Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has given a seven-day ultimatum to herdsmen to immediately vacate forest reserves within the State.
The Governor declared this during an interactive meeting with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani and Ebira communities in the State, which was held at the Governors office, in Akure, the State capital,.
Akeredolu who fumed over the nefarious activities of the herdsmen across the State yesterday, stated that his administration will not fold its arms and allow a few individuals to turn the State into a haven of dare-devil criminals.
The governor talked tough on the activities of the criminal elements in the State, saying security reports and debriefings from victims of kidnap cases pointed in one direction, all traceable to some bad elements masquerading as herdsmen.
The meeting was also attended by the Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami and the state commandant of the Amotekun Corps, Tunji Adeleye.
While ordering that all Forest Reserves in the State are to be vacated by herdsmen within the next seven days with effect from yesterday, Monday, Akeredolu decried the activities of the criminal elements, adding that they have turned forest reserves in the state and across the South-West into hideouts for keeping victims of kidnapping, negotiating for ransom and carrying out other criminal activities.
He further placed a ban on night-grazing and movement of cattle within cities and highway in the state, while also outlawing under-aged grazing of cattle.
