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The chiefs of Kwahu have urged all their citizens to endeavour to return home during the Easter holidays in order to collectively drive out the Fulani and their cattle from the area.
They advised natives to come armed with red cloths and whatever implements they can lay their hands for the successful prosecution of the agenda to rid the area of nomads and their herds.
The Abetifihene and Adontenhene of Kwahu, Nana Acheamfuor Asiedu Agyemang, made the call in an interview with Accra News Friday February 12, 2016.
He said though there were few herdsmen of Fulani extraction inhabiting the area, their numbers were increasing in recent times, a situation he says is a spillover of the Fulani population being driven out of Agogo, a district that borders the Kwahu area.
“One thorny issue at Kwahu which we wish to address during the Easter is the issue of the Fulani and their cattle. Kwahu borders Agogo, so as the cattle are being driven away from there, most of the cattle will end up here. On Easter Saturday, every Kwahu will wear a red band and march through the streets,” the Abetifihene explained.
“On Monday everyone will hit the bush to drive out the cattle. If you have a club or machete get it, if you have a licensed gun too bring it along so that when the animals charge on us we will scare them off in order to help drive the cattle from Kwahuland.”
The chief’s comments were corroborated by the Kwahu Apagyahene, Nana Somuah Mireku Gyapong, who said the destruction of farms by Fulani was now out of control.
“This is not the first time we are driving out cattle in Kwahu. It’s not about taking the law into our hands. If the cattle were properly catered for they wouldn’t need to be driven out”
“For instance, at Kwahu Asakraka almost all farms have been burnt (by the Fulani),” the traditional ruler explained.
He said for that reason, there was the need to take action as the Fulani cannot be tolerated there any longer. “They are not people you can have any (land use) agreements with,” Nana Gyapong stressed.
