The government of Imo State has agreed to pay a compensation fee of N8 million to some Fulani cattle rearers whose cows numbering up to 55 were declared missing.
The resolution followed a meeting summoned by the Interim Management Committee chairman of Ezinihitte LGA, F. S Onyeberechi last weekend at the council headquarters, Itu.
According to reports, the Fulani herders had recently raised alarm over their missing cows after a little misunderstanding with some youths of the area.
They alleged that 55 of their cows were missing and two dead.
Some of the resolutions reached during the meeting were that the said compensation fee would be paid within 14days and that the cattle rearers will no longer graze their cows in Ezinihitte.
The meeting had in attendance various security agencies, including the Area Commander, DPO, DSS and Civil Defense.
In another news, Not less than seventeen cows were struck to death by a thunderstorm in Iba, a town in Ifelodun Local Government Council Area of Osun State.
It was gathered that some Fulani herdsmen in the community had reared the cows to farmland around the Apala area of the town when the natural phenomenon struck. Findings showed that all the cows reared by the herdsmen were affected by the thunder.
However, in swift reaction to avoid suspicion, the monarch of the town, Oba Adekunle Oyedeji said he, with the cooperation of the Fulani community in the town, is on top of the situation, urging owners to burn the cows to avoid an epidemic.
He urged calm among indigenes and residents of the town. A statement signed by Prince Gbolagunte Bamigbola said the Fulani community had been living harmoniously with other people in the town.
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