"After the flood subsided, we are now replanting tomatoes, maize, beans and other cash crops that will partially sustain us, but between October to November, strange herders do come and encroach on our farms."
"After the flood subsided, we are now replanting tomatoes, maize, beans and other cash crops that will partially sustain us, but between October to November, strange herders do come and encroach on our farms."
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Edward Nnachi
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The recent attacks on villages in the Umuogodo-Akpu Ngbo community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, which claimed 17 lives and led to the destruction of many houses, have altered the peace in the area and changed the way the people live; EDWARD NNACHI writes
On Monday, April 12, 2021, suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded Otuebu and Obodo Ocha villages in the Umuogodo-Akpu Ngbo community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The community witnessed the killing of over 17 persons and destruction and burning down of over 70 houses by the invaders. The attackers also killed many domestic animals belonging to residents of the community during the invasion, which according to villagers, started around 4.30am.
Local youths in Maro village in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State killed a man suspected of providing information to bandits terrorising the community.
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Influential Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, said on Saturday that the kidnapped Kagara schoolchildren might be released today.
Bandits, donning military uniform, had around 2am on Wednesday invaded Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State and whisked away 27 pupils and 15 staff members after killing a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil.
The incident has created nationwide agitation and worries over the safety of the kidnapped pupils and school staff members, who were whisked away into the bush by the bandits.
In an interview on Saturday, Gumi, who has been in talks with the bandits in the forest, told
Sunday PUNCH that there was a possibility that the abductees might regain freedom today, given ongoing talks between the government and the bandits.