Ondo State Government on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview in Akure where the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria […]
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There was no eviction order to herdsmen in Ondo State or any part of the South West region, the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has clarified. He said the speech of his Ondo counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, which he said was only directed at government reserve including registration. was […]
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• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]
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Not unexpectedly, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s marching order on illegal herders and occupants of forest reserve in Ondo State has provoked controversy over the legality or otherwise of the proclamation. Simply, the issue is between section 41 of the 1999 Constitution, which guarantees the right of every Nigerian to move freely or live in any part […]
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By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, has declared its full support for Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over his quit order on herdsmen from the state’s forest reserves. The party, speaking through its State Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Steve Otaloro, said: “We are solidly standing with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on […]
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The Presidency triggered a needless controversy recently with its brash intrusion into the legitimate efforts by the Ondo State Government to secure the lives and property of residents. In an unseemly and swift reaction to an order by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to cattle herders to vacate the state’s forest reserves that had become hideouts and […]
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Farmers, traders, commercial drivers, and members of the Nigeria Forest Services known as Forest guards, hit the streets of Akure the state capital in solidarity protest on Thursday, asking Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu not to rescind his decision ordering herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state within seven days. Akeredolu had also banned night grazing […]
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By Ojo Oyewamide The lifespan of the impactful first tenure of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will expire in the next two days. The tenure of state governors in Nigeria is four years. That is the dictate of the country’s constitution. So, whatever has a beginning surely has an end. This is an immutable fact of […]
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Akeredolu, in an interactive meeting with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani and Ebira Communities in Ondo State. The Governor, who is the Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum said Kidnappers Should Expect Fire For Fire Across the Southwest.Crossed swords. Photo; Twitter/Ondofirstborn Akeredolu replies, says President’s emotions threatening national unity Afenifere accuses Buhari of protecting only […]
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By Dare Babarinsa It is interesting that the Presidency finally found its voice concerning the security situation in Ondo State. In recent months, Ondo State has been at the centre of grave insecurity in the South West. It was here that a first-class traditional ruler was kidnapped and killed. It was here that the daughter of […]
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