Nigeria: Between Farmers and Herdsmen

Sep 16, 2020 | Daniel Essiet, Nation
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These are not cheery times for farmers as a result of the incessant conflicts with cattle herders. Clashes between the two groups have resulted in the death of more than 10,000 people in the last decade, almost 4,000 of them in the last two years alone. Lives have been made miserable for farmers throughout the country. While there have been infinite tensions in many states in the East and South geo-political zones; leading to farmers leaving their farms for areas where they feel they will be free from attacks. Thousands of farmers have been displaced from their farms in the Middle Belt.