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Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appealed to all arms-bearing herders to lay down their arms, particularly the AK-47 in lieu of the various security challenges in the country.
The governor made the appeal, Wednesday, at the official launch of the 2021 Annual Livestock Vaccination Campaign at Galambi cattle ranch in the state.
Governor Bala Muhammed told the farmers, herders and people of the state that their wellbeing will remain a priority of his government while efforts in place to reduce the farmer-herder clashes.
“I will do everything to protect you and support you because through time and history, you seem to have been lampooned, subjected to caricature, but you remain humane, simple, you don’t show so much aggression and of course, that humility, is always what we recognize,” Governor Mohammed said.
“Please don’t carry the AK-47; try to make sure that you remain peaceful”.
He also promised to continue to be a mouthpiece for the innocent Fulani herdsmen who are being downcast while advising them to conduct themselves peacefully and identify the miscreants among them for punitive measures.
Meanwhile, Governor Mohammed said he has no apology for speaking up against ethnic profiling of Fulani Herdsmen.
He, however, assured Nigerians that his previous comments were not intended to generate controversies and escalate tension.
