Daily Mail is reporting that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, has thrown a huge carrot at the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, by offering it N100 billion, to stop the kidnappings and killings in the country.
The Federal Government delegation, it was reported, was led by the Minister of Interior, Abdul-Rahman Dambazau, and met with MACBAN Leaders, on Friday.
It was a closed-door meeting, which lasted for over 5-hours, as monetary negotiations according to the Daily Mail source, dragged on, until N100 billion was accepted.
MACBAN has said that it will take nothing less than N160 billion.
However, briefing Newsmen after the meeting, the Minister said that the “gathering is part of steps we have taken to tackle insecurity and clashes between herdsmen and farmers.”
“You should not forget the fact that we have extended the meeting as a regional one, when the Economic Community of West African Countries hosted a Conference on this.
“These issues were discussed, and part of the dialogue was to provide a national action plan on security challenges, and solutions by all members of the ECOWAS Commission, and to present it to the Commission for consideration.
“That is the main reason we have come to Kebbi State, to dialogue with Leaders of herdsmen, as part of the process’’, Danbazzau said.
Recall, that herdsmen have been on rampage since 2015, at the ascension of Buhari as Nigeria’s President, sacking, killing, raping, and kidnapping innocent Nigerians, as well as foreigners in the country, for ransom, which often lead to deaths.
The orgy of kidnapping has made major national roads, especially in the North-West impassable. The Abuja/Kaduna road is one major roads that has been affected.
The herdsmen also attacked and killed many people in villages and farms in Benue, Zamfara, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kaduna, Enugu, Imo, Cross River, Edo, Delta, Abia, Kwara, Taraba, Osun, Ondo, Sokoto, and other States.
The killings associated with the Fulani herdsmen, led to the group designation as the fourth most dangerous and deadly terrorist group in the world, by the World Terrorist Index.
Also at the meeting was the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Muhammad Adamu, who a few days ago, gave a grim picture of the havoc being wrecked on Nigerians by the herdsmen.
While noting that over one thousand people had been killed, and a lot more kidnapped in Kaduna, he noted in Bernin Kebbi that: “The criminals have infiltrated the crisis, and we should cooperate and deal decisively with the culprits, hence we called for this interaction.
“Those criminals that are beyond redemption, will be dealt with and brought to book”, Adamu said.
On his position, the State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, revealed that hosting the meeting in his State, “shows the seriousness of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in tackling the security challenges in the country.”
Responding, the President of MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammad Kiruwa, said: “This is the first of its kind in the history of this country, for the President to direct his Security Aides to interact with an aggrieved party to air its views.
“This meeting will serve as a foundation for peace between the Fulani herdsmen and Farmers; and among the Fulanis themselves”, Kiruwa said.
The members of the Federal Government delegation at the meeting included: Alh. Yusuf Bichi, Director-General (DG) Department of State Security Services, Alh Ahmed Rufa’I, DG, National Intelligence Agency, among others.
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