An Igbo group, Voice from the East, VEAST, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, to declare herdsmen as terrorists because of the dastardly way they have been killing and destroying properties in Nigeria.
The group which made the call in a release made available to newsmen in Enugu, also called on the Federal Government to proscribe Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore who breed the animals.
According to the convener of the group, Comrade Kindness Jonah who signed the release, Justice Matthew Kolawoke of the Federal High Court, Abuja, should on June 21, declare herdsmen as well as the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, as terrorists following a suit filed by a Makurdi-based lawyer, Matthew Nyiutsa before the court.
The interest group maintained that for Nigeria to be one united and indivisible country, armed herdsmen should be outlawed.
“We, the VEAST believe that for Nigeria to be truly one, the touchy issue of outlandish killings of innocent Nigerians by bloodsucking herdsmen must be decisively addressed,” the group posited.
