PDP Ask Buhari To Arrest Miyetti Allah Leaders Within 24 Hours

President Buhari

The major opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has on Wednesday given President Muhammadu Buhari “24 hours to arrest leaders” of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN.

The PDP stated that should President Muhammadu Buhari fail to order the arrest of MACBAN leaders and commence their prosecution, Nigerians will hold him responsible for the actions of the group, henceforth.

The party said this while responding to MACBAN’s threat that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki should resign his position or be forced out.

According to the Daily Post report, the PDP, while describing MACBAN as an “agent of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the Buhari Presidency”, stated that the threat against Saraki was “ominous and revealing.”

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A statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP’s spokesperson, said the threat has allegedly exposed the alleged synergy between APC and MACBAN.

The PDP spokesperson's statement reads:

“If anything, this unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling party and some troublesome elements, who are being used to stoke division and create violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodlettings in various parts of the country.

“It is now abundantly clear to Nigerians that those fomenting crisis, including the bloody clashes in Benue, Taraba, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Edo, Borno, Yobe, Enugu, Kogi, Adamawa and other states
in our country, have political backers, who now want to channel them to achieve their unpatriotic quest to subvert our constitution and forcefully take over the National Assembly.

“Before now, to majority of Nigerians, the Miyetti Allah has always represented the military wing of the APC and the Buhari Presidency. It is incontrovertible that they have now become the fourth arm of government that can determine when and how to forcefully remove the
number three citizen, the President of the Senate.

“It is common knowledge that Mr. President has come under heavy public criticisms on how his body language has condoned the unguarded utterances and actions of these characters.

“However, in the light of these treasonable and inciting utterances by Miyetti Allah, we demand that President Muhammadu Buhari, should within the next 24 hours, order the arrest and commence immediate trial of the
leadership of this group, otherwise Nigerians will henceforth hold him directly responsible for the utterances and actions of the Miyetti
Allah.

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“Finally, the PDP is aware that Miyetti Allah does not represent the views and interests of the vast majority of cattle breeders or even any ethnic group in the country. We therefore urge all good spirited Nigerians to rise in condemnation of the actions and utterances of these misguided elements, who are being used to attempt a constitutional breach that portends grave danger to national cohesion and our hard earned democracy.”

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