Yoruba, Igbo, N’Delta, Middle Belt unite against Fulani herdsmen

South-West, South-East, South-South and Middle Belt leaders, unites against the threat of Fulani herdsmen and called for a new fiscal formula that would move Nigeria from its current dependence on oil and gas revenues to a fully diversified economy.

Rising from the summit, Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin, said, "We have resolved to put an end to these herdsmen immediately and bring an end to this organised terror being unleashed on the South and Middle Belt states."

The communique read in part, "As a logical derivative, we must work out a new fiscal formula that will move Nigeria away from the current overdependence on oil and gas revenue to a diversified economy where all federating units are encouraged to develop their abundant natural and human resources for regional and national development.

"State governments are also called upon to outlaw open grazing in favour of organised ranching," the group said, just as it condemned the Arewa youths' quit order to the Igbo living in the North.

UCJ, UNILORIN.