False, who spoke when the police and officials of the Ondo State Government visited his farm that was set on fire by herdsmen in Ilado area of the state, said he was disappointed by the silence of Buhari on the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the country
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NIDOA, in a statement by Patience Key, Chairperson of NIDO USA and Dr George Nwogu, Public Relations Director, NIDO Americas Board of Trustees, condemned what they termed the needless and mindless killings of innocent Nigerians by armed herdsmen.
The task was handed down to Osinbajo and the governors by the National Economic Council, which met as the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday
The woman was shot dead in a farm settlement at Orin community in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the State
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede, the directive was issued by the Security Council at its meeting on Wednesday in Ilorin.
The Senate decision was sequel to a Point of Order raised by the Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, who is also the Chairman of the Senate ad-hoc committee of the current security infrastructures in Nigeria
The former naval boss said the cattle rearers burnt about 20 hectares of his orange farm, 20 hectares of cassava farm and five hectares of palm farm.
The Senate decision was sequel to a motion raised by Senator Shuaibu Lau over ongoing attacks in Lau town and other communities within Benue State
Fayose revealed that recent steps by his government are to prevent violence between farmers and herders and not to give anybody licence to unlawfully take human life
The organisation stated this in a statement on Tuesday against the backdrop of the charge by the Senate on Tuesday to arrest the killers of herdsmen in Benue State
This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale
“A case in point is the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers that in recent times have assumed a most destabilising dimension which if not managed properly could plunge the nation, particularly the North, into internecine conflicts the likes of which has never been seen before.’’
According to available information, the President will be meeting in Aso Rock with some leaders from Benue State over the recent killings in the state
So also were scores of others reported injured
The governor had two days ago met with hunters in the state, with a charge to them to prevent herdsmen from causing havoc in the state.
Al-Makura, while making a presentation at a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in Lafia on Thursday, described the allegation as “grievous, unacceptable and terribly speculative”
Soyinka said this in a statement he issued on Wednesday
Wabba said the congress believed that the Federal Government must rise up to its responsible by directing appropriate security agencies to urgently apprehend the situation.
The presidential directive followed the unabated killing of indigenes, especially farmers, by Fulani herdsmen
But if providence has not “smiled” on you yet and your hustle, no matter how legal or illegal it is, has not paid off, try as much as possible to build a formidable network with those in the corridors of power, especially if you do not reside in the city but in remote villages in Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, Adamawa and so on. Failure to do this interpretes to a death sentence, one you might not escape from.