Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting behind closed doors with some state governors.
The meeting holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja is being attended by governors of Adamawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Kaduna and Zamfara States.
Deputy governors of Benue and Oyo States are also in attendance.
It is a meeting of a committee set up recently by the National Economic Council to find lasting solution to herdsmen’s killings across the country.
Members of the group had their first meeting immediately after the NEC meeting during which the committee was established.