ONDO: Akeredolu, other SW govs meet Miyetti Allah over vacation order

THE seven-day ultimatum issued by Governor Akeredolu to herdsmen to vacate the state’s forest reserves, which expired yesterday (Sunday) may not degenerate into crisis as widely speculated.

A meeting between South-West governors, including Akeredolu, and the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria is expected to hold today.

The meeting scheduled to be held in Akure, the state capital, accorfig to sources, will address the grievances of farmers in host communities where Fulani herdsmen live and find lasting solutions to the incessant killings, kidnapping, and crises between herdsmen and farmers in the region.

The Ondo State Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Bello Garba, who confirmed the development, said the national leadership of the association had arrived in Akure in preparation for the peace meeting.

He said, “The National Chairman of Miyetti Allah is in town now and I cannot talk about what we want to discuss at the meeting but I can assure you that we are going to address the press tomorrow after the meeting.”