Miyetti Allah calls for establishment of Fulani vigilante group in South-east, Ohanaeze kicks

MACBAN leaders 

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called for establishment of Fulani Youth Vigilante body in the South-East.

According to the group, the request is to complement those in their host communities and other constituted security apparatus in the zone.

The cattle breeders made the request just as the South-East governors told them that nobody in the zone was against cattle rearing but that it was paramount for everyone to understand that there are rules of engagement in every relationship, including that of herders and farmers.

But reacting to the MACBAN's request, the President-General of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo said the group would resist Fulani vigilantes in Igbo land.

Also the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, described the proposal as a provocative agenda.