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Residents cry for help as herdsmen sack Edo community

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Residents cry for help as herdsmen sack Edo community

Suspected Fulani Herdsmen dressed in military uniform, have reportedly invaded a farming community, 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

They were said to have chased the villagers away and taken over their farms, homes, and properties.

Some of the villagers who ran away for their lives and now taking refuge in other communities around Okada have cried out for help.

One of the victims, Mr. Mattu Alli, from Taraba State while‎ narrating his ordeal said: “In fact, I’m short of words to explain what I witnessed yesterday in our community. I have been here for the past 20 years with my family farming.

“I was in my compound with my family having a good time when we started hearing the sound of guns and people running in different directions. I saw a Benin man running towards my compound and I asked him where he was running to, he said herdsmen have taken over the village chasing people away from their houses.

“So, I called my wife and we had to run for our dear lives. I did not see my children as every one of us ran in different directions. As I speak to you now, I don’t know the whereabouts of my wife and children.

“Another thing that put fear into, our minds is that one of the Fulani herdsmen pointed a gun at me and said look, man, we are for peace, we would only kill you people if you refuse to allow our cows to feed on your crops. The yams you people have are for our cows, the cassava and all that you have are for our cows. If you people touch our cows we will kill everybody in this village‎. For us to be safe, we ran to the next community”,

Alli added.

Speaking in the same vein to journalists, another victim, Mr. Sunday Chimen, said:

“I have been in this village for over 20 years farming; what we saw yesterday surprised us. Suddenly, we heard gunshots and people running, we later discovered that Fulani herdsmen have taken over our community. They were armed with sophisticated weapons including AK 47 rifles and threatened to kill us if we didn’t cooperate with them. For us to be alive, we decided to run for our dear lives leaving our properties behind. Some of us have not seen our children as we rant in different directions. Our children have run to unknown places. We are calling on the security agencies to come to our aid as our community is under siege”.

On her part, Mrs. Ngozi Chimen said:

“The nefarious activities of these Fulani herdsmen have been on in our community since last two months, they enter into our farms, use our plantain to feed their cows, chase us away from our farms. You dare not look at their faces. Some of them are in Army uniforms. Just on January 2, 2022, they invaded our village and chase everybody away. We need help, we need security, we need government assistance”,

she stressed.

‎Spokesman of the Edo State Police Command, SP kotongs Bello, however, said that he has not been briefed on the development, promising to get back as soon as he finished speaking with the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.

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