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\"\"The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on Thursday described the blockage of grazing routes across the country as the remote cause of recent killings especially in Benue and Taraba states.<\/p>\n

He also identified the implementation of anti-grazing law in some states as the immediate cause of the killings.<\/p>\n

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Dan-Ali spoke with State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhamamdu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/div>\n

He said the recent killings formed part of discussions at the meeting and the proposed National Commission on Proliferation of Arms was one of the steps being taken by the Federal Government to tackle the violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The minister said, \u201cWhatever crisis that happens at any time, there are remote and immediate causes.\u00a0 Look at this issue (killings in Benue and Taraba), what is the remote cause of this farmers\u2019 crisis? Since the nation\u2019s independence, we know there used to be a route whereby the cattle rearers take because they are all over the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go to Bayelsa or Ogun, you will see them. If those routes are blocked, what do you expect will happen?\u00a0 These people are Nigerians. It is just like one going to block the shoreline, does that make sense to you? These are the remote causes of the crisis. But the immediate cause is the grazing law.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people are Nigerians and we must learn to live together with one another. Communities and other people must learn how to accept foreigners within their enclave. Finish!\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he was justifying the killings because of the blockage of the routes, the minister said, \u201cI have told you that the remote cause is part of the grazing law. Since independence, there are clear routes where these people pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the issue of arms, they are all over. In those killings you are talking about, there are also militias that did the killings. Some people were caught with arms and they call themselves Forest Guards or whatever with AK47.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nowhere in this country where arms are allowed to be carried apart from legitimate security forces.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cSo, anybody carrying any arm is doing so illegally. Militias were caught in the same land doing the same killings, so the killings are not done by any particular group, it is a communal issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Asked which one should Nigerians believe between his position and the government\u2019s earlier position that the killings were done by foreign terrorists, Dan-Ali said, \u201cOf course, that is why I said they are militias. Militias are part of illegal immigrants. They are the people.\u201d – Punch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, on Thursday described the blockage of grazing routes across the country as the remote cause of recent killings especially in Benue and Taraba states. He also identified the implementation of anti-grazing law in some states as the immediate cause of the killings. 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