The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in Kebbi State has revealed why sustainable peace would continue to elude Nigerians.<\/p>\n
MACBAN explained that peace would continue to elude Nigerians if illegal arms are allowed to remain in the hands of unauthorised people, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports .<\/p>\n
State Chairman of the body, Alhaji Muhammad Ardo-Zuru, while addressing newsmen in Birnin-Kebbi, the state capital, over the weekend, urged security agencies across the country to retrieve these illegally acquired weapons from unauthorised persons.<\/p>\n
According to Ardo-Zuru, \u201cSustainable peace will continue to elude us if such weapons, including guns and ammunition, are left in the hands of criminals.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor peace to endure in the country, authorities will have to ensure deliberate steps are taken to mop up all guns and ammunition in criminal hands.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis should be in addition to prosecuting all those found wanting in the killing of innocent people, no matter how highly placed they are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ardo-Zuru, expressed the desire of the Miyetti Allah to cooperate with government and security agencies to maintain peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not in support of the call that communities should take laws into their hands, in the name of defending themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose behind recent killings are only out to provoke other sections so they can destabilise the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201dOur members have been killed across the country, but as leaders, we cannot allow them to avenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe realised that those who attacked Fulani people in Taraba, Benue and Kaduna states carried out those attacks purposely to destabilise the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, in Kebbi State has revealed why sustainable peace would continue to elude Nigerians. MACBAN explained that peace would continue to elude Nigerians if illegal arms are allowed to remain in the hands of unauthorised people, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports . State Chairman of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":5925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[423,246,179,180],"class_list":["post-5921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-agency","tag-community","tag-terror","tag-terrorist"],"yoast_head":"\n