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.