Elders, chiefs and youths of Akanu Community in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State have banned the sale, eating and use of Fulani cows during ceremonies over the activities of killer-herdsmen.
The community in an announcement obtained by Standardobservers, asked her residents to buy and use Efi Igbo for their ceremonies and consumption.
It also warned that anyone who flaunts the directive will be fine heavily.
This comes as herdsmen continued to launch attacks on communities in South East.
In the past two months, over 150 persons have been killed in Ebonyi and Enugu states by the herdsmen.
The federal government has also continued played deaf ears to the atrocities committed by the herders despite the national outcry.
However, communities are taking their destinies in their hands by forming vigilante groups to wade off the herders from their land or through the ban on sale of cow meat.
According to the announcement, the ban is precipitated on the destruction of farmlands, killing and other atrocities perpetrated by the Fulani herders.
It said that those who want to use cows during ceremonies should buy Efi Igbo, goats or present the money and local rope to the beneficiaries as tradition demands.
It also warned that the ban will be enforced to the later.
