Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a press statement ordering President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest and prosecute the leaders of Miyetti Allah within 24hours.
The PDP issued the statement reacting to an alleged threat issued by the leadership of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, popularly known as Miyetti Allah asking the Senate President Senator Bukola Saraki to vacate the seat of Senate President or face being forced out of office by the group.
Though the group has distanced themselves from the alleged threat, the opposition party PDP in which Senator Bukola Saraki is a member, has gone ahead with issuing a statement asking President Buhari to prosecute the group.
The statement as released by the National Publicity Secretary Kola Ologbondiyan said:
The outburst by Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, echoing the threats by the failed and dysfunctional All Progressives Congress and agents of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency, to force out the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki from office, is an ominous sign and quite revealing.
This unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling party All Progressives Congress 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 and killings in Benue, Taraba, Zamfara, Nassarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Edo, Borno, Yobe, Enugu, Kogi, Adamawa & other states in Nigeria are sponsored by All Progressives Congress,Muhammadu Buhari supporters
Before now, to majority of Nigerians, the Miyetti Allah has always represented the military wing of the All Progressives Congress and the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency. It is incontrovertible that they have now become the fourth arm of government, outside the Executive, Judiciary and the Legislature
In the light of these treasonable & inciting utterances, we demand that Muhammadu Buhari,should within the next 24 hrs, order the arrest and prosecution of the leadership of Miyetti Allah, otherwise Nigerians will henceforth hold him directly responsible for all the actions of the group