Ondo cocoa farmers protest alleged sale of farmland to Chinese company

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A community leader said more than 25,000 farmers registered by the state government had been paying their dues to the government.

Cocoa farmers in Ofosu in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday protested against an alleged sale of their farmland to a Chinese company by the state government.Some read: “Respect Our Right to Livelihood’’, “Don’t Give Our Land to Mindless Capitalists’’ and “We Want to Remain Farmers and not Armed Robbers’’.

He said more than 25,000 farmers registered by the state government had been paying their dues to the government. He stated that he was surprised that the government decided to sell the land to foreigners, saying that cocoa is a major foreign exchange earner for Nigeria.

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Ha, something drastic and urgent be done to investigate the matter.your Excellency Governor over to you sir.

Wrong move, why sell to Chinese ?

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