As part of
deliberate and elaborate efforts by the Nigeria Police Force to finally bring
to an end the lingering crisis between herdsmen and farmers in some parts of
the country, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni,
psc, Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Force Headquarters, Abuja held an
interactive meeting with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore (Umbrella
body for Fulani Herdsmen), which comes as the first of a series of meetings
already planned by the Force.
The essence
of the meeting was to find an alternative dispute resolution mechanism geared
towards finding a lasting solution to the lingering crisis. The IGP called on
the leadership of Miyetti Allah and other relevant stakeholders to cooperate
with the Police in this regards. The IGP further reiterated that in addition to
the ongoing crisis management measures and the core law enforcement strategies
already being implemented by the Force in the affected areas, there was need
for the Police to meet with stakeholders and parties to the conflict so as to
bring an end to the crisis.
On their
part, the Miyetti Allah delegates assured the IGP of their readiness to
cooperate with the Government and the Police in finding lasting solutions to
the problem.
Consequently,
a committee was constituted which has the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in
charge of Operations as Chairman. Other members of the committee include: the
President, the Secretary-General and three other members from both Miyetti
Allah as well as the President and the executives of Farmers Associations and
community leaders of the affected areas. The IGP charged the committee to visit
all the affected states to liaise with Police Commands and to consult with the
Governors and stakeholders in the affected states with the view to entrenching
peaceful co-existence.
Also in attendance
at the meeting were the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police in charge of
Training and Operations Departments respectively, Principal Staff Officer to
the IGP and other Senior Police Officers.
CSP FRANK E. MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
ABUJA
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