Ndokwa community goes spiritual against herdsmen, issues 48 hours quit notice

Ndokwa community goes spiritual against herdsmen, issues 48 hours quit notice

Obetim community suffer from herdsmen invading their farmlands with cattle

Indigenes of Obetim community, Afor in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta, have invoked the powers of their idol against herdsmen grazing on farmlands with cattle.

They also invoked the idol against any community person who betray the resolve to chase out destructive herdsmen from the area.

Locals claimed that the community has been suffering under the destructive yoke of herdsmen who invade their farmlands with cattle to graze on crops, as reported by YourCitiNews.

At a meeting with herdsmen held at the palace of the Okpala Uku of the community, Igwe Anie Nwose, community spokesman, Chief Anoki, conveyed the resolution to the herders.

Speaking thereafter, president of the Obetim National Council (ONC), Chief Sony Neme, gave the herders 48 hours to leave the community.

Neme said the people do not want to shed blood, emphasizing that “Obetim land forbids that.”

He said the people had ran out of patience, having endured the devastation of their farmlands by the herdsmen for over a year.

Coordinator of the Delta State Livestock Management Committee (DSLMC) in Delta North, Mr. Matthew Ujene noted that he had made several efforts to bring the herders to understand the plight of Obetim, to no avail.

He advised the herders to obey the community’s resolve and later engage in a formal meeting with the people where all would be in a round table to know the way forward.

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