By Ogechi Okorie
Abuja (Precise Post) – Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has met with the Hausa Community in the state, promises to ensure the safety and security of all residents, irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation.
The assurance became necessary against the backdrop of what he described as a deliberate attempt by some misguided people to play politics with security in Nigeria.
According to him, a lot of herdsmen are looking for greener pastures and then stray into other people’s property and farm lands. Adding that his government has set up systems to check this in Edo state; we are just going to reactivate those systems.
Obaseki who disclosed this via his official twitter handle account, stressing that every local government must have a committee to look into and deal with herders and farmers crisis. This committee must have a minimum of three representatives from Arewa and Fulani communities and others in their communities, he added.
The tweets read:
After meeting with the Hausa community in Edo State, I promised to ensure the safety and security of all residents, irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation.
From what I have seen, from what I have heard; I have gone round communities and what I could see is just a deliberate attempt by some misguided people to play politics with security in Nigeria.
A lot of herdsmen are looking for greener pastures and then stray into other people’s property and farm lands. We have set up systems to check this in Edo state; we are just going to reactivate those systems.
Every local government must have a committee to look into and deal with herders and farmers crisis. This committee must have a minimum of three representatives from Arewa and Fulani communities and others in their communities.
Precise Post recalls that there is increasing tension in the country due to the kidnapping, killings of farmers, raping of women and children by AK-47 weilding herdsmen which led to the quit notice to Herders to vacate forest by the Ondo state governor and from Oyo State, Ibadan.
