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Women Protest Against Killer Herdsmen In Edo –

WOMEN from Ikabigbo community, in the Uzairue Kingdom, Etsako West local government area of Edo state yesterday, asked herdsmen occupying their community to leave saying their presence has caused them more harm than good.
The women in their hundreds protested to the palace of the traditional ruler, Chief Braimah Alegeh to register their displeasure over what they tagged as wanton destruction of crops and farm land.
The spokesperson for the women, Mrs Rose Ekhalumhe said the herdsmen have destroyed their farmland and crops with their cattle.
“They want to create hunger for us. They will enter our cassava farm, uproot the cassava to feed their cattle and the cattle will destroy the remaining.
” Yam barns are not spared in this distruction by herdsmen and their cattle”.
“we are now afraid to go to the farm because many of us have been beaten up and injured by herdsmen for daring to ask them to stop the destruction of our crops and farm lands.
“So, we are here to let you know that we are tired of their attrocity, we can’t farm any more and the little one we have cultivated have been destroyed by the herders and their cattle. We want them to leave our land and community. We didn’t give them any land,” she said.
The women, however, appealed to the state government and security agents to come to their aid so that they can continue to go to farm and avoid hunger.
Responding, Chief Braimah Alegeh, assured the protesters that their grievances would be channeled to the appropriate authority for action.
“I have reported the matter to the clan head, Ogieneni of Uzairue , His Royal Highness, Kadiri Omogbai that I am inundated with the destruction of crops and farm lands by herdsmen in my community and he promised to look into it,”.
He said the palace would make former report to the local government and the state government to intimate them of the unwholesome activities of the fulani herdsmen and that the community has no land for herdsmen and their cattles.
He however, appealed to governor Godwin Obaseki to save the community and its people from the herdsmen who he said want to create hunger in his community

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