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.
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.
Eze, who is the wife of Bishop Sustenance Eze of Enugu North
Anglican Diocese, pointed out that apart from raping women and killing people
in the communities, the herdsmen also engage in robbery and kidnapping,
lamenting that they are helpless because they had complained to the law
enforcement agencies to no avail.
