Authorities in Adamawa State have been alerted to an inflow of huge herds of cattle into Shellenge, an area authorities space south of the capital, Yola.
A professional-peace non-government organisation, Peace Structure Dialogue (PAD), which mentioned the herds have been fleeing insecurity in Borno State, expressed concern that they pose safety threats to their new neighbourhoods.
The organisation which put the variety of the mentioned herds at about 15,000, asserted that the presence of such giant numbers of cattle has heightened tensions between farming communities and herders “in an space recognized for recurrent skirmishes between each teams”.
The PAD Chairman in Adamawa State, Vidon Jaule, mentioned throughout a press briefing in Yola that in view of a possible battle, deployment of extra safety personnel within the native communities has change into needed.
“Such deployment must be supported by attraction to farming and herder communities on collaborative conduct in opposition to disaster,” he added.
Stressing that criminality has been fueled by the shortage of safety presence in most native communities, Jaule mentioned, “Authorities as a matter of urgency, must prioritize the institution of extra police outposts in flash factors of farmer-herder hostilities within the seven native authorities areas of Numan, Lamurde, Demsa, Guyuk, Mayo-Belwa, Girei and Shelleng as a part of early warning response to potential battle.”
He mentioned there’s a nicely documented grievance amongst communities within the seven LGAs of the problem of not having police presence on the proper locations, including that his organisation believes within the want for state policing and strengthening of safety equipment at native ranges.
In response to him, PAD has been working for concord between herders and farmers in Adamawa State since 2014.
