From: Adekunle Alao aalao35@yahoo.com [NaijaObserver] <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 29 October 2015 at 20:17
Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| Fulani herdsmen attacks: Enugu women protest, urge govt action
Fulani herdsmen attacks: Enugu women protest, urge govt action
on October 25, 2015 / in News, Trending 9:42 am / Comments
By Francis Igata
ENUGU—Scores of women from four local government areas in Enugu State,yesterday, called on the state government to quickly halt incessant attacks occasioned by Fulani herdsmen who molest, maim, rape and destroy their farmland and livestocks.
*File Photo: Protesting women.
The women from the Anglican Diocese of Enugu North comprising Enugu-North, Enugu-East, Udi and Ezeagu council areas, lamented that the herdsmen have so far, defied known measures in warding off their activities even as they revealed that their lives are now in perpetual danger.
In a peaceful demonstration that took them to the Enugu State House of Assembly bearing placards that read,'Fulani herdsmen kill our men with AK 47;' 'All we are saying is, Fulani, leave our farmlands'.
"They butchered two men at Eke, they should stop robbing us on the high ways," said leader of the group, Mrs. Achogaonye Eze, adding that unless the herdsmen are stopped, their lives would continue to be in grave danger because they arm themselves with sophisticated weapons making it impossible for the vigilante to confront them.
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