Please, when you travel from Katsina-Ala town to Tor-Donga , from Gbise to Takum local government of Taraba State , infact travel to every part of Katsina-Ala local government , look on both sides of the road during your journey. All you can see are farmlands up to the horizon. The few vacant spots are the some hills ,Rivers ,and mountains (Harga mountain , Tionkwase mountain Dikpo hill in mbagena of kpav , River Yooyo located in Yooyo Council ward which is one among the largest council wards in Benue State) , Farmers avoid them because plants won’t grow there, meaning cattle too cannot graze. And no doubt, beyond the horizon are villages and more farmlands.
KEEP IN MIND THAT KATSINA-ALA IS AMONG BENUE LARGEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S .
It is far northern states that have land for cattle ranches, which by their nature, have enough grass and water all year round – thus removing the need for a herdsman from Jigawa or Sokoto journeying to Katsina-Ala ( Yooyo Council Ward , Mbayoungo council e.t.c both in Katsina-Ala local government in the dry season in search of pasture. So, why a cattle ranch in Yooyo , Mbayoungo e t c , unless Katsina-Ala also want to raise cattle? This is what I’m talking about. Beside being blind, Fulani herdsmen's will never live in peace with farmers , and Fulani herdsmen's will never be friends to farmers .
Fulani herdsmen's take over some houses in Shiakpev and some parts of Mbayoungo council ward both in Katsina-Ala local government . People's are now scared of Fulani herdsmen's in those areas , this is so because nobody is yet to identify their hiding agenda in our land .
And the report just reaching me now by One Mr. Aondongu Frank , a born of Shiakpev , that people from Tse-Ugbà , in Shiakpev of Yooyo Council Ward , Fulani herdsmen's set some homes ablaze and people's are displaced in that area , therefore some people are packing their properties to Tor-Donga Town of Katsina-Ala . Also in my Village for over few days back , Fulani herdsmen's , were on my brother's fadama in his rice farm feeding on and destroying it . Also in some parts of Yooyo Council ward Fulani herdsmen's , them are destroying cassava crops also . Deliberate because there are also uncultivated land with fresh grasses with the same farm that the cows could have feed on in the far north also , but why allow them feed on cultivated rice & cassava together with others crops . if it's not intended to deliberately cause financial loss to the farmer's ?
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