Over 100 women in Delta State’s Ughelli South were raped and attacked by suspected herders..
More than 100 women from a village in Delta State have reported being raped and attacked by people they thought were herders..
They claimed that security forces were assisting the herders in their attack and begged the federal and state governments to support them.
The demonstrators, largely elderly women, held up fresh leaves and banners reading, “We don’t want cows in our bush; stop grazing on our land” and “We are being raped and chased from our farms.”
The community’s leader, Mrs. Loveth Ekakpamre, stated, “Herdsmen have been bothering us and forcing us off our farms for more than three years.”
“Just last week, five women were raped on their farms, and now we can’t plant or harvest cassava there because we can’t get to our farms.”
“The herders will feed their cattle with our cassava and other farm products.” Because our husbands are not traveling to the bush, we are requesting that the state and federal governments release us from the community’s herders.”
Mama Blacky Raymond, who is 80 years old and hurt her knee when herders attacked, is upset that she can’t go back to her farm because she was driven away.
Edafe Kpohraror, who is the president general of the community, said that the women are protesting because herders keep chasing them off their farms.
“One imam in the town is trying to scare us by using the police and army against us. As a result, many people have left the town to avoid being arrested.”
Edafe begged the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and the president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to stop the herdsmen from attacking their town.