BEVERLY HILLS, March 24, (THEWILL) – An umbrella body of cowboys, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, on Wednesday said that herders are facing many challenges from hostile host committees including vigilante groups and other criminal elements who rustle cows in the country.
The group said some displaced herders in the country, who were dispossessed of their cows, ended up becoming bandits that carry out attacks, including kidnapping, on Nigerians.
Spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, told Punch on Wednesday in an online interview programme, The Roundtable.
Alhassan said it was unfair to label every herder a criminal, adding that it was sad that herders have been singled out for victimisation.
He said the herders now turned bandits were fighting an economic fight and not an ideological fight.
Alhassan further warned that states banning open grazing and chasing out herders from their domains were unknowingly more creating crisis.
