AGATU COMMUNITY ENDS CRISIS WITH CATTLE BREEDERS

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In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting, the leadership of the cattle breeders and prominent Agatu farmers resolved on the immediate cessation of hostilities between the Idoma in Agatu and the Fulani nomadic community carrying out grazing activities in the area.

Finally, the prolonged violent crises between cattle breeders and farmers in Agatu land, Benue State, which have claimed several lives and property, may have been laid to rest.

This is because the warring parties have agreed to sheath their swords and embrace peace at a town hall meeting held in Abuja to find a lasting solution to the crisis.

At a joint world press conference by the two parties, the national leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) was directed to order its Benue and Nasarawa States chapters to immediately order all Fulani herdsmen carrying out grazing activities in Agatu to immediately withdraw and move to Nasarawa State while dialogue towards the peaceful resolution of the conflict is ongoing.

Agatu youths, the communiqué read at the conference further stated, should desist from patrolling the river banks until when better understanding is achieved between the two parties.

The communiqué also urged the federal government to set up a high powered committee that will include the leadership of the Idoma Initiative and MACBAN to comprehensively look into the immediate and remote causes of the crisis with the view of finding a lasting solution to the crisis.

The suggested committee should also be mandated to ascertain the level of destruction of lives and property on both sides with a view to giving adequate compensation.

“The federal government should draw up a road map to commence the immediate reconstruction, rehabilitation and re-integration of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Agatu back to their various communities.

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