Tag: Miyetti-Allah

FG slams terrorism charge against Miyetti-Allah’s president, Bodejo

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The Federal Government has filed a criminal charge against Bello Bodejo, leader of the socio-cultural organisation, ‘Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore’ group, over an alleged unlawful establishment of an ethnic militia group. The charge was filed before the federal high court in Abuja on March 12.  Recall that Bodejo was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu LGA of Nasarawa State, over the unveiling of a vigilante group. The Fulani socio-cultural organisation had recently unveiled a vigilante group in Nasarawa. Bodejo said the “nomad vigilante group” would assist…

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15 bodies recovered, 78 houses burnt in Plateau - MACBAN

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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said yesterday that 15 individuals were slain following an alleged invasion of their settlements in Plateau State’s Mangu local government area. The group’s State leader, Nuru Abdullahi, revealed this to newsmen yesterday in Jos, the State capital. The group also claimed that 78 of their members’ homes had been destroyed and that over 2,000 animals had gone missing as a result of the invasion. Abdullahi said, “This unfortunate thing is moving its head quickly into other LGAs of the State to…

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“Our members detained in Anambra prisons without trial” – Miyetti Allah

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The Zonal Chairman of Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) South-East chapter, Gidado Siddikki, has claimed that its members are being detained without trial at different correctional centres in Anambra State. Siddikki also alleged that some of its members have been labelled as kidnappers, armed robbers and clamped into detention by the police for over five years without trial. He stated these while briefing journalists in Awka yesterday, just as he appealed to the Anambra State government through the Ministry of Justice and the prison authority in the state,…

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Miyetti Allah declares National VP, Lamido missing

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The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) has raised the alarm over the whereabouts of its National Vice President, Munnir Atiku Lamido. A statement issued yesterday by the National Public Relations Officer of the group, Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, declared the VP missing. According to the statement, Munnir was last seen on June 23 when he departed his residence in Katsina State for Kaduna. The group noted that all efforts to trace the VP have proven abortive, asking those with useful information about the VP to contact the nearest police…

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“Deploy security to Zamfara over ‘heart-breaking’ killings”, Miyetti-Allah urges FG

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The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN has pleaded with the Federal Government to deploy security agencies to Zamfara State to prevent the killings in some parts of the State. According reports, at least seven people were killed after unknown gunmen went from house to house killing people in the Chafe local government area of the State. National Secretary, MACBAN, Bello Gotomo, in an issued statement, said the attacks were carried out by an outlawed group tagged: “Yan Sa Kai group”. He called on the State Government to ban the activities…

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“Buhari has failed us” – Miyetti Allah alleges

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A coalition of cattle breeders’ associations in Nigeria have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failure to address their challenges, leaving them exposed to victimization with hundreds of their members killed and their cattle rustled. The coalition of pastoralists association is made up of members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Tabital Pulaaku International, Nigeria chapter and Fulbe Global Dev. And Rights Initiatives (FGDRI). Members of the group raised the alarm over the upsurge of violence and what they called ethnic cleansing of pastoral communities in parts of…

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“People don’t rent houses to us anymore in Anambra” – Miyetti-Allah

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Members of the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Anambra State have bemoaned the hostility towards its members in some parts of the south-eastern State. Leader of MACBAN in South-East, Gidado Siddiki, disclosed this to journalists after attending Governor Charles Soludo’s one-year Anniversary in office. The event which was held in Akwa, the state capital, had many dignitaries in attendance. Siddiki cited Anaku, Umueje, Omor, Igbakwu, Omasi, Umumbo, Umuerum and Ifite-Ogwari all in Ayamelum local government council of the areas of the state as places where MACBAN members…

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“Nasarawa killings a war crime; presidency, military’s silence unacceptable” – MACBAN

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The Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN), has condemned the silence of the Federal Government and the military authorities on the deaths of pastoralists in Nasarawa State. Recall earlier reports that over 38 pastoralists were bombed to death in Rukubi village, of Doma local government area of the state last week. The incident had sparked outrage, but the authorities have been silent on it. In an issued statement yesterday, the MACBAN’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, said the Benue State government should be held liable for the atrocious…

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“Investigate killing of pastoralists in Nasarawa”, MACBAN urges Human Rights Commission

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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. The association’s National Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Abdullahi, made the call in an issued statement on Friday, in Abuja. Recall that the Nasarawa State, Police Command, on Thursday confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma local government area of the State The MACBAN spokesperson, who said that the killings constitute…

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2023: Seyi Tinubu visits Miyetti-Allah

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…Says APC represents ‘New Hope’ Son of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Seyi Tinubu, has asked the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti-Allah Kautal Hore association, to support his father. Seyi made the request yesterday, during a visit to the association’s President, Abdullahi Bodejo. He was accompanied by members of the City Boy Youth Movement (CBYM), a Tinubu/Shettima support group. For ‘renewed hope for Nigeria’, Tinubu’s son urged Nigerian youths to vote for the APC in the next month’s elections. According to him, the youth wing of the APC and…

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