Chiroma who spoke to newsmen on phone yesterday said that the only solution to the herdsmen killings was for stakeholders in the state and security agencies cooperate to fish out the criminal elements among the herdsmen.
He said that in every society, there were criminal elements saying that this was not peculiar to Fulani herdsmen.
Chiroma who is North Central Zonal Chairman of MACBAN said that security agents should work with Fulani herdsmen in the state so as to get rid of criminal elements among them.
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According to him, ‘there are criminals in every society and until the criminal elements among the Fulani herdsmen are fished out.’
“Leaders of the Benue people and Fulani herdsmen have to come together so they can fish out the criminals causing the problem for Benue to live in peace.
“Also, security agencies have to work with the Fulani herders to fish out the real criminals among them.”
While saying that the association would support the anti-open grazing law despite the fact that they did not accept the law, Chiroma said that they do not have an option since the law has been put in place.
He insisted that the group would cooperate with the state government to expose criminal elements from both sides responsible for the current crisis in the state.
He noted that the law should have provided space for them to the ranch as well as other social amenities considering that the herders have coexisted with the Benue people for over a 100 years.
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