Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state claims that the Boko Haram insurgents and cattle rustlers are linked. The both ‘groups’ are terrorizing the northern parts of the country.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of two-day cattle breeders, dealers, stakeholders meeting in Katsina on Tuesday, December 8, Masari added that President Muhammadu Buhari asked to tackle the menace of rustling because of the linkage.
He said Buhari directed all security chiefs to join hands with the governors of eight states in the north-west zone to stop the cattle rustlers as well as Boko Haram from killing people and destroying their property.
According to the governor, most of the arms and ammunition used by the criminals were being ferried into the country through the usage of animals that crossed the forest.
Due to cattle rustling problem, the governors in the eight states would soon create a databank for movement of cows from the north to the south, Masari informed.
“We will harmonize and computerize the movement of cows from our region to the south to checkmate the issue of cow theft. All cow dealers must get clearance of the commodity before moving them to the south and anybody without the clearance papers would be arrested,” he said.
Alhaji Mustapha Inuwa, the secretary to Katsina state government, said anybody caught disturbing the peace and indulging in cattle rustling in the state would be arrested.
Katsina Government recently released another N45 million to the committee charged to stop cattle rustling in north-west.
