Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressed hope that the lingering crises between farmers and herdsmen would end as soon as grazing is outlawed by the House of Assembly.

Ortom, expressed this optimism while receiving Ityuluv/Injoov people in Kwande local government area of the state, said there is no land for grazing because 80 percent of the citizens are farmers.

He thereby advised that problems between herders and farmers should be reported to security agencies and emphasized that reprisal attack are counterproductive and unnecessary.

He assured Ityuluv/Injoov people in Nkomon district of Kwande Local Government area of protection against Fulani invasion and promised to create conducive atmosphere for them to return to their homes.

In a related development, the Sultan of Sokoto and Grand Patron MIYETTI Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Sa’ad Abubakar III advised herders against allowing their livestock to destroy farm crops, even as he maintained that such should not however be a reason for violence.

According to the Sultan, rather than resorting to violence because herders invaded a particular farm, the farmers with the owners of such cattle should find a way of reaching amicable resolution either by getting paid the value of the destroyed crops or otherwise.

While commenting on the effort of the Federal Government in setting up a committee to help sensitize the Fulanis and farmers on certain issues that concern them, especially the grazing reserve and cattle ranch, the Sultan noted that the incessant clashes do not only affect just the herders and farmers but the entire country.