Disarm all herdsmen now - Nigerians in Diaspora tell FG

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- The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas condemn armed herdsmen’s terrorism against Nigerians

- The group urges the government to deploy all instruments of state security forces to punish the perpetrators of herdsmen violence

- Islamic State terrorists discovered, arrested in Benue, Edo, Kogi

The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) has urged the federal government to check the activities of armed herdsmen in Nigeria, saying they pose a security threat to the country.

NIDOA, in a statement by Patience Key, Chairperson of NIDO USA and George Nwogu, public relations director, NIDO Americas Board of Trustees, condemned what they termed the needless and mindless killings of innocent Nigerians by armed herdsmen, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

“It is appalling that in spite of the country’s strict gun control laws, persons purported to be herdsmen carry and use military-style assault weapons openly with impunity.

“These highly armed herdsmen pose terrorist threats to all law-abiding unarmed Nigerians and they must not be allowed to carry on unchecked.

“Armed herdsmen’s terrorism against Nigerians should be condemned by all decent and peace-loving people.

“The continued bloodletting must be stopped immediately. The government should disarm all armed herdsmen as they have no right to carry sophisticated weapons in the guise of shepherding cattle.

“We strongly condemn these barbaric acts of violence by these reckless armed herdsmen and urge the perpetrators of these heinous acts to be brought to book and face justice.

“The continued audacious actions of the herdsmen without regard for human lives and the laws of our land represent a clear and present danger as well as threat to the peace and unity of the country,” it said.

NIDOA asked the government not to waver but deploy all instruments of state security forces not only to punish the perpetrators but to prevent future wanton killings of innocent Nigerians.

It called for efforts to regulate the open cattle grazing method in the country to modern standards that utilise ranches as done in other countries and ensure respect for the dignity of human lives and property.

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The group offered its condolences to the people of Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa state as well as all other Nigerians who had lost loved ones to what it termed “wanton criminal acts”.

Meanwhile, many members of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) who infiltrated Nigeria have been arrested in Benue, Edo and Kogi.

Security operatives have identified the infiltration of Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Nigeria’s north-central and south-south.

Security reports say further revealed that a “good number” of the Islamic State terrorists were arrested in Edo, specifically in Akoko-Edo, Okpella and Benin as well as in Okene, in Kogi. Security service organizations who are carrying out surveillance and arrest included the Department of State Service (DSS).

Security service organizations who are carrying out surveillance and arrest included the Department of State Service (DSS).

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