Abstract

The article examines the nature, causes, effects and implications of the conflict between Fulani mobile herdsmen and farmers in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria in the face of shrinking resources, and escalating levels of violence. It is noted that if unchecked, these sporadic clashes between groups seeking livelihood security can degenerate into an identity conflict, given the distinctive ways in which the political and religious identities of the two groups are constructed. The paper ends with recommendations on possible ways for resolving the conflict between pastoralists and farmers in the two states of Nigeria.