Enugu Council Chairman, Farmers, Cry Out over Disturbance of Herdsmen

The chairman of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chukwudi Nnadozie, has lamented over the inability of Forest Guards and Vigilante group personnel to check the excesses of herdsmen on farmers in the council area.

According to reports, the herdsmen were said to have destroyed a large plantation across 12 plots of land with 1000 improved variety of palm trees and other crops belonging to Nicholas Okoro, estimated at five million naira, located along Ugbene Ajima-Nimbo Road.

Ekohotblog understands that this happening after an alleged shooting of Festus Ayogu, a farmer at Ugbene Ajima, a sleepy community in the council area, who, however, survived the attack by whiskers.

Speaking of the happenings, a farmer from Isiuvuru village, also in the council area, Utazi Ereme, said that armed herdsmen have taken over their farmlands and allowed herds of cattle to graze openly on cassava and yam farms.

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Expressing his grief, a member of the community who chose to be anonymous added that while the cattle feed on their yams and cassava, the herders consume the yams and cassava.

However, the council chairman while condemning the activities of the herdsmen warned them to desist from the destruction of farmlands and crops, adding that there is enough pastures for the cattle outside the farmers’ domain.