Following the protest by some aggrieved women in Edo state on Wednesday youths leaders in the state have given Fulani herdsmen 14-days ultimatum to leave communities.
According, Talakawa Parliament, during a press conference in Benin, yesterday, the group said herdsmen occupying Edo State farmlands and forests must quit.
Kola Edokpayi speaking for the youth leaders, at the conference said that any act of aggression against the indigenes would not be tolerated.
He said “We have given the killer herdsmen a 14-day ultimatum to quit farmlands and forests in Edo State. We have not given them notice to leave Edo State so that our mothers and fathers can go to farm.
“We are using this medium to call on the CP to arrest within 72 hours these criminal elements that are responsible for the killing of our people in Ugo N’iyekorhionmwon, Orhionmwon LGA or face a mass protest.
“Our people can no longer travel. We believe in peaceful coexistence. However, nobody should take Edo people for a ride.”
The herdsmen’s menace had recently gained attention in southern Nigeria due to their alleged atrocities in Ondo, Oyo, and Ogun states, and now Edo State.
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They have been accused of kidnapping, raping, destroying farms and even murdering in many villages and communities.
The South-West governors two weeks ago banned open grazing, underage grazing and grazing on forest reserves, although it is not yet clear if these laws are being strictly adhered to.
