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Police deploy squad to stop herders from destroying farmlands in Jigawa

The Police in Jigawa State said they have deployed a strike force to stop herdsmen from destroying more farmlands in Kirikasamma Local Council of the state.

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The Police in Jigawa State said they have deployed a strike force to stop herdsmen from destroying more farmlands in Kirikasamma Local Council of the state.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdu Jingiri, disclosed this yesterday in a telephone interview.

He said the state Police Commissioner (CP), Bala Senchi, deployed mobile policemen to the area to protect lives and property.

“Even before they started destroying the farmlands, we received an intelligence report that thousands of herdsmen were gathered in the area, which informed the deployment,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council’s Vice Chairman, Alasan Matafari, had earlier raised the alarm over the herders’ invasion of the area.

He said the herders were on the verge of destroying over 500 farmlands if nothing was done to avert the danger.

Matafari said no fewer than 1,000 herders, armed with sticks and machetes had led their animals to graze on farmlands in the area and were moving towards neighboring Guri Council Area.

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