The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to put a halt to the alleged entry of herdsmen from other African countries into Nigeria.
This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Tuesday.
Moving the motion earlier, Mr Elumelu said that in recent years, herdsmen had been on rampage, destroying farmlands, burning villages and killing innocent Nigerians indiscriminately in many states across the federation.
Mr Elumelu said the Nigerian security agents had consistently stated that those herdsmen were not Nigerians but migrants from other neighboring countries.
He said that those herdsmen, who were militant in nature, had consistently instilled fears in lives of local farmers and villagers living in the affected areas.
The lawmaker said the herdsmen used coercion, intimidation, brute force and extreme violence, in most cases, leaving a large number of persons dead.
“The violent conflicts between the nomadic herders from neighbouring countries and local farmers is escalating by the day to more states of the federation, and if left unchecked will further threaten the security and stability of the nation.
“The clashes are becoming potentially as dangerous as the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.
“Yet, to date, response to the crisis at both the federal and state levels have been very poor and ineffective.
“It has become necessary to lend a voice to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State that a stop be put to the movement of herdsmen from other African countries to Nigeria.
