The controversy surrounding the request by herdsmen to allow them set up a vigilante in the south east seems to be a hoax going by the communique released by the South East Governors’ forum office.
The confusion in the communique, however, is in the third paragraph which listed the participants to include the members the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, and went ahead in the third resolution in the communique which said that all the stakeholders in the south east (including the MACBAN) should be involved in the community policing of the zone.
Recall that during the meeting on Thursday, the leadership of Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria requested that they be given the opportunity to form a vigilante the will be compromised of their people in the south east zone
The Full communique is presented bellow
