The Ekiti State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) says it has arrested nine cows for alleged destruction of farmlands in the state.
The State Commandant, Mr Solomon Iyamu disclosed this in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,,Mr Tolu Afolabi in Ado- Ekiti on Thursday.
Iyamu said the command received a distress call from farmers around Datunchi in Ikere- Ekiti, calling for assistance.as herders were destroying their farms.
According to him,Men of the Agro Rangers,were deployed immediately to the farm to apprehend the herders and the animals but the herders fled and left their cows behind
He said Investigation was ongoing to ascertain the level of destruction done to the farms adding that the command would fish out the owners of the cows and charge them to court.
