Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Christopher Musa, has said that there is nothing like farmers-herders clash, insisting that it is the animal that goes after the farm.
Addressing newsmen on Tuesday, the Chief of Defence Staff
highlighted the three main issues behind the incessant killings in Benue State
and other parts of the country.
He also noted that the issue of animal rustling, which could
also be linked to the movement of animals, must be addressed.
The CDS said that the issue of land which results in violent
attacks between indigenes and non indigenes has become critical and only has a
political solution.
The army chief pointed out that most of those problems would
go away once animals stop moving, therefore calling on the government to
provide political solutions to the conflicts.
“Now, from what I have observed, two or three basic things,
one is the issue of land, [between] indigene and non indigene, [is] critical,
which is political. That’s supposed to be sorted out politically.
“Secondly, the issue of the movement of animals. I’ve told
people over time that when they say farmer headers clash, clash means two
things are moving. But if a farm is [just there] and an animal comes in, it is
not a clash, it’s somebody entering somebody’s [asset]. So we must find
solutions to how, which means if the animals don’t move, we don’t have issues.
“Now again, because of that again, we have issues of
rustling of animals, which means if we don’t even rustle animals again that are
moving again, there won’t be most of this problem.
“So that we must be able to address, and like I said, most
of it is a political solution that needs to come into it, because it not what
the military can solve. What we can stop is to try and stop people from
attacking people.”
Recall that over 200 people were burnt alive in one of the
latest herdsmen attacks in Yelwata community of Guma Local Government Area of
Benue State.
The incident, which has attracted global condemnation, has
continued to garner reactions across the country.
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