The unending conflicts between herders and farmers are driven by purely economic interests, Dr Obodo Ijie and Dr Isaac Otegwu, both of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, Veritas University, Abuja have said. This results in some of these women and children incurring sexually transmitted diseases. He stated: “It is also largely believed that displacement and dislocation of families occur when the conflict between farmers and herders occurs. Dr Obodo insisted that the raging conflicts increase the prices of food and beef. On his part, Dr Isaac Otegwu said the research effort is useful as veritable reference material for further research by scholars.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2022 04:22 UTC