Gowon Calls For Arrest of Miyetti Allah’s Leader Over Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes

General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Former Nigerian Head of State has expressed his displeasure over the incessant killings of Innocence and unarmed farmers all over the nation.

Gowon expressed his disappointment with the failure of the security agencies in the country to deal with the continuous killings, when he visited Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom in Makurdi , the Benue State Capital to commensurate with the state and the families of people who have been casualties in the attacks

Gowon called for the arrest Miyetti Allah leader, Kautal Hore, especially because he threatened to unleash violence on Benue State and later justified the killings for questioning.

The former military leader said he was out of the country when the state experienced the killings of two priests ans 17 worshipers in the state during morning mass.

On behalf of his group, Nigeria Prays, Gowon expressed condolence to the government and people of Benue state.

He, while expressing worry over the religious dimension of the crisis in the country, warned Nigeria could descend into a religious war with no one coming out victorious, if the security threats were not checked.

The former Head of State, who commended Ortom and the Benue State government for its admirable handling of issues concerning the killings and devastation of communities, said Nigerians must learn to co-exist regardless of ethnicity or religion for the nation to survive.

Governor Samuel Ortom, who was represented by his deputy, Engr Benson Abounu, welcome the former Head of State, thanked him for adding his voice to calls on the federal government to take decisive actions to end the orgy of violence plaguing the state and the country.

He said the magnitude and frequency of the killings and devastation of communities have defied logic with over 185,000 people internally displaced, far away from their ancestral lands and farms.