
Fulani Herdsmen







Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has issued a warning that the conflict between herdsmen and local communities across Nigeria could degenerate into civil war.

Governor Hope Uzodinma made the declaration while speaking at a peace meeting he convened on Thursday, February 4 to address all stakeholders in Imo state.

The Igbo group urged the northern and southern Nigeria to desist from inflammatory statements that could trigger conflicts and unrest among the ethnic groups.

The Northern Elders Forum has told the Fulani community in southern Nigeria to return to the north if they are forcefully ejected from their host communities.

Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said most of the foreign herders have turned the state government’s forest reserves into their permanent abode.

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked the federal government to give the cattle rearing industry enough funds to buy land for the establishment of ranches

Prof Umar Labdo, a university don, slammed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and Sunday Igboho for leading an "onslaught" against the Fulani herders in the southwest.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammed Saad Abubakar, has met with Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria's leadership over the recent herdsmen crisis.

Femi Falana (SAN), has said Sunday Igboho has no right to issue quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in Igangan, Ibarapa north local government area of Oyo state.
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