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Fire guts 200 hectares of cocoa plantations in Ekiti, over 40 farmers affected
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A fire at the weekend, the cause of which is yet to be ascertained, has gutted Cocoa and Kolanut farms covering over 200 hectares of land valued at several millions of naira in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero LGA of Ekiti .
Capt. Sunday Adebomi, retired, Chairman of the Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) made this known during an assessment visit to the scene of the tragedy to ascertain the level of damage wreaked.
He listed other cash crops destroyed by the fire to include palm trees, orange trees, plantain, pineapple cassava, and maize farms.
The Ekiti State Management Emergency Agency (SEMA), has lamented that cocoa and kola nut farms covering over 200 hectares of land have been destroyed by
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