Women protest incessant herdsmen rape
HUNDREDS of women from Ekakpamre community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, have called on the federal and state governments to rescue them from the incessant attacks and gang-raping of women by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The mostly aged women, during the protest wielded fresh leaves and placards with inscriptions, such as “We do not want cows in our bush”, “They graze on our land”, “We are being raped and chased from our farms” and accused security agencies of supporting the herdsmen against them. The leader, Mrs. Loveth Boyi, who addressed newsmen, during the protest, said: “For over three years now, Fulani herdsmen have been troubling us, chasing us away from our farmlands. “Just last week, five women were raped in their farms and as a result, we can no longer access our cassava farms, either to plant or harvest. “The herdsmen will harvest our cassava and other farm produce and give to their cattle, our husbands are not going to the bush....