ADO-EKITI—No fewer than 20 persons were injured in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, following a violent clash between some Yoruba commercial motorcycle operators, otherwise known as Okada riders, and some of their Hausa counterparts in Atikankan area, highly populated by the Hausa.

Though conflicting reasons were adduced for the clash, the timely intervention of Police prevented the matter from degenerating.

The clash which began as early as 9am, crippled commercial activities in the capital city.

Traders of the popular Erekesan Market in-front of Ewi’s Palace, and owners of shops in the market locked up the shops and ran for safety.

Some banks also hurriedly closed shop for the day.

Most of the injured received machete cuts and were rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of EKiti State Teaching Hospital for medical attention.

One of the reasons given for the clash was that a Hausa okada operator refused to pay a N50 due to their umbrella body; Okada Riders Association, ORA.

But state chairman, ORA, Mr. Ademo Martins, said trouble began after one a union official demanded for the particulars of the motorcycle from the rider.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/03/20-injured-in-okada-riders-clash-in-ekiti/

Beaf: I will say it again, it is high time the SW allied with the rest of us. Tinubu is taking the place down the drain.
It is obvious that the SW is being tested as the next ground for expansion. What kind of rubbish is it for tenants to repeatedly fight with their landlord?

Beaf: I will say it again, it is high time the SW allied with the rest of us. Tinubu is taking the place down the drain.
It is obvious that the SW is being tested as the next ground for expansion. What kind of rubbish is it for tenants to repeatedly fight with their landlord?

bittyend:
We don't need to be your "ally" by joining PDP - we can do that based on COMMON INTERESTS. If giving SW to PDP is what you consider "allying" - we're better off the way we are. PDP had 8 years, and for 8 years - they looted, destroyed, and they took the SW 200 years backwards.

Mowire:
Man mi, are you sure you're okay? What's this issue got to do with Tinubu? Ya' lo wa nkan gidi se o.

Beaf:

The only difference between ACN and PDP is that ACN is bigotted. The same people you claim looted and destroyed have simply moved into ACN from PDP; I don't see how changing party turns a thief into a saint. In any event, there is the LP doing very well in Ondo, it does not have to be PDP.
It is the fascist nature of ACN that is isolating the SW and in one sense, exposing it to these tests that to me, look like a test for a reaction to boko haram incursions.

Da infamous: SW is up to you guys to join the WAGON

bittyend:
You don't need to tell us what to do - we'll decide when incumbent ACN governors finish their 8 years tenure. PDP had 8 years and did absolutely nothing. And we already united in the old Western region - we just need the Igbo leaders (not the average Igbos) and Eastern region to stop being dishonest, and join the us. We're already united with our brothers in Edo, and Itsekiris in Delta.

Beaf:

Exactly!
The way the SW is going will open up the South to boko haram if care is not taken. I don't want to even think that boko haram would imagine they can get away with attacking Lagos especially; that is something that will reverberate across the entire South. [b]But those buffoons in ACN have left the SW totally unprepared, [/b]while they send their minions all over the internet to talk bigotted bullshiit.

There is a big beast knocking on the door and we should all be alert. Even if the leaders are scared, they should not allow their soil become the battle ground that endangers the rest and destroys businesses overnight.

Da infamous: that is why i keep telling SW people to see things through the lens not to be blinded on tribal reason ACN party is using fashola to confuse the rest of the SW states and when you look at other ACN governors their performance is wayy wayy below, to me really tinunbu is trying to build an empire that will suck up other parties especially PDP, but his greed and corrupt mind wont let the party fulfilled their full obligation............

Beaf: I will say it again, it is high time the SW allied with the rest of us. Tinubu is taking the place down the drain.
It is obvious that the SW is being tested as the next ground for expansion. What kind of rubbish is it for tenants to repeatedly fight with their landlord?

[size=28pt]Delta villagers protest attacks by Fulani herdsmen [/size]

by Emmanuel Addeh, Warri

Tension continued to build in Delta State on Tuesday over alleged incessant attacks on residents by Hausa Fulani herdsmen in the state.

