By Editor
In what appears a clarion call to Yoruba people to quickly address security challenge in the region and the veracity of claims that the forests in the south west have been invaded by suspected Fulani herdsmen, an unusual tourist who recently encountered a suspected enclave of Fulani herdsmen in Oyo State has revealed his strange experience.
Ejeh Attah Odang, 19 days ago, left his Lagos residence and embarked on trekking to Abuja, the nation’s capital in honour of the Nigerian Armed Forces and to draw the attention of the National Assembly to the plight of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces was marvelled at the huge tourist attractions in Ekiti state .
The Benue State-born tourist during a stop over in Ado Ekiti yesterday on his Lagos-Abuja expedition, said one of his remarkable discoveries during the 19 days adventure was that Nigerians are living in fear.
Speaking on his face to face encounter with the suspected herdsmen, Odang said;
“As I was about to reach Cocoa Research Institute CRIN, at Ibadan, there’s one St. Michael’s School on your right, the map now directed me to Odogu road 10 kilometres from Ibadan. I just entered the road but unknown to me it was a thick jungle 300 meters to my west. I saw them (Fulani herdsmen) about 30 of them I think they were coming from a gathering and speaking pure fulfude language. Out of fear, I wanted to run but I said if I run, I will draw their attention, so, I keep walking while they were talking but they didn’t look at my direction as they were descending the slope to their camp. I later heard the sound of a generator somewhere and headed for the place behold, it was a poultry farm where I met a man, the farm manager. I introduced myself to him and told him my mission. He feels concerned for me when I told him what I’ve gone through. He helped me charged my phone and gave me a useful hint that if I had escaped those herdsmen I saw, the stretch of the next 10 kilometres distance is their domain. So he had to re-route me back to safer road”
We need to bring back our community life and do everything possible to restore that lifestyle when you travel as a stranger your hosts would give you water to drink, give you food to eat and even provided accommodation for the night. Those are the values that held us together but is now being eroded.”
Details soon inside Ekiti Standard
