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Three senior members of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) have been arrested for allegedly aiding multiple kidnapping operations linked to Fulani bandits.

A security report revealed that these arrests involve elderly Fulani leaders, all over 60 years old. 

The three suspects face allegations of sponsoring bandit groups that had been terrorising the region

SaharaReporters gathered that members of the Miyetti Allah leaders reportedly confessed to facilitating several kidnapping operations, providing support to criminal networks responsible for abductions across Kwara State.

Efforts to get a reaction from the spokesperson of the Kwara State Police Command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, were unsuccessful, as she said in a WhatsApp message, "I will get back to you, please." 

SaharaReporters previously reported that the ongoing coordinated military air strikes and ground troop operations have targeted terrorist and kidnapper hideouts across parts of Ifelodun, Edu, and Patigi Local Government Areas of Kwara State, resulting in the destruction of several camps and the neutralisation of many suspected bandits.

SaharaReporters gathered that the ongoing offensive has hit several notorious bandits’ camps located in the Baba Sango axis of Ifelodun Local Government Area, Gbugbu forest in Edu Local Government Area, and Lata community in Patigi Local Government Area.

According to preliminary security reports from the theatre of operations, the sustained assault has thrown the criminal elements into disarray, forcing them to flee from their established hideouts while suffering heavy casualties.

However, the operation has put the bandits in disarray and displaced them from their positions.

The operation, which combines aerial bombardment with ground troop maneuvers, is said to be aimed at dismantling the logistics, leadership structure and operational bases of kidnapping and terror gangs that have long terrorised communities along the Kwara–Niger axis.

The report disclosed that several camps belonging to the criminals have been completely destroyed, while many of the terrorists sustained varying degrees of injuries during the coordinated strikes.

According to the report, the ongoing operations have destroyed many of their camps. Several of the bandits and terrorists were neutralised, while others escaped with gunshot wounds and other serious injuries.

However, the military has raised serious concerns over the activities of informants and collaborators within local communities, warning that such moles are undermining the effectiveness of the operation by leaking information on troop movements.

The security report noted that operations are being impeded by activities of moles and informants within different communities who give out information about troops movement.

Military authorities have therefore called on residents of affected areas to remain vigilant and cooperate fully with security agencies by identifying and exposing individuals who aid criminal groups.

Community leaders in the affected local government areas have also been urged to sensitise residents on the dangers of shielding criminals, warning that such actions prolong insecurity and put innocent lives at risk.

oalandAgents2:
Miyetti Allah is not a terrorist organisation.
I repeat, NOT a terrorist organisation.

They are organisation, that represents herdsmen, who are people who herds and rears cattle.

The organisation is registered in Nigeria and their entire leadership is known and they all reside in Nigeria.

Can we say the same for IPOB or Boko Haram.

oalandAgents2:
Miyetti Allah is not a terrorist organisation.
I repeat, NOT a terrorist organisation.

They are organisation, that represents herdsmen, who are people who herds and rears cattle.

The organisation is registered in Nigeria and their entire leadership is known and they all reside in Nigeria.

Can we say the same for IPOB or Boko Haram.

ERockson:
Maiyehti Allah is the terrorist organization and this Bandits are their foot soldiers

tydi:
Ode.. the people they arrested what organization are they in.. is it that you can't see like blind or can't read or neither can you comprehend.
The ipob you talked about can you point out one crime attributed to them or should I outlist the mayhem these cattle headers are causing all over the country .
Better have sense this is 2026

PigTormentor:
So you don't see any crime committed by IPOB in all these years yet their leader is in prison?
So if members of Onitsha market are caught helping IPOB does that mean that all their members are also guilty?
I swear common sense is not common.

ERockson:
Maiyehti Allah is the terrorist organization and this Bandits are their foot soldiers

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW

— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019

Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html

oalandAgents2:
Miyetti Allah is not a terrorist organisation.
I repeat, NOT a terrorist organisation.

They are organisation, that represents herdsmen, who are people who herds and rears cattle.

The organisation is registered in Nigeria and their entire leadership is known and they all reside in Nigeria.

Can we say the same for IPOB or Boko Haram.

oalandAgents2:
Miyetti Allah is not a terrorist organisation.
I repeat, NOT a terrorist organisation.

They are organisation, that represents herdsmen, who are people who herds and rears cattle.

The organisation is registered in Nigeria and their entire leadership is known and they all reside in Nigeria.

Can we say the same for IPOB or Boko Haram.