Villagers seek government intervention on their cattle route in Potiskum

By: Yahaya Wakili

Residents of Gamawa village in the Potiskum local government area of Yobe state have appealed to Governor Mai Mala Buni CON, the Executive Chairman of Potiskum local government, Hon. Salisu Muktari, and the National President of Kulen Allah, Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello, to rescue their long-standing cattle route, which unpatriotic elements turned into their own farm land.

Speaking to newsmen in the village, the community leader, Malam Mohammed Ali Gamawayel, said the cattle route has a long history because, for over 100 years, it has existed and comes right from the Niger Republic up to the Cameron Republic.

“We know the Executive Chairman of Potiskum local government, Hon. Salisu Muktari, has a good record, and he can’t tolerate injustice in his life, and we know that he is not fully aware of this injustice that has been done to the people of Gamawa.

This is the only cattle route that, as of now, is functioning properly, and the only cattle route that we have been using for many years, and nobody has come to temper with it. But this year, unfortunately, some staff of the local government came and demarcate the route as a plot and converted it into farmland.

Therefore, we are appealing to His Excellency Governor Mai Mala Buni CON, the Executive Chairman of Potiskum local government, Hon. Salisu Muktari, and the National President of Kulen Allah, Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello, to come to our aid to kindly intervene and rescue our long-standing cattle route.

Adding to that, the aim of this people is to bring disunity, peace, and clash among the citizens of the area and the people of Gamawayel, who are law-abiding, and we are 100 percent supporting Governor Buni and our amable and highly reliable Chairman, Hon. Salisu Muktari’s administration,” he said.

He said that tempering with cattle routs in Nigeria is like tempering with the security of the nation; therefore, we are passionately appealing to the Chairman, Hon. Salisu Muktari, as a matter of urgency to intervene in this matter and solve the problem.

When contacted on the issue under reference, the National President of the Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN), Hon. Khalil Mohammed Bello, said the association rejects in totality and condemns in unmistakable terms any illegal act of converting existing cattle routes into a plot or farm land.

The act, which he described as a serious threat to the practice of state security and that of the country, was the major reason for most of the insecurity challenges in the northern part of the country.

He said he is optimistic that His Excellency, Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON, and the Executive Chairman of Potiskum local government, Hon. Salisu Muktari, would definitely come to the aid and dry the tiers of the people of Gamawayel whom he requested to remain calm and very peaceful.

Villagers seek government intervention on their cattle route in Potiskum