Ban on open grazing: Leave Southern Nigeria - Miyetti Allah tells herdsmen

• Governors in the 17 states place a ban on open grazing in the southern state

• Miyetti Allah asks herdsmen to leave the Southern state

Following the ban placed on open grazing in the Southern part of Nigeria, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has called on all Fulani herdsmen to immediately leave the Southern states.

The ban on open grazing in the southern part of the country was placed by the state governors.

According to MACBAN this move was taken to prevent the governors of the 17 states from frustrating their business.

The letter in part reads;

“This is a simple calculation. We are heading for secession. The rulers are no longer interested in the people. If some people are banned from open grazing, there is nothing more. Fulani people should move out from there. It is very simple.

Must we transport the cattle there? I have said it before. We have an option of breeding our cattle here (North). We are peace lovers. Let them come and buy from us. It is some people’s fault.

The Southern governors can do that. There is no problem, let them do what they want. If the Northern governors feel like, they can ban open grazing. We don’t care.

The President is there as a figurehead. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. He is not controlling anybody. In our country now, everyone does what he feels like. The country is already moving apart. Where is the central government, if some governors can meet and take decisions that are against the Constitution.

We also call on the President to step aside or for Nigerians to put heads together and elect a credible president in 2023, a leader with focus and competence. Nigeria should get a leader with a good example, who is ready to sacrifice his life for his subjects.”