Herdsmen Destroy 30 Hectares of Cassava Farm in Ondo Fidelis David in Akure About 30 hectares of cassava farm worth N10 million, under the Ondo State Agribusiness Empowerment Centre has been dest
About 30 hectares of cassava farm worth N10 million, under the Ondo State Agribusiness Empowerment Centre has been destroyed by cows belonging to suspected herdsmen at Igbara-oke, headquarters of Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
According to him: “Workers on the farms concluded the weeding of the farm after spending about N600,000 before going for Christmas break only to return to the farm to meet an empty farm. There were traces of the footprints of the cows and the herdsmen at the cassava farm, most of the cassava were uprooted and given to the cows to feed on them”.
He said the colossal damage done on the farm by the herdsmen and their cows affected the health of his principal, saying : “The herdsmen destroyed the entire farm and destroyed our means of survival. In the letter addressed to the governor, the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Akeredolu on Agriculture, Mr. Akin Olotu and the Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, Olafeso lamented the pain inflicted on him, his family and the millions of naira lost
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