Scores of women from four local government
areas in Enugu tate,yesterday, called on the state government to quickly halt
incessant attacks occasioned by Fulani herdsmen who molest, maim, rape and
destroy their farmland and livestock.
The women from the Anglican Diocese of Enugu North
comprising Enugu-North, Enugu-East, Udi and Ezeagu council areas, lamented that
the herdsmen have so far, defied known measures in warding off their activities
even as they revealed that their lives are now in perpetual danger.
In a peaceful demonstration that took them to the
Enugu State House of Assembly bearing placards that read,’Fulani herdsmen kill
our men with AK 47;’ ‘All we are saying is, Fulani, leave our farmlands’.
“They butchered two men at Eke, they should stop
robbing us on the high ways,” said leader of the group, Mrs. Achogaonye Eze,
adding that unless the herdsmen are stopped, their lives would continue to be
in grave danger because they arm themselves with sophisticated weapons making
it impossible for the vigilante to confront them.
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