There's this saying in Nigeria, that everyday for the thief and one day for the owner, this was exactly the case for this set of Fulani herdsmen who usually direct their cattles into the farmland of innocence farmers while no one is around.
They adopted the act of leading the cattles go feast on the farm products of cropfarmers, of which I happen to be parts of, and each time we get to our farm and saw the traces of the footprint of cows on our farmland, they all usually deny ever having anything to do with it, until last week when I and four of my fellow teachers who teach in the community catch them Red-handed in the maize farm that belong to one of us.
We just decided to observe our farmland and as well plug some mangos along the way when we saw them from afar, and immediately we saw them, we took some pictures as evidence, then call more villages to join us, before we now approach them.
Seeing more than 8 people approach them, made them give up on the attempt of running away, so we move nearer and inform them that the community heads ask that they join him in his house immediately.
Though they were trying to give different excuses about how they got there, but no one is ready to believe them, since it was obvious they sat comfortably while their cows feast on the crops in the farm.
They were ask to pay a huge amount of money to compensate the owner of the farm, and when the my refuse, they were handed over to the police and as well ban from stepping into the Community or it environ.
and for the other herdsmen who still reside in the community, they were ask to contribute the amount of damage down to the farm, or leave the village as well.
They've agreed to pay, though they requested for few days to gather the funds, but If I were to be the village head, I won't allow such people in my village, because their bad record and history in other state and Community are too enormous.
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