The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take a decisive action to stop the inter-ethnic violence in parts of South-west Nigeria.
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In Nigeria, clashes between ethnic Fulanis and other groups have cost thousands of lives in the past decades and now a car salesman has emerged as a controversial national figure in this increasingly deadly conflict, as the BBC s Nduka Orjinmo reports.
Hailed as a hero by his supporters, Sunday Igboho Adeyemo is seen as a dangerous rabble rouser by his opponents, accused of inciting ethnic hatred and killing.
Once only well-known in his part of south-western Nigeria, he has now become one of the most talked about - and divisive - figures across the country.
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Destruction of farmlands by cattle - and herders - is barely avoidable in Nigeria s outdated open grazing system and criminals are taking advantage. 13 min read
Before Igangan, 177 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was propelled to national attention in the past weeks, Taiwo Adeagbo, a local farmer-leader, had collected several photographs, depicting bloodied and savagely hacked human bodies. His collection also includes the photograph of a rape victim, lying sick with a machete cut.
The forceful removal of the Fulani population in the town by a group inspired by Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed Yoruba warlord, had catapulted Igangan into national prominence.
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ALARMED by the escalating bloodletting, kidnapping and destruction of farmland perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen almost everywhere, prominent Nigerians have warned of the rapid descent into anarchy if the current nonchalance of the Federal Government persists. Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, is the latest concerned statesman to express grave misgivings about the unserious manner the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is handling the killer herders’ menace. Strict enforcement of the law is needed to protect innocent and law-abiding citizens. But stricter enforcement is required to prevent crime, arrest criminals and bring them to justice. The Buhari regime has failed on both counts.