Farmers/herdsmen clashes: S-West govs, Afenifere blast Sharia Council over ranching

The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, yesterday, called on the South-West governors to provide ranches for herdsmen before banning open grazing to avoid further crisis, warning that outright banning of open grazing, without an alternative for herdsmen, was an invitation to greater disaster.

But the remark by the Sharia Council, however, generated angry reactions from the Chairman of the South-West governors’ Forum, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and the Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political Organization, Afenifere, who described the request as too pedestrian and insulting.

This came on a day the Seriki Fulani of Igangan in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State, Alhaji Salihu Abdul Kadir, lashed out on Oyo State Police Command for failing to arrest Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, for destroying his properties last Friday.

Also disturbed by the security challenges in the state, Ogun state House of Assembly has passed a resolution, calling on the state governments to step up plans towards take-off of Amotekun in order to strengthen the security network in the state.

On his part, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that Mr. Igboho does not  have the right to issue an eviction notice to herders in Oyo state.