The management of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, has raised the alarm over herdsmen, cattle invasion in the school.

Speaking exclusively to Vanguard on Tuesday, the Registrar, Mr. John Nnabuihe, wondered if herdsmen want to turn the campus into a grazing area.

“It was not funny driving to the Senate Building this morning. It is baffling why herdsmen are gradually transforming FUTO premises into a cattle colony”, Nnabuihe said.

Answering a question, the Registrar said that the institution has written to the Chairman, Cattle Owners Association, Obinze, complaining about the development.

Part of the letter, dated September 4, 2019, and copied to heads of security agencies in the state, read: “I write on the authority of the Vice Chancellor, to draw your attention to the incessant invasion of herdsmen and their cattle on the campus of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri”, Nnabuihe said.

He reminded the Cattle Owners Association Chairman that government prohibited the group from grazing on university lands and environs.

"The sensitive nature of grazing on campus and the obvious tension it breeds among students, may ultimately lead to clashes, if not curbed. This is given the current precarious security challenges associated with open grazing”, Nnabuihe said.

The University then requested the Chairman, to urgently intervene by directing the herdsmen to desist from grazing within the University campus.

“Please note that security agencies have been alerted to take decisive measures against anyone grazing cattle within the University environment”, the Registrar told the cattle owners.

Recall that similar incident happened in June 7, 2017,when the authorities of Ohovbe Primary School Ikpoba, in Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, watch helplessly as cows invaded their school, disrupted classes and generally sacked pupils and teachers.

In January 11, 2019, there was tension in Anambra State as herdsmen with their cattle invaded Ideke Secondary School in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.

Details later:

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/09/breaking-cows-herdsmen-invade-futo/

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Any state that wants to participate in RUGA should go ahead,
Our stance @ is that no state should be forced to Participate in RUGA and furthermore, no state should grumble or beef (no puns intended) when they see the profit and returns the participating states are making monthly and annually.
As 97% of Nigerians eat beef on a daily basis.....argue with your oesophagus!

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Just take a look at the facilities and tell me how any local community and economy will not develop from it. 

These wailers are the same jokers that were chastising the Fulanis for still practicing outdated methods, and crying about cows on runways. Now that the governor is literally making concrete efforts to modernize their methods and transform them from nomadic to sedentary farmers, they are still crying their eyes out. 

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Na lie! It’s an old pics. Those cows In FUTO belong to School of Agriculture.

Are you kidding me

This is too bad to be true

Some people are cowards

Buhari's brothers...

Buhari remains a dullard.

Why won't they invade the place when the classrooms look like a dump site...

Ok, if they can invade Aso rock, Abuja Airport etc.
How much more FUTO.

Fake NEWS Alert!

Those cows are owns by the school of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology ( SAAT ) there in Futo..

Those cows are owned by the agricultural faculty in the school for study and research purposes.
But them take style plenty for the school shaa

Who was that single person that took the pic?

RUGA everywhere!!!!!

So what. How can we even tell that is Imo state

That must be FUTO cows from department of Agriculture, when I was a student the walk about. From hall of mercy to SMAT to SEET to School Senate to Eziobodo road. People should stop useless propaganda. This is Futo cows see their short horns.

Okorocha handwork. Ihedioha should get rid of the many herdsmen okorocha imported to the state

Na wetin be dis again?

Haaaa we need more evidence

Them wan learn na. Una say their master nor get certificate na. These ones go still rule una las Las....

Na university class be that?

Is this real or a joke?

Really

Xenophobic people

Fulani are invading our land, They are here to islamize us send back to north, kill their cows, ban open grazing!!!! .... Ipobians- 20115- till date

SouthAfricans 2019- kill them all, let them go.back to their country as a "developer" let them develop their shithoole, don't let them sell drugs in our land


Hypocrite Ipobians 2019- SouthAfricans are lazy, they envy us, we are developing southafrica we cant go anywhere




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Seeing a cow in the classroom makes this story an apoclypha

Is it Cow's week in FUTA

This look arranged to me

The cows should be used by the agric students for experiments!