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The Orientation Course Batch "B" Stream II in 2017, to be held later this year in all countries, was suspended in Taraba and Benue by the National Youth Corps Service (NYSC).
According to NYSC, the new date will be notified to all Forward Corp members deployed in the Benue and Taraba states, because the agency regrets any deficiencies.
The NYSC announcement came after the attack of the Herdsmen in the affected states, leaving hundreds of dead. Remember that we also notify the national vice president of the Miyetti Allah's association, Yusuf Husaini Bosso, issued a warning to Governor Benue State, Samuel Ortom, telling him to wait for more blood.
According to Husain Yusuf Bosso, the attacks and others out of any anti-pastoral law that the ortho governor has run and will only stop if he falls. Sunnews reports that he went on to say that before the law farmers settled their problems with farmers in the state, but the governor passed the law without consulting the stakeholders.
We, the association wrote a letter to him, even met him.
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We told him that this law cannot work. We told them that there is an international cattle route from Niger to Eastern Nigeria. He said he will not allow cattle to pass through Benue state even if it is the cattle route
We told him that if he wants to implement that law, he must provide a land for us to rent. He did not provide any land for cattle herders. They have been in that state even before colonial days and co-existing peacefully.
We advised him and he refused to listen to us. We are not against that law but he has to provide a land for these people before implementing such a law. If there is no land, there is a problem.
The civilian Joint Task Force that he introduced are inflicting pain on the Fulani herdsmen. They attack and seize their animals. They drag them to the nearest police station where huge amount of money is collected before they are granted bail. .
This is the cause of this problem. If you attack a cattle herder and collect his cattle, he has no choice but to attack. The law is saying that herdsmen should not pass through the state even if it’s a route to another area. .
In the past , if there was damage by the cattle , we had ways to settle the matter. When you damage a farm, you have to beg the owner , if they refuse, you pay for the damages.
This has worked for us for years till Benue State decided to implement the anti-grazing law. We have challenged the law in court and till court decides which way forward, Ortom will be held responsible for any further bloodshed” he said.
They better do because the securities in those state is not longer save again.
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