Benue Govt Blasts Cattle Breeders Group for Demanding Saraki's Resignation ...Says APC, MiyettI Allah sound the same

 

The Benue State Government has come down hard on the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on Wednesday following its  demand for the  resignation of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, saying Miyetti Allah and the All Progressives Congress (APC) now sound like one association with similar objectives.

In a statement by the groups coordinator in Makurdi Mr Garus Gololo,he called for the resignation of Saraki

However, the spokesman for the  state governor, Mr. Terver Akase, in a statement accused the group of assuming the leadership of the country.

He said the state government find it strange that many hours after such inciting comments, the man who spoke on behalf of the group has not been invited by security operatives for questioning. 

"The association asked the Senate president to resign or it will force him out of office. What an insult to democracy"

"He said It is becoming clear by the day that Miyetti Allah groups have not only assumed the position of the ruling party but are also influential to decisions of governance in this country," the state said.

He questioned the constitutional right the group had to spew invectives on the person and office of the Senate President without being arrested? 

"Are security agencies sending a signal to Nigerians that Miyetti Allah groups are above the law and therefore untouchable?" 

He said the group has penchant for making inflammatory statements.

" This is not the first time that Miyetti Allah associations have made inflammatory statements. The other time, the groups held press conferences and threatened to unleash terror on Benue people. They made real their threats and came out to claim responsibility for the killing of over 500 innocent Benue people between January and this month. They followed their gory act with threats of more bloodshed in Benue till the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment law 

Akase said Miyetti Allah and the All Progressives Congress (APC) now sound like one association with similar objectives.

 "Nigerians should compare the tone of APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole when he threatened that the party would force Senator Saraki out of office if he failed to resign and the latest threat by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association to forcefully evict Senator Saraki from office. The words are similar, the motive the same and the agenda also one," he said.

On Miyetti Allah's attacks against the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, in the same media report, we are no longer surprised as the groups have never hidden their obsession with the Governor's name. No day passes without the said groups coming out with one publication or the other against the Governor. 

He said Ortom won't bow to intimidation and harassment from them or any other person. "The Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law which they hate so much has come to stay and anyone who intends to breed livestock in Benue should be prepared to ranch the animals.