By Austin Ogwuda
“We are on strike — no food, no sex, no peace until something is done”
THE gross insecurity caused by killer herdsmen rampaging communities in Delta State despite the existence of Anti Open Grazing Law has taken a new dimension as Women in Oviri Olomu Community, Ughelli South local government area of the State have embarked on indefinite strike action.
But there is another leg to the strike as the protesting women included abstinence from sex with their spouses until government and security agencies rise to the occasion to deal with the herdsmen menace.
They marched through the streets and later stormed Ughelli Police Area Command.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters at Ughelli Police Area Command, a Community Woman Leader, Esther Monday said, “For too long we have endured in silence. They rape our women and our guests.
“Our husbands can no longer go to the bush or farm because it is no longer safe. That is why we are on strike — no food, no sex, no peace until something is done”, she declared.
Also speaking, a former Secretary General of the community, Austin Etata said, “Our women made it clear—no cooking, no intimacy, and no trading until government and security agencies act. That is why we are here today at the Ughelli Area Command.
”The herdsmen have turned Oviri Olomu into a den of kidnappers and rapists. There’s a particular bush path where no one can pass anymore because of frequent kidnappings. They destroy our cassava farms to feed their cows. If our men challenge them, they bring out guns and machetes”, Etata stated.
*Credit: The Trumpet Newspaper
