I didn’t order slaughtering of unclean animals – Delta community leader

UGHELLI— CHAIRMAN of Forcados community in Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Morris Darofa, has described as malicious, media report that he caused uproar by ordering mass slaughter of ‘unclean’ animals in the community.
Reacting to the report, Darofa said the issue of removal of cows from the community and their restriction to a confined place was initiated by past administrations in the community as a result of the danger they were posing to the people of the area. He said the publication was aimed at tarnishing the image of the community.
Darofa said series of meetings were held with the people on the situation, alleging that a motion for the removal of the cows or keeping them in a restricted place was moved by one Mr. Football Zikoregha on June 14, 2012 at the community’s town hall, alleging that several letters of invitation for dialogue were thereafter sent to the cow dealers but were never honoured.
Noting that security agencies in the areas were intimated over the refusal of the cow dealers to meet with the people, he said that Zikoregha surprisingly showed up on the last day of one of the deadlines given to the cow dealers.
Culled: Vanguard