Eviction: Protect Fulani in the South, NEF tells Buhari, governors

…Says no politician has right to outsource security to local thugs, gangs

…Act now before situation degenerates — Bashir Tofa

…How Ondo, Oyo, others can manage herders’ crisis — Benue deputy gov

…Bandits invade Niger communities, kill 21, kidnap 40

…Air Force helicopter drafted to communities, injured rushed to hospital

…l6 masked bandits in black kill locals in Kaduna community

…Herders’ settlement attacked in Zangon Kataf reprisal

By Wole Mosadomi, Bashir Bello, Luminous Jannamike & Hassan Ibrahim

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and governors of the 36 states of the federation to explore all available channels to protect the Fulani communities in the South.

The call came, apparently, against the backdrop of the order given by Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves and ultimatum given the herders by Yoruba ‘’freedom fighter’’, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Igboho, to vacate Ibarapa community in Oyo State.

This came on a day Benue State Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu, advised Ondo, Oyo and other states experiencing herdsmen crisis in the country to consider the enactment of anti-open grazing laws as was done in Benue State to stave off incessant farmers/herders’ clashes.

This is even as bandits again invaded Niger communities in Shiroro Local Government Area early yesterday morning, killing 21 persons and kidnapping 40.

Similarly, six masked bandits yesterday killed a yet-to-be-ascertained number of locals at Warsa Piti in Mariri District of Jere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as herders’ settlement in Zangon Kataf was also invaded in reprisal attacks.

NEF tasks Buhari

Director, Publicity and Advocacy, NEF, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who made the call in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, also insisted that no politician has the right to outsource the work of the police to local thugs and…