Herdsmen Attacks Prompts Beef Ban in Delta

The sale and consumption of beef has been banned in the Uwheru Kingdom in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State following incessant attacks on farmers and other residents by herds men. The ban was imposed on Saturday at a meeting of the kingdom, where prominent sons and daughters of Uwheru Kingdom, including Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, the Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, were present.

The ban has taken immediate effect, following repeated attacks on the communities by Fulani killer herdsmen in which no fewer than 10 persons were killed. In the last years, about 86 farmers in Uwheru communities have been killed in herdsmen related attacks.

According to an anonymous source, , “By this ban, nobody can bring cow meat to any of the communities that made up Uwheru Kingdom for any function, be it burial or any other celebration. You can’t kill our people and expect us to be eating cow meat when our people can’t go to farm. The ban takes effect immediately.”