Yoruba
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for peace between northern traders and southwest people after reported clashes between both sides in Shasha area of Oyo.
Ondo governor Akeredolu has warned Yoruba indigenes in southwest Nigeria against fighting with other ethnic groups among them after clash with Hausas in Shasha.
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state said herdsmen are not to be blamed for bearing firearms, adding that nobody has the right to eject them from southwest.
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Friday, in a letter to UN accused some Yoruba elders of aiming to raise tensions and create fears among people in Nigeria.
Yoruba elders have backed Ohanaeze Ndigbo over the alleged continuous sidelining of Igbos from the appointment of service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has called on southwest governors to support efforts of Gani Adams and Sunday Igboho to address the security issue in the region.
Sunday Igboho, who had issued an ultimatum for Fulani herdsmen to vacate Oyo state over their alleged criminal activities, had harshly criticised the monarch.
The national coordinator of the OPC, Iba Gani Adams, has raised concerns that if things are not handled properly, soon, there will be famine in Yorubaland.
The Oluwo of Iwoland has urged the Federal government of Nigeria to place outright ban on the use of foreign jeans just as he wants locally made to be promoted.
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