File photo: Herdsmen along with their cows wait for buyers at Kara Cattle Market in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 10, 2019. – Kara cattle market in Agege, Lagos is one of the largest of West Africa receiving thousands of cows weekly due to the massive consumption of meat …. (Photo / AFP)
By Anayo Okoli
ENUGU—THE traditional ruler of Amaekwu Lokpanta in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, hosts to the cattle market on Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressroad, near Enugu/Abia boundary, Eze Thomas Obike, has lamented the destructive activities of rampaging herdsmen and their cows in their community.
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Eze Obike said his people now live in perpetual fear on account of the destructive activities of herdsmen and their cattle.
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The monarch, who spoke when he received Senator Mao Ohuabunwa in his palace on the occasion of the commissioning of a primary health centre attracted by the senator, said the market is now a curse rather than a blessing.
According to him, the cows have destroyed their schools, courts, crops and even the Police post, forcing officers to abandon the post and relocate to Isuochi.
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