Ishiagu (Ebonyi) – No fewer than 3,000 Ishiagu women on Friday staged a
peaceful protest against the destruction of farm crops by herdsmen to the
Palace of the traditional ruler of the community, Ezego Moses Ngele.
The women, mainly peasant elderly farmers, marched peacefully to the palace
of the monarch.
They demanded urgent action to end the alleged indiscriminate destruction of
cash crops and other farm produce by herdsmen grazing their cattle in the
area.
Chanting solidarity songs and brandishing green leaves, the women urged the
traditional ruler to prevail on the herdsmen to stop using their cattle to
destroy their crops.
The protesters also requested for immediate exit of the herdsmen from the
community to save their farm lands and the people from imminent famine.
The spokesperson for the group, Mrs Janet Aja, said that they were at the
palace to register their grievance over the destruction of their crops by
herdsmen who allow their cattle to feed on their cash crops and other farm
produce in their farms.
Aja said that all the crops including yam, cassava and rice, among others,
have been destroyed prematurely by the rampaging herdsmen.
They expressed fears that the farmers might be left with nothing to harvest.
She said that farmers, especially the women in the community, were at
present not able to go to their farms for fear of being attacked by the
herdsmen.
“The women are in your palace to inform you that our crops and farm lands
are destroyed daily by cattle rearers and that we no longer go to our farms
for fear of being attacked, raped or killed.
“Our rice, yams, cassava and other crops in our farms have all been
destroyed and eaten up by their cattle.
“We demand urgent action from you as the community father to end the
indiscriminate destruction of crops and farm lands by these foreigners.
“We don’t want the killings and destruction we hear that happen in other
communities between them and farmers to happen in our own community.”
She said that the women would employ every peaceful means to ensure that
the herdsmen stopped their nefarious acts in the community as well as
ensure that they were evicted from the town.
“We hope that your Majesty will handle this situation by providing a lasting
solution to the menace otherwise the women of this community will protest
naked at Government House in Abakaliki, ” she added.
Ngele, while commending the women for their peaceful disposition, said that
the palace would collaborate with other stakeholders and security agencies in
dealing with the problem.
He expressed regret over the destruction of economic crops and assured the
women that a permanent solution would be found.
“We sympathise with you over on the indiscriminate destruction of your farm
lands but want to assure you that we will not relent in our efforts to find a
last solution to the manace.
“It was good that you first registered your grievances with the palace and
this shows the enormous respect you have for the institution and for me.
“We want to assure you that no stone will be left unturned in providing a
lasting solution to the problem.”
He further assured the women that governments at all levels were making
concerted efforts to stem the security challenge and urged them to remain
law-abiding and respect constituted authority.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/3000-women-farmers-stage-peaceful-protest-ebonyi-herdsmen/
lalasticlala mynd44

And my Enugu people have been crying like cowards....why do we even have a crying governor

Enugu should imitate Ekiti and Ebonyi..

we will also get rid of these so called herdsmen someday

The state Governor should do something about those blood sucking demons

This herdsmen again... Well i trust ebonyi, they don't shit.. When it comes to such.

























Make them no worry, person wey they ginger dem go soon leave office...

Make dem no let prof buhari hear say dem dey protest against his brothers o....