Residents of the affected areas in the state told journalists that the activities of the nomads had negatively affected their farmlands.

By Aliuna Godwin, Abakaliki
TRADITIONAL rulers in Ebonyi State yesterday urged Fulani cattle rearers to vacate Okuma in Amangwu Edda Autonomous Community.

[size=18pt]This is in order to avert the collaboration with some security operatives to kill, maim and destroy farm crops of peasant farmers in the area[/size].

dayokanu:
You mean during the 8yrs of PDP in the SW, Hausas were not fighting in Yorubaland?

How come Hausas are still a problem in PDP controlled Plateau and Benue?


http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/69341-delta-villagers-protest-attacks-fulani-herdsmen.html

See what Tinubu and ACN has caused in Delta State. Allowing Fulani herdsmen to attack villagers

[size=18pt]OWERRI-Two people are feared dead, while an unspecified number of women have been reportedly violated by Fulani herdsmen who invaded Umuapu community in Ohaji/Egbema local council area of Imo State with their cattle.

Vanguard investigation revealed that angered by the alleged gory activities of the Fulani herdsmen, scores of women and youths barricaded the ever busy Owerri-Port Harcourt federal highway yesterday to protest their plight.[/size]

Traffic along the highway was, for the greater part of yesterday, disrupted at Umuapu, while commuters were forced to seek alternative routes to get to their destinations.
One of the protesters, who simply identified himself as Chukwudi, lamented that “apart from the two dead villagers, the Fulani herdsmen have ceaselessly violated our women and girls as well as destroyed the crops in our farms.”

He described the grazing of their cattle on farmlands as “a deliberate ploy by these Fulani herdsmen to ensure that we are not food sufficient in Imo.”

Every effort made to reach the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Linus Nwaiwu, a deputy superintendent of police, failed as he was said to be away from the office when Vanguard called.

However, a senior police officer in the State Police Headquarters, Owerri, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident and quickly added that normalcy had returned to the rural community.

“The police is aware of previous reports about the activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the area. We are investigating the incident but the villagers did not wait for us to complete our investigations before they jumped into the highway,” the police officer said.

Beaf: ^
Lolzzzz! I wonder why you didn't paste the whole story. I also wonder how you can compare villages to state capitals.
Paste the rest of the story, so we can understand the response of the villagers fully, bruv. ACN is useless to the people.

Uwheru clan protests killing of kinsmen by herdsmen
admin | March 9, 2012 | 0 Comments and 0 Reactions
| Print | E-mail Written by Sylvester Idowu, Warri Friday, 09 March 2012 Share Indigenes of Uwheru clan in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, recently stormed the State House of Assembly in Asaba to protest incessant killings, maiming and raping of their people by Hausa/Fulani herdsmen. The protesters besieged the House of Assembly complex with

dayokanu:
Ohh OK I get it. Its better to attack the villagers than to attack the state capital

When State Capitals are attacked ACN and Tinubu is the cause

Beaf:

Lolzzzz! I wonder why you didn't paste the whole story. I also wonder how you can compare villages to state capitals.
Paste the rest of the story, so we can understand the response of the villagers fully, bruv. ACN is useless to the people.

I never heard of this frequency of bold battles in the SW before ACN.

Beaf: ^
Has anybody been able to approach the Houses of Assembly in any SW state concerning the attacks on state capitals? And what did the Houses of Assembly do to protect the people?



Exactly! The state capital is the sit of power where govt is most visible, at the very least, there should be a response, not total silence.

dayokanu:

Ohh OK I get it. Its better to attack the villagers than to attack the state capital

When State Capitals are attacked ACN and Tinubu is the cause

Capt.Barbosa:
DK you are one in a million. . .I like the way you kicked the arzz of that Ibo bigot called Beaf, hiding under Delta state to claim South South.

The grass cutter came with his usual drivel to attack SW by making it look as if, Tinubu was the problem caused by 8 years of PDP mis-rule in SW. You did a good work by calling the mascot out of his cave.