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Nigerians want to boycott beef over herdsmen attacks

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Nigerians are calling for the boycott of beef as a way of protesting the incessant attacks and killings of people by herdsmen.

The position was made known in a poll conducted by PUNCH Online.

The poll, titled Herdsmen killings: Should Nigerians boycott beef? Went live at 2.34pm last Thursday and was collated on Tuesday.

It asked respondents to indicate yes if they wanted to boycott beef in protest against the herdsmen’s attacks; or No if they didn’t support the boycott movement.

Majority of the 2,961 respondents wanted to boycott beef. Precisely, 2,252 respondents, signifying 76 percent, chose Yes; 540 respondents, signifying 18 percent of the total respondents, chose No; while 169 respondents that made up the remaining 6 percent of the respondent population said they were Indifferent.

PUNCH, January 17, 2018

 

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