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A herd of cattle on Friday marched onto the ever busy 10 lane Musa Yar’Adua Express road which is the major road that leads to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, causing destruction to vehicles and inflicting injuries on motorists.
A video of the incident has been eliciting huge outrage and frustration from Nigerians.
Shocked Nigerians have decried the frequent disruption caused by the cattle on major roads in the nation’s capital, saying they cattle have become a menace.
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There are existing regulations enacted by Abuja city administration against open grazing of cows around the city centre, but herders have only sparingly complied.
President Muhammadu Buhari has faced charges of allowing the herders to flout laws against open grazing across the country.
Although he strongly denied claims of sympathy towards herdsmen, he has nonetheless insisted on carving out grazing routes for cows across 25 states, saying the colonial era regulation should still be followed in the 21st century because nomadic cattle grazing is a way of life amongst his ethnic Fulani people.
Abuja residents have witnessed repeated cases of cows blocking major roads as they forage around the nation’s capital.
In a Twitter post that included a short video clip of today’s accident scene, a Toyota Camry was seen damaged from behind, with witnesses immediately attributing the chaos to the cows that could still be seen roaming freely along the busy highway.