Nyandan and four other ethnic groups in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State in northeast Nigeria have signed a peace agreement with Fulani.
The peace agreement was signed during a meeting attended by stakeholders of all the ethnic groups in Mayolope a border town between Taraba and Adamawa states.
It was agreed that all ethnic groups should immediately withdraw their militia while security agents were directed to arrest any person or group of persons found with arms.
It was also agreed that the groups and Fulani should comb all trouble areas and arrest any criminal found there. All the ethnic groups had, during the meeting, blamed one another for allowing outsiders to come in and instigate conflict.
The meeting had also accused forces not residing in the area of preaching disunity by using religion and ethnicity as tools. A spokesperson of Nyandan, Aaron Artimas, who described the peace accord as successful, said all the ethnic groups and Fulani had been living in peace for years.