Disregard Ortom, Miyetti Allah Urges FG As Gov Wants Them Declared Terrorists
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has urged the Federal Government to disregard the call by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State for the association to be proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
Ortom had, shortly after the FG gazetted bandits as terrorists, called for Miyetti Allah to also be given the same label.
According to him, Miyetti Allah has threatened to disrupt peace in Benue State over the anti-open razing law in the state.
But reacting, Baba Ngelzarma, national secretary of MACBAN, described Ortom’s request as “unpatriotic”.
“We are not at all surprised at the recent call by Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State for the proscription of our association (MACBAN) going by his antecedents, whose stock in trade is fanning the embers of hatred between peaceful Nigerians that have been living in peace for many centuries,” he said in a statement.
“We, therefore, call on the federal government to ignore this unpatriotic call by a wayward governor who is hell-bent on putting this country into unnecessary crisis.
“MACBAN is not and will never be a terrorist organisation.
“We are fully registered with the regulatory agencies with clear vision and mission to foster peaceful coexistence to our teeming members as well as serving humanity positively.”
Ngelzarma also advised Ortom to “concentrate on delivering the dividends of democracy to the good people of Benue”, instead of “chasing phantom shadows”.
