The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Baba-Ahmed, has charged President President Muhammadu Buhari to take action before Nigeria is set on fire.
Baba-Ahmed, in a tweet on Saturday evening, said government owed the citizens protection wherever they might be living in the country.
He tweeted: “Attacking innocent southerners living in the north will not be the right response to attacks on northerners in the south.
“We should demand that Nigerians, wherever they are, must be protected. President and Governors: Do something, NOW! They are setting the country on fire under you!”
On Saturday, there was an outbreak of violence in Shasha area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital, which reportedly led to the death of one person.
The property of residents and wares of traders in Shasha market were also destroyed. Seyi Makinde, the state governor, ordered the closure of the market.
There has been rising tension over the activities of herdsmen in the south-west. Some herders have been accused of killings and kidnappings in the region.
