Herdsmen on an Enugu expressway RESIDENTS of Enugu have raised the alarm over the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the state. Some of the residents, who spoke with Southern City News in Enugu, expressed concern at the manner in which the herdsmen moved their cattle along major streets in the city, particularly residential areas. It was gathered that herds of cattle had on several occasions obstructed traffic within the city. Reacting to the development in a chat with our correspondent, Mr. Sunday Emeh, a shopkeeper in Ogui Road, said cattle should not be allowed in major streets and residential areas. “This is totally wrong, cattle should not be allowed on streets and residential areas. This ugly development is an inconvenience for people. “The animals are too destructive because on some occasions, the cattle damage goods and property on their way and you can’t hold the herdsmen accountable because they don’t even speak English, not to talk of Igbo. “I don’t know where these herds come from but I am surprised that they are allowed to come into streets and major roads,” Emeh said. Another resident, Nnamdi Igwe, in the New Layout area of Enugu metropolis, said the activities of the herdsmen constituted a threat to lives and property in the state. Igwe noted that there were instances where herdsmen attacked and even killed innocent people in parts of the state. Voicing his concerns over the activities of the herdsmen in a chat with Southern City News, Igwe said, “These herdsmen are known to be very volatile; they are even armed with dangerous weapons. “On several occasions, especially in the rural communities, there have been reports that herdsmen attacked people. They have been involved in armed robbery. They even rape women. “People have even lost their lives in encounters with herdsmen. Now, they are coming into major streets in the urban areas and nothing is being done about it, even when it is apparent that their activities constitute a security threat.” Also speaking on the matter, another resident, Uchenna Amanze, urged the state government and the security agencies to urgently address the development. Amanze wondered why the herdsmen would take their cattle into the streets and residential areas, saying, “There is no grass in the streets and roads, so what are these herds doing there? The authorities should take immediate steps to address this matter before it gets out of hand.” It will be recalled that in 2014, the immediate past Enugu State House of Assembly attempted to regulate the activities of herdsmen in the state. The House held public hearings on a bill entitled ‘A law to make provisions for the control of nomadic cattle rearing in Enugu State and other matters related thereto’. The bill, which was not passed into law, sought to make herdsmen who take their cattle to unauthorised areas guilty of a criminal offence, even as it (bill) also made provisions for the establishment of grazing reserves for cattle rearers in all the 17 local government areas of the state.

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This fulani herdsmen are spreading like virus causing nuisance wherever they go.

l still cannot fathom how these herdsmen reason.Why many state governments turn blind eye to this menace still baffles me. On a business note, their presence proves that one can successfully operate a dairy farm in the South East applying the zero grazing option whereby the cows are fed in their stalls cutting off the drudgery of roaming around with them. They would produce more milk as one can get nothing less than 25litres of fresh milk daily from a good breed under best practices.

War in Nigeria may be prolonged but inevitable

these herdsmen should be nowhere in the south.

these herdsmen should be nowhere in the south. not to talk of East.

I thot it was only a SW phenomenon....

The State Government has Power to build Branches and establish Husbandries for Animal Industries in his state. Let all State Governors build Branches around the Fulani Herdsmen in their States, buy them and their wares and employ them with other management staff to run them.

These idiots killed, butchered and dumped the body of one of my kinsmen from Awgu local government area of Enugu sate last year and till now nothing has been done about it.

Is there any developed country where you find chicken talk less of a cow roaming round streets. This country is backward in so many ways......serious countries no longer practice nomadic cattle rearing, encouraging them is like encouraging farmers to keep using hoe and cutlasses and not to think to use mechanised system of farming. Truck this herdmens nonsense is getting out of control. They should be checked

Communities should devise means to protect themselves. Keep there own weapons too to protect themselves against invaders like this. serious!

Obynobyl:
These idiots killed, butchered and dumped the body of one of my kinsmen from Awgu local government area of Enugu sate last year and till now nothing has been done about it.

The east and probably the South-south should come together and create a unified strategy for dealing with this fulani menance.
This is unacceptable.

A unified SE/SS approach would be the best bet for curbing this menance.
We already have a SE/SS governors forum, this fulani stuff is what should be paramount now.

I think say biafrans be warriors,how come these herdsmen are causing trouble in their domain?