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Delta Commissions Taskforce To Monitor Fulani Herdsmen

The Delta State Government On Thursday said that it had taken pre-emptive measures aimed at curtailing the menace of cattle rearers ravaging parts of the … Continue reading Delta Commissions Taskforce To Monitor Fulani Herdsmen


cattleThe Delta State Government On Thursday said that it had taken pre-emptive measures aimed at curtailing the menace of cattle rearers ravaging parts of the country, by constituting a high-powered security committee to control the movement of cattle in the state.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this to journalists after an expanded Security Council meeting, comprising principal officers of the State House of Assembly, heads of security agencies in the state, traditional rulers, council chairmen and religious leaders and northern leaders, which held at the Government House Annex in Warri.

Dr. Uduaghan, who raised alarm about the influx of strange persons into the state, stated that while the State Government welcomed genuine strangers, it would not fold its arms and allow the state to be overran by people with criminal intentions.

According to the Governor, the State Commissioner of Police would head the task-force with two members of the State Assembly, two commissioners, representatives of security agencies, traditional rulers, council chairmen and the northern community as members, while the Office of the Secretary to the State Government would serve as secretariat.

The task-force would, among other things, control the movement of cattle into and within the state with a view to nipping in the bud any attempt by herdsmen to cause a breach of the relationship.

It was observed that the state has a peculiar security challenge between cattle rearers and farmers, and the situation in recent times had taken a new dimension with the influx of herdsmen carrying arms which they have been using in terrorising farmers, snowballing into killing and raping of women.