The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has said that the increasing level of banditry in the North should be blamed on the past activities by some state Governors
The group in a statement by its spokesman, Saleh Hassan, said some herdsmen resorted to banditry after losing their cattle and businesses due to pressure from some governors.
“The crisis of bandits in the north-west is because of some of the activities of the governors in the past.
“They put pressure on the herders. They lose their cattle. They have no business. Now, they have joined bandits. They are not spirits. They have reasons why they emerged as bandits.
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“If you destroy grazing, you are going to create another problem. They destroyed their economy. They have no cattle and they got radicalised.
“Miyetti Allah members are peaceful herders. We have bandits; we have criminal elements in the forest. They are not necessarily herders,” Hassan said.
