The South-East Governors have insisted that there wouldn’t be any cattle ranch or cattle colony in their zone.
This was made known by the Chairman of the southeast governors’ forum, Gov. Dave Umahi while reacting to lingering controversies surrounding the alleged proposal by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to organize local vigilante groups in the South-East.
In a statement released by Umahi’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Uzor on Monday in Abakaliki, he refuted the allegation of the governors permitting MACBAN to form vigilance group.
A section of the statement reads: “The Miyetti Allah group may have made that suggestion which I believe will never mean to form a vigilante in South East whichever is the meaning, no governor will allow that.
“South-East governors have their local vigilance groups working with security agencies; any such demand by Miyetti group is a joke and not acceptable.
South-East would not allow any Miyetti vigilante in any part of the zone, neither would it allow cattle ranch nor cattle colony”.
“Finally, we insist there will be no Miyetti vigilante, no cattle ranch or colony; but we must live peacefully with herdsmen that do not destroy our farmlands especially those that were born here and have lived peacefully with us.
All South-East governors are together in this position,” He said.