The herdsmen have being
asked to vacate their land following the recent attacks carried out by
suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The natives of Obiaruku
community in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, said they want to
feel secured in their farms.
According to Vanguard, this
development comes after eight members of the community were allegedly held
hostage by some suspected Fulani herdsmen on a farm in the community on April
26.
According to the community
Youth Leader, Chika Uwabuofu, the decision to ask the herdsmen to vacate their
land after the herdsmen failed to honor a meeting where the issue of hostage
taken by them could be resolved
“After they (Fulani
herdsmen) released our people, the next day, the Delta State Committee on
Conflict Resolution, Chairman of Ukwani council, our community leaders,
vigilante group members and representatives of the Fulani herdsmen met. At that
meeting,
we told them that we want
Fulani herdsmen to leave our land and we were told to come up with a resolution
and another meeting was fixed for Friday. On that day, the Fulani people failed
to attend the meeting. As a community, we resolved that Fulani herdsmen
carrying out grazing activities on our land must leave so that our farmers can
go back to their farms freely without any harassment.
We resolved that no cow
must go across River Ethiope to graze. Today we sent our vigilante members to
the bush to search, but for now, they are no longer there. We are appealing to
the state and federal governments to pay compensation to our farmers whose farm
produce had been destroyed by the herdsmen.
We also thank the state
government and our council chairman for all they have done to restore peace to
the community. “he said
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