‘We are not bandits’: herders reject profiling and demand dialogue

In Abuja, pastoralist organizations rejected the profiling of Fulani herders as bandits and urged President Bola Tinubu to convene a national dialogue on farmer-herder conflicts. The coalition says hundreds of pastoralists, including women, children and older people, have been killed in recent months across several states, and called for an independent investigation and aid for displaced people. It also wants 30% of the agricultural budget allocated to the Livestock Development Ministry, official protection for 417 grazing reserves, and pilot ranches and fodder production zones.