Taking away farmers' rights will not solve Gombe's farmer-herder crisis, By Olajide Oladokun
Nigeria, March 26 -- The farmer-herder crisis is a recurring issue in many parts of Nigeria. According to the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, these conflicts displaced over 300,000 and killed more than 1,868 people between 2018 and 2021. Apart from the loss of lives, the periodic clashes between nomadic herders and farmers are responsible for the lose of farm produce worth millions annually.
Gombe State recorded several casualties during the farmer-herder crises in the past few years. In 2021, herders killed eight people in Billiri and burnt their houses and farmlands. In January 2022, suspected herders killed thirteen people in the southern parts of Gombe. About eight months after that incident, some herders also killed thr...
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