The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the South-West geo-political zone of the country has concluded arrangements to meet with all the six governors of the region with a view to ensuring security in the region.

The chairman, Ondo State chapter of the association, Alhaji Bello Garba who disclosed this in Akure said the association would soon meet on how to work with governments in the South West to tackle the issue of kidnapping and other crimes in the region.

Garba said the association had been working with security agencies in the region on the issue of security.

He said the organisation discovered that some herdsmen who were not their members were coming from Edo, Ogun and other neighbouring states to operate in Ondo State, especially along the Shagamu-Ore expressway.

According to him, the National Chairman of the association, Alhaji Mohammadu Kirwa, had directed that the Ondo State chapter should cooperate with the state governors, police commissioners and other security agencies in the South West to deal with the issue of kidnapping

This development followed the spate of kidnapping and killing on highways in the South-West, especially along the Lagos-Ibadan, Lagos-Benin, Ondo-Ore, Akure-Owo-Akoko and Ibadan-Gbongan-Akure expressways.

In one of such attacks on July 12, 2019, suspected kidnappers shot dead Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the 58-year-old daughter of an Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.

Garba asserted that the Ondo chapter of MACBAN and the national body had resolved to deal decisively with the scourge of kidnapping and killings in the South-West region. (Daily Sun)

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