{"id":1213,"date":"2021-02-23T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2021-02-23T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:55:07","slug":"plateau-gov-dont-blame-fulani-herdsmen-alone-farmers-also-carry-ak-47-for-self-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/plateau-gov-dont-blame-fulani-herdsmen-alone-farmers-also-carry-ak-47-for-self-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Plateau Gov: Don&#8217;t blame Fulani herdsmen alone, farmers also carry AK-47 for self-defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Lalong, the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of Northern Governors&#8217; Forum has stated that\u00a0herdsmen alone should not be crucified for carrying AK47 as some farmers the ammunition for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was made by Lalong while reacting to the backlash his counterpart in Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed, received after he said herdsmen are compelled to carry AK47 and other firearms for self-defense as the state and Federal government have failed to protect them in an\u00a0interview with Channels TV on Tuesday February 23.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Lalong said an investigation by the Nigerian Governors\u2019 Forum also showed that farmers also carry AK-47 and other firearms for protection.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cI am not justifying anybody carrying AK47 but don\u2019t forget in the cause of our deliberations and investigations, it was not only Fulanis that were carrying AK-47 but even farmers are also carrying AK47.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Farmers are also carrying AK47 because when you talk about them, it is just a proliferation of arms with respect to guiding and everybody trying to protect himself.<\/p>\n<p>We shouldn\u2019t allow people to have self-help. When they talk about AK47, I have not seen anybody talk about that.<\/p>\n<p>But at the time there were farmers-herdsmen clashes here, we arrested people. Farmers were holding AK47 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/governor-ortom-to-herdsmen-respect-benue-laws-or-go-to-bauchi-state-and-carry-ak47\/\">herdsmen<\/a> were also holding AK47.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you want all of them not to hold AK-47, you must put deliberate efforts towards curtailing the influx of light arms and secondly, to also find ways of taking these people away from their old ways of farming and then introduce them into the modern system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the decision by some Governors to ban open grazing, Lalong said it will be difficult to implement if alternatives are not provided.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cFirst of all, you must provide an alternative. You don\u2019t wake up today and say \u2018No, you can\u2019t do poultry\u2019. 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