The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Cross River State has called on the Inspector General of Police to, as a matter of urgent national interest, arrest and prosecute all gun-carrying Fulani herdsmen.
This, the Christian body said, was because the carrying of arms without license violates the laws of the land.
A communiqué signed by the Chairman, Rev Lawrence Ekwok, and Secretary, Apostle Frank Umo, also strongly condemned the attack and killing of people in the Middle Belt and southern parts of the country by the Fulani herdsmen.
The communiqué reads: “We call on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency ensure the arrest and immediate prosecution of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.
“PFN in Cross River calls on the various legislatures to enact legislations against free movement of destructive animals such as cows in their states.
The Cross River House of Assembly should enact a bill prohibiting any portion of the Cross River State land to be forcefully taken or otherwise for the purpose of grazing cattle as it will attract negative consequences on the economy and lives of Cross Riverians.
“PFN CRS calls on all members of the National Assembly in the state to resist the National Grazing Reserve Bill in view of its negative economic consequences on the indigenes of the state, and on our already fragile pressure on our land.”
The statement also opposed the proposed Executive Bill by Governor El-Rufai of Kaduna State, which it said was designed to restrict all forms of preaching in the state.
“Such a Religious Regulation Bill is contrary to the provisions of Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution,” it said.
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