Farmlands belonging to the people of Orhua community in Uhumwode local government area of Edo state was gutted by wild fire and this has resulted in a lot of losses and devastation for the people of the community.
The agrarian community is home to business mogul, Dr Nosa Okunbo and the member representing Uhumwode in the Edo state House of Assembly, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie who was expected to raise the issue at plenary Wednesday.
The community dwellers claimed the fire destroyed Oil palm, plantain and Allied plantations, also devastated subsistence arable crop farms, leaving many jobless and hopeless.
Elder Samuel Ozigbo, the oldest man in the community expressing frustration at the turn of events said though no lives and properties were lost, the farmlands destroyed is in the region of N50million.
He said, a lot of crops were damaged meaning their major means of survival is gone.
He then appealed to the state and federal governments to come to their rescue not by providing such relief materials as mattresses, blankets and assorted building materials but food items and cash support to enable many breadwinners meet their obligations.
