Yoruba Leaders from all Yoruba speaking states in Nigeria and from the Diaspora have deliberated on the way out of the incessant unwarranted attacks on their kinsmen by Fulani herdsmen.
Gathered at the House of Chiefs Secretariat in Ibadan on Friday, the Yoruba leaders cited the recent abduction of elder statesman, Chief Olu Falae, as an appalling example.
The summit said that it would no longer tolerate such brazen and mindless attacks on its people.
The Summit noted that despite the fact that they matchetted, molested, demanded and got ransom paid before the release of Mr Falae, the herdsmen were back on his farm on Monday, October 6 and have commenced grazing on the same parcel of land where he was forcefully taken.
They demanded immediate end to the lawless nomadic cattle grazing in Yoruba land and asked all those who want to engage in cattle business in any part of the land to do animal husbandry by establishing ranches, as Yorubas would no longer tolerate further encroachment on their farmlands and brutal attacks on them.
The group called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent measures to put an end to the nefarious activities of Fulani herdsmen in the southwest.
The summit also asked the Federal Government to ensure immediate arrest and prosecution of the abductors of Mr Falae and all perpetrators of the violent crimes which had been reported at different police stations in Yoruba land arising from cattle rearing activities.
The summit further demanded an immediate restructuring of Nigeria with the implementation of the report of 2014 National Conference as a starting point on the way to true federalism.
With obvious anger on their faces and in their submissions, the summit came up with three recommendations in a communique after long hours of extensive discussions on the way out of what they described as the ugliest form of oppression on their own lands.
The 3-point communique, which was read by Dr. Kunle Olajide, sought to put an end to all grazing activities of Fulani herdsmen on private farmlands.
The Leader of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress, Dr. Fredrick Faseun, also told Journalists that such acts would no longer be tolerated and called on President Buhari to do something urgently about it.
