Over 100 herders kidnapped daily, many killed, govt silent

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The Coalition of Pastoralists Association (CPAN) has raised the alarm about the continued killing and kidnapping of over one hundred herders daily in some parts of the country.

The pastoralists said their members have suffered killings and paid ransoms to kidnappers paying huge amounts of money and sometimes used their animals for ransoms.

Addressing journalists on behalf of the Coalition, the National President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Baba Othman Ngelzarma said the Nigerian state has in recent years watched the cattle rearing business go down the drain due to natural and man-made disasters.

Other members of the Coalition include…



Source: Nigerian Tribune