The six southwest state governors on Monday will meet some Fulani leaders over the crisis between farmers in the states and herders, mostly dominated by the Fulani ethnic group.
PremiumTimes reported that the meeting is aimed at discussing the ultimatum issued by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on the herders to vacate forest reserves in the state and also find a lasting solution to the repeated clashes between herders and farmers in the six states.
This is coming after the Ondo State government issued a seven-day ultimatum to herders to leave the state. A similar ultimatum was also issued in Oyo State by a youth leader in the state, Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo.
Akinwale Aboluwade
Popular businessman and socio-cultural activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Igboho, is currently in the eye of the storm and has been at the centre of news in the past few weeks based on his agitation for a Yoruba nation and the ultimatum issued to Fulani herdsmen in the Ibarapa and Oke Ogun areas of Oyo State.
For Sunday Adeyemo, the increasing spate of killings and kidnappings of the residents of Oke Ogun and Ibarapa is the handiworks of herders, hence the ultimatum that he issued to herdsmen in the zones to vacate the areas within seven days.