The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCON) says it has introduced a law banning the transportation of humans and animals in the same truck.
“This law bans the overloading of passengers in the same vehicles conveying cattle from the north to Lagos, Port Harcourt, and other parts of the southern regions,” Mohammed Tahir, national president of the union, said in Kaduna.
The development came following the continued clamp down by the Amotekun Corps on northerners migrating to the South-West in trucks conveying cattle.
This is also amid the dangers posed by their unfiltered movement, leading to the arrest of northerners with ammunition and dangerous weapons by the local security outfit.
Speaking further, Mr Tahir said the cattle dealers decided to take the measure following unfavourable reports about the movement of humans and cattle in the same vehicle, thereby causing a security threat, especially in the southwest and east…
