Farmers lament as Fulani herdsmen destroy multi-million maize farm in Ekiti
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By Rotimi Ojomoyela
Some suspected Fulani herdsmen have destroyed a multi-million naira maize farm belonging to members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) in Ekiti state.
The farm covering about 235 hectares of land is at the state forest reserve in Aduloju farm stead located along Ado-Ijan road in Ado local government area of the state.
Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, the state secretary of the association, Mr Tope Emmanuel said the herders had been terrorising the farmers in the last one week leading to the destruction of the maize farm.