Tag: Cattle herders

Sunday Igboho issues fresh quit notice to Fulani herders in South-West forests

Aminu Imam
Igboho issues

Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, yesterday, issued a fresh quit notice to Fulani herders to vacate all forests in the South-west region of the country. He said the development had become imperative against the backdrop of recent alleged killing, abduction and destruction of farmlands by the herders. While commending governors and traditional rulers in the South-West region, he maintained that food security in Yorubaland can only be achieved if an enabling and peaceful atmosphere is guaranteed for farmers to engage in agricultural production. In a…

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Ganduje warns herders against banditry

Aminu Imam

…Says anyone caught will get death sentence Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, of Kano State, has warned herders in the State against banditry. Speaking at the launch of a state-wide mass vaccination for cattle and small ruminants, held in Kadawa, Garun-Mallam LGA of the State on Saturday, Ganduje, noted that his administration has provided modern alternatives to improve the businesses of herders. The Governor said any herder found involved in banditry would get the death sentence, while those involved in cattle rustling would be sentenced to life imprisonment. He said, “I call…

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IPOB’s ban on beef: Northern cattle traders to boycott S/East markets

Aminu Imam

The Amalgamation of Northern Traders in Cattle, Grains, and Vegetables has announced plans by its members to cease supplying its items to south-eastern markets. Reacting to the decision, the Chairman of the northern traders, Muhammad Tahir, in an interview with newsmen, said this is in reaction to the ban placed on beef consumption by the outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra, (IPOB), in the region. The Northern traders said its members were prepared to comply with the directive by discontinuing its sale of cattle, grains, onions, and other foodstuffs in the…

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“Anti open-grazing law is satanic; herders going nowhere” – Miyetti Allah

Aminu Imam

…Says Abuja originally a grazing reserve The Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore, has declared that herders will continue to graze their cattle in Southern Nigeria despite the September deadline given by their State governors to begin the implementation of the anti-open grazing law in the region.  The group, which described the anti-open grazing law of the Southern governors as “satanic”, also proclaimed that the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja, was originally designed to be a grazing reserve before it was turned into the nation’s capital city.  The Secretary General of…

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Ganduje orders headcount of cattle herders from Kano

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered a headcount of cattle herders in the State as well as those who are outside but of the State’s origin. Ganduje announced this at an interactive session during a television programme on Monday.  According to a statement by his spokesperson, Abba Anwar, yesterday, Ganduje said the measure is part of his effort to see that Kano State remains peaceful. “We want to know how many herdsmen we have in Kano; that is why we set up a Fulani and other stakeholders Committee,…

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