Ogun State government has ordered Fulani herdsmen to stop their migration to the state as it aims to end clashes between farmers and the cattle-rearers.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Ayo Olubori, at a meeting of the stakeholders in Abeokuta on Wednesday, said the directive was to enable the state to address the factors responsible for the recurring clashes between farmers and herdsmen and also to set a minimum requirement for the nomads.
“Fulani herdsmen who are bringing their cattle into the state for grazing should suspend their coming until proper arrangements have been made to ensure that the crises that usually occur between them and farmers do not happen again” he commissioner declared.
He noted that “government is working to ensure that farmers and herdsmen can cohabit peacefully without a breakdown of law and order and we will not tolerate a recurrence of what was witnessed last year.”
Prominent among those who attended the meeting were the representatives of the Ministry, security agents, the concerned council bosses, Seriki fulanis of the affected areas and Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Ogun State chapter, Mr. Segun Dasaolu.
A number of lives were lost in a recent tribal clash between some Hausa and Yoruba in Ibese, Yewa North Local Government of the state which claimed the lives of three persons and left no fewer than 30 vehicles burnt.
