Monday, 25 January 2021 is the deadline which Governor Akeredolu imposed on herdsmen to quit Ondo State forest reserves.
The Punch reports that a meeting has been scheduled between South-West governors and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, other groups, for a peaceful resolution of the eviction notice given to herdsmen.
Emmanuel Yawe, the National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, in an interview with The PUNCH said the group’s focus was peace.
Similarly, Afenifere stated that one side should not regard itself as the master of others in the Nigerian federation.
However, the Ondo State Government said it was prepared to begin enforcement of the eviction notice on Monday (today). It, however, assured Nigerians that the exercise would not be violent.
Recall that a seven-day ultimatum, which the state Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, gave Fulani herdsmen on Monday to vacate the state’s forest reserves, had generated a lot of controversies.
The Presidency faulted the governor, saying he acted outside his powers, but the state government insisted that it would not withdraw the order to quit, which it described as lawful.
Ondo State government is bent on enforcing the eviction due to the rising state of insecurity in the form of kidnappings, killings and raping allegedly perpetrated by herdsmen.
