ICC Note: An Abia State, Nigeria traditional ruler has recently asked the state governor to help protect his community from radical Islamist Fulani militants. Abala community leader Eze Ekwenye’s complaint came after ten Fulani militants reportedly attacked some women on their farm lands, as well as traders on their way to the community market. Ekwenye has appealed to the state government to increase their security efforts so that his people can be spared from the mass murder and crop destruction that characterizes Fulani violence across Nigeria since 2001. Fulani militants primarily target Christian farming villages for destruction razing churches and slaughtering civilians. There has been little response from the government to curb the ongoing violence.  

07/19/2016, Abia, Nigeria (Vanguard) – Traditional ruler of Abala community in Obingwa council, Eze Paul Ekwenye, has cried out to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to save his community from Fulani herdsmen who invaded their farm lands.

The monarch told Vanguard that herdsmen numbering 10 with over 200 cows attacked some women in their farms, as well as traders from Akwa Ibom state who were on their way to the Orie market in the community.

Eze Ekwenye who appealed to the state government to deploy security agents to the community which is a border town with Akwa Ibom State, lamented that his people would soon face starvation since they no longer have access to their farms.

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