Amid rising insecurity across the country, hunters and farmers have called on the Federal Government to formally empower them to flush out bandits, Boko Haram insurgents, and other criminal elements hiding in forests.
The groups, including the Nigerian Forest Security Service, Professional Hunters Association of Nigeria, Agbekoya Farmers’ Society of Nigeria, and the Oodua Peoples Congress, insisted that they possessed the spiritual ability, knowledge, training, and presence in forests to combat terrorists.
There has been a resurgence of terror attacks in the country, particularly in Plateau and Benue states.
No fewer than 51 people were killed last week by gunmen in Zikke and Kakpa communities in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, two weeks after deadly clashes in another part of the state left many others dead
