Open Grazing Ban: Kwara Community Enforce Decision, Chases Out Bororo Herders |READ FULL
Afnews Editor
May 27, 2021
A band of Bororo herders with thousands of cows from Iseyin, in Oyo state, who tried to enter Ojoku-Ikotun axis of Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara state, have been chased out of the communities.
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They were chased out on Thursday at about 0800 hours by angry youths of the community.
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The timely intervention of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, brought the situation under control.
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The leader of the band, one Alhaji Muhammadu, according to a statement by the spokesman of the civil defence corps, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, said, "They were heading to Lokoja where his family resides.ÔÇØ
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The spokesman said civil defenders in Oyun division and the youths of the town, escorted the herders to the boundary of Ojoku/Offa axis before withdrawing, while Offa division was equally contacted to do the needful.
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Our correspondent gathered that the Bororo herders family with their cattle, arrived from Oyo state in the early hours of Thursday into the town.
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However, armed personnel of the NSCDC squad from Offa, accosted them at Igbowere in Offa Local Government Area and interacted with their leader, Alhaji Muhammadu.
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Muhammadu, informed the squad that they were heading to Lokoja via Ajasse-Ipo.
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"All the youths in Ojoku, Igbawere and local hunters with the presence of the civil defence corps armed squad, were there to see them move to their destination,ÔÇØ Afolabi added.
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