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ASSOCIATION DEMANDS EVICTION OF HERDERS

10/02/21
05:25
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FOLLOWING THE RECENT KILLING OF A FARMER, FARMERS IN ONDO STATE HAVE CALLED FOR THE EVICTION OF ALL ROAMING HERDERS IN THE STATE, SAYING ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THIS WAS CONTAINED IN A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ASSOCIATION (OSACA) SIGNED BY THE STATE CHAIRMAN, MR GBENGA OBAWEYA AND THE SECRETARY, MR AYO OMOGIE, A COPY OF WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PRESS. IN THE STATEMENT, FARMERS ALSO CALLED FOR A TOTAL BAN OF FULANI HERDSMEN ON FREE RANGE GRAZING OF CATTLE IN THE STATE. THIS, IT SAID HAS DISCOURAGED MAJORITY OF FARMERS WHO HAVE VACATED THEIR FARMLANDS TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES WHILE CONDEMNING THE KILLING IN STRONGEST TERMS, THE FARMERS, HOWEVER DEMANDED FOR JUSTICE FOR THEIR MURDERED COMRADE.

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