Baba Ngelzerma, The secretary general of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, has appealed to Governor Ayod...
Baba Ngelzerma, The secretary
general of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, has
appealed to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state to overturn the ban on
herdsmen and their grazing cattle.
He made the appeal in an
interview with Channels Television where he also talked about the readiness of
the group to negotiate with the Ekiti government.
He said:
“We had a meeting with our
elites from different fields of human endeavours to find solutions to these
problems. We are calling on the governor of Ekiti state to show a lot of statesmanship.
“These things are perpetrated
by criminals. No doubt what happened is sad but before investigations are
concluded, people jump to conclusions that things were done by herdsmen; it may
be so, but at least as a governor he should wait and find out who the perpetrators
are before apportioning blame.
“You cannot blame an entire
group for a crime committed by few. There was a situation in Ore where a
watchman killed a herdsman, we did not take law into our hands, instead we
reported to the police.
“We cannot say that the Yoruba
people are responsible for that. If you stop the Fulanis from grazing, where
should they go?"
