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[FILES] A Hausa-Fulani boy stands while his cattle is grazing near some farms. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
Ekiti State government has warned Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the state against any action that could lead to breakdown of law and order in any part of their grazing and farming areas.
The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Olabode Adetoyi, gave the warning, yesterday, at a tripartite meeting of stakeholders in Ado-Ekiti.
The commissioner, who explained that the meeting was convened to fashion out ways to end incessant clashes among farmers and Fulani herdsmen and serial kidnaps in the state, said that farmers and herders’ clashes usually get to its peak during the dry season with high rate of North to South migration of cattle.