At least 15 communities in Orumba-South Local Government of Anambra State on Tuesday cried out in lamentation of the menace of herdsmen in their area.
They accused herdsmen of raping their wives and children.
Spokesperson of the affected communities, Chukwudi Ugochukwu made the allegation at Orumba-South Local Government Council secretariat in Umunze during a stakeholders’ meeting of the people of the area.
He also said herdsmen allowed their cows to graze on farms, thereby destroying people’s livelihoods.
Mr. Ugochukwu added that some women and girls had been raped on their way to their farms, saying that 20 of such cases have been recorded. But refused to go beyond that for fear of stigmatising the victims.
He said, “We live along the boundary with Imo State by Arondizuogu. All the farmlands there have been devastated by the herdsmen. Some of our women have been raped on the farmlands but they refused to talk so that they will not be stigmatised. The entire Umunze is under threat.”
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