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Miyetti Allah’s Denial diversionary — Ohanaeze Ndigbo

By Nnamdi Akpa, Abakaliki
09 June 2019   |   3:50 am
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC), at the weekend, said denial by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria of its threat to attack Southeast over non-provision grazing land was diversionary tactics to get back ....

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC), at the weekend, said denial by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria of its threat to attack Southeast over non-provision grazing land was diversionary tactics to get back to the people unawares and unprepared.

The Zonal Chairman, Miyetti Allah, Southeast, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, denied a report that they would attack the zone but OYC insisted such denial could not be trusted.

President of OYC, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement, in Abakaliki, called on communities to be vigilante and resist further attack on them by the herdsmen, saying: “We will not fold our arms and allow evil to thrive by these herdsmen.” He called for establishment of vigilance groups to prevent further herdsmen attack, saying: “We have not forgotten raping of women in their farms in Ebonyi State, invasion in Enugu and in Abia, where herdsmen chopped off a lady’s hand among others…”

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