Insecurity: Miyetti Allah promise to fight scourge in Nigeria

•Inaugurates 2140 security operatives

THE National Association of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani Socio Cultural Organisation, yesterday, vowed to remove bad eggs among them and others involved in criminal activities across the country.

The group said it would to assist in providing security support to the mainstream security agencies to stem the rate of kidnapping, banditry, insurgency and other criminal activities bedeviling the country.

National President of the Association, Bello Badejo, who spoke in Lafia, said the association aimed at complementing the nation’s conventional security agencies efforts in combating the increasing rate violent crimes allegedly committed by members of the association.

Badejo said: “The quasi-security outfit will comprise 2,140 operatives to assist in fishing out bad eggs in our midst, reduce the consequential allegation on those who were treated unjustly for crimes not committed.”

He said the “operatives will be selected from within the immediate communities where they reside because doing so, will address the prevalence of security challenges in Nasarawa and some flash points in some states.

“We are, therefore, seeking the support of the government in providing non-kinetic equipment to the outfit, while we intend to extend the programme to Plateau, Kaduna, FCT and other security-prone states to end the menace.”