One of the umbrella bodies of herdsmen in Nigeria, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, says herders are facing so 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, end up becoming bandits carrying out several attacks including kidnapping Nigerians.
A spokesman for the group, Saleh Alhassan, who stated this on Wednesday said it was unfair to label every herder as a criminal, adding that it was sad that herders have been singled out for victimization.
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He said the herders now turned bandits were fighting an economic fight and not an ideological fight.
The spokesman said states banning open grazing and chasing out herders from their domains are creating a crisis unknown to them.
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