Riding horses and donkeys in Borno State has been outlawed by the Nigerian military owing to the recent dimension of Boko Haram attacks on horseback.
The military communicated the decision through the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, BBC Hausa reported yesterday.
Last week, members of the insurgent Boko Haram sect on horseback killed over 80 people in three villages of the state, with similar attacks also reported in other past of the north-east region.
“He told us that despite the fact that the people of Borno have been known with riding horses, that should be stopped henceforth. If the soldiers spotted anyone on horse back, they cannot determine his true identity.”
Similarly, on the ban on donkeys, which is the common means of transportation in the rural areas, a villager in the state also told BBC Hausa that unless owners attached their goods with written permission, they would no longer engaged in transporting goods on donkeys. Reuters reported
