A former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Samuel Afolayan, has narrated how herdsmen destroyed his 45 hectares farmland. Speaking with journalists in Obbo-Ile, Ekiti local government area of Kwara state, Afolayan said the herdsmen burnt 20 hectares of orange plantation, 20 hectares of cassava farm and five hectares of palm plantation in his farm that is about 500 hectares. According to him, the current havoc is estimated at over N200m, adding that herdsmen had been destroying his plantations for the past 10 years. “No less than 20 hectares of oranges, five hectares of palm trees and twenty hectares of cassava had been burn or destroyed this year. I am not an expert or a valuer but my estimation is that the current loss is over N200m”

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 17, 2018 20:52 UTC