Suspected herdsmen have destroyed a maize farm worth N6.6million owned by members of the Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) in Ekiti state.
The maize farm which covers about 235 hectares of land is located at the Ekiti State Forest Reserve in Aduloju farmstead along Ado-Ijan road, Ado Local Government Area, Ekiti.
Confirming this, the state secretary of the association, Tope Emmanuel, disclosed that herders had been terrorizing the farmers since the last one week leading to the destruction of the farm.
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He added that the herders stormed the farm at night along with their cows and some dangerous weapons, as all efforts to stop them proved abortive.
According to him, members of the association obtained about N6.6milllion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the anchor borrowers’ programme in September, 2020, to plant the maize and that the 160 members has now been left with nothing to cultivate.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig-Gen Joe Komolafe (retd), said the situation is being looked into.
