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Fifty-five-year-old Kudoro Gabriel was visibly sad and troubled narrating the pathetic experience with herders who severed his fingers with a machete. The farmer who lives at Ibeku village, Ketuland in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State said he had been rendered useless after the attack.
Saturday PUNCH observed that three of his fingers were severed and the points patched. He lamented that he was deformed by Fulani herdsmen who wanted to kill him but ended up chopping off his fingers.
Kudoro said, “The Fulani herdsmen destroyed my barn, where I stored corn. Getting to the place I saw cows eating crops in the barn. I called on the herder who owns them. But instead of checking what the cows did, he rushed at me with a machete. If not that I used my hand to stop the machete before it severed my fingers, he would have cut off my head. As you can see, what can I use the hand for? Nothing. It’s hard to use the hand to work
It said the order of the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was misconstrued and misrepresented by a section of the media.
At a meeting with officials of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State, led by Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, who doubles as chairman of the forum, all agreed to work together to give peace a chance.
While governors from the South West agreed that there was no quit order for legitimate herders, MACBAN assured cooperation in fishing out bad eggs among Fulani cattle herders.
Daily Trust reports that there had been claims and counterclaims in the last few days, including threats in the South West especially in Ondo and Oyo states over the spate of insecurity with accusing fingers being pointed at Fulani herders.
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has extolled the virtues of late Mallam Yusuf Bala, elder brother to the Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed-Augie, who died on Friday in a road accident.