Anger in Nasarawa over alleged military invasion of MACBAN office

By David Odama

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has expressed anger and strongly condemned alleged military invasion of its Nasarawa State headquarters in Lafia, which has led to the alleged arrest of some members, seizure of valuables, including over one million naira in cash.

State chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Bala Mohammed Dabo, who spoke to Journalists at a press briefing in Lafia, claimed that military personnel stormed the association’s office, arrested some members of the association and confiscating valuable items not disclosed.

Alhaji Bala claimed that the head of the military special forces in Doma later admitted that the raid was due to faulty intelligence.

“We cannot tolerate such acts of embarrassment, if the military fails to apologize and return our money, we will seek legal redress.”, Bala declared

He added that the Nasarawa State government, the state police commissioner, and MACBAN’s national secretariat had been notified of the development.

Attempts to get response from the military authority in Doma were unsuccessful at the time of filling this report. However,
Normalcy has since returned to MACBAN’s office in Lafia.