“We, the elites, must be very careful not to set up our people that have been living in peace against each other.”
Why has Malami not come out in defence of commercial motorcyclists and spare parts in the same way he has come out in defence of cows?
Mr Umahi said that ban on open grazing is to prevent destructions of farms common with herders walking their herds through peoples farms in southern Nigeria.
He pointed out that some of the herders were born and brought up in the southern states against open grazing.
In a four-hour meeting in Asaba last Tuesday, in a 12-point communique, the southern governors unanimously agreed to ban open grazing.
“We should avoid partisanship. We should avoid regionalism,” warned Mr Lawan. “We are all leaders, and we are in this together.”
