The Yelwa community in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Friday said it had lost 430 cows to rustlers in the area.

The leader of the community, Alhaji Abdulahi Abdulahi, made this known, when “Search for Common Grounds”, a European Union-sponsored Non-Governmental Organisation, visited the area.

“Cow rustling has become very common here and we believe it is being carried out by a syndicate,” Abdulahi said.
Leaders of the NGO had visited the community in continuation of their effort toward ending the violence that had been the lot of many Plateau communities in recent years.

Abdulahi urged stakeholders in the area to identify criminal elements living in the communities, pointing out that time had come for people to police their areas.

He called for more security consciousness among cattle owners, and advised against assumptions over the groups suspected to be responsible for the rustling.

Source: http://www..com.ng/index.php/national-news/item/747-plateau-community-loses-430-cows-to-thieves

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