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Residents of the Adaklu Traditional Area in the Volta Region have complained about the destruction of their farms by Fulani herdsmen.

Torgbui Lablulu Tegbeza, the Chief of Adaklu Waya, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the nomadic herdsmen took advantage of the absence of the farmers to cause havoc to their crops.

“This especially takes place during funeral days and when the herdsmen are confronted by the farmers they (nomads) challenge them to produce evidence of those who were responsible of the animals,” he said.

The situation, according to the Chief, was getting out of hand as the herdsmen sometimes attempted to assault farmers.

He said they lacked potable drinking water so they had resorted to using unhygienic and polluted sources of water from the Tordze stream.

The inhabitants, he said, shared the water with cattle of the Fulanis who had destroyed the aquatic life.

Some water children who spoke with the GNA indicated the situation was alarming and affecting their education.

They, therefore, appealed to the government to come to their aid.