The Federal government better make up its mind over who are behind the incessant attack of the herdsmen. One day the SSS says the attacks are the handiwork of the IS in West Africa another day the military will say the attacks are as a result of the anti grazing laws enacted by different states in the Federation. What this means is that the agencies saddled with the security of the country are not on the same page. It is either they are incompetent or they lack the will to call a spade a spade. If the latter is the case then the security agencies are part of the problem.
The other aspect of this is that the statement by the Defense Minister Mansur Dan-Ali http://punchng.com/defence-minister-blames-herdsmen-killings-on-anti-grazing-law-route-blockage/is unfortunate not least because it came out of his mouth but because he seemed to tacitly support the actions of the murderous herdsmen but implying that because of the fact that you don't like a law that gives you the right to react violently and criminally to the said law. This, unfortunately, is an invitation to anarchy because it engenders a resort to self help by citizens which has the deleterious effect of upending law and order in the polity. If one is not comfortable with a particular law there is a laid down procedure for challenging that law. The Minister should therefore be seen by all peace loving people as a contributor to the conflagration sweeping across the country as a result of the criminal activities of the Fulani herdsmen.
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