With the Enugu attacks still fresh in the minds of people and communities, a Delta state community, Obiaruku, have asked the Fulani Herdsmen in the area.
There had been fears that the dangerous Fulani herdsmen were going to give law abiding ones a bad name.
Members of the community have asked the herdsmen to leave their land so as to enable their farmers farm in peace.
According to the Vanguard, this seems to have been caused by a situation in which eight members of the community were allegedly held hostage by some suspected Fulani herdsmen on a farm in the community on April 26.
Community Youth Leader, Chika Uwabuofu, stated that the decision came after the herdsmen failed to honor a meeting where the issue of the hostage taking could be discussed and resolved.
Accoding to Uwabuofo “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.”
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