Herdsmen kill farmer, policeman in Edo - The Nation Newspaper

Suspected herdsmen have killed a farmer and a policeman in Owan community, Ovia North East local government area.

It was gathered that the farmer whose identity was yet to be ascertained was killed last Saturday by herdsmen. The community called in the police to help retrieve the body but the herdsmen were said to have fired at the police and killed one of them in the process.The killing made the community members block the Bénin-Akure highway to protest the killings and sought government attention to the crisis.One of the protesters who gave his name as Moses, said herdsmen in the bush have been killing and raping women in their community.“They killed our person in the bush.

He said the policeman and other injured persons are receiving treatment in the hospital and said that investigations have commenced.Farmers at Igbanke community in Orhionmwon local government also protested destruction of the crops by herdsmen.They alleged that yams, cassava and other crops were used to feed cows after which the farmlands are set ablaze by the herdsmen to enable fresh grass to grow.

An elder of Iganke, Mr. James Iguando, said, “We are afraid. We cannot take laws into our hands. We don’t have plantain, yams and others again. We are now hungry. Herdsmen take their cows to eat our produce.

And what did the farmer and police take from theirs?

You people should let AMOTEKUN take over and you will see how they will put an end to all this killings

This Friendly Herdsmen again? Have the prayers said Expired ? We need to pray More... Call the VP to do the usual.... RIP to the Dead

How did you know, what investigation has samomatseye carried out as the news PoliceNG CP in Edo State? This bigot should stop this ethnic profiling

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