MACBAN Mourns, Condemns Killing Of Gwagwalada Branch Chairman
- Demands action by security agencies against bandits
BY VICTOR BUORO – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has condemned the gruesome murder of its Gwagwalada Area Council Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Adamu, his son, and three other people by bandits.
In a statement released in Abuja on Sunday, the National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, lamented that Adamu and four others were killed by bandits at Dako hamlet, near Dobi Village in the Gwagwalada area of Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The statement said; “Adamu was said to have been trailed by the bandits from Izom Cattle Market in Niger State. Four other people in the same vehicle with him were kidnapped and the bandits are asking for N100 million as ransom.
“MACBAN views the increasing cases of activities of bandits in Niger and now the FCT as a great threat to the thriving livestock industry in the two states”, adding that the Association is calling “on the security agencies to take action against the ever-increasing activities of bandits.”
In demanding more action by the security agencies to checkmate bandits, Ngelzarma said it is sad that MACBAN has lost two state chairmen and five local government chairmen following the criminal activities of cattle rustlers and bandits across the country.
Meanwhile, emerging reports indicate the deceased had traveled to Niger State with some of his members for a business transaction that ran into millions of Naira, and while returning from the trip to Abuja, he preferred to do a night journey rather than wait for the next morning.
It was further gathered that the group opted to follow a bush path in the night while returning, with a source saying “that is how the Fulani move”. And on getting to Daku village in Dobi ward, a border village between FCT and Niger state, the Chairman and his team were attacked by the gun-wielding criminals who shot him and the three others.
Confirming the attack and death of Alhaji Aliyu, Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Babaji Sunday said investigations have already commenced into the incident which occurred on Thursday night.
