Governors of Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Kebbi, and Jigawa States on Monday held a meeting with the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State capital.
Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, KAYODE FAYEMI said that the meeting is at the instance of the NGF and is necessitated by the demand of the present challenges of insecurity in the country.
He also pointed out that no eviction order to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo or any other state in the southwest.
According to Governor FAYEMI, the Ondo Governor only directed that all herdsmen should register for them to operate in the state forest reserves.
The NGF Chairman said ethnic profiling has to stop and all tribes in Nigeria are faced by the insecurity challenge, like the Fulanis who are victims of crime such as cattle rustling.