Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has ordered that host communities should register the Fulani herdsmen resident in them.
The exercise would involve the payment of N5000 and would allow for ease of identification and location.
The herdsmen are expected to comply with Fayose saying he would hold the Serikin Fulani, Muhammed Abashe, in the state responsible if his directive is ignored.
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Fayose, who reacted angrily to the murder of a Tiv woman in Orin Ekiti by men suspected to be herdsmen, said the violence must come to an end.
Indicting Abashe for what he called his failure in providing the right leadership and stopping his kinsmen from encroaching on farmlands, the governor called for a peaceful resolution of all misunderstandings.
Fayose said this at separate peace meetings held on Friday and Saturday nights with Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, farmers, local hunters, security agencies and representatives of the Tiv community in Ado Ekiti.
He said, “If you (Fulani herders) still want to stay among us, you must accept the responsibility to ensure that none of our peoples’ farms is destroyed by herdsmen any longer.
“None of our people must be killed by your men, either they are strangers or those herdsmen living among us.
“If any killing or destruction of farms of our people occurs again in that area, I will ensure that I use the law to fight you their leader on it. This is the last warning I am giving you,” he warned.
