The government of Ebonyi State, on Monday, said to control the security challenges in the State, Fulani headers grazing in the State shall henceforth graze with an identity card.
Consequently, the Government directed all local government Chairmen to liaise with the leaders of the Myetti Allah to produce identity cards for headers grazing within the premises of their local government area.
The Government also directed the state chief judge to set up a special court for the trial of rape, cult cases, headsmen clashes in the State.
These were contained in a communique raised at the end of an Enlarged security council meeting with Myetti Allah cattle Breeders Association leadership, Ebonyi State, and the state government.
The Government also ban Fulani headers from grazing inside the new Government house and schools in the State.
“All local government Chairmen to liaise with the leaders of the Myetti Allah to produce identity card for headers grazing with the premises of their local government area.
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“Among the issues we looked at, is the killing of members of Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Ebonyi state, the rape cases that were reported by community leaders, in some cases the Development Centre Coordinators and some council Chairmen in Ebonyi state, the destruction of our farmlands and the attacks on some communities by some persons suspected to be Myetti Allah.
“We arrived at this communique that henceforth, members of Myetti Allah and their leaders must take responsibilities of any destruction of farm, crops, properties including any attack on any community in Ebonyi state. Rape cases are not exempted from this. They must produce within seven days for arrest and prosecution of perpetrators of such dastardly acts from among their members.
“Community leaders and traditional rulers, Development Centre Coordinators, Local Government Council Chairmen, and our political office holders must take responsibilities and produce killer armed herdsmen for arrest and prosecution within seven days.
“Henceforth, herders must reside in the communities where they graze their cattle.
“The various communities are by this meeting empower to arrest and hand over to the police any under-aged cattle rearer grazing within their communities and the Chief herder who is a custodian of such under-aged person should be prosecuted by the police in accordance with the police by our law.
“All persons carrying arms on our concrete roads must be arrested and handed over to the police within seven days for prosecution by the community where such infractions occur”. The communique said
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