Nigerian refugees into Canada fleeing murderous northern herdsman: asylum seeker
MONTREAL — Eric, an asylum seeker from southern Nigeria, crossed illegally into Quebec last February from the United States after leaving Africa to escape the threat of armed herdsmen.
He says the herdsmen from the north of the country threaten southern farmers and sometimes murder them.
“A lot of killing has been going on,” he told The Canadian Press during a break from French-language classes he is taking in Montreal.
The 35-year-old didn’t want to use his real name out of fear it could negatively affect his hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.