Two cows belonging to herdsmen have been killed after causing a ghastly motor accident along airport road in Port-Harcourt area of Rivers state.
The two cows ran into the highway and destroyed a Toyota Camry with two passengers inside. The Fulani herdsmen who were rearing the cows allegedly fled after the incident.
An eyewitness Ezebunwo Ichemati who narrated the matter to theportcitynews today, lamented that
“The Rivers State Government and House Of Assembly should as a matter of urgency propose and pass into law the Anti Open Grazing bill to save our Daughters and Sons from the carelessness of these Fulani Cattle rearers on our roads.
“On my way back from Etche along the Port Harcourt airport road that leads to obiri Ikwerre, I saw two cows lying lifeless on the road and also a damaged toyota camry car on the same road and this caused serious traffic.
“I alighted from the car, got very close to the accident scene,only to discover that a friend of mine Miss Nengi was one of the passengers in the damaged Toyota camry car.
The driver of the Camry, Mr George, explained that he was on speed, not knowing that two cows ran out of the Bush towards their direction, he lost control of the car and that’s all he could remember.
“In all of this, there was no trace of the Fulani Cattle Rearers. They fled into the Bush with their remaining cows”
Passersby who came to render help said that it is a daily occurrence of Fulani cows always running into cars.
They said the last experience on that same road was a sad one because two human lives were lost and also pleaded to the Rivers State Government to do something about it.
A farmer at the scene who is also a pastor in OPM CHURCH lamented bitterly on how the produce from his farms have been destroyed by the Fulani Cattle Rearers and their cows.
They pleaded that Rivers State Government should act now because our brothers and sisters in the rural areas suffer so much in the hands of these wicked and heartless Fulani Cattle Rearers that think about themselves and their cows alone
