As violence threatens farms, Ekiti turns to local corps for rural defence - Prime Progress NG

As violence threatens farms, Ekiti turns to local corps for rural defence - Prime Progress NG

By Isaac Atunlute For years communities across Nigeria’s Southern and Middle Belt regions  have contended with worsening insecurity, largely driven by recurring conflicts between farmers and nomadic herders.  In Ekiti State, where farming sustains livelihood as much as the state economy, conflict has long threatened food production, safety, and stability. Now, the state is responding with a bold local initiative aimed at transforming how securit…