He also urged Nigerians not to politicise the herders/farmers clashes.

Oshiomhole said that such problems become more difficult to resolve once they begin to assume political context, whipping up sentiments.

The former said that anyone who commits a crime, regardless of his or her trade, should be dealt with according to law.

Oshiomhole said that the herdsmen were as old as the Nigerian nation and had been living in peace with other members of the community.

“In every part of Nigeria and most communities, you will always have an area domiciled by the herdsmen and they move about their lawful business, here and there”, he told NAN.

“In my house, I have a herdsman who is managing my cattle and I’m sure there are a lot of other people too who have them.

“But like every other aspect of Nigeria, a couple of things might have deteriorated, including environmental and security issues among others,” he said.

The ex-labour leader, however, said that the government had a duty to protect life and properties as provided for in the constitution.

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Osinbajo said this at a security summit organised by the senate on Thursday.

The Vice President warned that on no account will any land be seized or forcefully taken to create ranches or grazing areas.

He advised Nigerians to disregard all insinuations that the federal government wanted to force cattle ranches on them.

Osinbajo further said that he was in support of the creation of State police.

He said, “For a country our size, to meet the one policeman to 400 persons according to the UN prescribed ratio, we would require almost triple the number of our current police force.

“Far more funding for the military and security agencies is required.

“The nature of our security challenges is complex. Securing Nigeria’s over 900sq/km and its 180 million people requires far more men and materials than we have at the moment.

“It also requires a continual re-engineering of our security architecture and strategies. This has to be a dynamic process.”

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The group alleged that the Fulani herdsmen had caused more damages to the region than good.

Public Relations Officer of the group told newsmen that the quit notice was not a threat but a “real talk”, which they would effect “by fire, by force.”

He said, “Fulani herdsmen have caused the region so much pain, agony and loss; therefore, they must go by October 1 and if they refuse to leave by that date, the Middle Belt Renaissance Forum will converge and take a drastic action that would not be palatable to them. They must leave and if they refuse, we will drive them out by fire, by force.”

Reacting to the new quit notice order by youths in the Middle Belt, the Benue State coordinator of MACBAN, Alhaji Garus Gololo, stated that no one could intimidate herdsmen in any part of the country.

Gololo said the October 1 ultimatum given to Fulani herdsmen to leave the region was “not only useless but nonsensical.”

He said, “The quit notice is a miscarriage of thought and priority. The constitution of Nigeria allows freedom of movement and living in any part of the country, so we are not going to be intimidated by the order.”

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