NAN-H-9
Cattle
By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Dan-Dauda (Niger) March 1, 2017( NAN) Alhaji Iliyasu Wakili, a Fulani community leader in Dan-Dauda village, Muya Local Government Area of Niger, has said that 10 cattle rustlers, who had terrorised herdsmen in the past few months, have renounced the act.
“The rustlers have been a torn in our flesh for a very long time, but now they have given up that vice,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dan-Dauda on Wednesday.
He said that members of the 10-member gang swore with the Holy Qur’an never to have anything to do with cattle rustling or kidnapping.
He said that they also promised to provide intelligence reports that would assist security agencies to track down those still in the habit.
“We educated them on what the Holy Qur’an said about stealing and the punishment in the here-after, and especially for killing innocent souls, and they repented,” he said.
The community leader promised to continue to educate and sensitize youths on need to desist from social vices especially kidnapping, rape and cattle rustling. (NAN)
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Edited by Ephraims Sheyin