport without success.

“We have given the police permission to arrest and prosecute anyone caught around the airport still grazing. We have told our members to desist from going there but they have refused,” he noted 

Prior to this moment, the management of the airport had lodged complaints to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, and the Ondo State government through the Ministry of Environment on the activities of the herdsmen around the airport.

He added that the association is working tirelessly to expose criminal elements among herders.

According to him “henceforth, anyone caught should be made to face the consequence. We are law-abiding citizens and would not tolerate indiscipline.

“Most of the criminal herdsmen come from the neighbouring states of Ogun, Edo, and other states to operate in Ondo especially along Ore- Lagos road.”

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