Sentences with phrase «threat by the herdsmen»

Ortom said that the fear of the people stemmed from continuous threat by the herdsmen who despite the killings still issued threat on daily basis to take over Benue land.

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Ever since the killings of our people started by Fulani herdsmen, Federal Government of Nigeria has never set up a special security committee, to find a way of addressing this existential threat.

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has described killings by Fulani herdsmen as a threat to security in the country.

Speaking at theNigeria Union of Journalists» national summit in Abeokuta the Ogun State capital, Obasanjo who was represented by Prof Peter Okebukola, said the problems of herdsmen and the Niger Delta Avengers and others have constituted serious threats to the cooperate existence of Nigeria.

As a criminologist, the spread of Fulani herdsmen in virtually all the nook and cranny of the country portend security threats going by their activities in the last decade.

The group called on Okorocha to stop the potential peace threat and restore security in the land by asking the herdsmen to steer clear of their farmlands.

While the Nigerian state seems to be deploying its security machinery to tackle threats to peace by militants in the Niger Delta and Boko Haram in the North - East, not much has been done to counter the threats posed by Fulani herdsmen who consider the whole country their private turf.