₦airaland Forum

Posted By: Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin


A former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Samuel Afolayan (retd), claimed on Wednesday that herdsmen burnt 20 hectares of orange plantation, 20 hectares of cassava farm and five hectares of palm plantation in his farm.

He said the farm is about 500 hectares.
The ex- naval chief put the loss at over N200 million.

Speaking with journalists in Ibbo-Ile, Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, Afolayan said the herdsmen had been destroying his plantations for over 10 years.

He said: “The destruction and burning of my farmland has become an annual routine. This will be the first time of letting people know what has been happening in the last 10 years.

It is the cow-rearers that have been damaging my things and right now there about three cases in court. Every year, my farm is burnt and we believed that it is not deliberate when it first started.

They will go and arrest them, they will go to the local chiefs and friends and beg them.

“When I looked at the people that were engaged in this act, I found that they are people of low means. I will release them.

But as times went on, I discovered that these boys are being sponsored by people of means and outside Kwara State. I have of recent somebody who is put in detention who is from Zamfara State.

The one that is in court is from Niger State. So most of the damages I continued to have are from the north. They carry their cows, mindless of the size of what you have or get, they destroyed it with impunity.

“No less than 20 hectares of oranges, five hectares of palm trees and 20 hectares of cassava had been burnt or destroyed this year. I am not an expert or a valuer but my estimation is that the current loss is over N200m.”

HsLBroker:
Buhari just they start, una never see anything

LionDeLeo:
These are the same people shouting "zone-b" everywhere.

"This will be the first time of letting people know what has been happening in the last 10 years."

Watch how he or any of his likes shamelessly do this

usba:
I have discovered that in nairaland the only useful criteria for being a Buhari critique is to be proudly an ignorant fool.

LionDeLeo:
These are the same people shouting "zone-b" everywhere.

"This will be the first time of letting people know what has been happening in the last 10 years."

Watch how he or any of his likes shamelessly do this

LionDeLeo:
They are coming for you very soon.

FarahAideed:
Has Buhari not been championing Herdsmen recklessness for more than 20 years , it has only gotten more brazen as he is in Aso Rock

emmie14:
What is wrong with these barbarians? When will they be tired of troubles? Maybe Allah instructed them to destroy and kill for nonexistent Seven heavenly virgins . I wounder what shall be retirement rewards of there females counter-parts, seven virgin guys? Hmmm .
Shallow rooted laws and teachings.

FarahAideed:
Has Buhari not been championing Herdsmen recklessness for more than 20 years , it has only gotten more brazen as he is in Aso Rock

HsLBroker:
Buhari just they start, una never see anything

onatisi:
God bless you for this comment.
Now we can see who the real wailers are. When some of us were raising early alarm signals about bihari before the election and immediately he assumed power ,Nigerians were making jest of us and calling us wailers. No one should complain ,they should rather keep shouting SAI BABA

Warship:
If Buhari returns back in 2019, I see SW being invaded by Fulani herdsmen terrorists with the open support of Buhari asking for Colonies all over the West for peace to reign.

Lionhearted:
Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gun powder, and somebody/some people playing with matches so close.

fiizznation:
funny nation.... Fulani herdsmen is thé latest propaganda. Everything is now attributed to fulani herdsmen. Smh

HsLBroker:
Buhari just they start, una never see anything