A group, under the aegis of Association of Animal Hunters of Nigeria (AAHON), has declared war on the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
The group which comprises of thousands of hunters from the South/East and South/South zones of Nigeria disclosed yesterday, December 22 that it is mobilising its members to join their counterparts in the North/East to confront Boko Haram in the region.
In a statement by its President, Raymond Macaulay in Benin City, the group disclosed that it would organise a mobilisation rally to sensitise its members and the public on the move.
“We just want to be there, and put this nonsense behind us. As hunters, what hurts one hurts all. We are feeling what they have been feeling. And now, we are going there in our thousands to confront this nonsense.”
“It is time for action, time for all Nigerians to join the security agencies to take a stand against insurgency. There is no country that can win insurgency by the military alone. It is the people that stand to defeat terror,” the statement read.
Mr Raymond therefore called on the federal government and other well-meaning Nigerians to assist the hunters with logistics to move to the troubled region.
Sometime in November, Adamawa Hunters Association had joined the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the country and asked Nigerians for support and prayers.
Boko Haram insurgents have been killing innocent people in the troubled North eastern region. Recently, reports surfaced that they had employed a new tactic of killing elderly people.
NAIJ
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