A group, Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN), has called on the relevant authorities to bring to an end, the activities of both armed bandits and vigilantes, Daily Post reports.
KACRAN’S National President, Khalil Mohammed Bello made the call in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Monday, December 6, 2021.
He alleged that vigilantes are the ones fueling crises, as far as the development of banditry activities in the Northwest region is concerned.
On armed banditry, according to Bello, KACRAN sees no reason why people will arm themselves for whatever reason in the name of defending their people, since it is not a stateless society.
As Nigeria’s enemies of peace, as he called them, the activities of both vigilantes and bandits must be brought to an end by relevant government agencies for peace to reign in the troubled Northwest.
“Against all, we of Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria, (KACRAN), reject vigilantism and banditry of all sort for the fact that, we strongly believe, if people are allowed barbarically use arms in the name of self defense, the entire country will be doomed or plunged into lawlessness and anarchism, whereby killing, kidnapping, attacking and other vices will be the order of the day”, he said.
Khalil Mohammed Bello, on behalf of the Association, called on federal and state governments to emulate the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who totally banned vigilantes in the state, in order to prevent reprisal attacks.
