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The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) and other groups within the Middle Belt region have described the establishment of a uniformed security outfit by Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, as fraught with mischief and an invitation to anarchy.
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore announced on Wednesday the formation of a national security outfit in Abuja which it claimed would assist security agencies in curbing crimes such as cattle rustling, kidnapping and rural banditry in the country.
The association also asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take pro-active measures to protect Fulani pastoralists across the country from ethnic militias and state-sponsored vigilantes.
Speaking with Saturday Tribune on the establishment of the the outfit, the National President of the Middle Belt Forum, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, said it was unfortunate that a group like Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore could come up with such a security idea when it was being classified as an aggressor.
Dr Pogu, who said the move was an invitation to anarchy, disclosed that it was a misnomer for such a group to form a vigilance group in areas it had no control over or outside its jurisdiction, adding that the the people of the Middle Belt would equally come up with their own fashion of security group to protect themselves.
He said: “The Middle Belt will come up with its own; it is an open thing now; each group should come up with its own vigilante. We will also create our own, and when they attack, we will know what to do.
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