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Saturday, 9 April 2016

TRAGIC! FULANI HERDSMEN BUTCHERS FARMER IN OKADA

Saturday, April 09, 2016 Posted by Anonymous No Comments

Suspected Fulani herdsmen in Okada, headquarters of Ovia North East local government area of Edo state yesterday murdered a farmer simply identified as Alex.

Alex, 64, was brutally butchered and his remains were found in a bush near his farm by a search party led by his younger brother.

His wife, Margaret, pointed accusing fingers at the Fulani herdsmen in the area, saying her husband had been complaining about their activities on his farm.

According to her, “They have killed my husband and left me to care for the children. The people that went there said they saw the Fulani people’s sandals in the place.”

According to This day, a youth in the community who claimed to follow policemen to the scene said, “I followed policemen and the family to the scene. There were cuts all over his body. They cut his neck and stabbed him in the stomach.”

The youth said they went to the Fulani camp and discovered that all the inhabitants had disappeared.

Confirming the killing, Omosede Igbinedion, the member representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives described the killing as “another tragedy that has become a common occurrence in today’s Nigeria.”

Omosede who hails from Okada community urged the State Commisoner of Police to carry out an immediate full scale investigation with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book.

She said: “I received with both shock and horror, the dastardly act perpetrated by someone who can only be described as “barbaric, inhumane and animalistic.

“We will not sit back and allow this to continue. I will bring the attention of the Federal Government to this gruesome murder which was allegedly carried out by Fulani Herdsmen.

“It is expected that these herdsmen co-exist with the indigenous people of Okada and Ovia in a dignified manner. They have no right over another man’s farmland furthermore killing a man in cold blood.

“Every citizen of Nigeria should feel protected under the law. My heart goes out to the family of the deceased. I can only imagine what they must be going through at this moment in time.”