3,000 EBONYI WOMEN FARMERS PROTEST AGAINST HERDSMAN

Elderly women of Ishiagu in Ebonyi state yesterday ,comprises mainly farmers of about 3,000 staged a peaceful protest to the Palace of the traditional ruler of the community, HRH Ezego Moses Ngele, against the destruction of farm crops by herdsmen.

They chanted solidarity songs and brandished green leaves as they marched peacefully to the palace of the monarch, urged the traditional ruler to prevail on the herdsmen to stop using their cattle to destroy their crops.

The protesters also requested for immediate exit of the herdsmen from the community to save their farm lands and the people from imminent famine.