Militants on horseback have in recent weeks attacked remote communities in the troubled region.
“Military authorities have therefore banned the use of horses in the entire Borno state to stave off Boko Haram terrorist attacks,” said the military spokesman for Borno, Colonel Tukur Gusau.
Horses are often used as a form of transport in Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north but are also a sign of social status, including royalty.
The ban was imposed after talks with the state government and council of traditional chiefs, he added.
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