The apex Fulani socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has condemned the mounting calls for the dismissal of all service chiefs over the incessant killings and insecurity across the country.

Speaking during an interview on Sunrise Daily, a Channels TV programme on Monday, the Secretary-General of the group, Saleh Al-Hassan said those calling for the sacking of the service chiefs were corrupt politicians.

“We have documented 411 innocent pastoralists killed just in southern Kaduna for nothing. We have documented all the crises but because we want peace and want to promote the culture of peace and forgiveness hoping that our neighbours will continue to allow us to do our business.

“But the issue of arms and light weapons is a security one. I believe they (security agencies) are on top of it. With the arrests they are making, we must acknowledge the efforts security agencies have put in trying to contain criminality in this country.

“That is why people calling for the removal of service chiefs are either the corrupt politicians or the ones working for them. We should not fall for that gambit,” Al-Hassan said.

Al-Hassan also rejected suggestions that herdsmen from other countries should be prevented from grazing their cattle in Nigeria as according to him, herdsmen do not recognize international boundaries which he said were colonial creations.

While lamenting that attempts by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to establish ranches had been rejected by selfish politicians, Al-Hassan stressed that the solution remains ranching which must be partly funded by the government and supported by all Nigerians.