Presenter Kadaria Ahmed struggled to moderate a discussion on the Fulani herdsmen pandemic last night on Channels TV's "The Core".  The programme started on the wrong footing with its title: "Crises between farmers and herdsmen".

There has been a deliberate attempt from official sources in Nigeria to label the crises in terms of "clashes" between both parties as if they are both equally liable.  But the issue is clearly one in which one side is the obvious aggressor and in which the solution clearly lies in putting an end to the invasion of farms by roaming herdsmen and their cattle.  If the herdsmen don't travel from miles away to destroy crops, there'd be no crisis nor clashes with farmers.  So they should stop doing so, and official sources in Nigeria and journalists such as those at Channels TV should stop painting a clear case of aggression and land invasion euphemistically as "farmers/herdsmen clashes".

Watch the programme: https://www.naijiant.com/articles/kadaria-ahmed-fails-get-core-fulani-herdsmen-crisis/