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Branding All Criminals as “HERDSMEN” Will Attract More Crimes

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"uoh2g16O" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Zaid Ayuba Alhaji &lpar;Sir Kuli -Kuli&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"185FmZ24" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>-It&&num;8217&semi;s a mistake to believe that every crime in Nigeria is the handiwork of &&num;8220&semi;herdsmen&&num;8221&semi;&period; All of a sudden&comma; some Newspapers&comma; Social media handlers&comma; &amp&semi; public affairs Commentators started using the concept of &&num;8220&semi;herdsmen&&num;8221&semi; as some bigots under the hallucinations of religious extremism&comma; ethnocentric hatred &amp&semi; political discord are using &&num;8220&semi;herdsmen&&num;8221&semi; as headlines &amp&semi; captions of discussions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;17&sol;nhrc-calls-on-govt-to-decriminalize-petty-offences&sol;">NHRC calls on Govt to Decriminalize Petty Offences<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Have we forgotten that since 1970&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; there were Killers&comma; kidnappers&comma; Assassins&comma; including Armed robbers of Banks&comma; highways &amp&semi; homes&quest;&period; TODAY&comma; how comes do we believe that all criminals have relocated to Ghana or repented &amp&semi; that herdsmen are now the only criminals&quest;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"KZUmTyjG" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>-We are adding more to the existing troubles of Nigeria&period; This was exactly how we began creating opportunities for criminals&comma; since 2009 when we began to conclude that all crimes are perpetrated only by the then &&num;8220&semi;Boko Haram&&num;8221&semi;&comma; as such other existing criminals continue to enjoy their operations peacefully&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>-That was how we kept witnessing hundreds cases of assassinations&comma; bank robberies&comma; political masterminded attacks all in the name of Boko Haram&period; We must wake up to understand that Nigerian problems are bigger than Nigeria&comma; we created scenarios that we all know are fictitious&period; Instead of focusing on conclusion&comma; assumptions&comma; stereotypes and baseless generalization that every criminal is a &&num;8220&semi;herdsman&&num;8221&semi; including those arrested wearing herdsmen clothes to perpetrate all kinds of criminality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Crimes&comma; deviance &amp&semi; atrocities are never about one tribe or religion&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s not allow criminals to feel everyone will believe that &&num;8220&semi;acclaimed herdsmen&&num;8221&semi; are the only bosses in town&period; We should never be the enemies of Nigeria&period; If God wanted it&comma; he would have created us from the same tribe&comma; region and religion&period; Now that we are divers&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s appreciate the beauty of our diversity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May God bless Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;May Allah save Arewa from the hands of Ambitious politicians&period; Ameen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zaid Ayuba Alhaji &lpar;Sir&period; Kuli Kuli&rpar;&period; ND&comma; PDDPIT&comma; PDDPGD&comma; HPDDPIT and B&period; Sc International Relations&period; 08069835881 comradezaid6&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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