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Farmers-Herders Crisis: Ogun govt inaugurates conflict resolution committee
The committee is expected to unravel activities that often lead to the farmers/herders crisis in the state.
Dapo Abiodunhas inaugurated a 20-man Peace Keeping Committee on Farmers-Herders Conflict.
The committee, inaugurated on Saturday, is expected to look into the remote and immediate causes of their clashes, which in recent times have led to killings.
According to Mr Abiodun, the committee would also find a lasting solution to the crisis.
Before now, PREMIUM TIMES has reported clashes between farmers and herdsmen, particularly at Yewa axis of the state.
In January, an acclaimed warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho,
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INVESTIGATION: Inside the Igangan abductions, killings that exposed Oyo’s herder crisis
Destruction of farmlands by cattle - and herders - is barely avoidable in Nigeria s outdated open grazing system and criminals are taking advantage. 13 min read
Before Igangan, 177 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was propelled to national attention in the past weeks, Taiwo Adeagbo, a local farmer-leader, had collected several photographs, depicting bloodied and savagely hacked human bodies. His collection also includes the photograph of a rape victim, lying sick with a machete cut.
The forceful removal of the Fulani population in the town by a group inspired by Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed Yoruba warlord, had catapulted Igangan into national prominence.